Honestly, this is the best bass fishing tutorial I've seen on youtube...and I think I've seen them all 10 times.

Man, you really break this stuff down to basics. I can see I've been too "Willy nilly" in my fishing and have been wasting too much time on non-active spots. Gotta get more regimented in my approach and more disciplined it seems if I'm to take advantage of the 'laws of nature'. Thank you sir for breaking this down like this.

@crux321

3 жыл бұрын

once u do and catch a ton more fish it will stick :p

I love that you describe a game plan for attacking offshore fishing. When the lake is crowded with a lot of fishing pressure, it would be nice to have an offshore milk run. Instead of fishing docks behind everyone else. Thanks so much for your videos.

The Contour Whisperer aka “The Professor” strikes again!!! 😎👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Start a new tournament series with NO electronics and watch the pros beat the bank😁 I use your google earth and navi tips and get close with my phone gps then drag a carolina rig, or u rig till something picks it up. There are many great guidelines in bass fishing but the more I learn the more I realize it's a guessing game. Get good electronics, fish good lakes (more than once to make logs), use good gear , make no mistakes and put it all together and maybe you'll win a tournament. Thanks Jonny👍

Thanks for breaking this down in an understandable way. I’m a lifetime fisherman but am just getting into off shore fishing for bass. I appreciate you hitting us with the realities and probabilities of it all. I’ve watched countless other videos in my attempt to learn and many give the impression that if you find the fish you’ll catch them providing you find the right presentation. I have found, like you said, that this is rarely the case. Just like anything else in life, gotta put in the time and effort to be rewarded.

Thanks a lot, Jonny. You opened up my mind about offshore fishing. Finally risked it, (nobody here to answer my questions, but online had all the answers), and invested on high-tech electronics and studied hard online, on how to interpret them, and was excited to see millions of shad while at lake. Later I upgraded to GPS trolling motor, to hold boat on same spot, but when I would fish a couple of spots, and zero strikes, I would get discouraged and go back to bank fishing, feeling that I just wasn’t cut out for offshore fishing. But now that you explained about fishing same spots at different times, I feel more encouraged to invest more time to offshore fishing. The example of; 8 spots fishing them 3 times, and hitting 5th or 10th spot at right time makes sense to me. While still bank fishing, I hadn’t given up on offshore fishing. I felt like I needed a key, to open the door for me to get back into the offshore game… If you get a chance to dedicate a video on desert lakes, we would love it. I moved from Arizona to New Mexico, and brush piles, laydowns, dock fishing are practically non-existent. Being deep irrigation lakes, they fluctuate 50 feet or more annually. But we have millions of fishermen at these lakes.

Thank you - that video was made for me. For some reason I have always resisted trying/learning to fish off shore and partly because I haven’t learn how to use my electronics effectively. This tutorial was excellent.

The birthday hat 25lb club cracked me up

That's me, Jonny !!..The guy who would find the deepest water offshore when I heard I need to fish 'offshore'. 😂🤣😂🤣..AND, never caught any! 😂👏🏻👏🏻

Jonny, all of your KZread videos have the best quality information available anywhere on how to actually catch fish. Theh best I've found. The very excellent Tacticalbassin focuses more on equipment and how to properly fish the gear, which is great stuff also. But you address a more detailed approach to understanding the underwater environment, which is so necessary, at least for me. What I like about your approach specifically is that you don't simply say "I'm running a crankbait over an offshore ledge," you show with the simulated graphics how and where the ledge lies in relation to the underwater terrain and the structure that inhabits that ledge. And your thorough explanations on using your electronics to graph an area got me to invest in a Navionics chip instead of using the onboard Lowrance chart, which is something right there LOL. Between you and TactBass, I spend far too much time in front of the 'puter instead of on the water.

I think another thing for people that makes offshore more intimidating is not knowing how to fish deep. Maybe that’s a subject you could do.

@FishtheMoment

5 жыл бұрын

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Systematic and logical way of fishing off shore as well as beating the bank. Excellent content as usual. Keep them coming Jonny.

Aaahhhh......made the process much more manageable. Filled in my gaps from your other vids. Thx a bunch!

Jonny, you are a master teacher! Thanks for the lesson. I feel like I’m ready to break thru on the off shore stuff.

Excellent video! I am a lifetime bank banger and and have over the past few years ventured offshore, as my dad used to say, for every one fish shallow there are 5 deep. You are correct in that it is all about timing and feeding windows - I have a few "Milk runs" I call them that consistently produce fish at different and varying times during the day. I look for isolated offshore structure that many guys miss - one major takeaway from your video for me is the 10 cast rule...I might go to 15, but as you very well point out it is just like shallow fishing. I find myself bank banging in spring and fall and early morning, then fishing most of my day off shore, especially in summer, and it has really improved my catch rates, as well as size. I get stuck on soft plastics and need to expand into jig fishing and probing deep a little more with jigs. Thanks so much for making these great videos and I hope you keep making them!

Great comparison. good way to build confidence to. As always you nailed it Johnny

This really opened my eyes to what I routinely do and what I should be doing! Another excellent video explanation, you nailed it! Please keep them coming!

This is a great approach Jonny. Thank you for this informative video and innovative design. Simple, yet effective.

Forced myself to get away from the bank this morning, fished some brush piles offshore in 30ft and caught 7 bass. Nothing big but confidence went way up

This great advice. I have focused on fishing banks in the past but trying to learn offshore fishing. Your videos are always very helpful. Thank you!

great explanation of off shore fishing. It is very intimidating and frustrating when you start fishing off shore but the time is worth spending exploring those off shore areas. Practicing this has totally changed the way i approach tournament fishing and fun fishing and has led to catching some quality fish that others simply pass over while bank fishing. Your videos are awesome man!!

Excellent video and explanation of the whys and hows to a sensible and systematic approach to fishing away from the bank.

Excellent interpretation Johnny. Your content has helped me develop an off shore bite. I’m new to fishing and Bc of u, I caught my first off shore bass. And now I’m addicted to fishing off shore. My biggest bass now always come from out there. Bank beating has now become almost boring. Thanks a million !!

@kidiraq8381

5 жыл бұрын

Jordan Spalding Lol Awesome Jordan, Jonny help me catch my 1st bass offshore as well and 1st in deep crankbait which I’d never used before! Went where he said, used what he told me and fish on! Even better is that he has thought me what to do next, ie “Fish The Moment”’for when they don’t bite at a spot or are not there etc etc! God Bless and tight lines!

This is now one of the best, most informative You Tube fishing channels. Excellent, intelligent content. Keep up the good work.

your approach is just amazing simple and common sense, and breathtakingly original and innovative all at the same time! Fantastic presentation along with the amazing content. Great job again, and thank you!

This is the most well-explained video I've seen for this topic yet. Thanks so much!

Jonny, you never cease to amaze me....if I can learn just half of what you know, I’ll be soooo much better than I am now. Great video as always. Also still looking forward to the Video Game Fishing instruction. Thanks so much for what you do!

I think this video brought a lot of your other videos together for me!Thanks again Johnny!!!

This is great. I recently moved to Tennessee from Florida. Grew up fishing lake Okeechobee, placid, etc.. didn't realize how two-dimensional those likes were compared to the TVA. I've been struggling offshore and you touched on several of the unrelenting questions as to whether I'm spending too much time in one spot, seeing fish and not being able to catch them so running through the entire tackle box, and so on.

Great info ,I did kind of this couple of days ago . Caught 16 bass . No lake ..river fishing . Thanks Johnny ,your the best .

Great video. I've always felt like most Bass Fisherman I know always fish docks (Lake of the Ozarks) as you described and I've always felt this had so much luck involved. Subscribed.

Great info... and you showed me it works... made me change my thinking and approach

this is the best way i have heard to fish off shore! fully understood from another econ major!

Thanks for this golden info Jonny. I betcha pros wouldn't be happy. I'm new in to bass fishing and this it will help me a lot. 👍👍👍

My new favorite KZreadr keep em coming bro!

Johnny, Your videos are great for someone that did not have a boat for 30 years and is now trying to learn how to use the Humminbird Helix fish finders to locate and cash bass on our local reservoir. Thanks for taking the time to explain your videos in a very detailed and educational format.

This vid is a total gem in so may ways. Excellent work Jonny! I'll be back at it tomorrow on my home lake (Lake Nemesis). I hope to turn that into "Lake Awesome" with this valuable insight.

Love learning from your videos. Great content, keep up the great work!

I truly enjoy and learn from your videos - the best!

Great job! Well done video solid advice keep it up!

Great material. Thanks Johnny

Good video!!! I enjoyed watching this video and you have very good perspective on off shore fishing . I'm going to try my best to do the exact same thing when I get to go fishing at Arkabutla Lake , Ms. I live in Olive Branch, Ms. and takes me about 30 mins. to Arkabutla Lake. The crappie and Bass too are very plentiful , but they tend to move a whole lot !!! That's what everybody says that catches fish on Arkabutla consistently. My 38 year old son and me bought an Alweld 18/60 stick steering boat with livescope on it this year and he works for the FAA and stays very busy so I don't get to go that often, but I watch your channel and see you catching those big nice Bass and you just make a lot of sense with your style of fishing , so I'm always listening closely! Thanks, Jerry Surratt

I remember when you hit 600 subscribers lol. You're doing great. Appreciate the videos as always.

This was a great vid Jonny. I like how u company the bank to the offshore fishin

This is exactly what I needed to hear. I've learned so much from your channel

Great job with all aspects of this video. Keep up the good work and you will grow your influence.

I think you did a fantastic job at breaking down how to fish offshore.

This was awesome buddy! Thank you for the excellent content

Very logical approach and one I can appreciate. Great job!

Another great instructional video. Keep up in sharing your knowledge as in sure it will make us all better in our passionate pursuit in the elusive bucket mouth.

Awesome information and breakdown. I fish out of a kayak and Packfish 7. I’ll have to scale down for my application but these concepts are sure to up my game, esp offshore where I feel a little lost.

Thanks I’m working on my off shore skills, I’m going to try this formula.

You nailed it and I’m guilty too. I’ll spend more time on an offshore point or hump because I can see fish there and hit the high spots on the bank because I can’t see anything on the graph. Another thing I’ll do is hit those docks and lay downs on the bank between points or humps. I fished offshore all morning and hit a lay down on the bank and bam two fish in 5 minutes. You have a gift for explaining things that registers at least with me. I’m still gonna beat banks but you’ve made me a better offshore angler.

DUDE YOUR VIDEOS ARE AWESOME. SO MUCH INFORMATION. IM LEARNING A LOT. THANK YOU

Thanks Johnny for the info bro you are amazing😃😃

This is priceless Jonny... awesome lesson!!

Thanks very informative, gives me a better understanding

Your amazing bro! Talk about getting understanding.

Great video and an always thorough explanation!#Love it👍

you have some amazing videos my dude tons and tons of info thank you for sharing

One of the most informative videos I’ve seen

Work just stoped for 22.13. Awesome tips, thanks.

Can you do a video how to fish in rough water. Where to place te boat and how to use the current to your benefit

Great instruction, Jonny! Would have included moon phase in your chart on "factors that affect bass feeding". Has made a huge difference in my success concentrating on the full and new periods. That's for those of us that are able to choose to fish those optimal times, as opposed to fishing a scheduled tournament, in off peak phases.

Awesome info man! Keep up the great work!

I think Jonny is using the same approach in making our brains work in this video as he does in finding when the fish are biting. He says the same thing over and over hoping that at one time or another our brains will be feeding and he'll actually catch us!

Another awesome vid Jonny!

great info to fish by ,good videos on this .

excellent work!!!

very well taught, thanks!

I just discovered your channel recently. Great videos!

That is phenomenal info. Fishing offshore is probably one of the hardest thing for an angler to do. Mostly because your ability to fish it effectively requires a lot on your quality of graph. Maps get you there, but a good graph makes all the difference. This would be a great preface to an electronics video Jonny. Great video man.

@tablerockkid8237

5 жыл бұрын

You need to check his previous videos Jose. There are MANY good ones on electronics already.

@Josey4u

5 жыл бұрын

@@tablerockkid8237 yea I'll dance to go thru his uploads

@tablerockkid8237

5 жыл бұрын

@@Josey4u I think you will find them worthwhile. Sorry I misspelled your name Josey4U

@kidiraq8381

5 жыл бұрын

Craziest part is, most of these images Jonny puts up, are from a 7-8 year old graph! Imagine if he had the new Mega+ 🤯

Excellent video. Thanks.

Good stuff, thanx for sharing

My fishing knowledge comes from Buck Perry and spoonplugging, and a lot of these lessons seem to be modern interpretations of many of Buck's teachings. Out of curiosity, has Buck's age old knowledge played a large part in your education and knowledge of bass fishing? Who are some of your fishing heroes that have shaped your understanding and approach to fishing? Love to watch your videos and appreciate the extensive work you have put into sharing the knowledge. And congratulations on your success, it is well deserved!

Mind blown. Thanks!

Learning a lot thanks man

Great advise. The one variable is out of those 10 to 15 cast per spot is how many times you rotate bait to see what they are hitting that day.

Great Info! Thank you!

Great job man thank you

Awesome video!

incredible video,,thanks.

Great video Jonny

Man I’m guilty of spending too much time on a spot. I think it’s because I want to make sure I’ve fished it well. Bank lay downs are easy to flip thoroughly with a few casts and move on, but I can’t see that rock pile or brush pile off shore, just have to trust I guess.

Jonny, please convert your audio to podcasts .... I would love to listen offline while running, driving, flying, etc...awesome content as always

@richyoung4051

3 жыл бұрын

i was thinking the same. i listen to flukemaster alot while at work and play his videos and just listen to him. id love for fluke and this guy to make podcasts thatd be heaven

I’m 64 and just a wanna be a bass fisher but it sounds good . I wish I had some lakes to try s. Mississippi

Great video!

Good explanation of bank and offshore. When I was in LA I only beat the bank, now that I live in AR I am trying to do more offshore fishing that I learned from you. I seem to hang up when fishing these brush piles, any ideas? Thanks for your knowledge Professor. Hope to learn a ton on the 16th. Keep them coming, I learn something new in each video. Best fishing channel on the Tube. How does the moon affect the feeding window?

Love this idea. The only thing i noticed is that most of the guys I see do well on the NC lakes specifically around raleigh is that they will sit on these key spots "25lb clubs" all day long. I guess their philosophy is that if they sit there all day they will have a shot at every feeding window these fish have. Implementing this 10 cast philosophy on these lakes can be difficult due to the number of boats on these lakes that tend to fish small at least in my case. Lots of times in these tournaments if you leave the spot you won't get it back at least not to yourself for a couple of hours or maybe even the entire day. Maybe that could be the reason they sit on these spots all day??

Dropping knowledge. Just put a striker 4 on my kayak yesterday, first time using a fish finder and definitely milked an off shore area more than any dock. However, I do pick apart every dock, but its usually within 10 cast. I quickly learned to move off those off shore spots with no bites, but the area is marked.

Excellent!

Great video

Awesome bro

Like most of your videos, this one is very informative, and you build your case step by step, very logically....However, let me give you an example of something a whole lot of us have to face up here in the North East: I, and my friends, fish the NYC reservoir system, which is a series of waters spread out over Westchester and Putnam and Orange Counties in New York. These waters average anywhere from 1200 to 2500 acres, some a bit more, but we have a severe restriction: no motors of any kind, including , electric....So we are essentially rowing relatively huge bodies of water, where, we must pay strict attention to wind hourly forecasts, as, if you are caught far from your launching area and the wind really comes up, against you, you can be in a whole lot of trouble fast. As such, it is not easy at all to fish many spots per day, due to the sheer magnitude of the extents of your physical ability for row for so many miles. Also: when fishing offshore, any day where wind is higher than a certain amount, makes it extremely difficult to maintain boat control. Consequently, we have no choice but to spend more time on each spot, fishing it very thoroughly because we can only , literally, fish so many of them during an outing. Our boats are stored on the premises, chained to trees, so, we cannot just launch anywhere we want to, however, we can sometimes have more than one boat on a water in different areas, which are often miles away from each other.....It really changes the narrative tremendously.....These waters do NOT appear in Navionic type maps, so, although we have printed maps showing the contours, it is not very detailed and consequently, it is a long learning process to figure out the subtleties and nuances of our offshore structure. Many times, when people hear this, their first instinct is to say: Why not use an anchor? But in our case, 80 to 90 percent of our structural elements have rock as the cover factor, either piles, walls, or other various types, and all too often , if you DO anchor, the first cast might get hung up, and then you would have to constantly draw and lower the anchor, making more work than anything else. I guess, if there is a moral to this whole story, it is that if you fish from a bass boat, and have navionics and spot lock on your trolling motor, be VERY thankful and learn how to avail yourselves of these luxuries.

I agree with the feeding windows however add two more variables to the equation, reaction strikes and poking. Sometimes just because they are out of their feeding window doesnt mean you cant get them to bite. Fishing erratically can make a fish bite without being hungry. Also poking works to, taking advantage of their aggressive nature. If you keep casting and casting eventually that bass is going to get so annoyed, it will generate a reaction strike. Poking requires patience though lol.

Good stuff

This video is gold! Are you scanning these areas each time to pull up to fish them?

I agree with much of what you said and successful Bass fishing is ALL about percentages and playing the best odds but dude, I go and catch that many fish almost every time I fish without any graphing or electronics at all. I've been looking into the different units because I'm ready to make the investment into a good one but I was thinking that I would catch at least double those numbers once I had electronics😥🤔

Great video...still a dilema... might not ever be the right feeding time at any...or fish bank all day and get 7 -10 always eventually...