I also enjoy your videos and your rig is pretty sweet.

I agree you really have to work the water where you can gt too....taught me some things though.

Crankbait,your posts,comments,videos,pics,have all earned my respect.But your boat...lol..just kidding man.I love your rig.But kicking that guys arse..that takes the cake!!

Amen....i'll be sitting right next to saying "hi my name is shawn and i'm a fishaholic"

Haters gonna hate. Back in the day I used to catch all kinds of comments and snickers while I was cruising around in my belly boat and fins. A few guys would come up in their 20ft long $40K bass boats and make fun of me in my little "tube boat" as they'd call it. It was all fun and games until they saw my stringer. Then it was always "Damn, what did you catch all those bass on? We haven't caught anything all day" My response: "Caught them on a lure". Them: "Okay, where'd you catch them?" Me: "In the water". Only friendly when it suits them. You have no choice but to fish slow in a belly boat so you aren't passing by fish. Ignore their ignorance. I love all the room that you have to walk around.

I caught hell in my old Aluma Weld with 15HP and a cooler for a livewell but I caught a lot of fish in it.

That's a sweet set up you have there and a great post!

I have honestly watched most of your videos just to simply try to figure out how to build a rig like you have - and I say build one like it because if I were you I'd never sell it - it's a great setup. I have had plenty of people talk smack about my 1950 Lonestar Aluminium as well and even from guys in rigs from the 80's - some people just don't have a brain cell to call their own.

Even without the money you got the best prize of all - him with his a$$ whipped and a boat payment - sucks to be him !

Nice video, great job.

The fish do not know what you're standing on when you set the hook. Great job!

Great story and sack!! Except for the loser that didn't pay up. What a DB!!

Awesome job and good going!!
You seem to have a "knack" from your other posts I've seen.
One can buy a high dollar Bass boat BUT not the "KNACK"
I hope you get your money.

Awesome job crankbait! When I first moved to Texas and had just separated from my now ex I fished out of a 2 man bass buster. I'll never forget this guy in a beautiful skeeter watched me catch two fish off a point and came racing up on me, made some smart a** remark about trying not to flip me over and than the jerk started fishing right on top of me! I stayed right where I was and made him fish around me, a couple of minutes later I hooked into a good fish and when she ran deep she pulled my lil boat around 180� and at least 10 foot of my point, when I finally got her in I asked him if I could use his scale and weighed her at 8.47, my p.b.! I thanked him and told him the spot was all his and slowly trolled away...great fealing! Your obviously a better stick than most of us and I love your videos, keep it up no matter what your fishing out of.

Mad skill

Ha! Those losers need to pay up; but, I imagine the look on their sorry faces when they saw your weigh in was priceless. Is that them in the background on the fourth pic rubbernecking trying to potlick your spot? Glad you crushed them one man vs two welching idiots.

I think that this was just plain terrific, Crankbait. You have every right to be proud of yourself, your boat, your sack, and your skills. Those two aren't the only ones who need a full-time proctologist. That type isn't limited to the Carolinas, either - we have plenty of them here in Texas, too. When I sold my Hydrasport many years ago, I bought an 8' PBS pond boat, a cheap Humminbird flasher, and a 30# thrust Minn-Kota trolling motor. Having lost my mobility, I had to make up for it by learning well the waters I did fish. As things ended up, it didn't matter whether I spent most of the day in one cove on Fork, Elephant Butte or Ray Roberts, or whether I fished a small pond. I went places the "big boys" couldn't get to, and beat them at their own game more than a few times. My PB is still an 8-12 caught bank fishing at an Arkansas pond with a 1/4 oz. buzz bait, but I've caught a lot of 7s and 8s from that little PBS mini-boat. I have another one now, and still manage to catch a lot of nice bass from it. You did great, Mr. Bass Fisherman - which you are - and the loudmouths resented it. You both put them to shame and embarrassed them, as you should have. Good job - VERY good job! I'm proud of you, too.