Mackinaw River MADNESS! Catching BEASTS on the Kayak

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8 ай бұрын

I went kayak fishing on the Mackinaw River in Illinois and caught some giant fish on the whopper plopper 60!! Thanks for watching!
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Illinois river fishing. fishing in Illinois. Mackinaw River Kayak fishing. Fishing for smallmouth bass, pike, musky, walleye. Whopper plopper.
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@danthompson1467 5 ай бұрын

Nothing better then watching you on the Mac on a cold winter night great show Matt 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

@EngineeringHooksets 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Dan! I've got another trip planned here in Feb/March! Hopefully I catch enough to turn it into a video

@NateFFishing 8 ай бұрын

Those carp bolting past your feet with treble hooks made me nervous😂

@FishingWithZach 8 ай бұрын

That is crazy man! I bet that was a blast with the small rod!

@EngineeringHooksets 8 ай бұрын

Definitely was! Thanks man!

@DpuckFishingandOutdoors 8 ай бұрын

"Almost" is the story of my pike fishing career. The jump from the bridge looked fun. WP catch carp? Wild.

@EngineeringHooksets 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, man!

@BackroadsAngling 8 ай бұрын

Well the smallie bite on this river is slow but the grass carp are chomping. River grass carp seem to be more aggressive than pond grass carp. I get them occasionally on worms or minnows in creeks/rivers but they would never bite that in a pond. I think it could be because the running water keeps the algae from growing thick mats like on ponds and so they have to improvise and stretch their diet to survive. One of the better fighting freshwater fish I would say. To get one on a whopper plopper is pretty crazy but to get two is unreal. Nice video!

@EngineeringHooksets 8 ай бұрын

I've heard other people say that about river carp. Thanks for watching, man!

@djkrazyt1333 8 ай бұрын

I catch grass carp, Sauger fishing using jig & twister tail on IL River.

@EngineeringHooksets 8 ай бұрын

Nice! I went sauger fishing on the IL river once and only caught 1 all day. Hope to go back at some point

@allonnayutzy4424 8 ай бұрын

This was a fun float!

@BananasacOutdoors 7 ай бұрын

Awesome video. Grass carp are released on purpose in the lakes and ponds up here in Northen Illinois, they are sterile. I'm wondering if the river flooded into some nearby ponds and lakes and they ended up in the river, or are the non-sterile grass carp. Also the snake was a Northern Water Snake. Keep up the great content.

@EngineeringHooksets 7 ай бұрын

Thanks, man!

@PeelingLine 8 ай бұрын

Sweet river. Does it have any mackinaw in it? Grass carp are fun to catch. I never heard of one getting caught on the whopper plopper though. Nice ones. 👍

@EngineeringHooksets 8 ай бұрын

Yeah I hadn't either! Thanks for watching, man!

@robs9349 8 ай бұрын

Wow....grass carp on top water. You're right....whooda thunk?

@EngineeringHooksets 8 ай бұрын

Not me! Thanks for watching!

@robs9349 8 ай бұрын

@@EngineeringHooksetsMind sharing when you filmed this? Even X week of Y month would be fine. Thanks.

@EngineeringHooksets 8 ай бұрын

@robs9349 June 3. The grass carp were spawning during this float. I'm pretty sure that's why they were hitting topwater.

@APWiperMan 8 ай бұрын

Those were aggressive strikes! Great video! Wouldve love to see the hooksets on camera (especially the second one!)

@EngineeringHooksets 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! The second one my chest cam was on but it was just out of frame unfortunately

@APWiperMan 8 ай бұрын

@@EngineeringHooksets That's okay 👍

@MattVavrochFishing 8 ай бұрын

Glad that size works well for you, for some reason that size has just never worked as well as the 180.

@EngineeringHooksets 8 ай бұрын

I mean if you wanna call that success 😅. I was just watching one of your Medussa videos today. Going on a 2 day musky float this weekend! Collins River, TN

@MattVavrochFishing 8 ай бұрын

@@EngineeringHooksets good luck dude, I hope you get them! With the dussa leave a little slack before you rip, if you “pop” it just right it will dart back and forth, reaction strikes are inevitable!

@EngineeringHooksets 8 ай бұрын

@@MattVavrochFishing Thanks for the tip, man! I'll be alternating between a micro medussa, a bull dawg, and a 1 piece glide bait. Fingers crossed 🤞

@user-xf3jh9jd6e 8 ай бұрын

Can you try fishing lake evergreen or Clinton the walleye are biting if you fish deep

@EngineeringHooksets 8 ай бұрын

I do plan on trying Evergreen this fall. If it goes well you'll see it! Thanks for watching!

@imbr0ly745 8 ай бұрын

I finally got my explorer fixed so I’m hoping to get back out to evergreen a couple more times before it gets too cold.

@EngineeringHooksets 8 ай бұрын

Targeting saugeye?

@imbr0ly745 8 ай бұрын

Ya. Haven’t caught many there just a handful. Just missed 2 months of fishing due to my car being in the shop. I’m too much of a wimp to ice fish. Maybe if I had one of those heated tents lol

@Everythingbutcarp 8 ай бұрын

I accidentally skipped to 2:46 that was hilarious 😂

@EngineeringHooksets 8 ай бұрын

😂

@cargillclumberd1 8 ай бұрын

Enjoyed this video and yr content in general. One thing I've noticed: you set the hook HARD! You gotta be careful not to get stuck with a hook (or with a callsign like "Jawbreaker" or "Lip Ripper".)

@EngineeringHooksets 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip!