As a California basser that has watched your channel for many years, I really appreciate the honest and useful content you guys "crank" out every week. You don't bait for online hits by using secret gimmicks and colors or trash talking, and that is why I always come back to your channel. Matt and Tim must be very proud of what they have built.

@DoctorSess

Жыл бұрын

Where in CA do you fish?

@DoctorSess

Жыл бұрын

And I agree 100%

Before I really go fishing, I envision it from my arm chair, mentally rehearsing and storing what I learn from you and Matt. Somewhere in that daydream I hope you guys are enjoying a good cup of coffee with me too. It’s a good way to develop and hone the process before going hands on.

The Tactical boys always put out the best videos with a ton of information, you have an awesome line of your own lures, and I love watching your videos when they come out. Keep up the awesomeness.

I love that i always have the baits you use in the vids 95% of the time. Thanks guys May God Bless y'all i hope you had a great Easter weekend

@amorton94

Жыл бұрын

I love that I have them and can't catch fish with them. Jk, I don't love that last part at all. 😅

Definitely nailed the basics here - one of the best things about fishing is that you can use these 3 techniques and always have a good chance of success.... or you can add in more advanced techniques like skipping a jig and push the sport even further. It's cool that there's accessibility on the beginner side and room to move up to higher skill levels.

🥇🏆👋🏻 Good morning TB family!

@gunadoo

Жыл бұрын

good morning

@ziggyblue782

Жыл бұрын

Morning!

I love this style of video full of suggestions and under water videos that show the techniques in action !!

Another great video with lots of good info. I have searched and watched videos from a lot of other sites. In my humble opinion this is the best site for bass fishing.

Excellent video presentation Tim. I’ll best using these techniques this weekend at the kayak tournament. Thank you so much.

Throwin some appreciation for the extent informatively that the Tactical team goes to to bring us all the knowledge and open our eyes to all the different and endless possible combinations and subtle facts that might go unnoticed to the average angler like myself. Thank you Tim and and thank you Matt =)

Excellent. Love the techniques and teachings. Thanks for sharing. I have enjoyed success with the Texas rig Berkeley Powerbait blue fleck worm over the years. Will be adding these new ones.

Another awesome video Tim 👍🏻 almost like a back to basics. Maybe you and Matt can do a series of videos, call it Back to Basics, for the new anglers coming into the sport. I can’t get enough TacticalBassin content 👍🏻🔥🔥🔥

This has been the most relaxed I have ever been while watching your videos. The sound of the rain darn near put me to sleep! 😴

@coty7228

Жыл бұрын

It did me 😂 missed the whole video, I’ll have to rewatch it lol

Tacticalbassin has been on my TV or phone 95% of the time I've been on KZread the last 2-3 months. I just started fishing again this yr when I got a kayak after almost 10yrs and realized I'm a horrible fisherman 😂. I was always pulling huge pond bass figured I was good but now realize they'd hit anything. These vids help me figure out how to actually use what I'm buying.

Another excellent presentation 👍 Really good information and content. Cheers 😀

Awesome content as always! You guys are the best!

Appreciate all the underwater footage! Tim, I’d love to see you do underwater footage of a swing-head jig with various worms/creature baits on it. I prefer the gamakatsu hybrid swing head jig because I fish predominantly from shore and need casting distance to reach the fish in my highly pressured shoreline fishing only ponds/lakes. I can also stay weedless with my swing head jig while my bait is unattached to my weight for more action and buoyancy.

I really appreciate these videos where it’s kept simple. Not everyone has a huge budget or equipment to throw lots of hard baits. Also, with kids in the boat, trebles make me nervous! I actually like the sound of the rain in the background. Love a clear and sunny day, but the wacky especially, on a rainy day can be a killer. I think the broken surface makes the fish feel safer.

Great work guys!

Awesome video love the way you explain things

I got my notebook ready and I wrote it all down. I heard you guys are really good on informing people on bass fishing and the rumor is true. Any bit of advice really helps cuz I want to expand my horizons from saltwater into bass territory. You guys delivered.

Thank you Tim. Thanks for sharing.

Love the Man Bear Pig and also the Berkely Pit Boss. Both looks awesome in the water and skip well.

Thank you for all the great content and advice Tim and Matt. Have you made a video talking about rod care and repairs? What do you do with bent and broken guides on rods? Does one bend guide melt your minds, or do you bend it back and keep going?

Love my Shaky heads pretty much from Spring to fall up here in the True North as well as my home Province made X Zone plastics here in Ontario Canada. They are the real deal baby! Since it is so hard to find Missile baits up here at an affordable price my favourite Shakyhesd worm is the X Zone MB Fat Finesse Worm. Comes in a great selection of colours and with all X Zone plastics the tails and the claws float! Tim and Matt hopefully you have tried all of the X Zone plastics as they are awesome guys! Great video as always.

That Destroyer is such a good bait. I use it on my carolina rigs and catch them really well

These videos never get old 👍🏻

I agree, those look crazy good underwater

Gotta get my TB in this morning before I hit O.H. Ivie up here in about an hour!

Great video!!!!!

Great video awesome tips

The ice can't melt fast enough up here in Minnesota! Itching to get out and slam them! Been watching for a couple years.. my favorite bass channel and it's not even close!

@NorthWoodsWes

Жыл бұрын

Where you at in Mn? I'm northeast.

I'm already using all these techniques and a few others as well. Now when it comes to Shakey head,.... I got to have a screw lock on it. It's just my preference & I based it on the way the worm will begin to crawl down the hook after a couple of hooksets. Creature baits, I use a few different ones. I love to use a Baby D Bomb in Hillbilly Magic color during the spring time. I use a titanium 1/8ozweight with a bobber stop to keep it compact. And I also use a Bellow's Gills in the 2.8 size the same way. Sometimes I use a Keitech mono spin jig on it just to add some flair and it's a deadly combination. Thanks for sharing this

Man bear pig in black and blue gets it done for me year round!!! Great vid as always!!

GREAT VIDEO THANKS.

D Stroyer is such a big fish bait. Love seeing all the baits underwater.

Thanks for great info

I use a lot of 5" senko's, wacky rigged in my area ( smaller bass in Northern IL) with success. I usually give it a little line tug and then pause, and I can feel the low frequency vibration, and I'm sure the fish feel it too and it seems to get their attention well.

@swimstud5151

Жыл бұрын

Hello from central Illinois! 6 and 7 inch ones will bring in those bigger bass, but fewer overall bites...Just depends what you're looking for. 2lbs bass will eat a 10 inch shakey head any day of the week, just gotta present it correctly! Tight lines!

Is the senko mind numbingly boring to fish? Absolutely. Did a senko catch my all time PB? Absolutely. 😎😂🤙🏽

Great advise!

I like to throw a "ned shot". I tie a drop shot worm on (wacky rigged Senkos work well) with a ned rig instead of a drop shot weight. It doubles my chances of catching one as it allows me to fish the bottom and slightly off the bottom. ✌🏾

Started using the man bear pig after hearing you talk about it last year and it was the most productive bait I used last year.

@trumpking4874

Жыл бұрын

I’ve caught a ton of bass on the man bear pigs. I’m a big fan

Shakey head is my confidence technique I fish it all the time, you can also have great success on them with slender creatures/craws. I prefer the buckeye spot remover (non screw lock) it allows the fish to get a better gap on the hook and you’ll catch more fish

I cannot wait another week or two and I'll be throwing all kinds of soft plastics..... I live in Upstate NY so it's Just starting to warm up this week!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!! Can't wait!!!!!

“I laugh every time I hear about this one.” Ahh, the manbearpig. I see you’re a man of culture. 😂

I love all you guys do. How about a vid on a snaggy reservoir lake. I can only bottom bounce wacky rigs everything else goes to the blasted rock and the dead head gods.

Tim another great video. I am going to Canada so I need a medium spinning rod primarily for walleye fishing. I am considering several rods which could later also be used for bass fishing. One is the medium 7’ intenza you recommend here. The others are the st croix avid walleye rod 7’1” medium mod-fast, or the 7’3” extra fast, or the 7’ medium shimano Zodias. I find that getting an all around rod for walleye fishing for jigging and jerkbait fishing is difficult. It is a float trip so I am limited on gear and have my large northern pike dobyns furr rod and a medium heavy trolling rod for large lake trout and northern pike so I just need a third rod for walleye combing both jerk baits and jig fishing but I would like to use this for bass fishing afterwards.

I’ve been using the black angel lures shakey head called the snitch. I found them on tackle warehouse. Screw lock and stands up great.

Another great video Tim. What do you see as the pros/cons of using the Owner Twistlock line of worm hooks for Senkos? I've been using both the light wire and heavy wire versions depending on the situation.

Hey Tim: Thanks for revealing VMC ring size (7mm) needed for 5" SENKO. I never knew what diameter to buy. Meanwhile I use heat shrink on the middle of my 5" SENKO.

Timely video and you could probably stop with the stick baits. I had the day off for Good Friday and caught 36 largemouth on my home lake in Metro Atlanta using a Wacky Rigged 5" Junebug Yum Dinger. Seven were 17+", including two 18's, one @ 19 and one @ 20-1/4". It was a great day on the water!

One suggestion for a video: the underwater footage is amazing but it can be hard to link what I'm doing with my rod/reel to what the bait does underwater. Maybe a video on retrieves that can show side by side what a "hop" looks like vs "drag" etc. I know for me, bottom fishing feels like a bit of a mystery since I can't really see what my bait is doing a lot of the time.

@russd2888

Жыл бұрын

Cool split screen idea :)

@trumpking4874

Жыл бұрын

A hop is when the bait leaves the bottom briefly and a drag is when it’s sliding across the bottom. 👍

I fish Texas rigged Trick Worms from April to late November and do very well with them. Since the Chick has an abundance of grass in the warm weather months, they come through the vegetation great. I use a 1/8 oz weight exclusively to prevent it from getting mired. My best colors are green pumpkin, green pumpkin with purple glitter, green pumpkin candy, and watermelon candy. They will bite those all season long. They're not a big fish bait but I have caught numerous 4 and 5 lb fish.

Suggestion for future video. I'm a power fishing guy. Last year, I started dabbling in finesse presentations. I feel like I "overwork" them sometimes. Could you guys put together a video where you show underwater footage of how you work certain presentations and baits? Drop shot, especially. Anyway, thanks for all the great info you guys dish out.

Well said

Hey guys...I've been tryin to work on my different knot techniques such as the double uni..braid to fluoro..I'm havin a pretty good bit of difficulty so if you guys can will yall please do a knot video..it's just a suggestion but I been watchin all the different rod combo on a budget videos and they are really helpful and one more question...can I throw some smaller swim baits on a spinning combo..I'm tryin to teach myself how to use a bait caster so I can start power fishin but I've always been a spinning reel guy..any input will be greatly appreciated..thanks and tight lines brothers..

The 6th Sense Hogwalla is an awesome creature bait also

If I was to buy a dedicated slxa spinning rod to skip stick baits out of my kayak what would be the best one and is the nexeve a good reel to pair.

Hey Tim, what do you think about the megabass sleeper craw? So far I haven’t had any success.

W vid

Noticed Tim rigged the EWG hook in the Senko deeper into the bait. Is this to allow the senko to fall flatter?

one day will you do a full on bank/pond fishing buyers guide that goes over every thing you need to bank/pond fish between the baits and gear for everything for all the people who dont have a boat and can only pond and bank fish

Hey fellas. Any advice for someone trying to get into the kayak/fishing industry?

Still in that ice melt stage up in ontario.... 😢

Will we be seeing Tactical at the lake fork swimbait gathering 😊?

I NEED HELP! It's been HOT, sunny (NOT A CLOUD), and slick calm. My water is still in the Prespawn range, upper 50's, maybe still under 60°F. I'm getting skunked other than a few small buck bass on wacky rigged stickbaits. Weeds are barely starting, there is some shallow slimey green algae. What would you throw???

Tim, have you tried out the X-zone Muscle Back Hawk Hunter?

water temps are still low 40s in vermont im itchin to get out there lol

Make a video for south Texas/ Florida please!

RiotBaits Probe is a great shaky head lure.

I got a new Phenix BFS rod, do I have to use fluorocarbon? I put 5lb braid on it and it’s a nightmare.

What is the hookkeeper on your fishing rod just above where you? Hold it. It looks like it's held on by rubber bands or something thank you

Do yall use a carolina rig and if so when?

Folsom temps on Saturday was 52° still 😅

Thanks, Tim! Great info. Funny how fishing has evolved. Years ago "Texas Rig" meant worms. Now the "Shakey head" has replaced that use. I still TR worms though. Anyone remember that? Anyone still do it?

@gunadoo

Жыл бұрын

They're different, the way I think of it is shakey heads are used for more finesse approaches and TR is more used for dragging worms through weeds

@swimstud5151

Жыл бұрын

​@@gunadoo the original comment made me lol. I still use a Texas rig every time I fish. These days it's only for stick bait and creature bait stuff, but I fish that worm 90% of the time If I have a skinny worm or a long one with different tails I've started putting it on a shaky head the past year... mostly due to the advice here and throughout the sport. It's hard and expensive to change and adapt to new techniques and tackle but it's worth it!

I have a question for any of you experienced bass fishermen. How long, typically, does it take someone new to the sport to get to the point where they can actually catch bass fairly regularly? I just started bass fishing in September of this last year, so I guess I've been at it 6 to 7 months. I HAVE caught a few, but I'd say probably 4 out of every 5 trips out I get totally skunked. Just wondering if this is typical for newbies or if I'm just REALLY bad at it? I'm getting more than a little discouraged, so I was just curious if this is typical or am I just wasting my time?

@SteegeFish

Жыл бұрын

I'm not noob and I still have days where ive been skunked. It definitely happens don't worry its natural lol

@Pudge4400

Жыл бұрын

@@SteegeFish thanks for the reply! Yeah...I'm not giving up, but I gotta admit that it's getting harder and harder to stay motivated when you don't see anything for your effort.

What color was that magic worm? Closest I see on TW is passion shad

@genesis4gz

Жыл бұрын

Sorry just saw the description, the color in this vid doesn’t look like the pic in TW for missile morning

Can't ya just hear the morels poppin' with that rain. This time of year, it's hard to find enough time. Bass, to catch and release. Bluegills and morels for the grease and gobbler hunting ...well enough said. Decisions, decisions

Sup Tim? Hope all is well.

👍

Finali American spining! 1000 likes!

Questions: How is a shakey head better than a Texas rig of the same weight?

All baits I'll have on my deck from ice out through the spawn.

down here in FL that man bear pig gets it

Wow,that man bear pig is almost $13 for a single piece on Amazon...thats insane but it does look good

Audio was fine +, never heard a drip.

Let us know how the new Senko rod is working out.

Dam no brush hog

1st!

No mention of Dry Creek double dipped tubes? Goby if you have signal or Clearwater craws and watermelon slice if you have red swamp? No mention of Jackall Flick Shakes body hooked 2/3 of the way down with a speck of nail weight in the nose on an owner light mosquito? No Zooms the fluke in smoke'n shad or baby bass on a Gammy Size 1 EWG with assorted ss at the nose or weightless? C'mon guys! Get with the program!

Spending a little to much time with your buddy over the years, if I close my eyes and listen, you guys talk and sound the exact same way.

Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved

Alot of KZread anglers are going to "special membership" type videos and charging for it. I hope you guys don't do that

@tacticalbassin

Жыл бұрын

We're not planning on it! We came to youtube 13 years ago to help other anglers and putting up a pay wall just makes it harder to pursue that goal. We appreciate your continued support!

too much talking. Get to the point bro