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Lake Conroe Bass Fishing for BRUSH PILE BIGS!! (Over 23 Pounds!!!)

Posted By: handsome

Lake Conroe Bass Fishing for BRUSH PILE BIGS!! (Over 23 Pounds!!!) - 06/04/20 03:19 PM

Got on Conroe and managed to catch some good ones last week. Would love to hear feedback on the video and hear what you like/dislike to be able to make better videos in the future. Thanks for your time and tight lines!

Posted By: sconnie

Re: Lake Conroe Bass Fishing for BRUSH PILE BIGS!! (Over 23 Pounds!!!) - 06/04/20 05:56 PM

Good stuff...thought it was well done
Posted By: JBranham

Re: Lake Conroe Bass Fishing for BRUSH PILE BIGS!! (Over 23 Pounds!!!) - 06/04/20 06:30 PM

Cool video, thanks for sharing.
Posted By: Okie Poke

Re: Lake Conroe Bass Fishing for BRUSH PILE BIGS!! (Over 23 Pounds!!!) - 06/04/20 07:17 PM

Nice job and decent video...
Posted By: H2O Seeker

Re: Lake Conroe Bass Fishing for BRUSH PILE BIGS!! (Over 23 Pounds!!!) - 06/04/20 07:50 PM

Glad you had video proof! That's impressive on that lake. Congrats! thumb
Posted By: Donald Harper

Re: Lake Conroe Bass Fishing for BRUSH PILE BIGS!! (Over 23 Pounds!!!) - 06/04/20 08:43 PM

Very good video. Sorry, something is wrong with my sound on videos; so I was looking for visuals to get all the information that I needed. I miss a lot of stuff without sound.
- I saw the worm and hook.
- Needed to see the whole rig from weight, leader and if the weight was pegged or not.
- Needed to see the brush pile on the depth finder screen and how the fish were setting up on it.
- Noticed you kept driving back up to the area. Or; was that different brush piles you were moving to? Just was wondering why you weren't using spot lock?
- I do a lot of drifting across areas with all electronics and TM turned off once the boat is in position. Was this a factor?
Posted By: handsome

Re: Lake Conroe Bass Fishing for BRUSH PILE BIGS!! (Over 23 Pounds!!!) - 06/04/20 09:15 PM

Appreciate the kind words everyone!
Posted By: handsome

Re: Lake Conroe Bass Fishing for BRUSH PILE BIGS!! (Over 23 Pounds!!!) - 06/04/20 09:19 PM

Thanks for the comment, that's something I'll try to incorporate into future videos. I did not have the weight pegged, I think the separation between the weight and worm gets more bites and better hookups. No leader, straight 20# flourocarbon. I definitely will try to get some clips of how the bass and bait are setting up on the brush pile, nice tip! I was driving from spot to spot, was trying to show how it was just one-fish piles. I was using spot lock and trying to position downwind of the brush pile to be able to cast at it effectively. I'm not sure I understand your last point but I usually do turn off the console electronics once I get up to the trolling motor.

Originally Posted by Donald Harper
Very good video. Sorry, something is wrong with my sound on videos; so I was looking for visuals to get all the information that I needed. I miss a lot of stuff without sound.
- I saw the worm and hook.
- Needed to see the whole rig from weight, leader and if the weight was pegged or not.
- Needed to see the brush pile on the depth finder screen and how the fish were setting up on it.
- Noticed you kept driving back up to the area. Or; was that different brush piles you were moving to? Just was wondering why you weren't using spot lock?
- I do a lot of drifting across areas with all electronics and TM turned off once the boat is in position. Was this a factor?
Posted By: Ken A.

Re: Lake Conroe Bass Fishing for BRUSH PILE BIGS!! (Over 23 Pounds!!!) - 06/04/20 10:26 PM

Good video
Posted By: Donald Harper

Re: Lake Conroe Bass Fishing for BRUSH PILE BIGS!! (Over 23 Pounds!!!) - 06/04/20 11:50 PM

You seemed to drift off of your spot each time you caught a fish. Then you would be idling back up to it. At the same time I never saw you concentrating on the depth finder to do that. Just couldn't figure it out.
Posted By: handsome

Re: Lake Conroe Bass Fishing for BRUSH PILE BIGS!! (Over 23 Pounds!!!) - 06/05/20 12:28 AM

Originally Posted by Donald Harper
You seemed to drift off of your spot each time you caught a fish. Then you would be idling back up to it. At the same time I never saw you concentrating on the depth finder to do that. Just couldn't figure it out.


I would pull up to the waypoint after graphing it or just pulling up and hit spot lock once I got to 75ft. Once I hit a pile I don't get off spotlock until I leave to go to a different spot. I usually only focus on my depth finder for this type of fishing when I am looking at my GPS to be able to line up and get the right distance away.
Posted By: Minner Bucket

Re: Lake Conroe Bass Fishing for BRUSH PILE BIGS!! (Over 23 Pounds!!!) - 06/05/20 12:33 AM

Originally Posted by Donald Harper
You seemed to drift off of your spot each time you caught a fish. Then you would be idling back up to it. At the same time I never saw you concentrating on the depth finder to do that. Just couldn't figure it out.


Where’s your videos?
Posted By: avid_basser

Re: Lake Conroe Bass Fishing for BRUSH PILE BIGS!! (Over 23 Pounds!!!) - 06/05/20 01:23 AM

This is a good video...looks like you're having fun out there for sure. The comments in this thread will make your videos more "sell-able" meaning you will get more views if you focus on teaching as well as catching.

Good luck out there my friend.
Posted By: Donald Harper

Re: Lake Conroe Bass Fishing for BRUSH PILE BIGS!! (Over 23 Pounds!!!) - 06/05/20 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by handsome
Originally Posted by Donald Harper
You seemed to drift off of your spot each time you caught a fish. Then you would be idling back up to it. At the same time I never saw you concentrating on the depth finder to do that. Just couldn't figure it out.


I would pull up to the waypoint after graphing it or just pulling up and hit spot lock once I got to 75ft. Once I hit a pile I don't get off spotlock until I leave to go to a different spot. I usually only focus on my depth finder for this type of fishing when I am looking at my GPS to be able to line up and get the right distance away.


Thanks for the clarification. Now I understand. Looking forward to the next one.
Posted By: C130

Re: Lake Conroe Bass Fishing for BRUSH PILE BIGS!! (Over 23 Pounds!!!) - 06/05/20 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by Donald Harper
Very good video. Sorry, something is wrong with my sound on videos; so I was looking for visuals to get all the information that I needed. I miss a lot of stuff without sound.
- I saw the worm and hook.
- Needed to see the whole rig from weight, leader and if the weight was pegged or not.
- Needed to see the brush pile on the depth finder screen and how the fish were setting up on it.
- Noticed you kept driving back up to the area. Or; was that different brush piles you were moving to? Just was wondering why you weren't using spot lock?
- I do a lot of drifting across areas with all electronics and TM turned off once the boat is in position. Was this a factor?


When are you going to post all of this info with fish you’re catching?
Posted By: Chasin Hogs

Re: Lake Conroe Bass Fishing for BRUSH PILE BIGS!! (Over 23 Pounds!!!) - 06/05/20 06:48 PM

Good video. I dont care too much for the updates. Maybe just the weight of each
bigger fish would be cool. Just my opinion. Please dont make a long intro sitting
in your living room..Then hooking up trailer buying snacks at the c store. Then unloading the
Boat at the eamp. There was a video on YouTube that was 10 minutes long
but half of it was him headed to the lake. I saw everything but what thong he
chose to wear that day. I'll watch the next one. Good fish.
Posted By: banker-always fishing

Re: Lake Conroe Bass Fishing for BRUSH PILE BIGS!! (Over 23 Pounds!!!) - 06/06/20 02:51 AM

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Posted By: handsome

Re: Lake Conroe Bass Fishing for BRUSH PILE BIGS!! (Over 23 Pounds!!!) - 06/08/20 02:41 AM

Originally Posted by Chasin Hogs
Good video. I dont care too much for the updates. Maybe just the weight of each
bigger fish would be cool. Just my opinion. Please dont make a long intro sitting
in your living room..Then hooking up trailer buying snacks at the c store. Then unloading the
Boat at the eamp. There was a video on YouTube that was 10 minutes long
but half of it was him headed to the lake. I saw everything but what thong he
chose to wear that day. I'll watch the next one. Good fish.


Thanks for the tip! I try to do some updates because sometimes the audio from the Gopro is awful from wind noise, but I will try to make them shorter and to the point.
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