Lake Chickamauga was ranked the #2 Bass lake in the United States. That's what drove me to move from Auburn, Alabama to Tennessee to explore this beautiful bass fishing lake. Follow along my journey as I attempt to catch trophy bass, hone my craft, entertain, and share my learning experiences.
My favorite baits right now are Chatterbait, Alabama rig (A-Rig), Crankbait, Jerkbait, Shaky Head, Spro Frogs. These will probably change throughout the year.
Favorite Equipment: Shimano Curado, Pride rods, Ranger Boats, Mercury Fourstroke pro XS, Toyota Trucks, Go pro.
Tell me a story Mr. Welcher. Huh? Tell me a story. Okay, one day late August, mid to late August,
Kyle Welcher and his new wife went fishing way up river on the Hiawassee. What ensued later
looks something like the rest of this video. I appreciate you watching. Legend has it 70%
of the people that watched were not subscribed. So those 70% should go down and subscribe
and turn the alerts on. I don't want to disappoint the legend so just repeating what I was told.
Oh my gosh, look at that freaking wasps nest. That right there is a bunch of big red wasps.
That's how you have a bad day on the lake. That sucker's big. Is that a spot? Nope, large amount.
I mean as soon as that fat sucker hit the tree. As soon as that frog hit the tree,
that fat sucker smashed it. I bounced it off the tree and it landed in the water.
That sucker is built. Built like a brick. Good. Get him Hunter. Get him with it then.
Go on with your bad self. Swim around like a helicopter. Been catching them lately.
How'd you catch it? Came off. Dang it. Did you see him? That sucker ran all from like
10 feet to come get it. I think I actually turned my camera off but I thought I was turning it on.
I skipped under there dude and I set the hook and I couldn't hardly move him for a second.
Good one. Not bad at all. Not bad at all. Is there a rule that I'm not supposed to be flipping?
At all? Or is that not a rule for sure? I didn't know for sure. No flipping for me?
So there was something lost in interpretation. Hunter's been flipping for like four days.
So now she thinks that she gets all the flipping fish. She doesn't know that I'm still the flipper.
I'm king flipper. Okay. Just because she's caught on my rod where I tell her where to
throw at don't mean nothing. I'm just joking. I'm joking. I'm joking. She's been doing good
last few days flipping but I whipped that old jig and caught me one. So I said after I went
fishing last time the next time you see me I'll be fishing high drill or skipping docks or something.
This is kind of like an impromptu fishing day. We were not planning on going today. It was supposed
to storm and rain today and it didn't happen and I was editing my frog fishing videos and that made
me want to go catch some on a frog. So that's what we're doing today. Do me a favor guys. Leave me a
comment what kind of videos y'all want to see. Y'all want me to do some tip videos. Give me some ideas.
Y'all want to see me fish with certain baits. Do some type of challenge. Just give me some ideas
below if you would like and I will try to fulfill them if I can. There we go. Finally got one on the
I thought I was gonna be a spot for sure. Nope. But I hooked him dead on. Boom. So catching them
on a frog. I reel them in so fast. I'm gonna have to talk to y'all for longer because I need to
waste some time on my videos. Look at this nice Chickamauga bass. Just joking. I ain't doing that.
Gosh dog it. So I was not recording but I got it on this one. Snatched him on in here. Holy crap.
He freaking ate it though. Little one. Oh I thought it was a bigger than that. Gosh.
I didn't come out and slurp that sucker. That's a good one though. Dang. Dang sure good.
I didn't come out and slurp that sucker. I laid the wood to that one. I couldn't move him.
I saw him under there sitting with it in his mouth.
That's a good one. That's a three pounder. Maybe a little bit over three two three three maybe.
Nice one right there. And I laid the wood to that one.
Big and big and big old one. Holy crap. I'll get him. Oh my gosh dude. Okay get him.
That's like an eight pounder. You got to get him soon. Do you have him?
Oh my god look at that one dude. That's like a freaking seven or eight pounder.
Oh my gosh. Give me this dude. Give me my big girl. Oh my gosh.
We did him Saturday in that freaking tournament. Oh he broke your fingernail? Yeah. I thought
about swinging him. Look at this freaking thing. That's crazy. We're keeping that.
That's like an eight pounder. I'm serious. That's like a freaking eight pounder. Why don't I just
why don't I try to fish hydrogel? Why don't I do that? Okay so that is a big fish in a live well.
That is not the eight pounder. About 10 minutes after probably about five minutes after I caught
that eight pounder, I threw under another bush and caught this one close to four pounds. That's
a super long fish. Chickamauga fish are usually not this long. That's probably a high three like
314 315 right after I caught that eight pounder. Caught that sucker. Didn't get it on video so I
apologize but did catch that sucker. Really really cool bite actually. Sorry. Okay so my personal best
is eight seven or else eight nine. Not a hundred percent sure. Right in there. Let's weigh this big
joker. How much are we rooting for right here? You got a scale on? He's like an eight pounder.
I knew when I set the hook I was a biggin. Time to see what's up with it.
It could be. It's freaking big. Here's your nail. You can't hold it with one hand.
Eight three. Eight one. God dog. Okay so look pretty much that's the biggest fish I've caught
all year. I'm pretty sure. I don't think I've caught one bigger than eight this year. I've
caught a 712. A few more seven and three quarters fish. I don't think I've caught one over eight and I
got to catch it on my favorite rod and reel and bait. A Spro Frog 65 pound line. Seven foot six
extra heavy rod and a Shimano Crado 70. That's like my favorite way to fish. I literally caught
a three and a half. Five minutes later skip under there. Catch that eight pounder. Five more minutes
I catch another four. It's unreal right here right now. This video is probably gonna make it out a
little late because I'm not gonna ruin this lake until it gets a little bit over until it gets a
little bit past where they're biting. Sorry guys. Some awesome footage but I gotta save it for a
little while. Four pounder. Not bad. Not heavy either. Twice his size. Daggum eight one right there.
So much fun. Look at that big giant. So obviously I found a pretty magical stretch of bushes right
there. Caught a three and a half or three and a quarter probably. Then an eight and then a dang
four within like 15 minutes. What happened was there was a mayfly hatch. It was actually a little
bit different. I've never seen mayflies that were green. I don't know if they had just hatched or
what but I've seen them just hatched before and they're still dark brown but a couple landed on
me and they were bright green mayflies. Like I've never seen them that color but anyways.
Caught them fish. Skipping a frog under bushes. It's fun. You go up there right now you're mostly
gonna catch two pounders. You rarely catch big ones. That that was a very magical place where
I caught those big ones because the mayflies were there. But anyways if you like the video,
you like seeing an eight pounder crush your topwater frog, leave a like, leave a comment,
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