My dad and one of his highschool buddies joined me on this day of fishing. He wanted to show him a thing or two about bass fishing the old ponds that they used ...
I have to share this story with you. About 10 years ago, I was in that
exact same fishing hole your at in this video. I was probably 12 or 13
years old at time fishing for whatever would bit. Well, at the time I was
there, I watched this older guy fly fish for crappie. He had to of caught a
dozen of them while I was getting skunked with no bits. Time went by and
the old guy commented over to me "they must of stopped bitting" and said'
it's time for me to go home." So he left and moved on. I naturally thought
to myself that I saw him catch fish over here. I'm going to fish that spot
and hopefully catch something. I have a night crawler on with about six
feet of line beneath the bobber. As soon as I drop that line in the water,
that bobber took off and disappeared within the depths. Turns out the
reason why the crappie stopped biting was because there was a 6 pound
largemouth bass was sitting right where you were in your video. To this
day, that fish is still my biggest largemouth bass I have ever caught. Very
unexpected to me, scared me half to death. It's really cool to see at
fishing hole on youtube today. That place is historic to me. For posting
this video, you get a big thumbs up!!! Thank you my friend!!! Lol.
Love the series I, II, III - excellent planning, filming, scripting,
acting. The Hamburger Helper menu/theme is hysterical. I also like watching
the success you had no matter the time of year - if I recall, I and II were
in August, and III was June 4? I was up this past year with my father in
mid-May. We fished the same areas you did, but didn't have quite the
success. Your video make me want to drive back every weekend. This is the
meaning of these videos to me. Thank you. Ken
I love this video of the Merritt Dam & Reservoir My Grandfather was JM
Merritt who this reservoir is named after He passed away in 1940 and I
never got a chance to know him but I am still very proud of his work. I
live in California and I have not been to Nebraska for years but this video
sure get's me thinking of what I've been missing. Thanks for this beautiful
video. Bryan Merritt.