Bill's favorite way to catch bass? With a topwater lure! Learn his 5 keys to topwater success in this episode of Bill Dance Outdoors. . . . Thanks for watching! Like, Share, and SUBSCRIBE for more videos! / @billdance
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@Arientis3 жыл бұрын
I’m ready to get the topwater plugs back out here in a couple weeks once it just starts to warm up. You’re tormenting me with those strikes 😂😂
@garyschmidt79942 жыл бұрын
Lol
@tatsinyaks25293 жыл бұрын
Never been fishing with my grandfather, but being able to learn from good ole bill helps fill that void
@Batheify2 жыл бұрын
Bill, you were my childhood hero at 9 yrs old, I am now 59...................and you still "rock"
@tonyherdina9142 Жыл бұрын
Yep. Bill Dance, Jimmy Houston and Al Linder. They don't realize the impact they had on our generation.
@jimgollach62023 жыл бұрын
Bill dance. Best fishing teacher ever. 🚣♂️😀👍👍.
@theta68022 жыл бұрын
This is such a great channel. I never could get anyone to teach me to fish growing up, so now I'm 22 and learning to fish. Watching these makes me feel like I'm finally going fishing with my grandpa. Thank you for that!
@robinhood4802 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best. Good luck fishing 🎣
@garyschmidt79942 жыл бұрын
Hey Bill I just wanted to say thank you for all the great years of fishing shows I grew up with you watching TV in the morning. Sincerely Gary Lee Schmidt
@jkerns6323 жыл бұрын
Im now 37 and have been watching these shows back when I had to turn the knob and hold the antena up to get reception. Love these videos and it never gets old watchin you bill. Thanks for all the tips and the bloopers😉😁
@laserbeam0023 жыл бұрын
My fondest memories of my father are of the times he took me fishing and squirrel hunting. We always fished in small rivers and farm ponds and hunted in the woods around our rural home. Those were the best of times.
@unicornsteaks67693 жыл бұрын
I have a couple tips to add. Start fishing topwaters first thing in the morning. If you wait too long, most days, the topwater bite ends when the sun gets high. Overcast conditions help. Evening hours are also better than midday. Wait a few seconds before you begin your retrieve. Sometimes they'll bite it before it moves.
@jameshendrickson81593 жыл бұрын
The last large mouth I caught was on my trusty snoopy pole I tied a popper on the doghouse casting weight thinking I'd catch a huge northern pike. Instead all I caught was a 17" largemouth bass at 6 years old with no adults around and no dip net. I haven't caught a largemouth bass at that lake since.. but I never used the snoopy pole for casting after that, I only use it for carp fishing now.
@Huntn_fish365 Жыл бұрын
Agreed, except when the sun gets up. It positions the fish on shade line and deeper structure. You can still catch them on top water all day long with accurate casts in high percentage areas and shaded areas.
@stolen_camel82523 жыл бұрын
Top water is my favorite. So exciting watching that water blow up
@robertandrews56563 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy your shows, for over many years. Your are the only fishing show host that gives a simple explanation of what you are doing and how it is working. I adore your content and watch them over and over again. Thank you so much for being who you are, you are a blessing to my life.
@fcosanchez-ti8oo11 ай бұрын
Y yo que tengo mi baby torpedo abandonado en mi estuche de pesca tengo 10 años con el, no lo he usado, sin ningún raspón está nuevo. Pero después de ver éste magnífico Video de Bill lo usaré y creo será uno de mis señuelos favoritos. Me gustó mucho éste vídeo y más con la excelente explicación de como usarlo. Gracias Bill Dance.
@Dbikgiizis3 жыл бұрын
I'm 54, and just took fishing up again (I haven't put a hook in the water since I was 6). I made it a point that my 2 young cousins (8 and 10) had their own rod, reel and loaded tackle box last summer. The youngest one's best day was 3 bluegill and a perch off the dock, by herself. And she already knows the most important rule in angling: "Go away! You're scaring the fish!"
@tonyshroyer16653 жыл бұрын
Ain't nothing like it watching bill dance catch big bass on the top water.....cherish those memories I never got the opportunity to fish with my dad or grandfather.....but I can tell you one thing I'll never put my rods down with or without sponsorships.......keep them lines tight and camera on.....
@dclark5833 жыл бұрын
Taking Grandkids, It's awesome to see the looks on there faces, when they catch one !
@FishingPleasures3 жыл бұрын
Top water Bass fishing is my favorite kind of Bass fishing. Love those big blowups!! My biggest Bass ever came on a Rebel Pop R Magnum (Foxy Shad) back in 2014. Good times.
@joenava267911 ай бұрын
Bill, you are an awesome fisherman.
@robertbrandywine Жыл бұрын
To me, it's amazing that Bill Dance has never gotten tired of bass fishing after all these decades.
@gregamerson91723 жыл бұрын
Best fishing show ever, love u billy boy 👍👍
@JessieGresham-rr3nb2 ай бұрын
Mr DANCE. Thank you so much sharing your knowledge with us. I love to top water fish I love a hula popper. I would love to see you fish with a hula popper I would know for sure if I was doing it right or not
@kristian14663 жыл бұрын
I’m a simple man I see Heddon Torpedo I click
@patrickbateman28693 жыл бұрын
I’m so glad that you and others really got me into fishing 👍
@SKISER833 жыл бұрын
I've ben watching Bill for about 30 years r so. And I'm 37 🤥🎣🥇
@stolen_camel82523 жыл бұрын
You and me both brotha
@jefferydavis56273 жыл бұрын
Mr. Bill I grew up watching you and trying to do all you teach!! You are the Number one fisherman in my book. Thank you very much for all you do Sir!!! Don't know you personally but I Love you!!!! Your a great Humanitarian!!!!
@georgegeyer3431 Жыл бұрын
My go-to lure. But yesterday, I guess I wasn't fishing it right. So here I am for a refresher.
@danluther17413 жыл бұрын
As true today as it was in the 70's. Love you Bill!!
@Squatch343 жыл бұрын
Bill is the man
@jeramyh93443 жыл бұрын
I have a lot of brothers and sisters, but going fishing with just me and my Dad was special for me. Even when I had to wake up before the sun came up. I usually fell back asleep in the car on the drive to the lake, but I still love fishing to this day and now I get to take my wife and kids with me.
@hirambrashier14495 ай бұрын
Beautiful lake
@draculaslots3870Ай бұрын
I love how these guys fish stock ponds lol 😆 it's easy when it's stocked and full of fish
@georgegeyer34312 жыл бұрын
My go to lure.
@MrBigCopium3 жыл бұрын
He makes it look simple hes a legend
@bassneckfishing25053 жыл бұрын
I have that same problem using a topwater thank you for the knowledge
@mosq103 жыл бұрын
One thing I have learned in Florida (South Central) I do not fish top water on flat calm days and I love to throw them in rough water... They eat them up on windy days even though i have always heard top water don't work on rough days, It does work and good. My best was a 16 pound bass on a rapala gold top water plug on a bad wind day. Try it
@kenneth98742 жыл бұрын
My favorite top water as a kid
@El_Gallo_de_Pesca973 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the good pointers sir, I enjoy watching and learning something new, topwater lures are a new frontier to me👍 11/22/2021-It's been months but I caught a large bass on topwater for the first time several months back! I'm starting to improve and recently I caught some bass on the lure you used in this video adding it as my second successful lure in my tackle box, thank you Mr. Dance!
@blakerutherford52433 жыл бұрын
Got to meet Mr. Dance 7-8 years ago at a Spring Classic. The line was PAINFULLY slow. Turns out it was because he took time to have an actual conversation with everyone there, and I thought that was phenomenal.
@dewyanehamm39563 жыл бұрын
Great show,Mr.Dance.......
@Johnson-hk3cc3 жыл бұрын
Caught many fish on that lure
@wistaban2 жыл бұрын
I love the Torpedo series!
@colsonjonesoutdoors41383 жыл бұрын
Last time I went fishing in late summer I caught a 2 pounder on my first cast
@donayers59252 жыл бұрын
My first experience with top water baits, was with a Heddon dying flutter
@krazyhorse96362 жыл бұрын
Been a dream to fish with bill since i was a lil boy
@natedawg882 жыл бұрын
You can definitely tell this was TV because there's more ad time than show time 😂
@Cletus-so5gr3 жыл бұрын
got 4 inches if snow and ice and getting 4 more inches tmrw so it'll be a while... making me jealous watching this time of year
@nolanngrant48363 жыл бұрын
Hello, I'm called the (Eight Rodd Banditt) 🎣 but my real name is Cory, thanks you for the video's
@jeremylando403 жыл бұрын
I guess it’s my luck I’ve never caught a fish on a tiny torpedo but I’ve caught many a bass on a whopper plopper also my pop pop taught me to love fishing and I wish always cherish the days spent fishing by his side
@judemonic80453 жыл бұрын
Can’t wait for it to warm up those strikes are making me anxious
@FTsingos Жыл бұрын
"I'd rather catch one bass on top of the water than ten below the surface." That sounds like me.
@jameshendrickson81593 жыл бұрын
Are bigmouths ancestral? So 10 years ago, at my dock at Sherman reservoir in Nebraska, at my patio shoreside I had the biggest and hottest looking lunker always swimming from under the 20foot square patio and into the grassy shore area on mostly the southern side and it looked like she was shadowing a little school of fries. Never attacking them. I saw her get bigger and bigger for 3 years, I decided that the next year in the spring once the lake gets filled to full pool I'd go and catch her, get a pic and weigh her and get a state record or more, but that never happened, as that spring I got picked up by a local country band as their Bassist and then I never had any time to even think about fishing for 7 years. And the only place outside of Nebraska that I've played is leota ks crook co, and Pendleton ia (right after I quit drinking) lol!!! And here's the kicker none of my neighbors ever fished her (I'm a Marine Vet) and I asked them to leave her alone because really I enjoyed watching her raise her kids and get huge more than I would have enjoyed catching her. This summer I'm not going back to the band. This has actually the only winter that I've had every other weekend off in 7 years, and I love entertaining people really, but I'm missing out on life. So I bet she's gone and no body does bass fishing in my docks area because of the surroundings. Most bass fishers pass by because of the tight squeeze and lily pads. But would her offspring treat that area as their homestead? Could I get to see another momma cass bass?
@JL0502 жыл бұрын
Hearing Bill’s breathing 😂
@davefransen50963 жыл бұрын
That boat tho. Thing is sweet
@joshuataylor93852 жыл бұрын
Legend
@themadcatter58493 жыл бұрын
Judging by the attire that was no where near north Texas recently. 😆
@steveboyette40403 жыл бұрын
Try Florida
@TCB77 Жыл бұрын
When Bass Pro was a catalog
@brenthunter10553 жыл бұрын
are these still filmed or are they re-runs?
@billdance3 жыл бұрын
We still produce 26 new shows every year and you can see them on the Outdoor Channel. Thanks for watchin'!
@NineteenEighty828 күн бұрын
You got any old equipment you dont use and willing to ship off? Disabled veteran here and want to fish. Tried making a shopping cart and I don't know what to get. Cheers brotha!
@jimmywood9492 жыл бұрын
Has anybody seen Jimmy Houston I heard his wife passed away is that true
@alecmidgett13403 жыл бұрын
Bill catches like 4 fish bigger than my PB every single day🤣😂
@MotoAtheist3 жыл бұрын
Bill's favorite way to catch bass? Private lakes.
@tcwheelis3 жыл бұрын
😂
@kenneth98742 жыл бұрын
I'd like to too!
@1EVILZ063 жыл бұрын
I want to see you go head up with KVD winner take all....50k purse. One day on the lake. Weigh in at 5pm
@kenneth98749 ай бұрын
Bill did quite well on the tournament trail in his day
@blackbirdrc83483 жыл бұрын
Can somebody explain to me what these old school guys mean when they explain rod action? Does he mean a medium light power rod? Or does he mean a moderate-fast action? Medium/Medium-heavy is the rods power no? It’s confusing to me lol. When he says medium action I’m assuming he means a medium power 🤷🏻♂️
@Arientis3 жыл бұрын
All that really means is how much bend is in the rod. Example: a medium fast action rod is gonna be able to parabolically bend almost halfway before it hits the backbone of the rod. The fast action means how fast it will jump back into place. Basically the power means how much bend can the rod do
@blackbirdrc83483 жыл бұрын
@@Arientis yeah I know the power and actions of rods it’s just the way bill and other old school anglers call the power of a rod the “action” when he’s using his quantum accurist rods he says medium heavy action with a fast tip instead of medium heavy power with a fast action. Always confuses me lol
@kenneth98742 жыл бұрын
@@blackbirdrc8348 a lot of the new guys as well
@kenneth98742 жыл бұрын
He did plainly state that he was using a med light power, moderate action rod
@kenneth9874 Жыл бұрын
@@blackbirdrc8348 a lot of new guys do the same thing
@brettnewman73893 жыл бұрын
First
@agiambra133 жыл бұрын
Can we please please get the sound guy to block out Bills heavy breathing.... makes it hard to watch