Its Time! First Tournament of the Year

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4 ай бұрын

It has been a good minute since i've been bass fishing and I'm extremely excited to get back into tournament mode. Going in blind for the Bass 559 event at Eastman Lake and hoping to put 5 keepers in the boat to rack up some points to hopefully make TOC.
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@nyewang 4 ай бұрын

This man gives you all his secrets and still out fishes you.

@dylanschannel6275 4 ай бұрын

😂😂 forreal

@RojoDelChocolate 4 ай бұрын

lol

@G30vang 4 ай бұрын

That’s what you call a professional. Giving out the sauce and tips. Still killing it!

@kennysee15 4 ай бұрын

This the one haha!

@hty915 4 ай бұрын

Doesn’t practice, shows up and wings it from prior experience there and smokes it. Hats off to you sir.

@laxiong5932 4 ай бұрын

Congratulations D. Thao! Thank you for taking us along for the ride.

@HeavenlySnipez 4 ай бұрын

I found you through Greg, but I've stayed for the great content. Videos are fantastic dude! Good luck in 2024!!!!!

@kongvang4132 4 ай бұрын

Congrats! Half way through the video, I knew you won. Loving these lures and techniques talk. Keep it coming.

@Johnnygunz916 4 ай бұрын

Damian kills tournaments every year but this video seems to show a new and more confident Damian. That’s not good for competition 😂

@AnalogLives3 4 ай бұрын

Damian Thao with the Greg Blanchard side sweep! 😂😅. Congrats on the dub, no practice flex.

@johnhill2298 4 ай бұрын

Congrats on the first win of the year. I have no doubt they'll be many more! Nice to see Eastman has water in it 🤙

@FisherBRD 4 ай бұрын

Way to go Damian! You didn’t seem too excited haha 😂 Those bass were footballs!

@timothy4428 4 ай бұрын

Congrats Damien! You are a hammer bro. Loving the post tournament pattern breakdowns!

@Austin_Torres 4 ай бұрын

Woohoo another great perspective on this tournament. Thanks for sharing your days in the water.

@greatestever3827 4 ай бұрын

I love the advice at the end of the video ! Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉

@ichabod13 4 ай бұрын

Just casually measuring a couple fish with the wrong ID and catching hogs after that... 😅 Nice tourney win!

@michaelhomdus4945 4 ай бұрын

Congratulations on your first tournament win of the year, no surprise. Look forward to seeing more of your videos this year.

@robertestes1820 4 ай бұрын

Damian, repping the winter dew. Keep hooking em. The fish don’t recognize you, yet.

@mattyg5566 4 ай бұрын

Great running into you on the lake, Damian! That was a hell of a bag for Eastman this time of year for sure! Congrats!!!!

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

It was nice running into you as well. Thanks for the Swimbait. Also, really digging your new boat lol.

@davidtanner6834 4 ай бұрын

Congrats! Always great content.

@wgb925 4 ай бұрын

The mustache and goatee are good luck or it’s probably more skill!! Way to go Damian nice start to 2024!

@user-hz2kj4ls4b 4 ай бұрын

Congratulations

@nickvue9656 4 ай бұрын

Solid start to the year bro 💯 keep it up !

@billythao152 4 ай бұрын

Congratulations brother..

@bluhjayz 4 ай бұрын

Congrats! Solid finish and execution!

@vinceh8730 4 ай бұрын

Congratulations Damian, you're the man...Good luck in 2024!

@chmurdock 4 ай бұрын

Great video. Loved the recap and baits at end. Super helpful. Congrats on the win!

@DoubleDigitAngler 4 ай бұрын

Good luck to the rest of your season bud. super talented!

@iamalemontree 4 ай бұрын

The master!

@reneflores6625 4 ай бұрын

Congratulations sir! Keep them coming. Thanks for the great content

@Jerms84 4 ай бұрын

Congrats dude. Didn’t even seem like you had your A game and still won

@pxfishing 4 ай бұрын

Congratulations on the win

@MnHondaSi 4 ай бұрын

Aye I seen some EFT at the end there! lol

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

lol, was just about to get on EFT with the boys right after shooting the outro lol

@freegame5474 4 ай бұрын

Can’t wait for your oroville tournament video . Great Video .

@roberthayes7986 4 ай бұрын

Well done !👍☝️🤙🤞

@thatfishingnoob 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for that breakdown at the end man. Glad to see you come up with a 1st place win to kick off the 2024 season. Good stuff! Also, you and GB need to get together for a friendly derby lol. That would be pretty cool.

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

Thanks man, me and GB need to hit the water again. We were planning something in december but some things came up. Hopefully soon

@anthonyvespia6662 4 ай бұрын

Damian, nice fish my friend. I haven't seen many that size this early in the season. Epic trip bro!

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@FuturesChue 4 ай бұрын

Congrats

@WhereWeWild 4 ай бұрын

Sweet. Great content man. Just subscribed. Keep up the good work. 😊🎣🤙🏽

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

@adamyang7741 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for telling us what you did! Super great information !

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@poststalone1496 4 ай бұрын

Those fish are going to have some major growth spurts once it warms up. Absolute units for their length

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

The lake is extremely healthy right now. Spring is going to be insane

@lahuryder559 4 ай бұрын

Damn I couldn't catch that much fish even in spring

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

I just got lucky and ran into a few fishes lol

@adammead8197 4 ай бұрын

You're an animal. Way to find a few hogs. Congrats bud!

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

Thanks brother!

@livinglife3230 4 ай бұрын

Congrats on the W 🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@msal4652 4 ай бұрын

Great video. When I saw you taking those jigs out I knew what they were. LA Custom jigs are the best around. Only ones I use.

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

My confidence/go to jigs. Ive had a lot of good days with them

@msal4652 4 ай бұрын

@@dthao92 Same here. Just recently put in another order. I noticed your retrieve. Is that your standard or do you chat it up based on the fish?

@veritas2145 4 ай бұрын

Awesome👍👍

@everydayangler3244 4 ай бұрын

Beast 💪💪

@freeagentangler5159 4 ай бұрын

Damian, look into the Niko Rig Hack. Congrats on the win!

@bradleyhouston9037 4 ай бұрын

Damian, I am absolutely obsessed with Tarkov! I saw it on your monitor in the background lol

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

Same! I was just about to get on Tarkov with the boys right after shooting my recap for the tournament lol. We are trash at the game but still pretty fun lol

@bradleyhouston9037 4 ай бұрын

@@dthao92 If you guys ever need a Sherpa I would be honored. I have no-lifed Tarky for the last 5 years hahaha

@bendover-uf9st 4 ай бұрын

🎉🎉

@619SoCaL 4 ай бұрын

💪🏼🎣

@brandonmerideth5450 4 ай бұрын

Awesome video as always! And congrats on the win! You may have mentioned it but I just missed it I’m curious how the bite felt on the jig? I hear a lot of people talk about soft bites in the winter and how it might just feel heavy but the week after new years I got onto a jig bite and they were like ripping the rod out of my hands when they would hit it

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! Honestly it just depends on the day and mood of the fishes. Somedays it will feel really mushy like you got vegetation. For the most part, my jig bites were hard bites, i could definitely feel them thump when they bite it.

@Longboard-Dude 4 ай бұрын

Mr. Damian . . . CONGRATS on the 1st place . . . especially with no practice; SWEET 👍! Also, thanks for sharing with us your setups and techniques; really great information for us non-competitive bass anglers. Quick question, I notice 2nd place angler Steven Johnson got big fish award (19.50"), but 7th place angler Daigo Kobayashi also caught a 19.50" fish. How does that work when both caught a 19.50" fish and only one gets the award? Again, not a competitive bass fishermen so I was curious. Wishing you lots of fishing success in your 2024 tournaments 🤙.

@donjuan6646 4 ай бұрын

1st weighed gets it

@Longboard-Dude 4 ай бұрын

@@donjuan6646 Ahhhhhh, got it! Many "Thanks" for "learning me" 😜/ the insight; very much appreciated.

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

For most trails its 1st fish weighed in but for this trail/tournament series its based on second big fish if there is a Tie. Steven tied with Daigo on big fish but Steven's 2nd big fish was bigger than Daigo's second big fish. The lakes for this tournament series doesnt have good cell service so fish submission times will make it harder for the tie breaker

@Longboard-Dude 4 ай бұрын

@@dthao92 Additional insight 😀 . . . as with @donjuan6646, many "Thanks" 🤙! Makes sense 👍.

@jamesmiracle2818 4 ай бұрын

That’s the right way to start the season we’re in the freezer here😢

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! what state are you in? Lakes frozen over?

@1kou_fisherman 4 ай бұрын

Thought you was Greg Blanchard for a second with your hair. 😂 trying to compete with him in hair too?

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

lmao! I didnt even think of that till everyone started to mention it lol

@johnolivas9984 4 ай бұрын

Congrats! Way to start the new year...What knot do you tie?

@sambageian2948 4 ай бұрын

looks like a san diego jam or something similar

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! its a modified san diego jam knot

@chrisgaines3502 4 ай бұрын

Nice work! Which Dobyns rod are you using for the jig?

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

It’s a Dobyn’s Xtasy 754

@illkid-iu6us 4 ай бұрын

Yo your hair is fire son! never seen you w out a hat, I think you have a better wig piece than Blanchard lol

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

lol, I left my hat in the house and i was already gonna head out to the store

@AVHobbies2011 4 ай бұрын

I miss bass fishing. Only 4 more months lol

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

March is bass open for you guys?

@AVHobbies2011 3 ай бұрын

@dthao92 it's always 2nd weekend of May. So it's the 11th this year.

@welikeemlong101 4 ай бұрын

Heev luss hi luss🔥

@noonewantstobeit8850 4 ай бұрын

I see you've been on Escape from Tarkov. A wise man once said if you play too much game your fishing skills will go down.

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

It’s just to pass the time and to catch up with all the high school buddies

@GetSomeFuker 4 ай бұрын

Good stuff! Weather is cray

@bluescoins1199 4 ай бұрын

1 for 1 keep it going

@BassXman 4 ай бұрын

I bet you didnt even practice bro 😂 congratulations man

@LiChenyang-gg8jl 4 ай бұрын

Hey Damian, can u tell us your offshore jig rod&reel combo? Thanks!

@dylanschannel6275 4 ай бұрын

Looks like Dobyn xtasy most likely a 745c and curado k200

@LiChenyang-gg8jl 4 ай бұрын

looks like a curado mgl?@@dylanschannel6275

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

Its a Dobyn's Xtasy 754c with a Shimano Curado MGL 150

@basschaser9356 4 ай бұрын

Dobyn xtasy 754 or 755 you using for 1/2oz jig?

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

It’s Xtasy 754, I felt like the 755 was a bit overkill for me

@Letsbet559 3 ай бұрын

#pro

@_TheHomieLA 4 ай бұрын

Awesome dude congrats! When you gonna start streaming escape from tarkov? Lol

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

Thanks man, I don’t think anyone would wanna watch me play, always accidental team killing, bad coms, accidental suicide grenade kills lol

@_TheHomieLA 4 ай бұрын

@@dthao92 that's the best content! Haha

@kathypursell1255 4 ай бұрын

Was that an LA custom jig ? Where can I find those?

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

It was an LaCustomJigs, you have to contact La Xiong through Facebook. He only makes a handful of them

@derekbushnell1309 4 ай бұрын

Damion. You have a link to LA Jigs??

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

i do not, i just message him through facebook

@Phoenix-nl2ut 4 ай бұрын

Easy money.

@fastactionfishingco 4 ай бұрын

Do you have an ultrex on your kayak?

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

It’s a Motorguide Xi3, it has spotlock as well

@bbowen4629 4 ай бұрын

I would wory about it being in the way when netting the fish.?

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

About what being in the way? The Fish finders or my measuring board?

@bbowen4629 4 ай бұрын

@@dthao92 sorry this comment was meant for a different video, disregard.

@robbiebrown4653 4 ай бұрын

What type of jigs you use

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

Round finese jigs

@DankBowlingCo. 4 ай бұрын

Escape From Tarkov - The BEST!

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

The most realistic shooter ive played lol

@shawnnxiiong 4 ай бұрын

What's your jig setup?

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

Its a Dobyn's Xtasy 754 with Shimano Curado 150 MGL

@Alexyang7 4 ай бұрын

You play Tarkov? How you doing this wipe? 😂

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

Same, Still getting head/eyes from somewhere I don’t know lol

@swedishfish2543 4 ай бұрын

The lisp getn crazy

@veritas2145 4 ай бұрын

What did you think of his fishing?

@swedishfish2543 4 ай бұрын

@@veritas2145 couldnt get past the talking

@rthao2091 4 ай бұрын

👍

@chengphan5991 4 ай бұрын

Another win.. just the 1st of many to come I’m sure. Congrats💪🫡

@dthao92 4 ай бұрын

Thanks!