Rod and Reel Streamside; Deadly Techniques

Funding for rotted real stream side is made possible by a grant from rebel products for fishermen throughout the world. Welcome to this week's mill stream site. This is going to be a really different show this week there's just going to be you and me. And what I'd like to do is I'd like us both to explore a little farm pond together. This is a pond that will be fishing near Watertown New York and it's the first time I've ever been on this water. So what we'd like to do is try to find out how to fish bass in October and explore some of the different methods that are popular this time of year. I hope you enjoy it. Please stay tuned. That is the biggest bass in the world but boy it sure is a pretty one. And it's which

I have been on here more than five minutes I had another fish on and lost it. So it looks like the fish are kind of active today. This is an all new experience for me I have a fish this type of water before so we're going to have to kind of experiment as we go along. I'll tell you the types of conditions that we have. It looks like a real fic almost like a hay type of grass and under me along the shoreline and that's where this little bass came out of. I started with a black plastic worm. Now this is been a favorite of mine and some of the other waters that I fish this year. I just use it kind of. To get my bearings I may go to Craig Bates. We may try some spinnerbait spoke first of all I like a worm like this because it's silent. This is a little pond and we have got a lot of wind today. So before we scare the fish along the shoreline what I'm going to do. Oh let's just see that we're good before I back out. And you've probably seen this before in some of my other shows. I've got a little.

Take just a little bit again. Of the strike. Now the way this water appears to me is right now we're only over about a foot and a half to two feet of water. Now I'm going over some grass and then it appears to drop right down to about four or five feet. I just took the drop off. So what I want to do is get on the edge of the drop off and can see. By the looks of this pond it's probably. Maybe three hundred yards long at the most 100 yards wide. So we should be able to cover the water today and try to find out where they are. Maybe the fish are in the middle maybe they're there congregate along the shore that's something we're going to have to discover as we try some of our different techniques. Nice nice nice bass. You know he makes up for the

one I just lost if I get him in here. A little bit bigger than the first one anyway. Well that's a good fish. Just barely. That's nice. That's a kind of first to make anybody happy especially me. I tell you what I did here and I try to create bait cast along the edge here I try to crawfish color but I wasn't getting the strikes no you have to keep in mind this is October 16th and the fish change this time of year their habits change their metabolism is a lot slower so sometimes things are great just a few weeks earlier don't work as well now. I'm going to throw this past back before I heard him. But I want you to see the beautiful beautiful coloration on that fish. This is just a small pond and sometimes you think small water like this with the silty bottom they would get grubby but so far none of the fish that I've caught look that way at all. That's probably close to a two pound fish I'm going to

back now before he gets hurt. We're not going to keep any fish today. That we're going to show you. In just a second just showing you that before petition in some of these shows some of the hang of it because it really is simple and there isn't anything better to use for Bastien warns. I know there's going to be days when you're going to work better spinnerbait the finest thing you can use now that time I was using a green worm and I'm going to show you that right now. This is green. Actually this is the one that I got from Sandy have seen these custom tackle. But it is black on one side and green on the other I think it's chartreuse and black or something. I call it green. Yeah. I've had good luck with

that work. I really have. Turned my hand so you can see it in black. Color is critical or not I don't know as far as the color the world wait let's not talk too much about that I want to show you I've got a little bit later when I read another word so I'm going to stay with me on this cast and we will see if we got tremendous luck. You can actually get a strike on the can. I think a little too far this time. I want to be right in and take us in there. And after it hits then I just raise it. A little bit. And I get a big. My real. You want to show somebody that's no big deal. Maybe that's. Because you

can see it started to rain too. I think. Just a little bit too far I'll tell you if I don't get a strike. Usually you get a strike when it hits the water and slowing down. But if I don't get it straight. I feel that I'm not going to because the water might come up and look at it for a second on the second to hit it. This time I'm in a little bit closer to where I want to be. What happens. And usually it's a perceptible task. I hope we can do that for you and show you just what it is like. We're going to get one here in a second. Fish.

Are. Definitely decent bass bass. And a half to two pounds. It's something that I can't tell you but it's something that if you certainly know what I mean. I'm probably not explaining it right. But I knew that it wasn't. And I'm going to let him go before. He dies. It's a big it's a big importance to me and when I'm on the show

especially for something that I'm not going to but it certainly isn't my intention. To treat them lightly because. I think it feels like it's got some good weight. My goodness. I'd like to get this in I am going to. But it's a nice

fish. To me. I don't know I don't have a ham but then I don't know what is beautiful. To. Me. He did everything different than what I expected when I told you. I was explaining before. And I thought it was a pain fish. On the line and I could feel the weight and it was a. Fish. I'm going to let him go back. To.

I don't care how many of you catch. Him. It's always exciting especially when you get one right. Now. Maybe I can tell you a little bit about where we are now we've come to the end. Of this pond. And I'm going to show you exactly what we have we have a water runoff. As a matter of fact it appears. Like. You ready Jim or you want. To me. The dam has broken at the end here and water's running out. Any time you have an end of a lake like this. There is a runoff. There's another strike by the way I've got. Any time you have a. Structure and you want to keep it on there because the fish are going to be down here at the end like this. I just had a real strong tap there and I he dropped it for some reason. There might be some decent fish in this pond. Jim to show you something else right now. In case you think that we were

in like little fish some people had wanted to do when they want to. And it appears. My heart's beating like a rabbit. When you get some bass on it. And. You can't really any longer because you have to discard it. Part of that. Critical because we're going to have to go. Into this pond.

I started to say. Time of the year. They tend to. Sometimes in the summer or sometimes even in the spring. And it makes it easier for you. Because. On the surface. There is one. But it's a good fish. A. Beautiful fish. I. Think I'm too. But that's the way I feel about the fish right here. It's bigger than I thought. It is.

I'm going to slap myself a minute away. This can't be true. Be happy to catch fish like this. Especially here in the north. We don't have a fisherman. I remember. Six years ago. I'm not exaggerating fishing for trash fish.

I used to remember when I started. The attitude. TV exposure started to make number one fish in America. People started getting in and getting the magazine. But we still don't have many fishermen and. I have a fish. Here. Congregating just before the winter here. They always do when they get away.

I'm going to cast right down towards the water. OK now. I'll try to explain what's happening I'm sure this time we won't get a strike because that's where it always goes. There's one here. For you. I'm sure getting out of breath is flowing like crazy right now because I find this extremely stimulating. Try it again. It's very important to you.

When you weren't fishing. And I wanted to get into this a little bit later. Because you've got to really know I didn't even fish. There's a strike again. That's a little when you see I'm running with it. Because I could feel that. There's another pick up that feels a little better. What I'd like. If you can follow the slack. And I'd like you to try to do for everybody. Is. Right in on the line when it's on the water. Right there you. Were going to bring her back. And. Tap.

Me. For you but I'm going to try. Another. I don't know maybe three feet in their. Yard. This time of year.

You know things never really work out the way you planned and we'd originally planned for Merrill Myers to be our guest on today's show. Now Merle's an ex trucker and the day before he got waylaid Massachusetts or Connecticut. But just after I caught that last bass we have to look over along the shoreline a Merle was standing there. So we decided to go over

and see if he'd like to come out and join us for the rest of the afternoon. Well it didn't take too much arm twisting and Merrill happily agree. Thanks. Well they're beautiful beautiful bass in here. And if he's not. 100. He's a streamlined fish boy. Don't. Let him go back in. I want to try andante. And everything else.

I want to show you. Thank you.

Paul. Certainly in the last one to tell anybody. Anything. You gotta just kind of make if you can envision it was kind of like a leech or something. Another nice fish. Beautiful. Exactly how not to live. A large bass. I didn't. Know the dandy. I'd like to thank Larry and Terry Cantlie for giving us access to this beautiful mind. It sure did turn out a pleasant surprise. I hope you've enjoyed our show today as much as we did putting it together. And we'll see here again next week on rotten real stream side. Funding for rod and reel stream side is made possible by a grant from

rebel products for fishermen throughout the world.