Duuuuude way to go! Loved everything about this video. No annoying music or gimmicks just straight up facts. Love it. Can't wait to try it.

I'm a fan! First video I seen was the free rig and I wasnt so sure... but since then I've seen a couple others and have really enjoyed them and learned a bunch as well. Thanks, and great presentation!

Great video dude. Thanks for the tips.

Great info!!! Thanks for sharing 👊🏼

Nathan it's great that your feeling better... I know exactly what your dealing with....supper glad you cought it early and your kicking its butt...... I know exactly what your dealing with. If I'm not fishing I'm hunting or taking care of my Honeybee hives.... I was diagnosed to late so it's an ongoing struggle... if you can help others with your platform you should! lyme disease is one of the most controversial illnesses anyone could have.. why this is who knows it's just plain weird and its hurting alot of people... Hang in there fight fight fight fight fight this cideus shit

The one bait I have used very little. I just haven't ever had any luck with soft swimbaits. But, the video was very informative and, watching someone slam bass is always interesting!

Great video! Thanks for the info.

Man, I watch a lot of these videos. This may be the best fishing tutorial video I have ever seen

I've mostly fished lakes & big ponds, I don't have a lot of river fishing exsperiance. We moved down southern SC little over a year ago. The Savannah river is super close to my house. So I've been fishing it more. I've caught largemouth striper mostly few small mouth in shallow rapids. I definitely have a lot learn about river fishing learning how to find the less obvious current breaks & eddies

It’s always nice when the fish are interrupting your video!

Terrific info… gonna show this to my wife about how to set the hook… I had a hard time trying to explain why she was not getting em set but this should help her a lot. Thanks. 💪😎🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Great video..info works in PA in cold to warm water. Brownies bite them too.

First time here. GREAT video. Reminds me of fishing rivers and creeks in Maryland 40 years ago. Thanks for sharing!

Great video man enjoyed it 👍

Getting studied up on baits I’ve not used much in the past like Swimbait excited for doing good stuff here thanks!

I really enjoy your videos player thank you.

Here lately(since early fall) I’ve been using the 6th divine on a weedless weighted hook or on a weedless underspin and man the largies have been straight demolishing it! I fish it the same exact way, slowly very close to the bottom with a slight pause or twitch here and there. Love this technique! Thanks for the video bro, keep ‘em coming 😎 🫡

Well done Nathan. What a inspiration ! Anything in the future about BFS ? Here on the potomac I need all the help I can get. Thanks for another great show Pauley

Just subscribed because of this video. Love how you explain the technique while catching loads of fish. I absolutely loved the video

beautiful fish

This is legit! My man cannot even talk the topic, because it works so damn well! He's pulling bites simply trying to discuss a few points!!

I saltwater fish mostly and use this same technique and light line for speckled trout, redfish, and flounder.

Thanks again for sharing 😊

Love KISTLER rods... I have a ton of the KLX, Z-BONE, AND helium.

Glad you are feeling better. Love your videos! I appreciate the info. What kind and size of hook do you recommend for pouring jig heads for 2.8 and 3.3 kietechs?

Nice video, will definitely tie a swimbait on next trip to Dale Hollow

I've caught more fish on the 6S whale than I have any other plastic swim bait. Fantastic presentation for catching fish.

Great video what river where you you fishing at?

Been using kietech swim baits off piers around Los Angeles been catching lots of flounder and yellowfin croaker.

Great video. Thank you.

Keep'em coming 💪🍺

12:00; i/we that is me and my dad, and many of us more coastal inshore oriented anglers use those types of paddletails year round. I am sure you probably know that but anyways it’s never a bad bet to try em out on coastal inshore waters.

Good info.

2:24; oh heck yah Kistler rods. haha my dad knows Mr. Kistler. Well Mr. Kistler obviously knows a lot of people in the fishing world. Haha anyways I have a med lite from Kistler my first medium light ever. Love it so far! Wanted a medium light so I could in theory fish crappie one day and then go fish big slot reds the next day if I wanted. Haven’t done that exact sequence of fishing trips yet but maybe someday! Also, love me some paddletail swimbaits! I use them a lot.

I’ve caught a few tanks like that last one what a great time

I run the 6 as well. Good video.

Thank you

Bro, the scenery @5:19!!!

That works well with the Ripple Shad as well. Hey Nate do you spool with straight flouro? Which one do you recommend?

I have been fishing like this for years! It is a killer technique. Thanks for the video man! I use a 1/4 oz jighead with a light weed guard. I have gotten away from anything under 10lb flouro. My local creek is full of nasty snags, and old metal stuff. I still lose quit a few so I'm thinking I will go down to 8 now. Great video man! Also I slay walleye on this technique. For walleye I alter retrieves from a slow steady like you are doing to slowly lifting and dropping. Walleye seem to love the old lift and drop.

Good video man I feel like some videos people don’t explain in Laymans terms for new fisher man that don’t really understand fish behaviors.

Watching from New Zealand. Thanks. We fish with swimbaits in salt water. We use spinning reels mostly. I use a daiwa certate which has double the drag of your slx. 22 pounds. Our graphite rods are thinner and lighter than yours. I don't understand what you said about bait casters having better drag than spinning reels? In my experience drag is measurable.

i wish i have those fishing equipment's too..

All I use is soft plastic swim baits from 1/8oz 2" up to 1/2oz 5"... drop shot for the smaller baits in the colder months

Treat the fish with respect!!!

TNX 4 VID LOL

So I stooped into Dicks today and picked up a pack of pro blue. Fished the Susquehanna River here in Lancaster Pa. Caught 5 smallmouth bass in about an hour. The bait was great however it they were demolished and unusable after the catch. Very soft, perhaps that's what makes them good? No complaints as they were about $5/pack. Will be stocking up on more tomorrow. Thanks for the vIdeo!

That fish finder does great job

Placed 3rd in a tournament on pickeick 5 fish tournament only weighed 3 1 small mouth 1large mouth and 1 spot but caught a bunch of crappie and white bass too

Gosh Nathan, so good to see you fishing and feeling better. That is a great thing to see..and you sure caught them. Keep getting better. Tight lines..

Freshwater life? Nicely done

You have any suggestions on areas in pa that I could launch a z21 nitro and fish… what size boat do you run?

I had some awesome success fish'n Small Mouth on the Fly Rod !! quite the challenge though.

I have tried divine swim jigs as well as kitech as trailers on chatterbait and I haven't had any luck with using them on there. I don't know if I wasnt fishing it fast enough or what 🤦🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️. I will try a few left I have on swim jig and see if I have better luck..

So you're not going to say anything about that unbelievably breathtakingly beautiful landscape around you?! Wow!

Have you tried the line thru Treble Heads yet with the small whales and divine swimbaits? Probably the best-designed jighead I have ever used.

Nice vid !

Tucking pants into a cam Hanes boot may be the most westie shit I’ve ever seen 😂

Getting back into this kind of swimbait fishing. I have vexan 610 medium with shimano slx xt cast a mile with light weight. What the best line to use. I've been using sunline any suggestions. What knot you suggest.

I'm not a big social media guy to say the least. But man if you don't do some type of cover pic with that scenery in the very beginning of this video, you're gonna miss out. Being a hunter and fisherman I notice this stuff and that's absolutely gorgeous scenery. Enjoy your content brother and be blessed.

Here's another river smallmouth vid! Mean, hard-fighting river smallies are my favorites! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pp5hoZx-y7vWd4U.html

Works great on prespawn smallies I been killing them on St Clair with this set up

Man ive been fishin an old quarry that is filled with water now for bass and maybe pike and i havent gotten a bite in 2 days, i am impressed how consistent you are at that 😂 I think my problem is my jighead is 3/8 oz or 5/8 oz and i need to downsize

I used swim baits in saltwater and what you say is spot on. I like to countdown as it sinks so you can anticipate the bottom and avoid snags if that's a problem. If strikes occur on the drop it gives an idea how deep and it's kind of a depth finder too. I like to leave slack on the drop. Many keep tight and watch the rod tip. That makes the lure drop at an angle. I let it go slack but watch the line. It should have a slight belly not loops and slop. You see the belly twitch and you're on. I don't do a hard set. They're usually on and if they're not they keep hitting. Hard sets scare them. Plus it might be a halibut with a soft jaw. Sharp hooks rule. As soon as it hits bottom the slack increases. I take out the slack and lift the rod tip and relax. Watch the belly. Breath. One of my favorite plastics was a helgamite worm with legs like a centipede. In root beer color. It slayed them. Worm type baits can get extra use by pinching off the tip and it's just shorter. Had good luck with one rod with a swim bait and another with a flashy spoon like kastmaster or krocodile. Fishing the bottom with a cheaper swim bait gives me a rest. Cranking the top and midwater with the iron keeps me warmed up and the expensive lures off the bottom. Where are you where the fish are eating the paint off of your boat? That's not fishing. That's catching!

What place is that?

Can bout jig heads work to , like the kind you get at Walmart?? Love the video

Did you lose weight my man? looking healthy! thanks so much for the tips. theres an old guy at my biggest local river that slams walleye with jig & swimbaits and ive gone down a rabbit hole of learning how he does it

Great video ++

Thanks Nathan. That did it I am coming up there and getting your spot. Just kidding, good video.

Why do you use braid on spinning real but not on a baitcaster.? In sweden we use braid on both:) Thank you for the video.

Would it make sense to use braided line

What cameras do you use for your filming?

Nice video man, where about are you located.. if you don’t mind me asking?! Looks beautiful, healthy fish

Awesome video. Thought I sub long time ago. Guess I forgot to. New sub here.

What set up you use?

Nice video

Is this a medium moderate rod?

I enjoy swimbaits, but man I love my grubs on a ball head jig

Got on em immediately

That's a great spot, shame it gets so overcrowded now a day's.

He told you everything boys 😳😁

Any reserves as to why you dont use a spinning reel for your finesse fishing?😢

Thanx man. I haven't used the swinbait a ton. More of a fluke guy but I do have a lot of smallys were I'm from I'll give it a shot. Looks like it works lol. There is a ton of grass most places I fish I am sure a waited swimbait hook would work right? So I can rig it weedless?

What river are you fishing, are you in wv?

you skipped over summer when talking about the seasons for swimbait fishing. is there a reason for that?

I get it that it's a demonstration video, but that river is too easy.

Great vid!-- May I know what’s the purpose of having 3 fish finder/ sonar screens on the boat ? Is there a specific reason? Thanks

"Light Medium Heavy" sounds to me a lot like "extra-medium..." 😅

I really haven't had good luch with this bait is it not as great for large mouth bass? I have cought a bunch with an underspin but Jughead alone not really i fish lakes any tips?

You ever watch a video of some one telling you how to work something and they catch maybe one ….. like dang man tell them fish I’m trying to learn …. Cutting you off in the middle of your sentence how dare they

I wish I had a dollar (or even a dime) for every time a fisherman uttered that infamous phrase "There we go!" I use it nearly every time I set the hook on a bass and I noticed a LOT of other people do to.

whaddya need 3 depth finders for????

Is the whale swimbait the same thickness as the megabass spark shad swimbait? I think the megabass is to thick.

I've killed em on chartreuse and white too.

Hey, you fish weird too. Right hand retrieve but you predominantly cast right handed. Have you always fished like and have you ever tried to switch to left hand retrieves to keep your rod in your dominant hand? Was taught with a right hand retrieve by my mom who was left handed and not much of a fisherwoman. I tried switching this summer myself after fishing like that for 20 years and even after a week it still felt like I was learning how to fish all over again. I don't feel very disadvantaged honestly, though it's certainly more efficient to keep your rod in the same hand. It's neat seeing someone else fish like that, especially someone as successful as yourself. I also wonder how common it actually is now.

What paddle tail is in the thumbnail of the video?!?!

Nathan, I wish someone would have told ME about plastics about 20 years ago , but they didn't exist except for bad plastic worms. About 15 years ago, we were mixing live bait with lures or Lindy rigs. Then 13 years ago plastics hit the market and we were all using them. I assume you are older than 13. When did someone tell you this was a thing?

Kool

Dont do what? No loop knot?

Smooth as silk catching a fish while you're talking and never even lose focus on what you're saying