This NEW TACTIC Could TAKE OVER Catfishing!! (Tournament Prefishing)
We stumbled across this new technique and it immediately put some bruiser sized catfish in the boat!
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Now that's what you call jigging for catfish, great to see woody and skip ,t-bones is roughing it ,thanks for the trip Spencer
Definitely a different style of fishing for me. Glad you enjoyed it.
Woody is the OG, another great video
He's the best dog I could ever ask for. Thanks man.
@@RiverCertified he seems like the best dog ever. I remember watching your first videos with him and it made me want a dog like that.
Cool to see you and micka fishing together
It's a good time sharing a boat with him
@@RiverCertified From one Iowan to another did Micka loose a bet to have to show you the tricks of the trade on how to land those triple digits blues lol In all seriousness it’s awesome to see the two of you fishing together!! Good to see woody on the boat again and skip is hilarious
YES SPENCER and MICKA!!!!! So excited for this one. Watched his video of your guy's flathead beat down with the great hook-up ratio last week and I've been waiting very impatiently for yours
Micka is definitely more on the ball than I am haha. Hope you enjoyed it man!
Man it’s great seeing yall both fishing together . 2 of my 3 favorite KZhead fishermen in the same boat , and my 2 favorite boat hounds ! Cant wait to see the tournament footage !
Appreciate that man. Glad you enjoyed it!
6:33 love it when they do the anticipation doggy paddle. One of my old dogs would do that if you held him over his water bowl.
Oh Spencer there's that wonderful Flathead again. Absolutely love Flatheads. I know that fish made a fine fine meal for both you guys. An absolute wonderful video and I thank you for sharing. Stay safe and God bless you and yours 😊😊😊😊
It was a wonderful meal. Hopefully this is the beginning of many more appearances from my ugly flatheaded buddies.
lmao skips legs still kicking when you lift him out of the boat got me.
Come on now ! Spencer that is way cool seeing them come up to the bait like that wow way cool man good luck on the tournament bud !
I thought it was pretty neat too. Thanks for watching!
Yeppers that's one heck of a great crew you got there Spencer ,Y'all were on target with the flattys. Great video 💯💯👍👍
Thank you kindly Jeff! Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks Micka for the shirt shout out! Great video Spencer.
Always a good day when spencer posts keep up the great work
I appreciate that man. Thanks for watching.
Looks like some time well spent on the water, it's good to see Wood back in the boat with Skip as well!
It was for me anyway. Glad you enjoyed it!
Interesting. Whatever works. Thanks as always for sharing brother!! 👍🏾👊🏾✊🏾🙂💯
Kinda where my head's at with it too. Thanks for watching dude!
Good video, great crew, nice catch. Good luck with the tournament. Stay safe.
Thank you kindly. You do the same.
That was so awesome when you dropped baits on to that school of flathead. Great video - thanks man.
I thought it was pretty cool too. Definitely gonna keep trying stuff like that.
Excited for the video been rewatching all of your videos!
That's awesome man. Glad ya dig em!
Beautiful flathead! You are a brave man bringing both dogs.
Thanks Bill. They're about as good of a pair of boat dogs as you're gonna get.
Back to your roots. Vertical jigging for flatheads. Just a lot more fancy than the kayak days. Awesome video!
Hoping to be out in the kayak a bunch in a few weeks. Just need it to keep warming up. Glad ya enjoyed it man!
Hope you did well in the tournament great video Spencer stay safe out the buddy
Thanks, you too!
Woody is,an f'n legend, I wondered when u would use this, adapt or get left behind ❤
This is most likely a time of the year thing. Good job fellas!
My husband and I live in nebraska we watch you all the time. It would be so fun if we could fish with you and get a big fish like you do. you rock🤘 you rock
I am a guide for hire. Shoot me an email spencer@rivercertified.com. I have a few Missouri River openings in August left.
Another awesome video bud, keep um coming!!!
Thanks! I'm gonna do my best!
Glad to see the living legend back aboard! Great fishing as always keep it up and stay wearin em out!
Yep, snuck Woody out for a few days. Thanks for watching dude!
Those flats like fresh/live bait. Sticking around S.E. this year, been here later than past years. Good luck in the tournament.
Yep, gonna make it a regular thing. Sticking around until the end of April.
Like you two fishing together. Ying and Yang... awesome guys!!
It's pretty cool how a fish can make that happen. Micka is a lot of fun to fish with. Glad you enjoyed it!
Good stuff!! Enjoyed the content Bro👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽
Glad ya did man!
Crazy watching your video and knowing where you are! You've got me wanting to invest in livescope now, that seemed like fun. 😬 Another awesome video, sir! Maybe I'll see you out here on the water one day.
You have one heck of a fishery near you then. That waterway is awesome! If you run into me, definitely say hi.
@@RiverCertified Will do, sir! It was awesome meeting you at the tournament. Some pigs have came from our area, that's for sure.
Hopefully your able to utilize the up and down thing during the tournament, Good luck at the tournament Spencer 👍👍
I'm slowly figuring a few things out. Thank you very much Randy!
Was pretty cool to fish a tournament against you brother! Glad yall had some luck!
Absolutely man. I'll be back down there next year for sure.
@RiverCertified better bring the heat lol! But the coosa has some really good fish!
@@asianpersuasionadventures1956 straight heat
Hell yeah! SPENCER RULES!
Thank you kindly sir!
heck yes a new video..!!! did you switch rods..?
We always fished at Wheeler dam in North West Alabama, below the dam.
If you really wanna go deep into some Catfish tactics; try using a stinger fly done there with the livescope or make a (kinda) dropper loop rig with shad and the stinger fly at the bottom. Might be a new gamechanger for you!
Saw Justin using something like that. I might have to dabble.
@@RiverCertified that will be my rig once i get my pwr 129 setup for catfishing
Get em brother keep doing you it's so cool to watch peace out from Ohio Don T
Thanks man. We're definitely gonna do our best.
Whew, looks like a great steak. Thanks Spenser and friend.
It definitely was. Thanks for watching Steve.
Ha ha, your tent was like a Puppy Terror Dome.
Great pair of fishermen ❤
Man, it's good to see the Flatties bitin. We're gettin em here in KY finally, too.
Hell yeah man. It's only gonna keep getting better. Got the Mrs. on a good'n yesterday. Excited to edit that video.
@RiverCertified good for her. Lookin forward to it. I'm after em in The Paylake of Giants today. Next time you're in KY you should holler. You could make a pretty easy video, and they got a snack bar. Lol
It was crazy seeing those flatheads suspended like that in the middle of the day. It just shows us how little we really know about fish behavior.
My thoughts exactly
awesome video Spencer!
Thanks man!
I'm de-tail duty 😅. That's funny. Take care Spencer.
Glad you got a kick outta that one haha
i would like to go fishing with you sometime.only thing is, i live in a nursing home
Love seeing u holding skip over the water and he swimming. I wondering when livescope catfish would come into play. I know when we crappie scope we see catfish on trees and I always want to drop down on them
I think it's only a matter of time for every kind of fish to be honest.
Great video. You guys really got it going on. Like the t shirt pretty badd a..
Thank you kindly sir. It was pretty cool to stumble onto that bite.
I think Skips 'dog card' needs to be revoked, cant make real dog noises, and gets stuck in a bush. By the way what mix is he ? Part terrier, part pug, part '56 Buick?
I'm not sure he ever had it. He's kind of part monkey, part guinea pig, part cat. Seriously though, he's half yorkie, half brussels griffon.
That's funny 😂😂
Yeah but watching him run through the air when he gets carried is worth it
What a great video from you 2 and the dogs. Thank you for the great video Spencer.
Glad you enjoyed it Dale!
Epic time again Spence What is that rod holder in front of boat holding rods vertically
Thanks man. All the rod holders are smackdowns.
And skip is a trooper. He never complained
He does occasionally. I never include it in the footage. With that being said, he's a pretty good boat dog.
That was so sick watching it on the fish finder approaching the bait, then it taking it down was awesome to watch! Also, is Skip short for Skipper? Or Skipjack? Also, good luck in the tournament!!
Pretty mind blowing to me man. Skip is short for Skipjack Herring Bauer hahahaha. Thanks dude!
Got my best catfish at Mallard Creek over around the nuclear plant 😊
Awesome video
Wish I could do this with my cat 😅 nice stuff man
That would be impressive and I don't even like cats. Thanks for watching man!
That big shad is like the ones we get at the whiting IN, BP warm water discharge on lake Michigan. Huge shad. Lol
It's nice to have a place to go and get good bait.
I thought Woody died and that's why you got Skip and why we haven't seen Woody in so long. Guess I high jumped to conclusions LOL glad to see the little scrapper!
He likes the couch more than the boat. I still steal him on occasion.
@@RiverCertified both fine little doggies but that skip seems like he has some garbage mutt in him. He love all things stanky
I loke how when you picked up your dog off the boat he was moving his legs ready to swim. Nice.
I get a kick outta that too haha
Great video !
Glad you enjoyed it Todd!
Good morning Spencer and Skip goid to see yall
Good morning. Thanks for watching!
Live scope should 💯 be banned from any tournament fishing for any species. They completely cut out the fishing aspect, there is no skill involved and it's going to completely destroy fisheries.
I use a Hawkeye fish/depth finder on my kayak. Got it from Amazon for the purpose of knowing how deep the water is. Outside of that, I agree with you 💯!!!
I definitely would be cool with it getting banned. I'd even be cool with side imaging getting banned. I will also agree that it changes the fishing aspect of it. Feels more like ice fishing than open water fishing. However, to say there is no skill involved, I will respectfully disagree on that.
I accept that. I may have been a bit hyper-critical saying that there is no skill involved. One of the issues I have with it is being used in tournaments (bass, catfish, etc.) is because it's definitely an unfair advantage. This is the same reason I don't hunt over bait for deer or bear, and I don't agree with sight fishing bass off of a spawning bed. It removes a bit of the requisite skill set for actually fishing. This is just my opinion and if anyone wants to use FFS that is perfectly fine with me, but I will stick to depth finders and water temp, moon phase, time of year, and a little luck to help catch fish. I mean no disrespect to anyone using FFS and have several friends that use it, it's just not for me.
What is live scope?
@@josephwalsh988 So where do you kill all your deer ? If they are feeding it's no diff then bait
Skip looks like the "do the roar." Kid from Shrek!!!!
Do the roar do the roar !!!😂
That's hilarious
That was awesome 👏 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you!! 😁
what do you use for bait when catfishing normally?
My grandfather loved to bump bottom, I never liked it, it wore my arm out. Id go with him after getting off 3rd shift sometime, I was already tired 😂😂
Livescope is such a game changer sometimes!
There is no doubt about that!
have you ever fished the mississippi river?
Seems like regardless the situation there's always some good food to get eaten 🤜🌟🤛🎣🐬🎣
That's a variable that's much easier to control than the fishing haha
What brand cast net are you throwing now days Spencer? I'm trying to find a better quality one and I go through at least 1 a year. Btw love the new boat! I know its been a while since I've got to watch ny of your videos but like always you made another great video! Can't wait to be back out camping myself. Those steaks looked amazing!
I've been using joyfish nets and really like them. I just tore it up and am gonna try the fishing fuel cast net. I've heard good things about those, so we will see. Still haven't thrown it yet.
@@RiverCertified thank you Spencer. I’ve just always used the ones from theisens cause that’s all I could ever find locally and they break pretty easy after being in the sun a lot lol.
Now that’s a steak!!!! You boys know how it’s done!!! 🍻
Sure was a dang good cherry on top for the trip. Thanks for watching!
👍👍👍👍👍great 🎣video guys liking those steaks🍽️
Thanks Roy👍
No doubt livescope is changing fishing I’m not sure how I feel about it honestly, very cool to see that kind of feeding behavior. Good luck in the tournament.
I have similar thoughts. Feels a lot like ice fishing to be honest.
Almost bought live scope last year...you dont see alot of guys using live scope for catfishing...kayak catfish has been doing it also...just makes me want one more watching thos
Looking forward to the tournament regardless of the result 😮
Glad to hear it!
Skip likes to explore 😂
Not the first steak micka cooked over a fire i gather....looked perfect...not an easy task
I don't think so either. Dude has some skills.
that shad looked like the ft gibson shad back in the day
Anymore I think Spencer's videos are comparable to some of the In Fisherman shows used to be, great stuff, I'll be 6 foot under before I stop watching 👍💯
And I appreciate the hell outta all that.
there is a dam here in illinois called starved rock state park. in the river below the dam, there is supposed to be catfish in there as big as you. i t would be a challenge for you
I bet there's stories of "a guy" that was scuba diving doing repair work on the damn, who was scared to go back down there because of the size of fish he saw too. I love when ppl say that one. Every dam around the country has people regurgitating that one.lol
Are the scopes on cell phones any good
Now you all have me craving a big ol steak.... :)
I felt a little spoiled on this trip haha
Spencer I really enjoy your videos and content. Now if you could just show me how to clean them fish ! I do ok but really I suck!! So bad at cleaning them....I just release em.
Glad you dig the videos man. I fillet mine just like DTro Fishing. He has a good video on his channel.
Looked liked some damn wagu beef. He ain’t playing
He did one heck of a job cooking it.
Don't know about you but it just seems like anything you eat on the river or creek bank tastes 10 x better than it does at home in the kitchen. Great video bud.
Amen to that. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Pretty sure skip is a Diaz bro kinda dawg that was def a Stockton slap
What do catfish taste like? I never caught or ate one.
Where at on the river are you guys at? Like, what town?
Love skip ❤
He's a darn good boat dog.
Awesome video! He said that the flathead was a little too big to eat. Why is that? Do they taste bad when they are big? I’ve never caught flatheads.
You wanna keep the fish in the 5 to 15 lb range due to the amount of fat, toughness of the meat, and also mercury levels in the fish.
Glad you enjoyed it man. For me, they take so long to get big I don't like killing the larger ones. Plus, the older they are, the more contaminants they tend to have.
Thanks for the info!
Live scope is so fun. You literally can throw some baits out and play with the live scope on the side. I watch lake trout guys use this tactic. Pretty fun.
Absolutely. Gonna try to do more of it in the future.
Here kitty kitty 😺. Oooo, a big kitty
I catfish out a bass boat. Love the looks I get. 😅
Hell yeah man!
Looked like ya were fishing in a Barrel guys but Looked fun to me
It was like nothing I had ever seen dude.
I like how skip swims to shore when you carry him across from the boat.
I get a kick outta it too haha
Attaboy 👊
Thanks Denny!
Nice Cats Guys! Spenser, why do you cut off the tails of the bait?
Thanks Harry. I cut the tails off so they don't spin as bad and let out more scent.
@@RiverCertified Actually that makes total sense and it works well for you.
🇨🇦 🍁 Hm nice steak..Greetings and happy spring Spencer..Hi Skip..you were catching other shad..why didn't you release the big one? Better to make lots of babies? 😢 ❤your programme Deborah
Many moons ago I was out with my dad on his friend's pontoon, parked over his friend's favorite Channel Cat spot. Same bait, same tackle, almost the same vertical presentation, except I was jigging just a little. just a tiny bounce that the Cats loved. Maybe moving the bait an inch or two. Our Captain demanded to know what I was doing different. I am laughing on account of he is right there watching what I am doing, so as a joke I told him no. He really got pissy about it so I just flat out told him to learn how to catch his own fish. Now, the whole time he is watching me catch fish, could plainly see what I was doing, but "if had been a snake" couldn't see what was in front of his face. Long story short, he told me that I was permanently banned from his boat and I laughed about it which made him even more mad.
That's a little funny and a little sad your dad's buddy was that insecure about fishing. I've only seen it happen a few times where somebody gets upset about getting outfished. I try to stay away from those people.
I think you're far enough south where you're gonna want to be super vigilant about the tick bloom. We call them "seed ticks" in the spring, and you can wind up with hundreds of them the size of a pinhead on EVERYTHING. Invest in some permethrin.
I appreciate the warning. I ran into that last spring in florida. Not a pleasant surprise.
Hope you catch some giants in your tournament. Peace Brother
Thank you very much!
You two are becoming regulars 😅
Glad to hear it. Thanks for watching!