Shadowing Practice: Specks Move to Flats for Fall Feast! - Learn English Speaking with Video
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all right i'm out here with one of my two favorite
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fishermen my son joel this is his new boat this is
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the first time he's taken into the marsh he's fished a few bass tournaments in it
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but this is the maiden marsh voyage
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and we've got a beautiful fall morning here it's really really
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nice the air is crisp we got a massive where is it full moon look at
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that full moon right there but we're going to try
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and catch some speckled trout today we're starting on the edge
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of a lake a big flat near some deep water we
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can see what we can do here we don't do much we're going to push into the marsh
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and see what we can find there
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but we got to fall on tide i'm hoping that's pulling some shrimp out of those backwater marshes
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and we're going to catch some speckled trout that's the hope
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that's the plan we'll find out in just a moment come along with us
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and let's see all right i'm starting this morning with a
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versamax pro max cork this really delivered for me my last strip i've got
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that about two feet over a tko shrimp in shrimp creole color fishing
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that on an akuma tournament concept i think this rod is seven feet yeah tide's moving pretty good dude
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dude this water looks great i can see your prop already
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we can't find fish today we got to give up find
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a different hobby as you can tell the sun hasn't come up yet we're nice
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and early ran mostly in the dark lots of bait on
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this flat mostly mullet haven't seen any shrimp yet there we
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go listing all right first bite of the morning could have
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been a little trout it's a good takedown yeah your leaders deep well there's an easy way to fix that
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yep that's how deep i'm fishing you're at least a foot longer than me sunrise look at that beautiful
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this falling tide may not be on this flat they may have to go closer to the channel
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oh there we go oh
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that feels decent it might be it might be a I think it's a digger Joel
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if it's a trout it's a good one I think it's a cat yeah Rachel is gonna seen
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that first catfish on the new boat it's exciting
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and it's not even a gaffed off it's a hard head
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oh that's a trout there you go Joel there you that's
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a keeper trout too let me get out your way with
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my little catfish that's a good trout all right first keeper
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of the day there we go first speckled trout on the
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new boat come on be a keeper be a keeper he hasn't come up at all Joel might be a
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That might be, that might be Good trout Alright,
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there we go There we go He doesn't need to be measured,
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he's definitely 13 Alright Joel,
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let's keep it going All the bait I see is bait fit I don't see any shrimp
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you got Joel oh that's a good trial Joel yeah that's a good one that's a good one
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let's see
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if he's got any buddies with him these fish are real
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scattered on this flat they're not real grouped up you wouldn't expect them to be yet water temp is 86
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oh got one i hope that's a trout i think it is i think it is y 'all
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yeah that's a good trout i think it is
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i don't know what it is oh it's a red it's a good keeper red yeah you got a net
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you don't have a net no oh i got a million nets i'll give you one when we get home
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yeah it's a good red
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this is joel's dinner for the week we're gonna lose him you got him oh i don't trust you with
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that all right we got him that's a perfect eating size red yep you're right about
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that man redfish have been tough to come by here
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and a lot of these marshes i haven't caught many of them at all the last few months
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but this dude is basically about the perfect eating size definitely want to take him home
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and feast upon him let's see today you got your first cat your first speckled trout
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and your first redfish on the new boat long enough with no sunglasses
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of course every bite is right into that sun yeah
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that's a good trout man that's a real good trout he's going crazy
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yeah that's the trout of the day right there now we seem to be catching more
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toward that shoreline you know what i'm saying yeah like you've been casting back this way
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which is a little surprising to me because it's it's pretty shallow over there
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but that's where they are can't argue with it till i
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think you might need to bring damn bring us toward
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that shoreline oh you got one never mind never mind uh
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-oh he's digging uh -oh i don't like how
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this is feeling that's what she said
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i didn't see it it's a cat yeah is it a hardhead
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or yep hardhead man fall is so much better than summer yeah for so many reasons
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we're not even to the good part no not to the good part yet
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you're right but still i take this over any summer day
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and i'm talking purely about the fishing not about the weather the weather goes without saying
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get him there you go glad you got a hooking one yeah baby he didn't come up joel
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he hadn't come up all right i'll take your word for
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it oh it's a nice trout you're right you called it you called it right so
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while the sun's low in the horizon we've discovered these fish
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are definitely closer to the shoreline not a ton of water there maybe a couple feet
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as that sun gets higher they'll probably pull out to a little bit deeper water
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and we're just drifting this flat adjacent to some deep water up here
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and picking up a fish here and a fish there it's not definitely not hot
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and heavy these fish are scattered for sure
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but that's always the case this time of year you seldom
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find them schooled up basically they're all on this flat for
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the same reason they're on here to eat the bait that's coming out of this deep water
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but they're not really grouped up they're not schooled they're just
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randomly scattered throughout this flat all for the same reason good
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thing is the fish are generally keepers we've caught one throwback
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and that's you know kind of what you got to find like
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if you find a body of fish that's all throwbacks you can waste a whole lot of time
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and since these fish are scattered you definitely don't want to
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kind of like just pull up to a spot drop the anchor sit there
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and try and catch them that does work occasionally
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but less often this time of year than it will later
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in the fall you just want to drift these flats
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and throw these versamax pro max corks with your favorite shrimp imitating bait that marker 54 is a really good one
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right now i'm throwing joel and i both are throwing this shrimp creole tkl
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matrix shad makes a matrix shrimp that's really good as well chad champagne catches a ton of fish on
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that he's been catching them lately a lot of fish on
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that bait is it weird fishing off the back yeah yeah
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yeah it's weird yep it's nice i mean it's nice not having to worry about all the things
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that you're having to worry about
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yeah i'm just fishing
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he's like oh there we go oh he came off yeah
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i know dude oh you got him again he came back
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that's crazy i had a fish on he came off
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and he came back
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or his buddy came back it's definitely trout
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oh yeah got him Joel
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missed him you got him Joel switch to a mojo shrimp well mine's definitely keeper we'll see about yours
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oh he came off this dude had a deep i gotta measure this one but i'm pretty sure he's 13.
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oh yeah he's uh 13 and a half you want to bail on this got one already what's it feel like joel
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uh i don't want to say it i don't think it's a cat it's a trout
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it's a nice trout
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or is it a little red it's a little red that's what it is yep there you go
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that's next year's crop it's good to see
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these marshes have been full of redfish that size so glad to see it makes me happy to catch those
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Joel and I as you can tell and push into the marsh
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that flat kind of dried up as
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that sun got up the bite on those flats will last longer as
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that water gets cooler
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but we're gonna see we can do in this marsh water
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actually looks pretty good joel's sticking with the cork i'm throwing
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a quarter ounce death grip jig head with a green hornet
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matrix shad we got this good hard falling tide hopefully we're
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gonna run across some shrimp pulling out of these bayous pulling
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out of the marshes via the bayous what you got speckled trout there we go all right on the cork
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in the marsh all right joel
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and i are making our last stop of the day popping
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corks in a bayou that's got like you know three feet of depth in these straightaways
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and like maybe five feet of depth in the in the
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bends hoping we run across some speckle trout water doesn't look
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as good in here as it did not our last stop our last stop had a lot more deep water
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and just not a ton of fish yes
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well it's not horrible at
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all oh there he
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is fish on baby i hope he's a keeper let's see
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it's definitely a trout oh yeah it's a keeper oh yeah i'm pretty sure he's a keeper jewel don't be
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so pessimistic i think he's 13.
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i don't know what do you think might be 13.
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hooked well all right he makes it so these bayous are a great fallback
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if the lakes get too rough and it's really really gotten windy today
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or if that bite just slows down on those flats
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because of warm temperatures these bodies generally have deeper water than
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the flats a little bit cooler temperatures the fish can retreat to that deeper water and come up to feed
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so that's why we're fishing this this time of day oh
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he's ripping drag it's a drag ripper what we got joel
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oh man feeling trouty oh yeah oh that's a good trout
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joel that's a real good trout nice trout man oh yeah
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come on all right good fish there we go there you go one for the box
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peels off the Bud Light label just might run the pool table you know that song yeah
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man what's the name how's that i can't remember the dude's name no nope he sang that duet with that
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hot girl i can't remember her name
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that's one of my favorite country songs
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that one i gotta think of it now not not the one i'm talking
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but the one he sang with that duet with that girl um the same guy same guy whoever he is
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he's off the Bud Light label just might run the pool table
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i get that far all right that's it
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the song he sang with that girl is it's a breakup song she broke up with him
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even though like she committed to being his forever and he's like devastated which you would be
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because this girl is hot whatever her name is damn it
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that's gonna irritating carly pierce all right i got the girl
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you know carly pierce right yeah definitely not bad looking oh
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no no no no not bad looking carly pierce all right come on todd
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carly pierce with um damn it what's his name i almost had it
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right on the tip of my tongue not Jordan Davis
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he's a big burly dude it was like it wasn't what I was looking for
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I'll tell you what I think I'm tired of listening to this Carly Pierce duet look up Carly Pierce duet
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right that's yeah are you one of them girls peels out the bud light label
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yeah lee bryce all right so look up the the the song that carly pierce sang with lee bryce
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it's a great song it's one of my all -time favorite country songs
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hope you're happy now yep that's it all right you know
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that song no i think i heard it get him joel
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keeper keeper i'm hoping so oh yeah definitely keeper good trout good trout
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let me see you see that thing yeah that's a good fish good keeper
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keeper huh oh yeah it's a keeper i just got to get him in the boat
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no it's a red red fish sorry little dude but i'm glad to see you all right here we go
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oh joel what you got that's got to be a red
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that's a trout i don't think it's a trout i it's
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a red it's a good trout i think it's a small red let's see let's see i'm thinking
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hoping it is oh dude a little red dude i'm
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so glad to see these fish
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so last year i caught none of these little reds none and this year has been just abysmal red fishing
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so it's great to see these fish that are undersized like 12 to 16 inches
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been catching them on every trip lately not even really fishing for them they're just kind of everywhere
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and for the most part those fish will not be keepers until like next spring
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or so then they'll be 18 to 22 inches but it should be a great spring for redfish action
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time for Todd's Tackle Talk all right fall is by far
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my favorite season to fish the marshes here in south Louisiana
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and we're kind of entering the heart of
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that really really good fishing the reason it's so good is
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because all the white shrimp
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that have spent the summer growing up in the marshes are being dumped out
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and speckled trout are moving in every day to absolutely destroy
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those white shrimp it just makes the fish very predictable they're
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constantly feeding they're getting fat trying to get ready for the winter
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and you can every single day use
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that to your advantage this is the time of year i mostly fish shrimp imitations like this tko shrimp
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that i fished on this trip now years ago i got this tko shrimp in a pool
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and it looks really really terrible it's got zero action it doesn't move much at all
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but what it has is the absolute perfect fall rate it falls just like a shrimp you know you pop
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that cork it jerks up and it falls like of shrimp and those fish just cannot resist it.
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To them, it looks like the real thing.
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Now, there are other shrimp invitations that are also very, very good.
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I mentioned in the video the matrix shrimp.
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I have not fished that bait yet.
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Actually, I've got some ordered and on the way and I'm looking forward to putting them to use.
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Another very, very popular and productive one is that marker 54 shrimp.
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People absolutely swear by that and love it.
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To me, the look of the shrimp is far less important than that fall rate.
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If I'm fishing a soft plastic paddle tail this time of year, i'm going to team
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that with a 16 ounce death grip jig head i'm talking about fishing under a cork
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if i'm obviously fishing jigs on the bottom completely different scenario.
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But if I'm fishing under a cork, 16 ,000 death grip jig head, because that most imitates a shrimp on the way down.
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It's got that perfect fall rate.
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I'll link to that pool test video, or you can just go look at the pool test section of the Marshman Masson channel.
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You can definitely find it yourself.
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Now, one personal note, this trip was absolutely a thrill for me.
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It was truly one of the best days of my life, fishing for the first time with my son on his boat.
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If you've watched this channel a long time, you know that Joel and I have fished together for years.
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You know, he's grown up, graduated college, got a real job.
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He doesn't fish nearly as much as he used to, but he bought a boat a couple of months ago, and it's just kind of like the passing of the torch type thing.
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He handled himself very, very well.
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He's an absolutely outstanding fisherman, and it was just such a great day.
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I cannot wait to repeat it.
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Thanks for coming along with us.
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Hopefully, you enjoyed it, well, half as much as we did.
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All right, if you did, please give the video a thumbs up.
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Also, subscribe to the Marshmab Maslin channel on YouTube, and until next time, if we don't see you in the marsh, we'll see you right here on Marshmab masks on.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Specks Move to Flats for Fall Feast!”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: trout, fish, shrimp, joel, keeper. This video has 239 sentences and 3031 words to shadow. The speech runs for 21:11. The speaker talks at a steady 143 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| shrimp noun | /ʃɹɪmp/ | Any of many swimming, often edible, crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a… |
| keeper noun | /ˈkiː.pɚ/ | One who keeps (retains) something. |
| marsh noun | /mɑɹʃ/ | An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants. |
| oven noun | /ˈʌ.vn̩/ | A chamber used for baking or heating. |
| cork noun | /kɔɹk/ | The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water. |
| bait noun | /beɪt/ | Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net. |
| pierce verb | /pɪɹs/ | To puncture; to break through. |
| speckled adjective | /ˈspɛkəld/ | Marked with dots or spots, spotted. |
| bayou noun | /ˈbaɪ.(j)uː/ | A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river. |
| duet noun | /djuˈɛt/ | A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble). |
| redfish noun | Any member of the genus Sebastes, or edible red rockfishs. | |
| scatter verb | /ˈskætɚ/ | To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse. |
| matrix noun | /ˈmeɪ.tɹɪks/ | The cavity or mold in which anything is formed. |
| bite verb | /baɪt/ | To cut into something by clamping the teeth. |
| shoreline noun | The divide between land and a body of water. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come back verb | To return to a place. | |
| come off verb | To become detached. | |
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. | |
| look up verb | /ˌlʊk ˈʌp/ | To have better prospects. |
| run across verb | To cross by running. | |
| come up to verb | To approach. | |
| dry up verb | To become dry (often of weather); to lose water. | |
| get out verb | To leave or escape. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | you've been casting · he's been catching |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | hasn't come · haven't seen · have been |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | be measured · are scattered · are undersized |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 114 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: thrill /θɹɪl/, thumb /ˈθʌm/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shrimp /ʃɹɪmp/, marsh /mɑɹʃ/, catfish /ˈkætfɪʃ/, fisherman /ˈfɪʃ.ɚ.mən/, shad /ʃæd/
- Long words — get the stress right: imitation /ɪmɪˈteɪ̯ʃən/, pessimistic /ˌpɛ.səˈmɪs.tɪk/, devastated /ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/, predictable /pɹəˈdɪktəbləl/, invitation /ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like shrimp, keeper, marsh.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.