[nanook]

Hi Everyone! As promised I'm back with another video! After fishing all morning without a nibble I almost gave up and went home. I'm now glad I didn't! I commited to paddling up the lake and into a creek to find some shallow water. After what seemed like an eternity, I located a nice area with some lilly pads in 1-3 ft of water. As I was working my lizard across the surface, hopping from pad to pad I saw the water "buckle" and a giant ripple work it's way out from my bait. I knew at that point someone was home and she was not happy......check it out, the HD version if possible!

[video=youtube;PFSJ1JZNeKg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFSJ1JZNeKg[/video]

 

[tcfisherman]

Great job on the video and thats a nice bass........Tc

 

[yakattaxx83]

Awesome fish and video. Brad

 

[Topsail Angler]

Very nice fish! Thanks for the video.

 

[someskater1012]

Man do I love topwater. Beautiful fish!

 

[Dennis Running Bear]

Nice Bass and catching on top water bait will make your heart pump more. The only thing is you need is longer arms or mount your video cam in another spot or adjust it. When you picked up the bass you really couldn't see the full size of the bass. But the video sharpness and clarity is very good also the voice pickup was very good. But other then those little things very good video and nice catch and keep them coming.

 

[nanook]

Nice Bass and catching on top water bait will make your heart pump more. The only thing is you need is longer arms or mount your video cam in another spot or adjust it. When you picked up the bass you really couldn't see the full size of the bass. But the video sharpness and clarity is very good also the voice pickup was very good. But other then those little things very good video and nice catch and keep them coming.

As soon as I get the funds I will probably mount an additional camera to the front of the Yak pointed toward me. That will be several weeks though probably. For now I do have footage of me weighing the fish but if I included that I'd have folks complaining about how long it was out of the water, haha! Suggestions noted though, thanks!

Jason

 

[turtlestew]

Awesome video, makes we want to go toss some frogs!

 

[nanook]

Awesome video, makes we want to go toss some frogs!

I actually thought about getting a few to try in that spot just in case I run out of lizards! Never caught one on a frog before.

 

[Abert43]

Awesome video! and a nice fish to go with it

 

[BugSlinger]

I watched it about 5 times in a row...ha. Checking your retrieve....were you just using a reel...pause...reel...pause retrieve? And it looked like she came up and missed it the first time (subsurface boil) and then came back to really hit it a second time on the surface?

Thanks for posting!

 

[nanook]

I watched it about 5 times in a row...ha. Checking your retrieve....were you just using a reel...pause...reel...pause retrieve? And it looked like she came up and missed it the first time (subsurface boil) and then came back to really hit it a second time on the surface?

Thanks for posting!

I have a few theories on this. One is that I startled her and she turned to see what it was. Two is that she turned in an effort to knock the lizard in the water for a stealth kill. Three it was an even bigger fish that moved and the 5lber got to it first. Not sure. Anyway, nothing special to the retrieve. I did notice the movement but did not see the giant "rings" at the time. My focus was only on the bait. When I saw movement, I brought it out into what looked like an area of "more open" water so I would have a shot at hooking the fish if she did indeed strike. It was all kind of a blur to be honest. Probably one of the top 5 fish catches in the few years that I have been fishing for bass!

-Finz

 

[rowNitback]

nice catch, thanks for the video. Note to self; add hat cam to wishlist.

 

[Scott Hobbs]

Great catch...now she can procreate and make many more smiles on peoples faces.

Thanks for sharing.

<*))))>{

 

[badankles]

my heart was thumping watching it. oh yeah, "stay on...stay on..." is my sentiment exactly whenever a big one hits.

 

[toba]

Now that's a nice video! Great fish on topwater!

 

[Flameseeker]

Great video, I love watching good videos like this. Where were you fishing? Gotta get me a kayak soon. What kind of kayak is yours?

 

[toomuch]

nice video and great fish! I'm still waiting for my first topwater strike of the year. Gotta figure the temperature is about right for it.

 

[DANNYBOY]

great post dude , I love it !!!!

 

[FishinCary]

Haha! i knew you were going to land her but i almost was saying "stayyyy onnnnnn" while watching it! Great video, that was a awsome strike!