Must Feed My Smallie Addiction!

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Жыл бұрын

I stop at a spillway after a tough day of kayak fishing to see if I can add a few more fish to my total before I hit the road. It turned out to be a productive spot for not just smallmouth but some multi-species action as well!
Gear used on this trip:
Rod: St Croix Legend Tournament 5'10" M XF amzn.to/3CYabin
Reel: Abu Garcia Revo MGX 20 amzn.to/3gcXTcQ (new version)
Lure: Bass Assassin Elite Shiner amzn.to/3exsOAn
Jig: Keitech 3/16 3/0 round head amzn.to/3T4bXUQ
Line: 12lb Trilene Sensation amzn.to/3rXl0e7

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@zagrix Жыл бұрын

You’ve caught more fish in a single trip than I have this past summer 😂

@smelltheglove2038 Жыл бұрын

This summer was tough, lots of real low water. I did start having some luck beginning of sept with a frog and some rain. I was fishing around the mid Atlantic, south Jersey, Pa, north east Maryland, and Delaware.

@paullevine1813 Жыл бұрын

Yo Sad isn't it !!! Ole Matt makes us all look bad LOL.. Course he's in one of Americas best fisheries & he knows all the best spots he's learned over the years. I've fished in Minnesota before & it's the most fun at every place you have river systems. He's one lucky guy & you can tell he never takes this as no big thing . He has access year round to fish for everything from Smallies to river & lake monsters . Best fishing channel & right there with those famous fishermen from The In Fisherman show & magazine. No BS just fish & the sound of the rivers.

@mikeschultz6383 Жыл бұрын

This guy definitely knows how too slay ‘em.

@heavenbound358 Жыл бұрын

@@paullevine1813 I do agree

@Harleywindtherapy Жыл бұрын

Same. Hack of a trip!

@aceboardtheangler5252 Жыл бұрын

Actually you’re feeding all of our addictions 😂 I thank you 🎣🐟

@Jack-gh3vs Жыл бұрын

Nothing better than waking up to this video on a Sunday morning

@sean4236 Жыл бұрын

How bout actually being out there fishing with him?

@Jack-gh3vs Жыл бұрын

@@sean4236 I wish

@oldschoolhawking8191 Жыл бұрын

I'm so jealous, all those fisheries you have access to, it's just incredible. Love your Channel. 😎🎣📹👍

@FishingThePNW Жыл бұрын

This. I have nothing even close to this accessible in WA. Beautiful scenery and amazing fisheries with a chill angler on this channel.

@StonerCreek74 Жыл бұрын

I'm beginning to think I need to relocate, this seems like a Smallmouth Bass fisherman's Heaven. Thanks for the Sunday morning entertainment!

@JenkinsB Жыл бұрын

until the water freezes...

@PondToPan420 Жыл бұрын

@@JenkinsB ice fishing 🤷🏼‍♂️

@coyakbrian3411 Жыл бұрын

Like that you stated you fished earlier and didn't do good. Most people would have never even mentioned it. Nice to know you have some off moments too. Those are the days I usually appreciate my surroundings and just being able to get out and fish. As always thanks for sharing!

@gsg72 Жыл бұрын

Everyone worried about the second rod on the way back to truck =D

@kevincamphausen7035 Жыл бұрын

I hope you picked up your other rod that you set in the rocks!

@ndyakangler Жыл бұрын

Yes I ran it back to my truck when I went back up there for more bass assassins.

@powerade92 Жыл бұрын

Came to the comments hoping someone had already said this lol

@forrestgold4322 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been following you for a long time! And yesterday I was in Canada and I caught my first northern pike 33 inch. I’ve been fishing all my life and I only had one other opportunity to go for it and I lost it lol. Check another one off the bucket list for me! Thank you for the great advice and videos! 🤘🏻🤙🏻

@abaddon3735 Жыл бұрын

33 wow, nice catch! I'm in the cities of Minnesota (central east) and it's hard to find any pike of substantial size, I've caught probably 40 of them this summer and only a couple of them came anywhere near 33 inches

@adrianthayer4591 Жыл бұрын

I stopped your video at 2 minutes and grabbed my rod and went out to my dock. Put on a jig head and a 3 inch black worm and caught 2 smallies and a largey in 3 casts. Now I'm back to watching. Thanks for the motivation.

@tklosterman11 Жыл бұрын

Ok.. I’m breaking out my kayak and gonna hunt some striped and largemouth bass on the California Delta.. thanks for inspiration you rock dude!

@richardblake4777 Жыл бұрын

You have access to some really great fishing locations and, best of all, they are all public. Thank you for showing us it can be done even in northern waters.

@Lunchbrospod Жыл бұрын

Best fishing channel on the Internet 💪🏼

@jdalend Жыл бұрын

It's like when I was a kid looking forward to Saturday morning cartoons.....Sunday morning therapy.

@anthonyferreira6236 Жыл бұрын

You didn’t choose fishing life ! Fishing live chose you my friend!!! All the best from Portugal 😊

@D_A_D_ Жыл бұрын

You forgot your other rod! haha, just kidding. man, any of those fish you were calling small guys would be a fine fish where I live in the Ouachita mountains. They live here but they take forever to grow up into big fish. Anything near 20" is practically unheard of. They're still pound for pound the most fun fish to catch though!

@ndyakangler Жыл бұрын

I had to make a trip back to my truck for more plastic and dropped the second rod off. I walked down the other side of the dam and tried over there too but the wind was blowing spray right at me.

@miken5029 Жыл бұрын

MN smallmouth fishing has spoiled me. 17" is a pretty average size, and usually manage at least one at or over 19" per trip.

@LiSa.N.J Жыл бұрын

Good way to end a so so trip down river. Always great to see you posting video's. Look forward to next one. Stay safe.

@charlesr.aliffjr.4050 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos with the natural sounds. You’ve got this video thing figured out. Thanks for sharing!

@brianathern9154 Жыл бұрын

Yak Angler video upload Great...Spidey sense tingling about the dam area Priceless. Favorite moment..."That spot looks fishy"...then one crank of the reel handle and BAM!! Thanks for sharing brother

@Redbunny_ Жыл бұрын

Nice ones I can’t believe I never saw your vids before they are so great and inspiring ❤

@shephusted2714 Жыл бұрын

solid solid fish! the spillway/dam was a good place to stop and check out!

@rolandgdean Жыл бұрын

Wow! The rivers and streams there are just TEAMING with life! ALSO, awesome to see some BANK FISHING. That's all I can do as I have no boat of any kind. Great video Matt...as always.

@davidpalumbo562 Жыл бұрын

Tore my bicep and rotator cuff 3 weeks ago loading my kayak on my truck, just had surgery 2 weeks ago. Your videos have helped me while I can’t fish 😊

@justinellisgouletfishing Жыл бұрын

Nice catches . Can’t say I’m surprised always nailing the Bass !

@rascaligan8122 Жыл бұрын

Was literally looking at swimbaits and thinking about some great videos you have done with them and here you are with a video using a swimbait what are the odds!

@ronaldkulas5748 Жыл бұрын

I drove to a convenient spot (too old to climb down river banks now) very early a couple of mornings about a week and half ago near Red Lake Falls, MN. I had some of the best smallmouth fishing I have ever had, especially size-wise. Some of those larger (near 19 inches) fish just did not want to come in. I had my luck on a black twister tail. Too bad very cold air is in the forecast.

@Oldbasshole Жыл бұрын

I just got back from catching smallies in Massachusetts but after watching this I want to head right back out !!

@pavabo Жыл бұрын

Eating a bowl of cereal and fishing, can't get better than that on a cold October morning....well, you're fishing and I'm watching while eating cereal :)

@briangilley5093 Жыл бұрын

I second that! Nothing better to waking up too fishing with NDY on a boring Sunday morning

@DanielBoone337 Жыл бұрын

That look like so much fun... Great video as always keepem coming brother!!!

@s3linaa624 Жыл бұрын

Dude I love your videos this one was sick!

@TB-lv2rh Жыл бұрын

Wow, all you catch are TANKS!!!! I'd give anything to have access to water like you have in MN/ND. Thx for sharing the videos.

@JamesBurger1 8 ай бұрын

Nice catches! Nothing beats a good day of fishing

@starkeyshelbyj Жыл бұрын

You’re fantastic Matt🙏🏼

@johns3292 Жыл бұрын

Well done sir, we'll keep watching ...

@harrygrimley4352 Жыл бұрын

Fun. Thanks for sharing this with us

@TheRiverAddict Жыл бұрын

Great bass action 👍

@garypursley9752 Жыл бұрын

Seeing the spots you fish it makes me wonder how we haven't run into each other. 😁

@thesilent_one1685 Жыл бұрын

Always appreciate the videos

@troysampson1148 Жыл бұрын

Great video as usual, one thing that stood out though. He went down with two rods and came back with one, hoping that was just an edit and he did not leave the bait caster behind.

@cannon0wood Жыл бұрын

This is exactly my concern

@ndyakangler Жыл бұрын

I brought it back, just didn’t show running it back to my truck when I grabbed my pack of plastics.

@jamesmcdermott6934 Жыл бұрын

Damn!!! Very nice stop n thanks fer takin us along!!!

@rokkygamah8356 Жыл бұрын

You are a beast when fishing bro keep going but I love the whopper plopper and the spook because I see the whole action and aggressiveness of the smallies, that's cool

@dougwalsh5285 Жыл бұрын

Love this channel, I was inspired to go fishing yesterday and I caught the smallest largemouth ever, lol

@markg1490 Жыл бұрын

Again another great video. Thank you

@cptxlobster Жыл бұрын

I live in the city and struggle so much, going from bayou to bayou, no rivers/creeks near me, trying to catch bass. I found a spawning spot last winter and got a handful but that spot is now infested with carp jumping out of the water, hundreds of them. No more bass there. Will move to the NW after finishing school JUST so I can fish. Thanks, Angler! Keep up the content.

@paulrowan4974 Жыл бұрын

I am always amazed at all the water (full of quality fish) you have all to yourself. Jealous!

@chrisbailey3934 Жыл бұрын

I love these videos. It’s the voice. Same reason I would watch Bob Ross paint! I am just going to paint a happy little bass up there…

@BenjySparky Жыл бұрын

Matt you rock! Love the channel and content! I'm here for the algorithm! Peace

@josephabeytajosephabeyta9305 Жыл бұрын

I love those "stopping off" spots when they pay off

@rodneyjones2711 Жыл бұрын

It's always a pleasure! God Bless!

@Noneyabis187 Жыл бұрын

Looked like you went down with 2 rods only left with one 😮

@ndyakangler Жыл бұрын

I had to run back up to my truck for another bass assassin minnow and dropped off the second rod.

@ohiodronephotography3222 Жыл бұрын

These videos make my addiction worse 😂. Now I’m going in the morning lol.

@robertbutcher4201 Жыл бұрын

That plastic had much more life left in it! Another great video and action!!!

@mr.butter3480 Жыл бұрын

just got off a 12 hour shift time to watch this video and get some sleep thank you Mr.Yak

@TravisInCanada1 Жыл бұрын

Wow a 19 out of that little pool heck of a nice fish!

@MarkyBoyle Жыл бұрын

I never can get over how much attitude smallies have. they are so feisty lol

@rich5916 Жыл бұрын

I like the ball head jig videos! Also the top water vids

@mattbrown5511 Жыл бұрын

That was a good stop. Be well.

@austinhall485 Жыл бұрын

Caught almost 30 fish and still wasn't happy enough to go home lol never felt so relatable

@christinerogers5331 Жыл бұрын

Simply AWESOME!!!!!

@RoosterCogburn2112 Жыл бұрын

I get Mr. Rogers vibes there at the end when he's walking back to the truck,,,😂😂😂

@Justicewarrior908 Жыл бұрын

I am from Northern Europe and these def work the best

@codyanderson7111 Жыл бұрын

I often ask myself that same question, “is that my blood or the fishes blood”? Great video as always, thank you!

@745ishank Жыл бұрын

nice vid as usuial. keep up the good work!

@Steve-sv3ln Жыл бұрын

Very awesome! But, in wandering if you threw the plopper...I noticed that you didn't have two rods with you when you left...did you happen to forget it back at the dam? I have done that before! Lol

@Galerak1 Жыл бұрын

I noticed that too.

@ndyakangler Жыл бұрын

I ran it back to my truck when I grabbed another plastic. I did try about ten casts with the Plopper but no action so I didn’t add it to the video.

@Galerak1 Жыл бұрын

@@ndyakangler Dangit!! I was just about to catch a flight from the UK to grab me a free rod 😂🤣

@user-ek3ep3yz8e Жыл бұрын

Hi from Irkutsk! Good fishing 🔥

@scoovy105 Жыл бұрын

Man that looks fun!

@judegrantham258 Жыл бұрын

White jigs heads make a heck of a difference

@hankcogburn2600 Жыл бұрын

Keep ‘em coming

@dr.freudstein Жыл бұрын

ahh sunday afternoon video made my day :)

@Jake4211- Жыл бұрын

Dude nice spot. That was like fishing with a hand grenade in a barrel 🤣

@tedthilly1934 Жыл бұрын

Place looks awesome

@turkN9NE Жыл бұрын

living vicariously thru you lol

@ericwakeman6665 Жыл бұрын

Great vid as always is this a recent trip? Action has really slowed here and I’m pretty far south of you. Those smallies you catch are just gorgeous keep it up!

@ndyakangler Жыл бұрын

This is from a few weeks ago. I haven’t been out since the start of the month, we got a new house and it needed a bit of work. Hopefully I’ll get out this week but the next couple days we have highs in the mid 30’s.

@Gobucksjb Жыл бұрын

Largemouth was flushed out from upstream of dam. You're correct ou wouldn't expect in such habitat but I'm certain he resided in slack vegetated water above dam. Along with that pike. You said they were working on the dam itself, they may likely have been releasing water at higher rate than usual. Thus releasing providing bonus species

@truebalsamhogs Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

@robertpapps3618 Жыл бұрын

Very nice!

@steveescher1554 Жыл бұрын

I am shocked how often you use and exposed hook/jig. I would get that stuck on the rocks instantly haha Idk how you keep them.

@antoniomora1255 Жыл бұрын

NDYakAngler has become an inspiration fishing site to me in order to try new lures and tecniques. Yesterday Saturday I caught my first two bass on a wacky rig. Later on when the sun had just set I shifted to a Chinese imitation of your striped fat Whopper Popper and several bites succeded and got a 45 cm bass. The bites continued and it was a joy...until "bad" luck ocurred. In a shallow corner a monster brutally took my lure, jumped...and I could see its entire body out of the water at a distance of some eight metres. I bet it was over seven pounds. On just that jump I snapped my line as I made the hookset and the bail of my reel painfully hit my knuckles. The bass of my life was gone in a split second while that beast was suspended in the air. In the long drive back home I had a bitter sweet aftertaste. Well, that's fishing! One must learn from the mistakes. I am a rookie on brided line. Monofilament allows you some stretch. On this occasion the double uni knot didn't break. It was the leader snap union that failed.

@ndyakangler Жыл бұрын

I’ve had a few long drives home like that. It’s always painful losing a monster fish.

@antoniomora1255 Жыл бұрын

@@ndyakangler Thank you Matt for your simpathy. Next weekend is the last one before cold weather sets in my area. I'll drive to the same reservoir and it would be great to catch that same marvellous bass and spare it the agony of having my lure stuck in its mouth and then release it so as it can continue to transmit its valuable genes. Most unlikely, I know...but it would be awesome...

@eric1richards Жыл бұрын

Great video

@Jhossack11 Жыл бұрын

Good stuff!

@22lbsboost Жыл бұрын

Bank fishing with spinning gear....freaking awesome

@joelewis670 Жыл бұрын

Hope you didn't forget to grab your other rod. Old mate would've picked up a sweet setup.

@shakeyfly Жыл бұрын

I would love to watch this guy get some of these smallies on a fly rod.

@ebaker60 Жыл бұрын

Ahhhh nice. Love that addiction.

@hobiku880 Жыл бұрын

great strike bro

@lesrose1989 Жыл бұрын

I have to admit some jealousy, because I know exactly where you’re fishing, I fish there often, and you catch twice as much as me lol.

@ndyakangler Жыл бұрын

I’ve fished there several times and this was definitely one of the more productive stops at this spot! I’ll usually find one decent fish there and a bunch of little ones.

@lloydtorso6045 Жыл бұрын

For whatever reason that spot is better on overcast and windy days. Only the fishing gods know why. My teenage son fishes that nearly every day and has pulled too many big smalles to count. He has also stumbled upon a 7 pound walleye and 25 pound cat there this summer. It was fun to see you there. That will make his day!

@codyswanson9276 Жыл бұрын

@@ndyakangler where in Minnesota is this located?

@jonholland6067 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video. Didn’t you walk to the spot with two rods and then walk back to your truck with only one? If I’m right I hope you retrieved the second rod! Love your vids.

@svengalt9546 Жыл бұрын

Man you are brave throwing straight line at toothy slime rockets. They are experts at cutting my line. I've lost so many of all kinds of lures to them that I put on a little steel leader if there's even a 10% chance of pike.

@andrewwilliamcampbell4745 Жыл бұрын

How was the fishing at that spot? Dam good 😂!

@joshuadavis8230 Жыл бұрын

All to often I hit the boat ramp with that same feeling, "that just wasn't enough..."

@DiveguySTL Жыл бұрын

You went down with two poles and came back with one...

@ndyakangler Жыл бұрын

I made a quick trip back to my truck for another plastic and dropped off the second rod.

@markw999 Жыл бұрын

That was at least a decent little pike. Those little 1-2 pounders are the bane of my existence anymore. They're always hungry and tear up my tackle and my line. If they had any size to them, maybe I'd be happier but I'd rather catch a bass and not have to tie so many knots.