2 30+ Pound Bags | Land of the Giants

this is the BM Elite at Lake for 5 4 3 2 1 8 two baby day one Lake Fork this is one of those exciting ones cuz you could literally catch like a 12 or 13 pounder anywhere you catch it in a foot of water you catch it in 42t of water like 11 Pounders 12 Pounders somebody's going to catch a really really big one this week like probably a over 11 so maybe it' be me that just it makes it cool to fish a place like this even though this is a very small Lake and you know gets a lot of fishing pressure so it's hard to catch them but there's some a lot of really really big ones in here like a ton of four pluses in this lake so we're going to fish our strengths about half the day I think we're going to fish our strengths for 8 hours but we're going to mix it up between three different things and hopefully smash [Music] Rec on that oh damn swim G [Laughter] oh [Applause] shoot fell one off yesterday too he great 59 am I doing it best it feels like I'm doing yeah I knew that was no good left around I want to get C up I don't know how to count I got a 414 and a 46 that's 94 and then 41 that's 135 stay together what our big this one get an extra fish did last year this one you guys got all your paperwork sign add 20 lb 15 all right guys you're all set thank our reigning and defending Progressive Bassmaster angler of the Year from Alabama Stone Cold Kyle welsher 20 lbs 15 o how you feeling about that uh well it felt like a struggle out there all day when I got back I found out it definitely was a struggle but luckily you know seeing all that big weight it doesn't really discourage me it makes me feel like you know that's that's how many big ones are out there so tomorrow we just got to string it together and make make it happen we'll make it happen we'll see you back here tomorrow morning out what are you going to catch today 453 so yesterday on Instagram you said that you would not be mad at 20 so are you not mad at 20 I'm not mad at 20 but I am not happy with 20 at all definitely needed to be in the 25 range or more you know you can't more than 25 you got to just have some something crazy happen really but you know that happens for you know some people every single day where they catch two like eight Pounders but you know half of my my whole game plan worked you know I started on some big bed fish that were were not there anymore so I caught a big mail and I went to another couple bed fish and another like SE eight pter was not there so caught another big mail then I started throwing a swim jig down the bank and caught some then I went out and did the whole scoping deal only caught one 4 and a half pounder doing it I think I got my rotation messed up definitely going to switch things up today and start out scoping cuz I feel like that's the best chance catching a big one so we're going to do that and then we're going to just kind of go fishing you know usually whenever you have like in practice you know you got less pressure you you catch them you know so that's what we're going to do today we're just going to kind of Mill around and mix it up back and forth back and forth scoping shallow scoping shallow and run into one of those big ones and it'll it'll make our entire week here so looking for an eight pounder I have fish Fork now how many times have we been here this is the fourth time third third time maybe fourth fourth time I have never brought a fish in so we need to do that today we need to catches one of them 24s today so that's kind of the goal for today or tomorrow who said they called a 99 that was 23 was that um somebody somebody said that yesterday they called it they it Caleb no Caleb had a 812 that was 23 and then somebody brought in a 714 that was a 24 I think dang so it really just depends you don't know yep just depends on how long they are but uh what is your like are you astonished at the leaderboard not really I saw that potential coming after practice I just couldn't get enough bites doing it that's the reason I started shallow is cuz I thought I could go catch I thought I could go catch like 23 or 24 shallow and get some breathing room or just catch a couple big ones shallow and then get you know and then go out scoping try to catch two more at the end of the day but uh I think that bites way better in the morning I thought it was in practice I just you know when you you got when you've got a six and a seven and a 414 male all within like 20 ft of each other you kind of got to start there I feel like so started there and they got a little squirly didn't catch them oh only only caught one of them so changing it up today it's sad you said yesterday that there's going to be some people on track for a belt that don't even get to Fish yeah there's going to be some people that are definitely on track for 100 lb that do not get to go how many belts do you think they'll be at least 10 10 10 yeah or I I'll say I'll say they'll be eight or nine so we going to see I mean there's people that caught four yesterday that caught you know 28 29 four fish that's what we got to do we got to hunt down for a couple of those if we catch a couple of those big ones you know I've got enough bed fish on the bank where I could go fill out a limit of three and 1 half four Pounders I feel like you know you're not in commercial for fast fast that's what I was wondering don't make no sense bro I know what was your key setup yest key setup yesterday what I catch the most of them on call the most fish on Swim J but probably I don't know what I call them most probably swim yeah is there a difference in bed fishing in Texas and bed fishing in Florida yeah these fish in Texas are the most aggressive bed fish I've ever fished for in my entire life so it's quicker yeah here in Santi and the water's not as clear water it's clear in some places the places where I've B fish is really clear it's not as clear as like Ricky's house no that's it it's clear and in Springs in Florida is almost too clear it makes them get real finicky in them spring rid later Elite made a top 10 his first Elite Series event from this second season on the bass Elite Series self profess [Music] greatest 20 lbs would be awesome most places I was really surprised so freaking strong here too [Applause] oh [Applause] [Applause] on yes baby yes give [Applause] me you want me to take any pictures [Applause] of that'll freaking baby I saw was [Applause] three4 C [Applause] that a coold never I screwed up so bad yesterday like I could for sure could have won this one I could at least had a shot you got a shot I fish so stupid yesterday yeah but like I should have had another at least five or 8 lbs yesterday needed that gosh I'm first bite was a 714 my hands are so cold that I'm trying to grab it and I can't finally just like my hand goes in his mouth like that I freaking got it thank you problem ask what want up I bet I know tell them what you want to be when you grow up buddy finally got it back on track much needed momentum for the year really struggled and did not fish well for the first three competition days but we're going to make day three in this one finally so starting to like Lake pork a little bit I had one break me off today a brush pile and I like it was just worm sitting on the bottom and it finally started easing off and I leaned into it straight hand shakeing yeah but you catch that one five counter and you go from 20 like the longest I thought it was a guard he was like other [Music] here's your reigning and defending Progressive Bassmaster angler of the Year from Alabama Stone Cold Kyle welshire and man what a performance today 33 lb and 2 oz is giving him 54 lb and an oun you move all the way up to 10th place and man that is a great day of bass fishing yeah you know without doubt the last three competition days of the year so far I've just made a lot of mental mistakes and got rushed and today was kind of the first day that I settled in and obviously this is a really good L to do that on because we caught 33 lbs so nothing like a giant bag like that to get the Year back on track always great to have you here we'll see you back here tomorrow [Music] morning day three day three first day three first day three of 2024 need to go smash them again need like 35 to make the top 10 give me what time where we at what we I guess I bumped my head yesterday morning or something and remembered how to catch a fish finally made a day three cut of 2024 we missed the first one terribly but that's okay you know things going to be like that sometimes you can't always control everything and make it happen but lake Fort what a better place than to get it back on track here with 33 lb caught 2 over 7 and a 612 yesterday so need some more of that today you know the big females are sitting in one type of an area now and I feel like whenever you can get five of them to bite they're typically really fat females I mean some of them are 4 and2 lb and some of them are 10 and2 lb you just got to catch as me of as you can today feel like the key is generating 10 to 15 bites a day if you can do that you will have some of those really really big ones from Alabama but Z sh joh yes sir Len yeah to [Music] 82 baby y she'll take you right 1 o big bigger than 31 Freud I'm right all [Music] right okay seven [Music] [Music] o [Music] how you doing 514 so that's 1914 24 255 36 is that what it says in there I pulled up out there to a place where I I had missed a big one two days in a row and I saw it I saw another one out there and I threw to it and it bit oh awesome it's a 51 my small fish is already 51 but leave that first 14 14 up 30 lb all right thank here's the reigning and defending Progressive Bassmaster angler of the Year from Alabama Stone Cold Kyle welzer had a big day today 30 lb 6 oz gives you 847 and right now you're sitting in fifth place so a great finish whatever way you look at this one yeah you know definitely going to be a good one especially after how I started off the tournament I just was kind of hard hited the first day and didn't make adjustments and whenever you're on a lake this good like you have to be moving with the fish cuz there's big ones everywhere and the only thing that kind of breaks my heart is I missed out barely on the Sentry belt last year at St Lawrence River and I'm like 15 and 12 pounds away from it right now and not going to be able to go tomorrow most likely so this lake is just phenomenal I really wish I get out there and chase them around one more day always awesome to have you here