Love your videos man. Thanks for keeping in clean and chill!! Really appreciate being able to watch with the little ones!

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

Glad ya dig em man. I do my best. I guess being a teacher helps with developing a filter haha

@dancox5572

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more S H. Well said.

@roberthahn5945

2 жыл бұрын

@@RiverCertified what type of teacher

@jtotherog

2 жыл бұрын

@@roberthahn5945 science! Check out his podcast!

@Nik-gh6gz

2 жыл бұрын

@@RiverCertified do your kids watch your videos? I’d love to go fishing with my teacher.

Back in the ‘50’s and’60’s, fishing was a means of both having a great time and procuring food for our family. We always had a freezer full of bass, white perch, (crappie), catfish and various types of bream. Recently, I heard a report from the wildlife and fisheries telling folks not to eat any fish caught in our local lakes, streams and rivers. The fish are full of mercury and other really bad things. That report just broke my heart. It still baffles my mind to watch catch and release videos. Without having wild game and fish to eat, my family would have been much harder pressed for food. Daddy always had a good job so we wouldn’t have starved but life would have been very stale without our outdoor activities. The idea of catching fish to then just release them would have never crossed our minds. It would be like hunting with high powered air soft rifles. To us, that would have been a waste of time and money. I was two days old when Daddy first took me fishing. Momma came along at first but after two weeks, Daddy declared that I had been moddley coddled enough. He would load up my bottles, formula, diapers and clothes, pick me up and then we went to the swamps. He would lay a blanket down on the floor of the boat, (lower deck for my brother Navy vets), prop an umbrella up over me to protect me from the sun and then start talking to me while he fished. I would kick and play with my toes while absorbing his wisdom. Daddy often bragged that I caught more largemouth bass by the time I was ten years old then most men would catch in their lifetime. He let me run wild through the swamps, day and night. We hunted squirrels, deer and coons for the most part, (he raised champion coon dogs), and often spent the days fishing and the nights coon hunting. Water was never a problem because we could drink straight from the various streams and creeks in our area. After breakfast, Daddy would send me out with my BB gun to kill enough birds for our lunch. It’s been over two decades since I’ve been fishing or hunting and, although I miss it at times, I’ve come to the conclusion that what I really miss are those days in the swamps with Daddy. He was an old WWll vet who believed in education. If my grades didn’t meet his approval, he would make me stay home and study until they were straight A’s. Sorry for the rambling post but thank you for allowing an old man the opportunity to take a walk down memory lane. Keep catching ‘em, ( and take a few home for supper now and then if they are safe to eat.)

@lukemackara7235

2 жыл бұрын

that's pretty cool to hear thank you for sharing, a guy told me about the mercury thing recently it's pretty alarming, I wanted to catch and eat fish because I love to catch cats but I haven't because of that bs

@allenwhitmer8192

2 жыл бұрын

That was a great story, thanks for sharing!

@Thegreendingler

2 жыл бұрын

@@lukemackara7235 a lot of reservoirs are that way now like the Tennessee River

@roberttruesdale7062

2 жыл бұрын

There's also a lot of us that can't even have a good day fishing due to over harvesting, trash, etc. People killing spawning fish full of eggs, eating big breeders, baby fish, literally everything they reel in and still doing it to this day I see it frequently

@TheTruth-ge7fj

2 жыл бұрын

@@roberttruesdale7062 i see that alot in bow fishing

When you pick up on a fish,and the music starts.. We know, we're in for a treat.. Another Fine River Certified Production

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

I try to make it fun. Glad you enjoyed it man.

Some great catches there Spencer, loving the content mate, keep em coming, really enjoying them, I think I've watched nearly all of your video's now, love em

BEST COLAB EVER!!!!! my 2 favorite anglers slaying flatheads doesn't get any better. Hope you get to fish tennessee again this place is crazy.

That was really special! Thanks for letting us watch .....

River Certified and Top Knox!! The real Dynamic duo.

so glad to see you guys together both of you have awesome channels keep up the good work bro

Wow - those big kitties were awesome! 100 + ft - wow - Congratulations to you both….loved the team work and the fact you can share - LOL - keep them coming.

Awesome video spencer!!! Love the flats. Only have caught one in my life but I'm totally absessed with them because of you. Love your channel!! Keepem comin!!

I’m reminded of two guys in Louisiana in 1992 that feel out of the boat with waders on. They never had a chance. A little catfish slime and skipjack guts won’t hurt you. Be careful with those waders. I fish for big cats on the Tennessee and the Mississippi. I live south of Memphis. The Mississippi is to be respected like no other. You would not last 10 seconds in it with those waders. I’ve seen guys throw anchors in the Mississippi and sink their boat. As soon as the anchor connects to the bottom, the current is so strong it will whip that boat around and pull the front of your boat down and fill it with water. Anyway, I’m sure y’all have plenty of experience

Congrats on 106,000 subs!! Epic fishing on that river, oh my they were huge. Watching you catch those monsters that I would never touch makes me happy, always, always, always look forward to new releases. Congratulations Again Spenser, you have the best fishing channel on KZread!

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate all that Harry! Even more I appreciate all the support. Thanks for being awesome!

@droningharry

2 жыл бұрын

@@RiverCertified Your kind words are always appreciated Spenser you are wonderfully kind.

The tooth marks from the flathead that tried to eat that blue are insane!! That thing musta been a BEAST!

My 5 year old son watches your video every night before bed. Loves it.

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

That makes my day

Man you caught some giants in this one... thank you mark lol.. i absolutely love seeing them flatheads bud. Definitely my favorite of the cat variety. Awesome video!!!

Awesome video! I love fishing somewhere that you never know what you could catch

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

That makes two of us. Glad you enjoyed it!

Mack in "Mack daddy" comes from the French word for pimp. The phrase comes put of creole dialect in Louisiana and basically just means "top pimp"

Perfect fishing boat

Great video!! Its always a good day when you get home from work and get a notification that there is a new video! Thanks!!

Makes my days better every time I see a new river jerk video pop up

Monster. Can't imagine getting one that big. Thanks as always for sharing brother!! 🍻👍🏾👊🏾✊🏾🙂💯

I love your nonchalant attitude after catching that tank because I know you were stoked lol. Great vid as always bud!

hahaha Mark gets so pumped when he nets Spencer's big flathead and then Spencer says "thats a little excessive" hahaahaha ....awkward....hahahaha

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

For better or worse, I'm pretty good at being awkward hahaha

"That's a bit excessive" 🤣🤣

LMAO😝 you adopted the darkness, I was born in it🤣 I hear you bane such a lovely lovely voice 😂😂😂🤣

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

Glad ya got a kick outta that. I've never been good at impersonations hahah

@BlackWolf-ly4sq

2 жыл бұрын

Well now you can Pat your self on the back bro, because you nailed it...

@BlackWolf-ly4sq

2 жыл бұрын

You are good with me bro 👍👍

This guy is off the chain.. Ridiculously awesome content!! As always, Another fine River Certified Production

@RiverCertified

Жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly. I appreciate ya man.

When I saw the dark clouds and white caps, I thought. Well could luck guys. It might get them moving 😂❤😂❤

Spencer! You tried to play that flatty way too cool. That was a monster! Im with Mark on that one

Love seeing ya both on a trip!!

@RiverCertified

7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I remember looking at your videos when you had 2.6k subs and now you have over 100k. Congrats brother you deserve every bit of it.

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. It sure does blow my mind.

Thoroughly enjoying himself as the wingman ... What fun!

Haha, love the bane reference @27.49 !

In response to your question about where the term Mack Daddy comes from, here is the answer. Back in the day pimps were called Mackeral Pimp Daddies. Then, over time the phrase got shortened to Mack Pimp Daddy. Then more time went by and it was shortened again into MACK DADDY... 😉👍💯

River certified and top Knox are doing a great collab. Get them biggins.

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

Hope to do it again one of these days.

@2a.dubbo.lwhy.fishing40

2 жыл бұрын

@@RiverCertified love all your vids man. Learn alot from u.

Boys, Spenser always has a secret food stash lol

You ever think about getting a sponsorship so you don’t have so many commercials? Like a beer sponsor.

@RiverCertified

Жыл бұрын

I think about it all the time. Unfortunately busch light ain't callin' haha

@DonTSee3

Жыл бұрын

@@RiverCertified what I haven’t figured out yet is why Doug Stange and yourself haven’t made a video together. It would be like Neil Young playing with Pearl Jam on the MTV music awards before you knew any better

@DonTSee3

Жыл бұрын

If I had to guess. Doug is scared to fish with you

Man what a trip. Well done fellas that looked like a blast!

Nice videos bro! Love watching them

Love the variety you're giving us (and those great big flatheads!). Thanks

Im holding in a lot of f-bombs....shows just how much you guys love this stuff...

Hell cat folded completely over ...Spencer says he's waking up 🤣 ....ur a funny guy

Oh hell yeah, let's do this baby!!!

Classic anchor !! Awesome 🐟 !!! Tight lines Spencer !!

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! I hate that anchor haha

just ordered me a light wieght pull over and a tanktop lol the sunny season is coming thought ide support my favorite youtube angler

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

Dude badass. Hope ya like em! Thanks a ton!

@tjgatica24

2 жыл бұрын

these bots everywhere now

Top Knox collab. Love it. Now you both need to get with kayak catfish!

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

It was a fun trip. Definitely gonna give Marc a call next time I'm down there!

All I can say is welcome to Tennessee 😂 Spencer

Haven’t seen you shaking before. Noticed on that hook removal. What a beast! Great video brother.

Monsters from the deep 😮 AWESOME 🤜🌟🤛🐬🐠🐬

This gets me all fired up

MAN OH MAN! ABSOLUTE TANKS! Great job man!

Wow what nice flatheads, sure enjoyed watching y'all man. Can't wait for the weekend,lake trip right. Great video.

Spencer, it doesn't matter where your fishing at you always seem to haul in some monsters!! Congratulations on the toads and another awesome video!!

Marc Cooper. Great guy and fisherman

Welcome to Tennessee! Marc knows his stuff!

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

It's an amazing place man. Wish I lived closer!

Congratulations to slme awesome looking fish! That blue looked like it had a rough playdate Pleasure as always Sir

Looked like an 8 incher between the eyes. Good fish. Be another couple weeks before the flaties come around on the big crick. There's always a window of opportunity before they go on the nest. But hey at least the gardens all in and the beans are up. Taters and peas kicking it. Just had the last of the morels from last weekend with some bluegill my woman caught. Tasty. Awesome vid. Them flaties coming down there. Great vid and keep your powder dry and your pantry stocked young man. Bout to get deep 💪😎🙏

I know y'all don't believe me, but them big fish is good eating too!!

River Certified and TopKnoX, YESSSS!

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

Super fun day. Hope you enjoyed it!

That trip sure had its ups and downs, but that's some deep river water!

🤣 I love Batman references, although your Bane impression needs a little work. 😉 Love the video, as I always do.

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

If we're being real, I have lots of things that need some work haha. Thanks for watching!

By the way I love your commentary the subtle sense of humor is great peace

The cooler didn't make it Ling did it ??lol. That will be fun flying back home !!!!

So happy to see you got on some pigs man! Hopefully I can find some myself soon if the rain would quit for a bit and let our river get back down! Keep it up man!

Man. The little channels and blues around here man I might toss a few back if ive already put 3-4 on a stringer. The eatin ones as pap calls them. Gotta love it. Sometimes I’ll have intentions of keeping a few but by the time I catch several or a few and I’m headed home I’ll just sit and make my self think if I really wanna skin them or not lol. A lot of fish have been turned loose because of that.

Awesome man .... that got ya uncontrollable grin going 😀 Woohoo the Flathead are back 😎👍

A "Mac/Mack Daddy" is a high level pimp. It goes back to the 60's and Hip Hop culture picked up on it. SirMixALot ("I like big butts and I cannot lie...") had an album called "Mack Daddy". I had no idea I would be making this comment on a fishing video when I woke up today. Oh well... I really like your videos. Keep up the good work!

Fantastic. Great content for some father and son time. Thank you. First time watching. Subscribed now, bell rung and thumbs up.

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

I'm really glad you both enjoyed it! Thank you kindly!

Yass!! Awesome!!!

About time for big flat heads!🐟🐋

As always brother another great video,I think that flat heads is the coolest fish, keep them coming man, fishing and hunting is the coolest videos, good luck man

The song “Jump” (1992 - Kris Kross) is where the term Mac Daddy came from. Kris Kross wore their clothes backward. That’s what I remember about them when I was a kid.

@FelixGallegos-sb5ie

2 ай бұрын

Nope Sir Mix-a-lot, I'm the mack daddy

@MisdemeanorThoughts

Ай бұрын

@@FelixGallegos-sb5ie FEB 6, ‘92 was Kris Kross “jump”. FEB 4, ‘92 was sir mixalot. I doth my hat to you, good sir. Ya beat me by two days 😂. I forgot all about sir mixalot!

That was fun! Thanks for sharing!!

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

Glad ya enjoyed it!

He’s so enthusiastic lol

Received my River Certificate beanie yesterday. Lemme tell you imma wear that thing every where I go. But dang man those are some big ol flatheads! Did not know they linger that far down, that's absolutely insane. I bet yall are glad yall stayed through the storm and everything, definitely paid off! Great video as usual bro!

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah man, glad ya like it! I was pretty blown away they lived down that deep too. They're crazy fish. Part of the things I love about em.

Congrats on the nice fish to you both. I like that headlamp on that blue hat...it covers up that "C" and 🐻! 🤣🤣 You all stay safe

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and go Cubbies!😆

You might want to tell your friend not to wear waders, in a deep fast current! What if he fell off the boat? He'd be in trouble...

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. Thankfully he was only wearing bibs.

Great vid like always!!! My one question is, after the reels takes a pounding in the weather and getting rained on, do you do any maintenance before the next trip or just wait till end of the year???

@josephacker5716

2 жыл бұрын

Marvel's Mystery oil lubricant on the bearings, gears, and spool shaft. Maybe white lithium or bearing grease on the bearings if needed

I love how excited the netting the fish was!!!

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

One of the only anglers on KZread with a personality that I don’t find somehow cringe. Great videos man.

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

That's funny because my wife was recently telling me how cringy I am. Maybe she just meant in person haha. Thanks a ton man!

No spinning reels, love it. Quiet stretches, now that's real fishing. Relaxed vibe, but heart of a true fishing zealot. Take me along!!! Love it. Subscribed.

I watched marks video first! So I knew hogs were coming. Great fish sir!!

Nice video! Scenery was good the flathead fishing was even better.

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. Glad you enjoyed it!

Love the videos every time I've had to make a new acount because I lost a password your one the first I pull up been following the channel for years now and if you ever around Virginia I got the gear and Honey wholes covered you've even inspired me and my brother to start working on KZread channel

MAKES MY DAY

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

Glad ya enjoyed it!

nice catch

Omg 😱 the big uglys hell yay man those were some monster flatheads spencer you should move down there 👇 lol it was so nice 😊 to see the flatheads I’ve been waiting so long for this !!! Thank you for all you do for us!!

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

We were actually looking around as a possibility of moving down there. Not too many drive ways I can fit my boat in unfortunately. Fingers crossed I can make it work someday. Glad you enjoyed the video man!

Those were two awesome flatheads!!!

Wow some awesome fish

Gotta love them flat's

Attaboy 😎 livin the dream brother 👊

Love catfishing. Love watching you doin' your stuff.

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

The rubber chicken reel😂😂😂

@RiverCertified

8 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

Moster Cat's on a beautiful lake = priceless

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

It was a dang good day all around. Thanks for watching!

That is a big flathead. Awesome catch

It's probably that time...right about now with this weather here in the Great state we live in. Good luck man

Loved the live bait for muskies.

@RiverCertified

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome man. I hope to do more of it down the road.

On todays forcast …👨🏿‍🦰IT GONNA RAIN!!!!!

105 ft deep river?? Why that's crazy. Wonder whats down their

I'm sure this goes for alot of places but I've heard my whole life, if you don't like the weather in Tennessee just stay ten minutes, it'll change.

wow... i miss catfishing back home in the Southeast USA. now i catfish in the yellowstone river of all places and i must say our catatafish do not get anywhere near that large. atleast in my experience we only have channel cats that average the size of the first blue cat you caught in this video, but that changes once you get over to the Missouri river. anyway that green rod is cool. have fun nice dishing