Dont feel compelled to ask people to excuse your hands, it shows that you have worked hard for what you have !!! We need more people with your work ethic !!! Great video !!!

I have fished my whole life and have never been successful with fishing a jig, until now. Thank you for sheering your knot and glue secrets.

Richard, I just (5 years later) found this video and want to say thank you! for sharing your secrets with all of us that want to be better fishermen. this is some great information for long time fishermen (I will turn 71 this year) and new be fishermen. Thank You!, thank you, thank you.

Richard. Started using ur loop knot on my ice fishing jigs. Man. That is the best secret anyone has ever given up. Vertical and horizontal ice jigs with ur loop knot r the best advice I have ever received for ice fishing. Thanks for giving me that final piece of advice for fishing through the ice! 👍👍

3 years later here I am again learning from your videos.

Thank you for sharing with us Mr. Gene. Those people who gave you thumbs down need to get a life. You are an outstanding, selfless, caring, great angler that is much appreciated. Thank you for all the videos. May YHWH bless you.

Your videos are more entertaining than any fishing show I’ve ever watched. I haven’t fished in 20 years life has been so busy but you have really inspired me, I’ve recently purchased a 14 foot johnboat and will be fishing this spring. Keep doing your thing Richard you crack me up brother.

Mr. Richard you are the reason why I been coming home more often instead of being trucking so I can fish more often... thank you for sharing you passion about fishing with us.

Catches 20 to 30 crappie with this modification in just one hook and plastic lure (1.75 slab tail) . Highly recommended folks. Thanks sir Richard for your very special knowledge with crappie.

This video is amazing. Demonstrated with a modest and strong voice that makes me feel nostalgic as if I'm listening to one of my favorite teacher talk about himself growing up about the old days. Thank you for teaching your ways and now I will go slay some trouts with your methods.

Give a man a fish and feed him a meal. Give Richard Gene the Fishing Machine a jig, and he can feed that man 25 to 30 meals. You sir have a skill set and knowledge for all things related to fishing that is unmatched by anyone. Thank you for sharing with us.

Thank You Richard; I'm pleased that You shared that knowledge with Me !

Richard - I'm a newbee, learning the knots. Your knot is praised by my fishing buddy. I loved the video, especially the "dental floss" secret. I'm a simple thinker with survivalist genes. I love what you've shown. I'll practice until my ages hands gets this. Don't worry about the carpentry hands. I'm glad I learned this from a "real" guy who's worked hard all his life. I'm an HVAC and Electrical guy. So Awesome!!! Thanks!

Mister Gene, been watching your videos for about a year now. You are one of the best CRAPPIE/fishing machine! I gave others a chance but you are my favorite the way you explain and fish in your videos. We ate some what alike, I am also a carpenter for 20 years now, love to teach and fish !!! Keep it up... I'll keep on watching

I believe you are the best crappie fisherman I've ever seen. Growing up in Florida, catching "speckled perch" we only caught them at dead and crescent lake in the narrows in January and February trolling live minnows. Since moving to Ga have learned to spider rig and fish at night with lights under 109 bridge at West point lake. Have some friends who pitch jigs to trees they have sunk. My aunt likes to use a jig pole with about 18 inches of line around stumps in dead lake. I've seen a bunch of ways, but you sir are becoming my all time favorite. Glad to have found your page.

@RichardGeneTheFishingMachine

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Junebug922!

Been a minnow guy for years and had little luck jigging. Just using these tricks alone I went from fishing to catching. Love the videos, very informative and entertaining. You sir have made me a better fisherman.

Richard you have more knowledge of all kinds of our southern lakes, rivers,& creeks fishing. I practically lived on Chickamauga, creek as a teenager. Fishing till dark everyday catching loads of Rock bass & the creek bass you've been catching. You have so many great tips for us I can't thank God enough for giving you to us. I walked 2.5 to 3 miles up a mountain fed creek using the helgramites & caught more fish than I have caught in years. Just the sound of the rapids & the birds singing with not another person around. That is truly Gods therapy , Thanks so much

Genius! I've always done standard loop knots and spend way too much time doing it. This will cut down tremendously on my rigging time

A great channel, a great personality. very informative, might just be the best fishing channel on youtube! No BS just good solid fishing tips. I love it!!!

@lexwaldez

4 жыл бұрын

wooo

I love watching you,Mr.Gene. Your shows remind me of all the cool things my Granddaddy use to show me,out on the lake,growing up as a young child. As a matter of fact,I'm going to visit him & watch your show with him. I wish I could go fishing with you. And I say the exact same thing you say,when you get excited: "Woooooooo!!!" And, Down South,my nickname is: Woo. 🤣🤣🤣

When I began doing the super glue/floss trick, its easier than I thought! Watching you do the changes to the jig and to the plastics body, I now try to get my jigs lighter by snipping the body off at the nose end to get a better looking jig. I'm finally getting my wife to believe in your abilities, but she still isn't watching any of your video's. But she isn't getting mad at me when I go to my desk and start working on making made ahead jigs for the boat. I think we will have a good year on the Tennessee River. Right now we've had almost 3" of rain in last 2 weeks. I hope that doesn't mess up the bedding this year. I love your video posts....and I can't wait or the next one. I stop what I'm doing just to watch and learn. Someday, I hope to see Elmo out on the boat with you.

be proud of your hands, I always look for beat up hands like us working men . I've watched you fer awhile & always wondered how you tied on couldn't believe it when I found it .....Thanks

@bobziegler1994

3 жыл бұрын

i been a union ironworker 30 years and my hands never got that bad . love your vids tho

Richard, I love your tips! I'm an ole country girl from Mississippi who used to fish all the time with my grandmother. When I watch your videos, I just start itching to fish! :-) I will pass these tips on to my grandkids!

@RichardGeneTheFishingMachine

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Iris!! Glad you enjoy my videos!!

Richard Gene u need to have your own show on outdoors channel. I'd watch it

@RichardGeneTheFishingMachine

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Derek!! That would be nice!!

@fluty0562

5 жыл бұрын

THX!! RG😎 U R the King 😝 LOL!!!!!

@michaeljohnston777

5 жыл бұрын

That would be awesome! I would watch that too! :) :) :)

@mikeshepard3602

4 жыл бұрын

Derek Tidwell agreed. He is great.

@buynsell365

4 жыл бұрын

That would be great.....Or a fishing guide service.....I would be your first customer.

That’s the easiest and best loop knot I’ve ever seen. Thank you

Can't wait to try this TIP out, GREAT Tip Gene, THANK YOU

herb alexander here thank you gene i used the dental floss and super glue and made a bunch of jigs for my daughter and myself and now we are ready to fish

Tips like this is why you are my dock skippin hero

Never enjoyed watching any fishing show like I have these!!! Richard, God bless you. Thanks for so much help learning and enjoying fishing. 👍👏👍

Man, you have got my blood hot for fishing again. I have only known your channel for a couple of weeks, but have been binge watching. Thanks for all you do!

I have learned so much from your channel. Thank you so much Richard! I hope I can pay you back someday Ole Buddy!!

Thanks Richard. I ALWAYS learn something from your channel

This is the first time I have found somebody that has dedicated a whole video on how to do something. The best. Can you do one on how you would do different knots when your tieing knots for bigger fish for when you're with fishing different size hooks/species?

My favorite fishing channel.

Mr Richard. Sitting here at home with our new baby girl. Watching crappies come in the boat and practicing that loop knot. Fished my entire life and have never seen it explained like that! Finally getting it looking good and down close to the eye of the hook. Now it it will quit rainin and snowing in NC I gotta get the boat rigged up. My grandpas 65 crest liner v bottom is gonna get decked out kinda like yours with the green carpet. And, hey...wooooo,wooo!

downright awesome. Gene thanks for sharing your tips.😎 and that alone is why I I think your channel is the best. So many channels talk about how they will show you tips and tricks on how they're catching their fish or rigging their baits. the problem is that is just not true. thanks for being there for us and teaching your tricks to us. because it is good fer us😂😂😂😂😂

@RichardGeneTheFishingMachine

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jim! It means alot to read that comment!! Thank you for taking the time to watch! and yes sir its gooood fer ye!!

After watching this video I prepped a couple of jigs using this method, I used the same jig the entire time out, up until something bit the tail off. The job body never slipped off and I caught a ton of bluegill and crappie and I was having to rip through some weeds too. I’m going to try the weedless method next. Thank you for sharing your secrets with us!

Thanks for the advice Richard I will definitely try this when fishing with jigs.

Use the Surgeons knot for a lot of applications. Never thought to use it for a loop knot. Great idea thanks!

You and Bill Dance make fishing fun as we learn from your experience. Thanks for helping us out. Now that I'm retired I'll be working to learn Lake Aberdeen and have bunches of your videos to get me started.🎣

Dag gum Richard that is an outstanding tip my friend...Best tip I've seen in years...Slammin' that thumbs up button...

@RichardGeneTheFishingMachine

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mike!!

Thanks Richard for the good advice and sharing your personal techniques.

Awesome! Easier loop knot than the first one I learned. I've already started prepping my jigs like yours...keep the great tips coming!!

@mikes8948

4 жыл бұрын

P.S. My wife's rolling her eyes at me when I watch your videos or wear my Elmo Guide Service shirt! Woooooo! You must be doing something right.

Mr. Richard Gene, wanted to say thank you for the videos and let you know ,you and your channel, are a topic every time me and my buddy Danny goes fishing "when we can". Great tips and we appreciate all of the info. Using your techniques on Lake D'arbonne in Northeast La. and catching more. Thanks again!!

Genius idea using the floss! Thanks for the loop knot lesson!

You ARE the best!!! Bar NONE!!! God Bless.

i learned more about the physics of jig fishing in this video than any other video with actual jigging in it.

@madjack821

3 жыл бұрын

I know right?

Mr. Richard your hands have character. Thank you for all you do. You are one of the most informative men on this website and i thank you.

your 2 jig tips are news to me & I have fished for more than 60 years

I am switching from bass to crappie and Ive learned so much from you. Thanks Richard!

@sammyvh11

2 жыл бұрын

You will never regret it.

Thank you always for always being so informative and descriptive and truly teaching everything you have learned about how to find and catch crappie . Watch n learn from all your videos.

Richard I have learned so much from you. Thank you so much. I am finally catching Crappie consistently. Many many thanks

I suck at crappie fishing. I have caught 1 crappie, while catching whitebass. I can not catch a crappie with artificial baits for nothing. I have never fished for them in a lake though. Only river systems. I love watching you and learning your ways will bring me crappie success. I know ot

Well that right there was a bunch of awesome info! Thanks Richard. 1st time I've watched an older video with different music:) Wife and I have been doing a lot of pan fishing lately because of your channel. Been using the Bobby Garland jigs thx to you. Can't wait to use these knew ideas! Your channel is always on the top of my sub column. Appreciate all you do.

Iv learned a lot from your videos and I love fishing with crawdads it's fun catching them and fun catching the fish with them. Thank you for your time and knowledge....I appreciate it.

I found this video over a year ago and I've been doing the jig with dental floss like Richard shows and I can catch a limit of crappie on a single Bobby Garland unless I break off. I tie a different loop knot which lets the tag line point down instead of up so that it doesn't catch grass/ trash, I also straighten hook back and forth a few times to weaken it so it's easier to pull free when snagged. A jig the way this video teaches is the single best tip for catching more crappie that I've ever heard, thank you RGTFM.

@davidsanders81

2 жыл бұрын

Check out his weedless jigheads he makes if you haven't already.

God bless those hard working hands

gene, I think you just spilled the beans... thanks buddy

Thanks for this tip been using it since you showed how to tie it.Works very good.

Great video, real helpful tips us guys in Louisiana use! Thanks man!! Great video

@RichardGeneTheFishingMachine

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching T Furtick!!

Thank tou richard your an awsome person and havent ever seen any one like you bud god bless

I would agree on having your own fishing show!. Great idea!!!

Thanks for sharing your secrets with us. Love the Bear hat.

You show ain't the norm fisher-man machine, but you sho are the best in the biz at catching crappie. Great advice can't wait to hit the water.

That move where you grab the two lines with the eye of the jig is genius

Thank you for these tips, Mr. Richard

Hands of a hard working hombre!!

Just found your channel and thanks for the tip. Learning to tie my own jigs and this will work perfectly instead of a clinch knot. I can tell you'd fit right in with my cousin and I when we are speck (crappie) fishing. We are ocassionally know to break out in a Missouri minnow fit, when we have some "live action" going on!!!!

i love it..will also try that with my bass jigs..and thanx for helping me learn to tie loop nots...great vids man...fish on brother! God bless

Mr. Gene thanks for sharing your knowledge . Love the Bear Bryant look

This video is super. Use both the loop knot, and prep the jigs just as shown. Upped my fishing game, fer shure! Thanks Gene.

@RichardGeneTheFishingMachine

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Rob!

Thank you Mr. Gene! Very good camera work, as always.

Great information! I'm heading out tomorrow to do it right, now that you showed me how it's done. The ending of your video was dy-no-mite!

Thank you so much, Gene for the excellent tip! God bless! My dad is a retired carpenter!! 🐠

@RichardGeneTheFishingMachine

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Simon Lee!! i know one thing your Daddy is a tough man that i know! Carpentry is not easy!!

love, love, love the small loop knot. thanks

A crappie legend. Thank you for all the tips!

Can’t wait to see Richard Gene lures someday!!!

@hippieloveshack3561

3 жыл бұрын

Yessir!!!

thanks for the tips...i watched this about a month ago and now i use your method for loop knot instead of my old way (much quicker) and also the dental floss/super glue method and that already saved me a lot of jig bodies.i mold my own jigs and have mold with no collar so keeps the jig same weight....thanks for a great channel.

@RichardGeneTheFishingMachine

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching John!!

I just found your channel and I Really enjoy it! Keep 'em coming! Loved the Dental Floss / Superglue tip. I've never seen or heard of it in all my years of fishing!

Freggin love this ol' boy man!!! Awesome tips and man I can't stop laughing at the sign off!!!!

@RichardGeneTheFishingMachine

7 жыл бұрын

LOL Thank you Chris!

And Thanks For Being Such An Exceptional Teacher!!!

Machine, you are "The Greatest "! Very ,very genius and, generous of you. Valuable information that I will cherish and use. 100% awesome, many thanks friend.

Your the man! Thanks for sharing you tips and tricks!!!!

Richard, this is the first video of yours I've watched and I still refer to it occasionally to refresh my memory although I've yet to try vertical jigging. Thanks for the info!

I pulled the trigger and subbed immediately for that outro. I was probably gonna anyways, but that sealed it

Great Info Gene, thank you I will give it a try. I watch and love all of your videos!!!

thanks for the valuable info Richard.

Awesome!! Thank you for the detail on the loop knot and keeping those jigs on another great video

Don’t apologize for your hands. Those are the hands created from good, honest work. Thanks for your helpful and interesting channel.

Richard thank you for the great information you give and the smile you put on my face.

I've looked back on this video many many times! Thanks for this

Thank you Richard gene!

Woo,thanks Richard!

Since I’m on this old video. I’d like to say that because of my years watching Richard Gen, I’ve caught loads of crappie.

One of the best instructional video I have ever seen.....but dad nab it.....I would watch about anything you post just to watch how you close out the video.....You are a fishing legend sir.....thanks for these tips.....they are great.....

@RichardGeneTheFishingMachine

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Bill!! Love your comment!!

Thanks for the tip on keeping your jig in place and the lesson on tying a loop knot

Genius...simply genius. I am about 4 hours away from your area. I’m only 44 but had to resign from my 16 year police career due to being diagnosed with cancer. I still have my bass boat and fishing is my passion. I would LOVE to come down and fish with you. I am subscribed and I watch all of your videos that I can. Stay funny, you are a blast to watch.

thank you Gene for sharing . You r crappie master

@RichardGeneTheFishingMachine

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching justgoonline!!

Love it brother! Thank you and Keep IT UP

Omg You're a hoot! Thanks for sharing.