Narration by Oliver Ngy
Description –
A “deeper” look into the biology and ecosystems underwater across North America, focusing on the basic habits, tendencies and behaviors that give us better insight into the worlds by which we are all so fascinated by. Big Bass Dreams takes you through an underwater realm seldom explored and documented, the one in our very backyards. Learn about the basics about important prey species, the target sport fish species themselves, and the different environmental conditions in which we must decipher as we continue “Piecing the Puzzle” on each and every outing.
This installment of the series features the Gizzard Shad, found throughout much of the United States and is a key prey item for big predatory fish of all kinds.
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The gizzard shad provide large meals for bass. The challenge when managing them is to make sure enough forage stays small & medium so small bass can grow up to eat them
Very very good vid
good job
This seems useful
For a second I thought that horrible music was going to play the whole video.
We need more!!! I learned how to catch carp for catfishing bait through scholarly journals of carp habits. Through my research it put me on a next level of being able to catch these tanks of fish! As far as creating my own baits to que on their feeding habits in reference to their primary sensory origin…the sniffer. The ques their olfactory gland picks up on, amino acids and what not!!! Furthering your abilities as an angler can be achieved through science!!!!
Notice how those shad dont jerk around and swim all crazy when there not being spooked. They swim like a glide bait does, single joint, when your just slow winding it. They jerk and move erratically when spooked. I know I have just sit and watched gizzard shad swimming from the bank, and watch how they just stay together and most ones i seen stay really close to bottom just moving really slowly. I think that's why the big hudds and similar baits work so good when there slow crawled on bottom. The alewives on the other hand, and blueback herring do move alot more erratically and crazy. Especially when there spawning or feeding up close to surface. I would like to see underwater video of crayfish moving , being spooked, how they act when a fish is about to eat them. I've watched them in lake and creeks and they just normally crawl on bottom pretty slow actually. And they only pop up and move erratically when something spooks their being chased.
It’s a great movement I’ve been doing research on yearly transitional patterns of gizzard shad. Trying to locate the holes the stage in for winter.
The big ones are eaten by large predators such as catfish.
I like this, it shows the natural swim motion of shad that few swimbaits capture. Most swimbaits, crankbaits, jerkbaits, soft jerkbaits, etc. have this erratic, wild, non-natural motion it's almost annoying. We know they catch bass, pros & amateurs do all the time on these. However when you watch videos of ppl catching bigger bass on mattlures, livetarget, & hudd shads…it's a no brainer for me to try those baits first. Thanks for posting this!!
How are these shad impacting the bass population I have seen some gizzard shad while snorkeling that were at least 5- 7 lbs and approximately the size of a large platter. I would guess with the way they stir up the water for the visual Prey fish like bass it makes it more difficult for pray fish. Yes or no
Awesome Video, Oliver! I Put it on my list this week to find and study underwater footage of Gizzard Shad. The Big Bass in my home lake feed heavily on them, and since i just began swimbaiting recently, i know it is imperative that learn about these bait fish. I was pleasantly surprised to see That BBD had just what i was look for! The information i seek from a source that i trust! Thanks for such awesome content, my brother. keep it coming!
Sweet video. A lot of information can been acquired by watching pray of Bass!!
Take em to church🙌 wow this video put me in a better mood.
Great info for designing lures
Damn I don't know if I'm supposed to read or listen…
Wow. Truly amazing work , great video . Very unique and awosom idea . Thank you for sharing.
Great video man!
Great info love this stuff
Totally agree , Ifyou have an idea of what's going on under the water you'll probably have a better chance of finding the dream!
It's like Buffalo Carp
DOPE, af!! 👌🤘 Nuff said
How to ruin awesome footage with garbage music..
Dude freaking epic intro! I had to stop mid video to comment about it. Lol
Great video!! Really helps to knows how these fish move and behave beneath us!! Thanks!
You should identify who you mean when you say "we." I only know Oliver, so it confuses me
really glad to see you guys branching off a little to show a different perspective of what you do, how you do it, and some of the mental aspects of this type of fishing. I live in Illinois and get a ton of slack for throwing the larger baits. almost to the point were it was starting to mess with my confidence while using them. your philosophy and "movement" has really helped me get back on track in that regard, so many thanks heading your direction. by the way I'm the guy that grabbed the 262 #64. you know what I'm talking about. keep these type of vidios coming, observation is a invaluable resource!
really glad to see you guys branching off a little to show a different perspective of what you do, how you do it, and some of the mental aspects of this type of fishing. I live in Illinois and get a ton of slack for throwing the larger baits. almost to the point were it was starting to mess with my confidence while using them. your philosophy and "movement" has really helped me get back on track in that regard, so many thanks heading your direction. by the way I'm the guy that grabbed the 262 #64. you know what I'm talking about. keep these type of vidios coming, observation is a invaluable resource!
really glad to see you guys branching off a little to show a different perspective of what you do, how you do it, and some of the mental aspects of this type of fishing. I live in Illinois and get a ton of slack for throwing the larger baits. almost to the point were it was starting to mess with my confidence while using them. your philosophy and "movement" has really helped me get back on track in that regard, so many thanks heading your direction. by the way I'm the guy that grabbed the 262 #64. you know what I'm talking about. keep these type of vidios coming, observation is a invaluable resource!
really glad to see you guys branching off a little to show a different perspective of what you do, how you do it, and some of the mental aspects of this type of fishing. I live in Illinois and get a ton of slack for throwing the larger baits. almost to the point were it was starting to mess with my confidence while using them. your philosophy and "movement" has really helped me get back on track in that regard, so many thanks heading your direction. by the way I'm the guy that grabbed the 262 #64. you know what I'm talking about. keep these type of vidios coming, observation is a invaluable resource!
Good video man. You are so right about the knowledge side of fishing. The more we can learn about bass and prey biology the better we can become as anglers. Keep up the good work.
love it ive always wanted to do that here in florida but its kinda sketchy with all the gators lol
These are awesome keep doing them
Nice vid I just subbed hit me back if u feel like it
Honesty the cognitive and specific and timing and everything else into big bait fishing is why I'm on this train
I'm ready and I'll be watching every new release of this series you already know
Another great video….i cant seem to get anywhere with my videos, but Congradulations on ur 9.6 subs!
Great job. Good way to replicate a gizzard shad swimbait by there movement and body structure. Awesome teaching tool. Learn so much in their habitat. Tight lines!!!
Bro over where I'm from in Arizona there is a lake called "Roosevelt" and it has exploded with gizzards, used to be no gizzards in that lake and somehow they got in there weather by stocking or peeps releasing them idk but now the lake is chalk full of em so us Arizona natives are hoping that their presence in the lake will bring the body of water back to what it used to be, an amazing big bass Reservoir. now all I got to do is move back to Arizona from Florida and I'll be all good LOL
The content of the video is amazing all The things we take for granted while fish are usually the key factors to putting more and bigger fish in the boat. I would love to keep seeing this type of content.
I love videos like this. Growing up I loved watching Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, Nat geo, and of course Bassmasters on ESPN and the fishing shows on the Outdoor channel. I always loved something that had to do with the outdoors and animals, especially water and fish. Theres not enough videos out there of underrwater freshwater fish species especially baitfish such as threadfin,gizzard, etc. Videos like this in this depth of detail are very rare. What you are doing is videoing and writing history for many generations to come to get knowledge of the fish and the way they act naturally in there habitats! Love it and keep up the hard work!
very cool man! I get super nerdy in all my hobbies and fishing is no different. I was a biotech major in college and I truly enjoy learning the finest intricacies about things that interest me. Bass fishing is such a great sport and there is near no limit to how deep into it a person can get.
Taking my oldest daughter fishing her whole life has translated to her going to college to major in marine biology.
Your channel is awesome man, has quickly become one of my favorites. I have recently become obsessed with catching the fish of a lifetime much like you are, and I love watching your channel for tips and inspiration. Some of the best content on youtube hands down. Keep it up man.
The Man! The legend
watch first the video without reading the info. then watch it again, mute it. and read the info 🙂