I have spots I fish where it's on fire one morning and I'm hooking into smallmouth topwater every few casts. Then I go back the following week and the water levels have changed from rain, temps different. I'll get nothing. Sometimes it's just right place, right time.
For real. Even on the magical stocked private ponds he fishes on, even Jimmy Houston says he gets skunked. If the fish aren't there or they aren't hungry or being too lazy to react to trigger presentations, you're not catching em.
I just found you and I've been binge watching. I've got to say I've never found a fishing show like yours. Of the many, MANY that I've watched, I've never seen one that makes me feel like I'm the guy fishing as much as yours, though you're WAY more organized than I am. Thanks for all your efforts! Have a great fourth.
I know this is an old video, but man am I glad you corrected yourself about none of them being small. Every fish you brought up you claimed to be small, meanwhile, I've never landed a pike over 19 inches. I think I'm the only one that deals with "small" pike
Gotta say, what I typically enjoy about this channel is the quiet serenity of where he fishes… just not feelin this one with all the traffic noise. Reflection of the clouds on the water is beautiful though.
I'm kind of surprised you're the first one that really mentioned it, while I was editing the audio I was expecting I'd get a ton of complaints about the traffic noise. I prefer the quieter spots myself but I've been striking out at a lot of those lately. It was a harsh winter and a lot of smaller lakes experienced winterkill. I had success finding some bass at one out of a half dozen spots I tried last week at a quiet little spot.
Hearing you going fish less for 3 days strait was a shocker, thanks for letting us know about it! I’m sure it makes us all feel a little better about our own fishing. It happens to all of us at some point. Always love and enjoy your videos buddy. You leaned me towards catching pike…such a fun fish to fight with.
I have a Hobie Compass as well. I use it freshwater & inshore saltwater fishing for reds and trout. Moves right along even in rough waves. Stays on top and tracks well. Make sure your pedal drive has a detachable safety cord attached. Thanks for taking us along! High Noon
Found your videos a month or so ago. Love how calming you make it appear, interspersed with excitement when a big one hits. You inspired me to try kayak fishing. Saw a kayak at DSG that was on sale and bought it. Its going to be a process for all the gear, but found one of your old videos on setup, so I know what to get. Thank You!
I never thought to bounce a chatterbait off the bottom. I've just done a straight retrieve with variations in speed and popping it. Thanks for that method.
After watching this video, I picked up the same chatterbait and some Keitech 4.8"silver/white swimbaits because they didn't stock the ones you used. I took them out with my 4yo son yesterday and had the best day pick fishing that I've ever had. We caught 5 in just an hour or so and had many more bites and fish get unhooked. Needless to say, he all he wants to catch is pike now! Thanks for the idea and awesome videos!
@@Fiskeren_Ahansen Yep. Pike are always fun too catch. Last month I hooked into a muskie who attacked my bluegill while fishing with ultra light gear.👍🇺🇸
Just found your channel after catching my PD pike. I kayak fish and have bass and walleye nailed down pretty good. But pike always skunk me. So I tried a Chatterbait like yours except chartreuse. Immediately caught 3 'hammer-handle' ones, perfect for pickling. Heading in, I jigged it off the bottom just messing around and hooked into a 38" TANK. Hook popped out the second it was landed. That monster got carefully revived and released. I'm sold on using a Chatterbait for pike.
Thank you, Hi Tempo! I'm glad you guys realized how good of a content creator Matt is and I've loved to see him in the compass! If I lived in the US i would definitely find you guys for mine!
your videos are amazing, it's also extremely nice to have someone who lives up north like me, the fishing is different from all those other UA-camrs who live down south
Glad to see you out there brother, even when it gets tough, hope the family is doin well, gorgeous pike, love the footage/urban setting, cant say enough your videos are great.
Another great video Mr. Matt sir! I’m a big Musky and Pike fan! Always very happy to see a new video of yours,so keep‘em coming! That Hobie is a great little boat! Moves right along.
With as hot and dry as this spring has been out by me, paired with a really warm winter, fishing has been reeeaaallllly slow. Good to see someone bringing some pile into the kayak at least.
I live North of ya and been fishing the North dam in G. Forks. The last few weeks have been awesome a large variety of fish all in less than waist deep water. I've brought several limits of sauger, walleye all nice eating size. Anything over a couple lbs. i throw back. Most unique catch this year was a tagged sturgeon with a DNR MN. tag.
Those Zman chatter baits are some of my favorites for pike here in WI. I think people overlook them for ploppers and spinners, but that wobbling blade action/sound drives the pike crazy. Nice vid, thanks as always for the solid content!
Crazy you posted this a bit ago... My nephew and I were out fishing with some chatter baits over the past weekend going for bass, well our day wasn't going the best so my nephew decided to start jigging the chatter bait just out desperation to catch something, well he did catch something and it was a small pike. It was the end of the day so we weren't able to get much effort on this technique. I get home and this video shows up in my feed, go figure 😂. We are definitely going to start jigging the chatter baits now where we know there are pike. Thanks for posting this and btw I love your videos and I love how you mentioned you were skunked for a combined 15 hours. After seeing your videos it's hard to think you have your bad days like we all do... 😆
The chatterbait has always been one of my favorite ways to catch bass and pike. I’ve never thought about popping it off the bottom though, always a straight retrieve. Will definitely be adding that into the arsenal, great video 👍
Sometimes it takes a real cooker of a day to make a good video. Appreciate your honesty brother, we've all had a skunk day in there. Equipment/wardrobe malfunctions as we call them visit us plenty. I'm finding more and more where the reel seats come loose and I'm checking the reel a few times per trip. But pike or bass on the line makes it worth it. Blessings Matt
If you haven't seen the Red River valley in North Dakota, you have to some day. You'll love it as much as I do. North Dakota will always be home no matter where I go...
@@austinluna7463, yeah, the red river of the north. It flows straight starting from Lake Traverse to lake Winnipeg in Canada. It has some huge channel cats in it and a ton of bass and Northern Pike. I've fished the whole length of the river. I know many of the small towns along the river too. I know some of places he's fished. Some of the places are tributaries and a few lakes I don't recognize....
So happy to see you giving the chatterbait some love. I had an issue with hookup ratio. Try a med-heavy mod-fast if you're fishing braid. Rod loads up a little slower.
Knowing you spent 15 hours Fishing & got skunked... was very encouraging🤣 Thanks for sharing that part!! Love your Channel Buddy. I get to Fish Saskatchewan this Fall for 5 days w/my Dad & some Friends, hope to catch Pike & Walleye until we're SICK of it!
white chatterbait just like that is what i caught my only pike on ....i knew ur channel was gonna get big enough for u to get a pedal drive kayak... congrrats ... i have every lure u made a vid on lol
love your content man! you're really the Bob Ross of fishing! also side note, on your last catch when you had your reel slip off the rod, check the glue on the reel seat threads. i just had to return a bass x by st croix for the same reason
Hey Matt, would you be willing to do a video where you show us some of your go to lures, with some inside information like what species you catch with them in which weather conditions you use them etc.? I know its not your "usual" type of content but i bet many of us would love to get some tipps from you.
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BassMang! ! ! ! ! 👋🤓 that semi who honked was definitely a fisherman on his days off lol.. i love that you kept that part where your reel fell off lmaoo.. i cant count the times that has happened in all my years.. i used to fish everyday in my early years, now im not able to cause of my work injury.. thx for takin me along on this venture.. see ya next time dude 👋🤓
My Saturday just got a whole lot better! Love watching whatever you upload! Also I’d like to recommend the deeper portable sonar. I use it in may kayak so I don’t have to install anything. It works right through your phone.
Other than bluegill, I've only caught one fish so far this spring and it was a nice pike on a tan chatterbait with a craw trailer; RIGHT before the last thaw, only about 20 feet of water was open around the bank, and I was able to sight fish him after he followed it in. Same deal, i was gently popping it like a jig.
Awesome video Matt 👍 that's a good spot I have a couple spots like that where if you can fire them up it's non stop action. That's what I love about pike even if they miss it and feel the hook they will come back for it cause they're so aggressive. Probably one of the most under rated fish in America.
What other fishing UA-camr would admit to 15hours and 3 different spots of being skunked...props man
That's why I love this channel, real dude
Greg Blanchard, as honest to a fault
Scott martin
Thought the same. Best fishing UA-cam
What is meaning of "props" please. Is not things on stage for actors or push thing on boat engine no?
@@johnrickards1908 it is just American English slang. it basically just means to give credit or recognition to someone.
Hearing that even you can get skunked after a dozen hours on the water makes me feel a lot better about my own fishing. ;) Another great video!
Same here! I often gotta remind myself that the videos are edited, and they aren’t catching like 5 fish in 20 minutes every video
I have spots I fish where it's on fire one morning and I'm hooking into smallmouth topwater every few casts. Then I go back the following week and the water levels have changed from rain, temps different. I'll get nothing. Sometimes it's just right place, right time.
🎉🎉🎉
Hi
For real. Even on the magical stocked private ponds he fishes on, even Jimmy Houston says he gets skunked. If the fish aren't there or they aren't hungry or being too lazy to react to trigger presentations, you're not catching em.
Caught my PB bass today 19.5" 4lbs9oz and now I get to come home and watch Ndyakangler?? Truly a FANTASTIC day!!
congrats
Holy that must’ve been a fat fish
Good stuff man!
@inf_2174 hell yeah I was shaking for 10 minutes after releasing her back.
@@GLepage74thank you!
I just found you and I've been binge watching. I've got to say I've never found a fishing show like yours. Of the many, MANY that I've watched, I've never seen one that makes me feel like I'm the guy fishing as much as yours, though you're WAY more organized than I am. Thanks for all your efforts! Have a great fourth.
I know this is an old video, but man am I glad you corrected yourself about none of them being small. Every fish you brought up you claimed to be small, meanwhile, I've never landed a pike over 19 inches. I think I'm the only one that deals with "small" pike
Probably cause you’re catching pickerel and not pike
@pbandbruno9262 not necessarily. Some places just don't have big pike
Gotta say, what I typically enjoy about this channel is the quiet serenity of where he fishes… just not feelin this one with all the traffic noise. Reflection of the clouds on the water is beautiful though.
I'm kind of surprised you're the first one that really mentioned it, while I was editing the audio I was expecting I'd get a ton of complaints about the traffic noise. I prefer the quieter spots myself but I've been striking out at a lot of those lately. It was a harsh winter and a lot of smaller lakes experienced winterkill. I had success finding some bass at one out of a half dozen spots I tried last week at a quiet little spot.
Me and my 3 year old son watch all your videos. Thanks for taking us along. From Texas.
Better than therapy
Agreed and less expensive
It is therapy 😊
Only when your catching 😂😂😂
The Bob Ross of fishing!
Honestly
Thanks. I don't know you but watching your videos is like seeing a friend again. One that knows how to fish!
My blood pressure dropped 20 points after watching this, thank you for providing a very relaxing video.
Happy 4th of July and Happy Fishing everyone!
Hearing you going fish less for 3 days strait was a shocker, thanks for letting us know about it! I’m sure it makes us all feel a little better about our own fishing.
It happens to all of us at some point.
Always love and enjoy your videos buddy. You leaned me towards catching pike…such a fun fish to fight with.
I have a Hobie Compass as well. I use it freshwater & inshore saltwater fishing for reds and trout. Moves right along even in rough waves. Stays on top and tracks well. Make sure your pedal drive has a detachable safety cord attached. Thanks for taking us along!
High Noon
That’s one thing I notice is how well it does in the chop one of the times I took it out earlier this year.
Always a pleasure going along..thanks
Absolutely love this type of day! Beautiful fish and reflection on the water. You're videos are my favorite to binge. Have a good 4th!
Found your videos a month or so ago. Love how calming you make it appear, interspersed with excitement when a big one hits. You inspired me to try kayak fishing. Saw a kayak at DSG that was on sale and bought it. Its going to be a process for all the gear, but found one of your old videos on setup, so I know what to get. Thank You!
You tell the truth and you have No stupid music going on . Just pure nature and fishing . That's what makes you Number # 1
Saved for Sunday morning coffee. Thanks for another adventure!
Man pike fight like no other. Probably the game fish I have the most respect for
I don't fish, but love your channel. You rock, average dude with skills! The Bob Ross of fishing. Lol
Love your videos. It is a great way to start my weekend
I never thought to bounce a chatterbait off the bottom. I've just done a straight retrieve with variations in speed and popping it. Thanks for that method.
I always have and it does work alright.
As always, Matt, I enjoyed spending time with you while you worked your magic on those pike. Keep up the great content, take care and be safe!
After watching this video, I picked up the same chatterbait and some Keitech 4.8"silver/white swimbaits because they didn't stock the ones you used. I took them out with my 4yo son yesterday and had the best day pick fishing that I've ever had. We caught 5 in just an hour or so and had many more bites and fish get unhooked. Needless to say, he all he wants to catch is pike now! Thanks for the idea and awesome videos!
The reflection of the clouds in the water. What a beautiful creator we serve. Thank you Jesus.
So thankful that I wasn't the only guy that had his reel come detached during a session... outstanding job again
Totally preventable too, I noticed it was wiggling a little bit the previous fish.
Cool video! Thanks for taking the time to bring us along!
So glad I found your channel. You are the Bob Ross of fishing
❤ I say the same thing! Bob Ross & a tad bit of Mr. Rogers. I love how he's super kind to the fishies too.
No matter where you go, it looks like you have the waters all to yourself.!!! You must be in awe each and everyone time you go out 💪👍!!
I usually have a plan b and c spot within 10-20 miles of where I plan on going, in case someone beats me to one of those smaller spots.
That makes sense for sure. When you are given the green light to fish, make sure there is a backup plan. 👍😎
Nice video once again👍 I'm from Denmark, so I love pikefishing. I got my current pb pike on a chatterbait. 102 cm and 6,8 kg🐊 (40 inches. 15 pounds)
Sounds like a nice pike!
@@jetta5267 It was a good fight on my perch rod😁
@@Fiskeren_Ahansen Yep. Pike are always fun too catch. Last month I hooked into a muskie who attacked my bluegill while fishing with ultra light gear.👍🇺🇸
@@jetta5267 great😁 I hope one day I can go to the states or canada and hook a muskie
I get totally blissed every time I watch one of your videos
What an awesome place to fish. I just got a kayak here in uk. Can’t wait to go out as the places accessible around here from the bank get hammered
12:00 that’s gotta be the coolest thing. The trucker was tellin you “NICE FISH”
I drive I-90 from WI to SD for work and see so many spots to fish and there’s never anyone on the water. I’d love to see someone fishing.
Just found your channel after catching my PD pike. I kayak fish and have bass and walleye nailed down pretty good. But pike always skunk me. So I tried a Chatterbait like yours except chartreuse. Immediately caught 3 'hammer-handle' ones, perfect for pickling. Heading in, I jigged it off the bottom just messing around and hooked into a 38" TANK. Hook popped out the second it was landed. That monster got carefully revived and released. I'm sold on using a Chatterbait for pike.
That’s awesome congrats! The chatter bait has saved me from getting skunked many times!
I would gladly catch any of those "little" pike! Man, you get to fish some prime waters!
I love your top water videos. There is nothing like a Pike or Muske smashing a top water bait ! Awesome ! Thanks for the videos !
Thank you, Hi Tempo! I'm glad you guys realized how good of a content creator Matt is and I've loved to see him in the compass!
If I lived in the US i would definitely find you guys for mine!
your videos are amazing, it's also extremely nice to have someone who lives up north like me, the fishing is different from all those other UA-camrs who live down south
When a truck from your company you work for shows up in a NDYakAngler video! Awesome
Glad to see you out there brother, even when it gets tough, hope the family is doin well, gorgeous pike, love the footage/urban setting, cant say enough your videos are great.
It is not good weekend without your fishing adventures🙂
Another great video Mr. Matt sir! I’m a big Musky and Pike fan! Always very happy to see a new video of yours,so keep‘em coming! That Hobie is a great little boat! Moves right along.
Nothing beats tight lines with feisty pike. Nice
With as hot and dry as this spring has been out by me, paired with a really warm winter, fishing has been reeeaaallllly slow. Good to see someone bringing some pile into the kayak at least.
Pike***
I live North of ya and been fishing the North dam in G. Forks. The last few weeks have been awesome a large variety of fish all in less than waist deep water. I've brought several limits of sauger, walleye all nice eating size. Anything over a couple lbs. i throw back. Most unique catch this year was a tagged sturgeon with a DNR MN. tag.
Fished that same spot a few times back in the day only obviously mostly in the winter time running tip ups and whatnot.
You do a great vid. I enjoy watching and listening…..wish you were local.
Nothing Ike seeing that a new video has dropped on a Saturday!! Soothes the soul. Entertaining and educational. Thanks, Matt!
Glad to see the winter didn't kill off the lake.
As always a great show. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Those Zman chatter baits are some of my favorites for pike here in WI. I think people overlook them for ploppers and spinners, but that wobbling blade action/sound drives the pike crazy. Nice vid, thanks as always for the solid content!
Always a pleasure watching your videos each week. Thanks for posting your adventures.
tranquility..this is why I love this channel.
Crazy you posted this a bit ago... My nephew and I were out fishing with some chatter baits over the past weekend going for bass, well our day wasn't going the best so my nephew decided to start jigging the chatter bait just out desperation to catch something, well he did catch something and it was a small pike. It was the end of the day so we weren't able to get much effort on this technique. I get home and this video shows up in my feed, go figure 😂. We are definitely going to start jigging the chatter baits now where we know there are pike.
Thanks for posting this and btw I love your videos and I love how you mentioned you were skunked for a combined 15 hours. After seeing your videos it's hard to think you have your bad days like we all do... 😆
not gonna lie the trucker honking to your nice fish was pretty wholesome imo
The best underated fishing UA-camr
Бойкие молодые щуки! Класс!!! Спасибо за видео 💪🤝
Thanks for the pike video Matt, I enjoy watching you catch those fish. Keep them coming.
Glad you got your mojo back! Thanks for sharing!!
The chatterbait has always been one of my favorite ways to catch bass and pike. I’ve never thought about popping it off the bottom though, always a straight retrieve. Will definitely be adding that into the arsenal, great video 👍
You are the Bob Ross of fishing
Sometimes it takes a real cooker of a day to make a good video. Appreciate your honesty brother, we've all had a skunk day in there. Equipment/wardrobe malfunctions as we call them visit us plenty. I'm finding more and more where the reel seats come loose and I'm checking the reel a few times per trip. But pike or bass on the line makes it worth it. Blessings Matt
Great Video Thanks for taking Us along!!👍👍
What a great life! Thank you for sharing.
I used to drive by that spot in my delivery truck. I'm pretty lucky I get to sit out there in my kayak instead now.
Man if those were my 7 or 8 for the day I’d be thrilled. Good eating
Awesome new video! Always looking forward to these every week. Best fishing content on UA-cam, no doubt.
If you haven't seen the Red River valley in North Dakota, you have to some day. You'll love it as much as I do. North Dakota will always be home no matter where I go...
Like the red river there?
@@austinluna7463, yeah, the red river of the north. It flows straight starting from Lake Traverse to lake Winnipeg in Canada. It has some huge channel cats in it and a ton of bass and Northern Pike. I've fished the whole length of the river. I know many of the small towns along the river too. I know some of places he's fished. Some of the places are tributaries and a few lakes I don't recognize....
Kidder dam in Wahpeton is a good spot along there.
@@austinluna7463, the zoo there is pretty nice.
The clouds on the water are so beautiful.
I've also been in a bit of a slump lately. You layed into some good pike today, good stuff. 👍 I gotta try to get back out and figure em out.
So happy to see you giving the chatterbait some love. I had an issue with hookup ratio. Try a med-heavy mod-fast if you're fishing braid. Rod loads up a little slower.
Knowing you spent 15 hours Fishing & got skunked... was very encouraging🤣 Thanks for sharing that part!! Love your Channel Buddy. I get to Fish Saskatchewan this Fall for 5 days w/my Dad & some Friends, hope to catch Pike & Walleye until we're SICK of it!
white chatterbait just like that is what i caught my only pike on ....i knew ur channel was gonna get big enough for u to get a pedal drive kayak... congrrats ... i have every lure u made a vid on lol
love your content man! you're really the Bob Ross of fishing!
also side note, on your last catch when you had your reel slip off the rod, check the glue on the reel seat threads. i just had to return a bass x by st croix for the same reason
I just let it loosen up too much.
@@ndyakangler well that's good! hope you don't run into that problem with it
Always enjoy watching you fish,
Hey Matt, would you be willing to do a video where you show us some of your go to lures, with some inside information like what species you catch with them in which weather conditions you use them etc.? I know its not your "usual" type of content but i bet many of us would love to get some tipps from you.
One of my favourite bass and pike lakes is surrounded by black muck, it gets all over everything, does it stink, especially as the summer goes by.
Skilled, friendly, and relaxing. You couldn’t ask for a better fishing channel.
Really enjoy your videos. It has got me back fishing. Thanks
Nice to see someone enjoying pike fishing out there ! Great catches .
I love chatterbaits one of my favorite lures
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BassMang! ! ! ! ! 👋🤓
that semi who honked was definitely a fisherman on his days off lol..
i love that you kept that part where your reel fell off lmaoo..
i cant count the times that has happened in all my years..
i used to fish everyday in my early years, now im not able to cause of my work injury..
thx for takin me along on this venture..
see ya next time dude 👋🤓
The reflection of the clouds 🤌🤌🤌
But great video your a great inspiration to all of us I can’t wait to see your next video
Love this guy. He is the Bob Ross of fishing. Enjoy your show man! Keep up the good work!
My Saturday just got a whole lot better! Love watching whatever you upload! Also I’d like to recommend the deeper portable sonar. I use it in may kayak so I don’t have to install anything. It works right through your phone.
Made my very nice end of saturday evening. Cheers from Germany.
Chillest fishing channel i know
Well done as always. Thanks for creating and posting your videos.
The Bob Ross of fishing
love your videos man ! i just bought my first kayak just because you ! OldTown SportMan 120 ! Im from canada so i got a lot of spot for pike fishing !
Great content as always. Thanks for another fun fishing trip-road noise and all. God bless.
Best way to start my morning
Thank you for your entertaining videos.
"Breaker Breaker, we got Pike!"🎣🗣️
Other than bluegill, I've only caught one fish so far this spring and it was a nice pike on a tan chatterbait with a craw trailer; RIGHT before the last thaw, only about 20 feet of water was open around the bank, and I was able to sight fish him after he followed it in. Same deal, i was gently popping it like a jig.
I’m sure you’ve heard this before, but you have a midwestern, Bob Ross kind of voice. Very soothing, and when appropriate, with a mild excitement.
Awesome video Matt 👍 that's a good spot I have a couple spots like that where if you can fire them up it's non stop action. That's what I love about pike even if they miss it and feel the hook they will come back for it cause they're so aggressive. Probably one of the most under rated fish in America.
Extra likes for this video because it’s nice knowing even the GOAT gets skunked on occasion.
Reel comes off…..still nets the pike……legend👌🏻👌🏻
Enjoy the day
I love your channel man, bangers everytime ❗️