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Illinois Bass Fishing w/ Topwater: 2 KILLER Options | Kayak Largemouth
The Minimalist Fisherman: In the Field focuses on bass fishing tips and techniques that will help you catch more fish all throughout the Midwest. Everything we write about - we test.
If it's good - we keep it. If it's not - we minimize it!
This outing took place the fourth week of May. We caught largemouth bass and panfish while exploring a new, beautiful (and extremely clear!) body of water in Illinois. With 68° water we were probably still in a post-spawn period... and some males hanging around beds seems to point to that as well. MUCH better bite than 3 days ago, and less than a mile away from the previous lake!
Tight Lines & Godspeed, Patriots.
#bassfishing #kayak #kayakfishing
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The Minimalist Fisherman: In The Field (formerly Stars & Bars Fishing) is an in-the-field fishing vlog by AJ Hauser, who owns and operates The Minimalist Fisherman. The presentations we review and explain on the website (https://theminimalistfisherman.com) and on The Minimalist Fisherman YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/TheMinimalistFisherman) are put to use here.
"If I'm not catching fish with it - I'm not writing about it. Period."
:::::VIDEO CHAPTERS / FIELD NOTES:::::
00:00 - [ Illinois Topwater Bass Fishing in the Kayak ]
00:42 - [ 1. Conditions ]
01:56 - [ 2. More Topwater Strikes on the Pop-X ]
03:23 - [ 3. The Megabass Pop-X Up Close ]
08:12 - [ 4. Finding Remote Areas to Fish ]
09:58 - [ 5. Presentation Change: Go Subsurface! ]
11:08 - [ 6. Big Bass on the Slim SwimZ! ]
17:52 - [ 7. Beds in the Steep Chara Algae ]
21:36 - [ 8. Summary of the Day ]
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