i think the best part of this guy's fishing adventures is that there is never another soul on the water. Unless it is an invited friend.

I can’t say it enough, you have the best fishing content on KZfaq, there’s nothing like the fight of a smallmouth!! Great job!

Everytime I watch you fish this river I am amazed. Its like, “today Im going to try an old reebok pump sneaker from my child hood and see how we do.” First cast-5 lb smallie crushes it while another school of smallies swarm near by like piranhas attacking a honey baked ham lol Never seen a fishery as healthy as that. Super jealous!

I've watched a number of your videos and the thing that impresses me the most is the way you manage your kayak. Every motion is calm and deliberate, thus assuring nothing disastrous happens. Every fish is maneuvered so you can handle it properly, display it to your viewers and then release it. Just superb actions on your part. Thank you, and keep the vids coming.

You can't get any better than this place you are fishing here; this place is a Smallmouth gold mine!

This river is a Yak Angler's dream come true!! Dude...we are all so JEALOUS!

Jesus H Christ, that bait touched the water and Bang!, there it is, this guy knowledge plus the awesome natural resources available to him is really an amazing combo, add the absence of music and just talking when only necessary and you sir have the best fishing channel on KZfaq, thank you.

I ENJOY TREMENDIOSLY the content of ALL Your Fishing Expeditions! They are All Very Informative and Interesting! Keep A Tight Line My Friend and Always Remember to 'KEEP A Tight LINE and NEVER STOP Fishing MY Friend!" God Bless You and Your Family. Sincerely, Carl J. Gwizdala

I do believe you have just increased tha t company sales buy 20%. Wow that was impressive on the same lure. Great video .

Here in central ohio helgramites , for me, are 2nd only to a large soft crawl when using live bait. Then a nice chub minnow. I just found ur videos a couple days ago and r throughly enjoying them. Thanks for the entertainment.

Watchin this again. I can't fish now because laid up with multiple fractures. Be back out in a month of so. AWESOME vid!! Thanks again!

You are one of the best smallmouth anglers on KZfaq hands down.

Best river fishing video I have ever seen. Thank you so much for making it! Life doesn't get any better than the day you shared with us fishing that river.

DUDE, your videos are sick. You make it look so easy, yet I couldn't imagine having a day of fishing like you do everytime.

You are such a patient fisherman, I look forward to watching and I have learned so much. Thanks for your time. I did enjoy your Crappie segment while waiting for Bass season to open. Thanks again...

Hands down the BEST and most chill fishing video I've watched so far!

Just got my Nikko hellgrammites in the mail yesterday... Woo-Hoo!

I loved how you kept the fish in the water while taking out the ruler, and dipped the ruler into water before putting the fish on it. That's the kind of respect and care all anglers should have. Thanks. Enjoying your content.

I just enjoy your videos so much, especially when you can see the bass attacking your bait. Next to topwater fishing watching the fish grab those helgrammites is a blast. If I was fishing there, I would be out all day. Great job as always!!!!

Addicted to your videos. Smallmouth are awesome fish. You catch quality smallies too. Keep up the good work.

you are so accurate w your casts it's crazy

If a person was looking to get into fishing and watched your videos they would be extremely disappointed when they hit there local river lol....people this isn't normal dudes a smallie magnet 😆..love the vids man just bought my first real fishing kayak (nucanoe Flint) because of your videos. can't wait for the open water season!!

Gotta take time to say thanks. I have fished for 40 years on rivers out of an inner tube. But I never considered using hellgramites. When the river is real clear like the Brazos down here in Texas, I have always used a blue and red worm called Fire and Ice. But since this show I went to Cabellas and bought some hellgramite lures and slayed them on the Brazos yesterday. Now I gotta go buy some more because I used most of the package. My experience yesterday was I used a small jig but every time I caught a fish I lost the lure, plus I kept getting constantly hooked up to the bottom. Finally I changed to 2/0 worm hook with a very tiny slip sinker. That solved the problem of hooking up the bottom as well as loosing the lure. Thanks again for leading me to hellgramites and I love your channel.

Well, you just got me to buy some of those! 👍 And the Scenery is just gorgeous up there.

I agree with Water Hopper Ryan. The calmness of your presentation, and lack of worthless dialog is so refreshing. Thanks to you and your excellent videos, I just bought a Tarpon 120 and had my maiden voyage Saturday. Great day on the water!

Thanks for putting the smallmouth bug back in my head . Best freshwater fighter pound for pound in the northern hemisphere along with American shad . Now you go to the southern hemisphere there are freshwater fish that fight like saltwater . The Amazon basin is full of them . I've used helgrammites on trout and i'll surely try them on smallys but we always used live or plastic crickets . Pardee lake in Northern California has great smallmouth fishing along with Kokanee , another incredible fighter and jumper .

I would love to retire about 10 minutes from that river!!! Thanks for the catch and release!!!!

4:05 there was a monster swimming for the shadow of your kayak. 😳

Wow fun day for sure! They just don't get a whole heck of a lot better! DYNAMITE bait! Even better video!! Thanks!

Lures did a great job! Lots of beautiful fish!

You could make a drinking game with the amount of times you say “hellgrammite” haha. Excellent job, man. Love the channel

I'm convinced you made a deal with the devil in exchange for smallie sniper vision

The dude that disliked your video is from Minnesota and he is mad you are catching too many of his local fish!

So awesome to have that river to yourself. At least it looks like it. Glad you’re not giving up spots like most of the KZfaq videos out there.

I always love seeing the mouth of some of these fish you catch

Drinking game: every time he says "hellgrammite" drink! Lol Good video man, and nice fish.

I'm a avid bass guy in Boston. Originally from NYS. Your doing amazing. Happy to see you treat the fish nice. I may be starting a channel. I get some really big smallmouth. It took me 2 weeks working one spot over like a 12hrs days wating for them. I nailed them. Whopper Pop. Charles River. Its loaded with fish. Its really clean now. Ok, be safe. Good luck.

Great video(s)!! I’ve been using this hellgrammite the last couple of months and they’ve become a top 2 option every time I go out now! I couldn’t deny the action you got in this video, good stuff! I’ve had a blast fishing this setup! Thanks!

Fantastic video! Love watching those schools of fish in the clear water.

beautiful stretch of river, nice fish, thanks Matt

1st cast and 1st fish ! That was an awesome intro to the video. Best content on KZfaq hands down. Thank you

One of my favorite ned rig baits. Very cool presentation.

I swear this is the best KZfaq fishing channel to watch, I fish in similar conditions in the same areas (sort of, a bit more north from you.) I love love this channel!

im from western new york , you are reason i got a kayak. i crush monsters all day on the yak !!!! i think back like what the hell was i doing before my kayak fishing addiction started , any way thanks mang !!!!!!!!!

Awesome Smallmouth river! Glad to hear someone else call the little guys dinks!

I’ve recently become a huge fan of yours man. Your videos are getting better and better each time. You did an excellent job with the intro explaining the bait very well and then have a huge smallie smash it! Keep it up!

I absolutely love this video. I got my Nikko Hellgrammite plastics in yesterday, can't wait to try them out. Thanks for all the great videos bro!

Great Videos, I REALLY enjoy watching them with my morning coffee. ALSO, have picked up ALOT of tips on how to river fish just by observing your techniques & where you toss the lure etc .. So ....HUGE Thank You 👌 Happy New Subscribers

Dude that's a pleasure to watch...excellent commentary

The longer I watch this video, the lower my jaw hangs!!!!!! Stunning how well that thing worked!

I am nominating this one for a award Laugh out loud. That was a great video Matt. It’s amazing how them fish are so camouflaged in that clear water and just appear from nowhere to smash that lure. I really enjoyed it.

That is a gorgeous stretch of water, stunningly beautiful.

Very nice video man, that stream is loaded..

Smallmouth love Hellgrammites and Crawfish. I'm not sure which they like best but on this trip you really nailed them on the Hellgrammites. Great video, thanks.

I'm new to your channel and honestly, I can't even begin to tell you what I would give to have fishing days like that everyday. Your content is so enjoyable to watch man; keep up the good work!

Man,just found this channel. All I can is impressive. Those are nice Smallies!!! That my favorite fishing! I have some hellgrammites , think I'ma hafta try em now

When I lived in Ohio we used them all the time . This one of my new favorite channels. Just received my Phantom Spider I saw from a previous video. Was never a Big Kayak fan, but ! Think I would do well in Florida and Large mouth fishing . Wish we didn't have so many Gators 😖😖😖😖 Damn ! You're in the honey hole " Sniper" ! Lol be safe

This is an awesome video. Love getting to see the fish jump on the hellgrammite right after it hits the water. You can see exactly where they were hiding. Beautiful fishing spot!

I could watch your videos all day! Heck, that's what I've been doing! Cheers man!

40 fish and that bug looks that good....and that is a damn good imitation of one too.

Man, this is my idea of heaven. If I had access to that river there's no way in hell I'd post videos of it on the internet. Unbelievably beautiful water there.

dammmm man... every one of those smallies you hooked INHALED that creepy thing lol great to see you wading around after them fish too... there was a creek near my childhood home that i used to do that on.. wade for them rainbow trouts.. pan size.. they are soooo freakin tasty mang... lol anyhoooo , thx for bringin us along.. till next time BassMang 😎👍🏽

Another great video, thanks for sharing! You're vids are my favorites. I too am focused/have access to fishing a river with a pretty decent smallmouth population, they sure are fun to catch! I wish my river had the same clarity as the ones you get to enjoy out there in MN. Anyways thanks again, Im still a novice and I continue to learn a lot from for your content. Thanks keep it up!

I love fishing with hellagramites. This is perfect. I will definitely order some

Excellent post/video, so cook grabbing them out from a undercut bank

Awesome fishing videos, beautiful & peaceful places! Can’t beat it!

I really enjoy your videos and variety of content you put out, keep catching big boys

You are so incredibly lucky to have such a nice place or fish. I’m so jealous. I just love all your videos so much. You are a lot of fun to watch. And definitely motivate me to get out there more.

Man I love your vids. I live on Lake Michigan and all the smallmouth are extremely pressured. What an awesome fishery you have

14:44 smallie that hit under the sod bank was dope! I'm all about durability in plastics so those hellgramites certainly have my attention. The river I fish at school is loaded with macroinvertabre's like them and loaded with smallies. Just got back from my NY trip and caught over 100 bass in 7 days! I also upgraded my kayak and got to break it in! Didn't catch many smallmouth but that largemouth were plentiful. Tons of videos to come! Awesome video as always.

Here in Virginia on the north fork of the holston river live hellgramites are the best bait I've used. In may they come up under the rocks on the bank and they shed their hard" shells " and turn orange/ go through the change. When they are that color you can take a stick and turn them inside out and they are irresistible to anything swimming in the water. Love the channel, just recently found you. You do the exact kind of fishing that i absolutely love to do, and when I can't, love to watch.

Beautiful day. Choice bait. Great day of fishing. Excellent video.

Another awesome video Matt, I think the Bitsy Bug has a new tackle box mate. I’ll be kayaking tomorrow down a 7 mile stretch of one of our better Smallmouth rivers here in NH. Wish I had some of those in my box, but we’ll make do. Your videos really get me pumped to get out .

20 mins of great footage, and now you have challenger for the bitsy bug!

I can’t get over how clear that water is. Amazing content.

I'm in love with your calm voice. Great video

Great photography and great fun fishing 👍👏👏 I subscribed 🐟

You're making me jealous man. I went fishing on a big awesome River full of smallmouth today and me and my buddy both got skunked and here you are wearing them out. I'm going to have to try one of those

Your first fish you say it's not a giant. That would be an awesome smallie in the rivers I fish... You are blessed

Man those river smallmouth are some beautiful fish

I enjoyed this video so much I watched it twice..... great video, thanks for sharing.

Dude as soon as that lure hit the water DONE. The smallies my way have been hitting topwater like that,as soon as it hits the water. Sick. You got my sub.

I am slowly transitioning from relentlessly wading for striped bass, to more and more kayaking for fresh water fish. Your videos are my favorite content on KZfaq, inspire me to get out there, and make me wonder how much fishing is too much fishing?

Great video, beautiful waters and a ton of fish...

What's great about those Nikko hellgrammites is that they are indestructible! You can catch fish forever on one. They only reason I ever have to replace one is when I get hung up and have to break it off. Excellent product that catches tons of fish.

Nothing like river fishing for small mouth and some red eye. Got to get my kayak ready and hit it. Love the videos!!!

I'm going to order some today. But the problem is, in the Western part of North Carolina our rivers and creeks are mainly granite and river stone rocks. And if you are going to jig fish you got to swim it. If it touches the bottom you're hung up. But I know Smallmouths love Hellgrammites or what we call Grampus. Thanks David

First cast first fish, love it!📡😎👍👍🐟

Man I love your content, my favorite angler on KZfaq by far. Keep it up bud 💚.

This one of the best smallmouth baits ever. Got to try it last week - one hell of a good time.

gorgeous day, beautiful stream, and great smallie action... I'd call it a great day to be alive...

Matt your videos are the best brother, never gets old!

That's a really beautiful and productive river, the smallies here in the Susquehanna/Chenango junction region are really nice too (there's even a local strain that has mint colored cheeks!) but it can be very fustrating trying to work the bottom here cause most of it around here is softball to basketball river rock flats so it's super easy to lose lots of lures getting them wedged into the bottom.

A dream day. Wow! Wonderful video.

Love these river. Video’s, doing an awesome job. Thank you

If this video was 2 hours long, I would have still watched it the whole thing. Good stuff, sir.

Great video. Excellent job following your instinct to drop that lure just out in front of you at that drowned tree to catch that 19.5" plumpo!

Bought the Hellgrammite off your amazon link and pulled two small mouth bass out that day! Thanks!!

watching the one that ran out FROM under the grass who had a buddy WITH him WAS awesome. good photography

What a dream river!