Matt just got back from an awesome fishing trip in Kentucky and Tennessee! He met up with some great guys and fished a bunch of lakes, even fishing a tournament on Dale Hollow!
There are a bunch of fishing videos coming from the trip, including a first-person perspective from the Billy Westmoreland Invitational Tournament.
In the meantime, Matt got in front of the camera to share his thoughts and experiences from the trip. He got a lot more than he bargained for when he walked back through the history of Smallmouth Bass fishing in Tennessee and he shares his perspective in this video.
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I spent a week on Dale Hollow with Billy W. He and I cranked for a week and for a kid born in Tenn to come and fish with Billy was an eye opener. My home lake is Casitas in California.
Todays young fishermen are skilled far beyond the place they might feel you have landed. It was magic to hear Billy say I was better than 99% of the men he’s fished with. I used to buy his used book (Them Ol Brown Fish) and I gave them away to bassers that didn’t get to take bass fishing in hi school. Do the things Matt does. He’s all over bring correct and he and his friends are fishing harder than the rest of us.
Matt, if you ever duplicate this trip again let me know. I live near Cave Run. If you and Tim are in the area I'd love to shake your hands, buy you a frosty beverage, and maybe wet a line. Cave Run gets a lot of attention, as it should, but all of us locals know there are good muskie populations in the local creeks. It's very possible to catch one inside the Morehead city limits. Wading these little creeks during summer is my favorite way to fish.
U know that the world record was got trolling not casting right
good stuff!
Great video. I look forward to seeing your Tennessee videos. I live in Knoxville and a smallmouth chaser. Knowing you did well with some of those larger lures makes me want to try them here.
Good story Matt. I love to here the passion you have. Now in my older days I to think back where I came from in fishing. It truly is humbling. I'm be looking forward the footage from your trip.
Wow, wished I had known you were coming. You drove by my house on your way to horse creek at Dale. Grew up here fishing the Hollow. Cannot wait to see the video. I’d like to see how your glide and big Swimbaits done here. I’m dying to try a Huddleston 8” out here but haven’t had much confidence since we do usually think that’s a “California thing”. Glad you enjoyed your time here.
Nice vid man
Glad you enjoyed your time in Tennessee…especially Dale Hollow Lake…one of the finer places on earth. Hope you visited Norris Lake too.
I’m from KY I fish Cumberland regularly. It’s odd seeing someone like you coming out here and fishing for smallies and stripers with us KY boys. I’m really glad someone like you and Tim got to experience a little bit of what it’s like out here. You guys are pretty much famous in my eyes and I think it’s so awesome that you guys were in my backyard for a week. Btw big glides and Hudds work out here and I learned that from you guys! Tight lines!
Man i wish i knew u was coming to ky i live on Cumberland would have loved to got the chance to meet one of the fisherman i truly look up to.
Hey Matt and Tim, love your videos and channel. I live on cave run, I just bass fish but I’m guessing you guys came here for musky? Anyway wish I could’ve met you guys. TacticalBassin… best fishing channel on YouTube…
You guys should do a 100lb bass challenge in 4 hrs
Wow this is awesome!! Dale hollow lake is my home lake. I live 15 minutes away and fish almost every weekend. Wish I was there to meet you guys great video!!
Can't wait to see some footage of you guys on Dale Hollow. We drove down there a few times each summer when I was a kid but I haven't been back in years. Such a great place.
Yes love this video. Come back to KY. And let’s fish lake Barkley and KY and did you try out Nolin lake here in Ky
Please tell me you hit Cordell Hull and I'll get to see footage and the pb smallie in my pic is a Dale Hollow 5lber
Shoutout from east TN! Wish I had known you guys were near! Would be such an honor to meet you guys!!! Oh Dale Hollow….ahhh. So awesome
I use a bunch of stuff you guys talk about down here in Georgia and Me and my buddy catch them! We're huge fans! Specially of the "hey guys Matt Allen here, welcome back to Tactical Bassin" haha
I wish y’all would’ve done a meetup at dale hollow. I live 10 minute away.
I wish I could spend a day fishing with either or both of you.
Loved this vid matt. What you said was so true! Thanks for being such a great teacher in the bass fishing industry right now
Matt, great video, I just turned 61 and have been Bass fishing for over 50 plus yrs. and I'm glad you brought this topic up. I look back and see much change yet things stay the same. except the cost.
Dale hollow is definitely a storied lake. I’ll actually be fishing there next week. I live 2 hours away. I heard you mention LV 500 and A-rig. What did y’all catch them on predominantly aside from those baits? Congrats on the 2nd place finish by the way.
I'm from Kentucky,and have spent week long trips fishing Dale Hollow, we would rent a houseboat and tow our bass boat behind it. I fished the entire shoreline Ky and Tenn. in one year….I'm thrilled you got to fish those coves, and rock walls, my largest smallie was is a tournament there a 6.6 smallie ….I'm just smiling thinking you got to go….Great Video. And point about Bass Fishing History.
I really appreciate you guys sharing these trips and history with us here on the channel. Getting a window into something that someone is so passionate about is really a privilege. It helps to keep motivation and keep getting out there and enjoying the sport. keep it up guys, thanks.
And I guarantee that some day Matt and Tim will be talked about in the same way, you guys have been a huge influence on me and so many more. My fishing has honestly improved so much that I usually out fish my buddies every time we hit the water. Thanks!!!
another quality video matt!! without history we wouldn't have so many great legends and memories of the sport. would like to see some catches from your 2nd place on dale hollow
Hi Matt. Greetings from South Africa. I rate this channel the best channel on YouTube for Bass Fishing. Keep up the good work Matt & Tim. Would love to fish with you guys one day!
Wish i would have seen you in Tennessee!!
So excited for the upcoming videos.
Played golf forever before taking up fishing. Hearing the respect for the "history" rings so true. The passion for this sport is amazing and addicting. Look forward to the trip videos.
Thanks for this video Matt! I wish I would have known you were around my area and home lakes! I would have loved to have met you and Tim!
Sweet video Matt. This video made me reminisce on the days when I was a kid fishing with my dad and grandpa. Thank you brother. Have a blessed night.
Wish I would have known you all where on Cave Run that's my home lake. Keep up the good work. Look forward to seeing some of the footage.
Had a three day trip to Dale Hollow in the spring with my brother. We heard all the history about the lake and HAD to go. Love that lake and that trip. Will go back again soon. Good vid!
Yall really need to quit livewelling all those good fish!!! statistics say 50% of fish that are livewelled for more than 3 hours die
Tell you what meet Mama T Charles Taylor's wife when I was doing the Rockland trade show in Suffren N.Y. an she gave me some of Billy's lures to try the silver buddy's. Glad to say over 30 years later were still catching mousse smallies on them! Just fished up state N.Y. off the Hudson river in 37 degree water an had a blast. Somethings never die!
I believe you are correct on that Matt a bass is a bass no matter where you are. If you haven't seen Keepinitreel fishing check it out he loves the big swimbaits and he is on the east coast. Thanks for all you are doing in your inspirational and great explanations of baits, fishing tactics. I'm from Indiana and I've caught several 4 to 5 pounders using some of the bait kitsch are the best.
I'm planning a fishin triip into Kentucky and Tennesee out of my Lewistown, Mt. home this coming May to see some of the sights you saw back east. Historical bass fishin in my older age. This will be the 3rd time in 68 years that I've been on the other side of the Mississippi River, in my life. I was 8 and 18 for the first two times.
Remember 1958 and 1968, anyone? I do. Good rock and roll music back then. Fishin was pretty good, too.
Did you catch any fish on Cave run? I live in Eastern Kentucky, and go to college there right beside Cave run, pretty cool you came this way. That Caesar guy sounds super familiar to me also
Great video man! Fishing enthusiasts around the country know of Tennessee's fishing, but most fail to comprehend the diversity of species, quality of fish, and convenience of travel to fish some of the great reservoirs and river systems in the US. Not many places in the world (if any) where within a 3 hour drive a 30+ lb striper, 40+ lb channel cat, 8 lb largemouth, 5 lb smallie, 40 inch muskie, and a limit of crappie is a legitimate possibility (probably not during the same time of the year though. lol)! The Clinch River system has stripers, great smallmouth, trout and muskie. The TN River system consistently produces double-digit largemouth, big brown bass, big stripers and lots of quality tasty white bass and crappie. The Cumberland River system has big blue cats and great numbers of channel cats, and good sauger and walleye populations to go along with really good largemouth fishing (and a ton of big, fun-to-fight yet aggravating drum)!
Did you fish in West Virginia and if so where at I’m from West Virginia
Love this Video. Moving to KY next spring!!
Just hearing Matt talk about the world of bass fishing was awesome and it’s crazy to think about how people have been pursuing bass fishing for sooo many years and we don’t even know how much or how little it’s impacted ourselves, it really awesome to think about