Great video 😮

Thanks so much for the great insight.

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

You bet

A lot of true information and I've practiced the same way Todd does now. I've never understood practicing at times the tournament isn't going to take place or putting hooks on topwater baits in practice.

@toddcastledinefishing5924

Жыл бұрын

👍

Very helpful information throughout your presentation!!! Thanks so much!!!

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

You bet

Man we talkin bout practice man, practice, we talkin bout practice

Love the video Todd. I plan on doing some tournament fishing this year, so this was very helpful. Thank you and stay warm.

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

You bet

Dude I love the way you think of this stuff…… you break it down for us layman folks

@toddcastledinefishing5924

2 жыл бұрын

You bet

The AI of fishing practice!! Haha! I love hearing all the different ways of guys practicing. Good stuff sir.

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Todd you the man. Definitely love your content that you put out. Full of knowledge and wisdom. 💯🔨👊🏽

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@koryscullawl8895

3 жыл бұрын

Hands down best actual fishing content right now. If all i wanted to watch was a 30 min commercial I would watch TV. Thanks for dumping so much knowledge on us Todd. You have time on the water I can never catch up with.

Thanks for the info

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

You bet

Suggestions for how you approach a tournament , when you really couldn’t figure them out. Like right now with the multiple cold fronts.

@toddcastledinefishing5924

2 жыл бұрын

I like this I’m gonna work on it

Really good psychological stuff here Todd. :-) I won hundred percent agree with you on the “not“ sticking them in practice. I can’t help but think that makes them somewhat hesitant to hit the bait/skittish and the tournament. And yes, if everybody did that, I think it would be more fish brought in. God bless!

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

Most definitely

Good information, and a good finish at champs. 👍

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

This is one of those videos we should all go back and watch a second time! And soak it in for what it’s worth

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Practice is good at any sport.Game day you need to be ready and go with your game plan.Go with your gut at times when conditions change.Keep the videos coming😁

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

You bet

Good video bud

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

I enjoy your videos very much, what put me onto them was watching you, Bradley, and Andrew making your fantasy picks last season. Can we look forward to that again this season?

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

I sure hope so

Determining how and how much to practice is tough. If I don't do well, the first thought is that I didn't practice hard enough. In reality, it's more that I didn't practice correctly, or just didn't figure it out. I appreciate the discussion. I fish mostly BFLs on lakes that are tougher and smaller than average. Most guys beat the lake up for the week prior resulting in a miserable tournament. I try not to, but balancing that with the right amount of practice is tough. I do like your idea of practicing the way you think an event will be won, and switching on tournament day if practice is a bust.

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

Yea but usually that is on a lake you are very familiar with, wouldn't suggest that to guys fishing new lakes.

Late to the party here, but thanks for sharing this perspective.

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

You bet

My man, ripped in this video..

I'm curious to know when you guys are practicing "say this time of the year" how much time would you dedicate to grafting compared to just casting?

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

Just depends right now the deep bite is so bad that graphing is almost worthless

Good discussion video. Good to hear a respected pro’s (your) perspective. I’m 70 this year and don’t fish tournaments any more. I had a different take on practice - was I wrong? I would look for schools or failing that areas with fish. After I found them I’d try to understand the area well enough to figure out “where do they go”? ... as conditions change. Sun, clouds, wind, calm, fronts, temperatures, rain, mud, current, and most importantly fishing “pressure”. Am I wrong? Cheers.

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

The only thing I'll say is on most of the lakes I've been to I've always found it harder to find "Where they go" if you stop catching them in an area. For me they usually just go never to be found again. I'm not always sure they just move close by I think when they leave they or move they do it so drastically that it better to just find new fish.

Since we have a little time until season kicks off..you should do a video on the best lakes of Texas...especially as it relates to taking trips for us mortals. Maybe Texas tourism will sponsor you! :)

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

Thats a good idea, I'm bad about not traveling very far to fish in my off time. Problem is my season has already kicked off.

My problem with practice is I never know what class of fish I'm on. I'll set the hook on a couple but I'm like you, I don't want to hook them in practice... If I do find fish, I won't practice very far from what I've found. I don't want to second guess myself and think the fish 20 miles away are the ones I should be fishing for. I'm a day light to dark guy. I just enjoy being on the water and looking. That way if I find a pattern during the tournament, I know where to go to duplicate it instead of looking for it.

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

I'm rarely ever worried about the size of fish I'm on, in the end you gotta get some bites and rarely do any of us have enough spots. Plus no one ever finds the right quality to win every tour so I just do as good as I can in the other events.

Man my folks got 7 inches of snow at their house in Nac! Crazy weather!! I was there when it started that was some scary stuff to drive in! I bet the fish were biting real well...lol😂😂

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

I bet as well but I was at home hoping they didn’t break to many of our limbs!!! I wasn’t so lucky

@DBEAUX17

3 жыл бұрын

Todd Castledine Fishing man my folks had limbs down too, they just got electricity last night!

Great thoughts as always Todd. I believe if your on the deal your on it. In Andrews case at Cumberland (my home lake) he just so happen to start out 1st cast with the right bait on while he was talking to Val taking the kids to school and just chucking a bait to be throwing something and it was the deal. If you cycle through enough baits and types of structures then you'll find what their on the best. If their there in evening there close by in daytime in most cases, maybe just deeper in daytime and on a ledge instead of up feeding. I stick em when I go out bc they say a bass forgets in 15min...idk if i agree 100% but that fish might be passing through anyway so why not see his size, if he spits up crawdads or shad, if he has black spots from being on wood? What do you think of my analysis Todd?

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

They have done studies that show bass travel miles in a day to feed so I'm not sure about them being close by. Them forgetting 15 minutes I don't believe in at all. I've got a bass in my fish tank and trust me there are things he remembers and doesn't for weeks. I'm gonna a do a video about him and the things he does. He doesn't forget anything good and bad.

We're supposed to practice? Damn...that explains a lot...

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

Right

Great stuff Todd. Would love to hear your thoughts on where electronics are going with this game. Good or bad? Time will tell?

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

That is a long discussion, I will do a video on this for sure. We talk about it all the time.

My brother in law during practice. " we got this...let's go drink beer" 39th place 😑

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

That’s funny

@cedarcreekfreak3807

3 жыл бұрын

That is so true!!!

Curious on your opinion on how live sonar changes practice.

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

I think it will change it greatly, as to what extent I’m not sure

@stevenbrown7560

3 жыл бұрын

I live in East TN and Cherokee is a winter favorite. I can drop to a school of smallies and pull the school up enough to get a good look at size on Panoptix. I can see where that could reduce practice time. I could see that coming into play on ledge lakes.

I practice as long as my mental game can take it. If I've been out there for 6 hours with no bite "losing confidence" I'm going to the hotel to eat, reset, and think of another game plan for practice the next day.

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

No bites doesn’t bother me as much as fishing a condition that will not be like tournament day

@mattjudy7263

3 жыл бұрын

Todd Castledine Fishing I feel that pain as well lol

Great video, question do you cover or remove your hooks in practice?

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

Both just depends on the bait

Todd so how do you practice a lake you fish a lot for a 1 day and multiple days. Let’s say Rayburn

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

That becomes very different than any other event. It’s hard to explain

How come they don't have a team tournament in the Pro Circuit?

@evanshillcoxfishing7929

3 жыл бұрын

They do

@danielmckeen2465

3 жыл бұрын

@@evanshillcoxfishing7929 what's it called?

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

They really don’t I have no idea why, we have pushed for it for years. I will say that we had one down in Texas that was close and we are working on bringing it back

@evanshillcoxfishing7929

3 жыл бұрын

@@danielmckeen2465 Go to the Bassmasters website and click on the Team tab.

During practice, do you utilize a hook or a non hook bait? I understand that sometimes you need to find out the size of fish.

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

That’s the thing I rarely need to find out the size of the fish. In the video I explain why that is.

You seem to have come to a conclusion about the time you really need to practice for a 3 day event like the opens. So what is the answer, 2 days?

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

3 to 4 days kinda depends on the time of year. The fall seems like you always need more time

@jackstein5486

3 жыл бұрын

@@toddcastledinefishing5924 Thanks for taking the time to reply! Much appreciated!

You mention “out deep” versus shallow. Maybe in a video you quantify that. Obviously your home lake is Rayburn...start there and maybe go around the country in a few places and compare. Realize water clarity is the biggest factor there..

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

Good topic

I mostly fish single day events and I shake off most everything but when practice goes well or I feel like I’m on them I like to go fish the stuff I see most of the field doing and stick everything practice offensively

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

I know some guys do that, I try and do my own thing and not mess up someone else.

@aaronmorgan720

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah i don't agree with that at all. I also know guys that relocate fish to their areas during practice. Just two forms of cheating in my mind

next check you make .....maybe grab your chick take a trip to hobby lobby and get some stuff for the wall bro ...lol

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

Hmmmm ok

Hate this topic lol. Most always 2nd guess myself...

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

It’s tough for sure

Fishing in a 271 boat tournament? Man, don’t know how u practice for that.

@toddcastledinefishing5924

3 жыл бұрын

It’s tough but Rayburn prepares me for these big events well