Bigbass101

I decided to take the camera out and view the smallmouth bass underwater this week to see what they are doing.  This is on an inactive non feeding day.  It's always curious to see what they are doing when the bass aren't biting.  Thought you guys might enjoy and underwater glimpse as well.  

Click Here to View The Underwater Video of The Smallmouth Bass

I was able to get my buddy Jim out on the ice for the first time in about 10 years.  We fished East Harbor of Lake Erie.  What makes this area unique is that you are fishing 3 to 4 feet of water and you can look down the ice fishing hole and see the fish hit.  For us guys up north it doesn't get much better during the winter.  The only bad part is drilling through about 15 inches of ice.  I let Jim use the underwater camera which gives a little extra excitement when the fish roll in.   I'll leave a link if you would like to watch any of the underwater footage.  Lake Erie Ice Fishing Video Click Here

Hopefully this gives you a little warm up for this winter.  Bass fishing along the shores of Lake Erie.  This particular day demonstrated how the largemouth bass can be found all along the shores of Lake Erie no matter where you fish.

https://rumble.com/v746ly0-lake-erie-summer-heat-bass-fishing.html?mref=66lt3&mc=9e0fe

While bass fishing a small bay off of Lake Erie last Saturday I seen on camera some yellow perch moving in.  The one looked like a giant!  Time to get the ice fishing gear ready.

Lake Erie Giant Yellow Perch Video Click Here

You might be surprised by what type of fish is hanging around the predators of Lake Erie.

Lake Erie Underwater Video Click Here to Play

I was doing some side scanning of the bottom and came across something odd.  I dropped the camera down and I'm baffled to what it is.  You have any idea?  I took some underwater video of it.

Lake Erie Odd Find Video Click Here

I took this video last week of few largemouth bass on beds in Michigan.  The thing that surprised me most is you can't really even tell there is a bed there.  Have you guys ever noticed that some bass make large beds and others don't?  The video is a short two or so minute glimpse underwater of the bass hanging around the bed and how one reacts to a wacky rig near it. 

Bass Bedding video click here

Jim and I finally timed the big slab crappie bite right this year on Lake Erie. We've been wanting to do it, and always get side tracked with walleye, largemouth, or smallmouth. It's tough when all three are available and you have to choose one for the day. We ended up catching a nice two man limit and shocking how much meat was on them compared to inland crappies. I cleaned my half and plan on taking them to my folks Mother's Day weekend. It's my dad's birthday that weekend as well. They will have plenty of crappie to eat that's for sure!  http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/Laugh.gif

Below is a short video of the crappie fishing day.
https://rumble.com/v6spum7-how-to-ca...66lt3&mc=9e0fe

It's about that time of year to start thinking about smallmouth bass fishing on Lake St Clair again.  It won't be long and we will have open water to cast our lines.  This trip was from last spring pre-spawn and lake was still very cold.  It doesn't seem to matter what time of year you go, the bass fishing never seems to disappoint there.

Lake St Clair Spring Smallmouth Bass Fishing Video Click Here

Lake Erie Islands Smallmouth Bass Fishing. Here's a little something to get you through the cabin fever.  Nice fall day of smallmouth fishing around the Lake Erie Islands.

https://rumble.com/v6k1szg-lake-erie-islands-bass-fishing.html?mref=66lt3&mc=9e0fe

Here's a view from under the ice on East Harbor this past week.  Really cold out for us, but the fish didn't mind.

Fishing the heat of the summer and going deep into the swamp to pull out some nice largemouth bass on West Harbor of Lake Erie.

West Harbor Lake Erie Bass Fishing Video Click Here

48 minutes ago, EdB said:

Osprey or Eagle.

Osprey is one I didn't think about.  That would be a good guess.

While I was filming on Lake Erie I came across this bluegill that had damage to its dorsal and had healed over.  I'm curious what you may think caused it?

Short one minute video of damaged bluegill click here

I've fished the east arm before, but never the west arm of Grand Traverse Bay.  This spring trip I had 4 hours to locate and catch some fish.  What a spectacular fishery.  I'll definitely be coming back there in the future.  Below is a link to my video from that morning on the west arm of Grand Traverse Bay.

Grand Traverse Bay Video Click Here

This question is for just this year.  What is the oddest or craziest thing you witnessed while fishing this year?  Mine was late summer while fishing with my channel partner Jim.  We went out of Port Clinton Ohio on Lake Erie.  The first one that caught us by surprise was a lady coming out of her home as we were fishing the bank.  She had a well fitted bikini on and we tried not to make it obvious  as we took a look her way.  The next thing you know she walks down to the beach and out in the water coming towards us.  We were only in about 3 foot of water so first thought was is she going to walk all the way to our boat?  Was she made because we were fishing in front of her beach front home?  Nope!  Instead she gives us big smile and drags some kind of core digger for taking samples.  She walks about 15 feet from our boat and bends over giving a full shot of the cleavage as she turned the core around and around.  I know I should have just turned the GoPro right in her direction, but I didn’t .  Lol. It was pretty apparent she did it on purpose.  You can see her in the intro part of the video in the link below.  It was a distant shot as we were moving away.

The next thing that happened was just a couple hours later.  We were fishing the Portage River mouth where it enters Lake Erie.  There is heavy boat traffic that is constantly going in and out of the river.  Including the giant ferry boats that go to the islands.  People line the rock pier and fish all the way up and down for catfish.  This young man was fishing when a yacht got a little too close to his catfish line.  The next thing you know the boat’s intake sucked his line up ,and his rod took off from shore as it was sucked in the intake.  He was furious he lost his fishing pole.  That is around the 3:55 minute mark I think in this video.  What was your craziest thing you seen in 2024?

https://rumble.com/v5o6vnb-port-clinton-ohio-bass-fishing.html?mref=66lt3&mc=9e0fe

I headed out to a very popular shipwreck on Lake Erie.  I decided to fish it first, and then drop the camera underwater and see what I didn't catch.  It's quite humbling when you see how many fish are actually there.   You ever come across a huge school of fish and they won't bite?

Shipwreck Video Click Here

My last shallow water bass fishing trip on Lake Erie.

Shallow Water Lake Erie Bass Fishing Video Click Here

I did another filming session under water on Lake Erie.  I covered various rock piles and different structure along the bottom.  I came across someone's lure down there as well.  Smallmouth, Largemouth, walleye, Yellow Perch, and some junk fish along the water.  Check out how the fish act in their natural environment.  

https://rumble.com/v58zvx9-lake-erie-fish-under-the-waves.html?mref=66lt3&mc=9e0fe

Lake Erie Yellow Perch swimming around and hanging around a big boulder on Lake Erie.

https://rumble.com/v58k0te-yellow-perch-of-lake-erie-under-the-waves.html?mref=66lt3&mc=9e0fe

I went looking for the Success Shipwreck due to the fascinating history of the ship. In this video, you will find out the facts of it being used as a floating prison. The Great Houdini did an escape trick from one of its cells. The water was murky this day, but there are quite a few fish swimming around the wreck.

https://rumble.com/v578vv9-the-history-and-underwater-view-of-the-success-shipwreck-on-lake-erie.html?mref=66lt3&mc=9e0fe
 

9 hours ago, Josfish said:

Awesome!

 

Thanks man.  I'm working on another one that I was checking out today.  This is a widely known shipwreck on Erie.

4 minutes ago, EdB said:

That's a cool find, thanks for sharing. Were you in Michigan waters or farther east?

Ed I was in Michigan waters western basin.  One thing I can't figure out that I could use some help with is figuring out what kind of fish those little ones were towards the end of the video.  Some sort of fry.  The waves were picking up, so it was a little harder to keep the camera steady.

Who still uses their side scan fairly regularly?  I had it on my old boat, then when I got my fiberglass Ranger it didn't come with it.  I didn't replace it for several years.  I finally got it back on my boat I got in the fall.  Man, I didn't realize how much I missed it until I put back on this boat.  I was scouting around Lake Erie and came across a couple old wrecks on the bottom that I never knew were there.  I had my ice fishing camera with me, and I was able to drop that down as well and get a decent look at it with the fish around it.  I have to say it was my highlight of fishing year so far.  I think I enjoy finding something new to fish as much as catching a big one sometimes.  This spot did hold good smallmouth too.

https://rumble.com/v55k4xt-finding-shipwrecks-with-your-electronics.html?mref=66lt3&mc=9e0fe