@@RickMartin-rq6vg I really don't recall since I'm not from that area.

@shaungardner6787 thanks man. I wanted to get a few more good ones for the vid but they were being finicky hahaha. I did have a giant blow up when I was dragging the 5.8 over some lily pads but I forgot to stop and save the recording lol.

@CarolinaReaperr man I was so pumped when I called that one. Every once in a while I can call my shots hahah

Glad ya liked it. I think I used 3 diffrent combos. For the 5.8 I used a dobyns fury 795sb with a shimano curado k 200. For the 3.8, the rod is from a local company called little miami river outfitters. It's the neorus model. For the 2.8, I used the phenix m1 7'8 with a shimano vandford reel. All super sick combos I have a ton of faith in.

@@endxbiggs right back at ya bud!

@user-wn4if2ys4o we were below the dam but fished our way up to it. My buddy had a big 5 pound largemouth take a swipe at magdraft right at the rocks on his first cast. Hooked into somthing big the eventually broke him off too. Are there strioers in there too?

@@River_Savage The strippers do migrate up starting in Sept or Oct when weather cools. I caught a 15 lb stripper up there, but it wasn’t far up the Roanoke from SML. Maybe 300 yards or so.

@@user-wn4if2ys4o appreciate the info. Would be sick to get a striper there.

@@mikem2590 crawdad. What do you call them?

Shoot me a message on Facebook. My name is Matt Good.

You can just download Google earth pro, find a river near you, and zoom in looking for structure like bridges. Then, look for roads that lead to access that's close to the spots you found. Hope that helps!

Glad ya like the vid.

@@River_Savage already finished it. Made a few additional mods

@@getbittv what mods did you end up doing?

@@River_Savage well my pvc did not thread into the painters pole. Drove a bolt through and added a nylon lock nut. Also got a longer screw (1/4-20). Also put a nylon lock nut on top and the the GoPro tripod mount. Fits fits great and this will prevent the screw from falling through. Probably easier to send pics

Found you on ig sent pics there

Glad ya like the vid and channel. All the baits I got were for a saint clair trip I had booked but the weather messed up my plans, so I figured I'd throw them in our rivers lol. I basically looked for bassmaster tournement results on lake saint clair and bought a crap load of stuff so I really don't know which hooks I used. I know I like having 3/8 oz drop shot weights because you can use pliers and just cut them down to diffrent sizes vs buying dirrent sizes.

I'm not really a big finesse fisherman but I bought a crapload of finesse stuff for a saint clair trip that got canceled twice now lol. That weather yall have up there is not wanting to cooperate with my vacation schedulel haha. So now I have an infinite amount of tubes, flatworms, and other dropshotable softplatsics I need to learn to use so I have a better idea when I can make it up to your neck of the woods.

Absolutely 💯. Next up, giant night time smallies.

​@@River_Savage 100% love that night float bite.

The dobyns feels a bit spongey, the grips aren't as comfortable, and it's also stiffer then the irod. I fish a lot for river smallies and I don't really get much of a fight on the dobyns. It's good though. Probably better for fishing for largemouth because they get bigger. The irod just feels great to me.

That rod is pretty sweet for 150$. It's 6'9 medium fast action. Basically, a sick junk rod you can use for tons of stuff from what I was told. What other specs do ya wanna know more about bud?

@@River_Savage thanks! I guess that’s it, lol. Thought it maybe was a specific chatter rod, but it’s good to see it didn’t need to be.

@@zdeeze dope. Def doesn't flex like a glass rod, but she rips through grass good enough for me.

Thanks bud. Def had some fun yanking these footballs in.

Glad I could help buddy. I used a crank rod for years and it made me hate throwing jerks. Now it's actually fun and not exhausting at all. Can't wait to throw some spooks here real soon.

Are you wanting to buy some from me?

@@River_Savage yeah do you got a website?

You know it!

It def does hahah

It is

Pretty sure I was using the irod genesis jr swimbait rod on these.

Glad ya dig the vids bud. Painting lures and getting big fish on them is so sick. Hope ya catch a giant on those sugartit blanks.

A little late for the giveaway :)

Thanks so much. That really means a lot to me :). Never seen those r2s swimbaits but wow, those look incredible. Yea, that was def a bad choice. It felt like the knife wasn't getting through all that fur until it did, then it cut me and the deer like butter hahah.

I used to think any crank rod could be used for jerks, I was def wrong and glad I got a good jerk rod.

I belive it was either an irod Bama special or the irod jr swim.

Exactly 💯. Those fish fight so hard on lighter gear. Thanks for watching!

Such a fun "thump" when they eat it. Glad ya dig the vid.

She's pretty 😍

exactly 💯 the bigger 7 inch glides have a pretty sick glide to them too.

@G2GFishing I'm debating starting a company just because that. I'm associated with rapala. 45% off them and their affiliate companies so I got the arishi for the same cost as a bass dash. there are very few original baits. it comes down to marketing and component quality. my hope is to price gouge the name brands while offering a better quality product for the consumer than the Chinese knock off. if I could profit 10k a year from it and pay entry fees off that I'd be happy

@@NRP.fishing sounds like a good deal to me.

Yessir! The fury worked great on my recent trip down to the new river. I got a few nice ones on the magdraft and getting them in the raft was easy. I almost got a guide select but ended up getting a couple ghost codes as they had an insane deal on black friday. I think it was buy one get one at 75% off. Crazy deal haha

Absolutely 💯

I just picked one up and painted one, i'm curious what your thoughts are? You don't like them, or? I'm sure they're not as good as the real thing. But I paid like $11 for it and $7 for shipping verse $99 for legit DRT. It's hard to beat. Anything specific you're not happy with?

Yessir! Both stretchs looked so darn good. I might go back in the Fall or even this summer.

Have you tried letting the game warden know? We went on a week day and got there around 430am to get that spot.

Stoked you enjoyed the vid, bud.

You sir have an incredible fishery.

@@mattgood7865 absolutely and totally agree.

Heck yea, the river has sooo many cool spots for big smallies.

That makes perfect sense. Appreciate the info.

I have a couple videos where I paint some baits. I usually just stick with semi simple patterns that anyone can do with some practice. Feel free to message me on my Facebook fishing page if your intrested in me oaintijg up some lures for ya! Happy to help anyway I can, buddy.

I like 16lb sunline fc sniper.

exactly. I don't need it but I really wanted it hahah. If people wouldn't steal cell cams, I'd probably have a few of those too.

Absolutely 💯. It's hard to pass up being a techy dude. I don't play video games but I'm gonna have next level fun using this thing.

I don't paint these ones buddy. These are mega fancy 90 dollar baits. I have a few smaller gludes I'm working on painting, though.

It's been so long since I've got crappie.