Winter Fishing Tips When The Fishing Is TOUGH!
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- Опубліковано 27 жов 2024
- Not every day has perfect weather, so what do you do? Its easy on the day when fish want to jump in the boat, but some days you get on the water and its just a grind. Tim has some key tips about mindset as he shows you how he builds a limit of solid fish on a day when they're not feeding.
Today was all about the A-Rig. Tim could tell in the first few minutes that his bites weren't going to come easy. He was going to have to focus and slow down to catch quality fish. He could have picked up a spinning rod but he knew that if he stuck with the mini flex rig and a slow retrieve along bottom that key bites would come eventually. Mental toughness is a major part of Winter bass fishing, especially on the tough days.
Below you'll find links to the exact baits and equipment Tim was using. All the links go directly to Tackle Warehouse where you can see detailed photos and descriptions of each item.
THE RIG...
•Hog Farmer Tactical Mini Flex Bladed: bit.ly/3uwY6Md
THE COMPONENTS...
Baits- Keitech Fat Swing Impact: bit.ly/2ab7s8v
Sizes: 3.3 (main baits), 2.8 (dummy baits)
Color: Pro Blue Red Pearl
Head- Dirty Jigs Matt Allen Swimbait: bit.ly/29RrTYN
Size: 1.8 oz
OTHER BAITS FOR LETHARGIC FISH...
•Megabass Vision 110+1: bit.ly/2iGYOCX
Color: Mat Shad
•Damiki Vault 1/2 oz: bit.ly/2rnO7e2
Color: Black Holo
•R2S Tactical DD75 Crankbait: bit.ly/37dclbX
Color: Clearwater Minnow, Mirrored Minnow
TIM'S A RIG COMBO...
Rod- Shimano Expride 7'6" Medium Heavy: bit.ly/2nTq9FL
Reel- Shimano Metanium MGL (HG): bit.ly/2ezIBfB
Line- Power Pro Maxcuatro 50 lb: bit.ly/2clBRiQ
Leader- Sunline Saltimate Fluorocarbon 16 lb: bit.ly/3oT1oq2
MID-PRICED A RIG COMBO...
Rod- Shimano Zodias 7'5" Medium Heavy: bit.ly/2cgmMAe
Reel- Shimano Curado 150 MGL (HG): bit.ly/2TQHwrP
Line- Power Pro Maxcuatro 50 lb: bit.ly/2clBRiQ
Leader- Sunline Saltimate Fluorocarbon 16 lb: bit.ly/3oT1oq2
BUDGET A RIG COMBO...
Rod- Shimano SLX 7'5" Heavy: bit.ly/2mGp1Vc
Reel- Shimano SLX 150 XT (HG): bit.ly/2BRTYL8
Line- Sunline Super FC 20 lb: bit.ly/2p7fxju
TACTICALBASSIN LURE DESIGNS (AND APPAREL)
We have a variety of custom lure designs and apparel available! Everything from Swimbaits and crankbaits, to hats and hoodies! Its all available direct through Tackle Warehouse with fast shipping. See it here...
TacticalBassin Lure Designs: bit.ly/38YpPIz
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*MAJOR EQUIPMENT WE USE DAILY...
Trolling Motor- Minn Kota Ultrex 112: bit.ly/2vFQypW
Electronics- Humminbird Solix 15: bit.ly/35HuPRY
Anchors- Minn Kota Talons: bit.ly/2F0QBSP
Camera- GoPro Hero 9: bit.ly/2KQ0VEI
*FAVORITE TOOLS AND GEAR…
Favorite sunglasses: bit.ly/3cLH0kl
Favorite Pliers: bit.ly/3xJFwTu
Favorite life jacket: bit.ly/2odXXIP
Favorite Scale: bit.ly/2f7QgQ9
Favorite Lure Retriever: bit.ly/2TLTJc6
Favorite Braid Cutters: bit.ly/35KSp3O
Favorite Split Ring Pliers: bit.ly/2fT4Qw0
Favorite Storage Box: bit.ly/3U9y4cl
Favorite Net: bit.ly/3kdZ3kA
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I can’t believe how milky green that water is. Also bass are pre spawn in Texas now because we’ve had 2 weeks of highs in the 60s 70s and 80s.
What makes the water that color?
Makes me wonder what they’re gonna do if we get another cold snap in feb, I know Feb is usually our coldest month here in Texas
I couldn't tell you what makes Tennessee waters this color but it's that color all across the state. I live about an hour and a half north of Matt and Tim
I live on chickamauga and it usually this color or chocolate lol
I fish mostly Percy Priest, because I have a slip over there, and that lake STAYS this color year round...
Love watching your videos before going fishing.
I agree Tim, your thought process wanders when the bite is slow and you have many good choices laying at your feet. You had a great day anyway by sticking to the mini bama rig. Thanks.
The last five minutes were the best thanks for the tips
🙌🏽 love when It’s a tactical morning!!
The possibility of catching multiple species of fish makes the day that much more interesting, well done.
Great video Tim. Always enjoy you and Matt out on the water fishing.
Gotta love hearing those Sandhill Cranes in the background
Glad you guys moved east to get out of the 🤪! I am positive you guys are thinking the same! I get it leaving killer weather BUT!
That mini flex looks killer!
Great it will become unavailable soon if not already
Beautiful green water
I lived in Nashville was fishing in winter on PP Lake slow rolling strike king swim bait with a weighted hook from the bank was caught a limit every time before work
“ that finesse y feel was gonna be the deal “ classic Tim
On my way to fish right now, just what I needed
Good luck! Tight lines 🎣
Hi Tim, have you and Matt ever though about doing a video on how you guys have your jet boat rigged up, a walk threw of everything so other people that don't want a big bass boat and do a lot of off the grid bass fishing can get some ideas from you all.
Thanks,
Great video Tim 👏👏
Thanks for another great video.
Yalls rig seems to work better than any iv ever seen. Yall should think about selling them already rigged up with everything already on them. I really think they would sell extremely good if you did bc no else does and would worry about the hooks catching on stuff but you'd just have to put them in a little box.
Since you guys are in midwest now you need to do a video on fishing flooded brush and timber before the spring bite comes around.
Super fishing! 🎣👌
White bass fishing is 🔥 right now.
Great video guys!
angler's dream fish ... great
So clutch on the hat
I still haven't picked one of those up I really need to change that soon
🏆Champs!
Cool video Tim! I am wondering what knot you like when tying braid directly to heavier baits like an A-Rig? Any comments welcomed. 😃👍🏼
...yeah.....what jeff said...it makes me think im gonna catch somethin! lol
Awesome information who's skeeter??
You found they wanted the A-rig, how did you determine that? How many other baits did you throw and how many casts did you make with the "wrong" bait to determine it wasn't not working? Thanks
Tim, you’re such a Boy Scout giving a guy back is that
How can I figure out a-rig rules for my state? This is a video that needs to be made! I live in MN show me where I can find the proper info please!
Call your Dept. of Natural Resources.
What knot do you use to tie your a rig on with ?
Why doesn’t the A Rig not really work in the spring and summer? Like it does in fall and winter? Or maybe I’m wrong and it works good in all seasons?
Try out the 6th sense lux or the Milliken rod they are one of the best rods for there price
I've been itching to try a couple of the ESP rods. Specifically the 7'9" Medium, Moderate for bombing squarebills and the 7'3" XH because I know how much Matt and Tim swear by the Expride for frog fishing
I hear Sandhill cranes!
Do bass often bite one of the hookless A-rig trailers? I’ve never used one and it seems like the odds of them biting the one with the hook are not in your favor…
The one or ones with the hook are generally a slightly larger size bait than the hook less baits...the bass key in on the larger baits with the hooks most of the time
Hey, Tim. This may be a bit niche but can you guys do a video for lakes that get down to the low-mid 30s but don't freeze over? ...or maybe the solution is simpler than that? At those temps, should I just treat my boat like a mobile ice fishing hole, and fish something that doesn't require movement to be effective, like a drop shot or live bait?
I took advantage of a mid-50s day, yesterday but water temps were 35 and have been (or lower) for a few weeks. Water was probably 3 - 5 feet of vis, which is normal to slightly stained for this lake, though it can get quite clear (10 feet of vis) at times. Got 0 bites (or, at the very least, 0 bites that I detected.) I was able to mark lots of fish. I saw some suspended onesies/twosies corralling bait balls but the schools were in deep water at the bottom of drop offs with their bellies in the mud. Couldn't find any deep hard bottom. The vast majority of this lake only has hard structure in shallower water or on the up stream side of ledges/humps. Since the lake is drawn down, any off shore structure I know of is now too shallow for winter hunkering. Fished painfully slow tube, ned, 2.8 keitech, yamamoto shad worm on a drop shot, 2-tap lipless, and a football jig.
It's possible that everything I saw was walleye/saugeye and just never located bass. My local lake is a great 'eye fishery.
I feel that. The lakes around me used to freeze over in the winter but these days they go back and fourth between 1-2" of unsafe ice or open water hard to put anything together in those conditions. Water temp holds 32-34 probably
Downsized baits work so much better. It's just a more natural presentation. I also prefer rigs without the plastic head. they last longer and are repairable.
Hey, Tim can you use the Metanium DC instead of the MGL? Tackle Whare House is out of the MGL.
There are plenty other 150 size MGL's and their all great. Unless you specifically want the Metanium, but there's the Bantam, Chronarch, and Curado MGL's available in the 150 size. The Curado and the Chronarch are only 0.2oz heavier than the Metanium. I have the Curado and it's phenomenal
I agree I love my curado 150
Curado = most over hyped reel on the market
@@MichaelGile19 I love all of my Shimano reels because for the way that I cast, they're the easiest for me to dial in.
Also there's a reason why people out there are still throwing their 10+ year old Curado 200's. They're work horses that don't give up
@@MichaelGile19 ??????
Did you get a new boat
My water is 35 degrees. Will the a rig work? Or should I try something else. 🤔
🥶 I would say yes just run the rig slow. They would burn a Tactical DD75 in that water temp too but the A-Rig is proving more and more that it's a year round bait and it catches monsters!
It would be nice if you would say the dept your fishing. You and Matt both say they are on the break off river channel but never say the depth. The depth they are biting is more important than what lures you are using. Every hole your fishing tell us the depth your fishing will help us out the most. Great show thanks.
But it's not about the depth it's about where they're positioned. He could be on a long tapering point that goes out to 15ft and then breaks and drops to 40+ feet and then moves to another point that only goes down to 10ft and then drops of. They're gonna be on the drop just off the shallower water. Also every body of water is going to be different. He could give you depth, temperature, water clarity, barometric pressure, everything and it could match your body of water and you might not even get bit because of any number of factors for your specific lake. Both Matt and Tim give guidelines for you to checkout at the body of water that you're fishing to try to find a pattern. Are they on drop-offs, rock, grass, wood? When you find them then you choose techniques and bait actions and colors for said locations and water Temps and clarity etc.
@@brianrobinson9979 i want to know why he doesn't lay out each hole he is fishing so other people can understand what he is doing. As far as all that text book shit you laid out that every one who seriously bass fish knows, has nothing to do with the question i ask. If you do how to videos on bass fishing, and you catch a bass off shore on a arig then you should say how deep the water is and how deep the bite came if your trying to give the most knowledge.
OMG
No species is the wrong species. Everything is all good when catching fish while fishing.
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Aww
Tolas
Wish I was good enough to care what I caught . I just like to catch fish
Soy boy catching some good ones
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