A Jig & Bobber Setup That Crappie Can't Resist!

I just admire that he doesn’t try to sell us a bunch of stuff like most of the other guys. He is truly doing this for the love of the sport.

Dude said it all when he said "everyone deserves this kind of fun and you can't get in trouble enjoying Gods great outdoors".

Hands down one of my favorite YouTube channels...the fishing Machine is the GOAT when it comes to this fishing thing...and he gives great lessons..

God bless you Richard, those of us who for whatever reasons don't get to go fishing as much as we would like can live vicariously through your exploits. Thanks for another great video! You are a master teacher when it comes to explaining techniques!

Getting to spend a whole day fishing with Richard would be amazing. The knowledge you could soak up would be tremendous.

It always warms my heart when you already know you have plenty in the freezer.... And even though it's a SLAB...."Let's let her go!" You continue to set the pace both with harvesting ethics, and day to day living ethics! Much love for all you do in both!!

Richard my names joe heilman. I live up here In fort gratiot Michigan. You've singlehandedly turned me into a crappie fanatic. I've always loved fishing and recent years I was really good at trout walleye perch etc. But crappie seemed yo be the hardest fish to locate daily, seasonally, and especially without a boat in the areas I fish. For darn near 3 years , basically the whole pandemic , I'd watch some of ypur videos and then head out for 1 to 3 days at a time crappie fishing as many spots as I could and grabbing any knowledge of the fish I could. Anytime I ran into a slow period where my usual spots would not produce. I'd watch your weekly video and take the best pointers you had to new spots. Catching more crappie than i ever had. and learning more about fishing in general while doing it. Tha k you for acknowledging God in what you do because I know he's saved my life abs probably will in the future countless times. Good luck in the future and keep up the best crappie fishing l owledge there is on the wide web. Thx

Richard you are the Man when it comes to crappie fishing ! appreciate you taking us along and giving all the tips and tricks !!

I’ve had some seasonal depression the past couple of months, but your videos motivated me to get out and fish. I’ve fished the past 5 days in a row and had a blast. Thanks for all you do.

You the Man ! You keep it simple, don’t have to have thousands of dollars worth of equipment, just simple old timers methods with having fun . Thank you Richard, you are truly the fishing machine! You could catch a boat load out of a bucket 🪣 God Bless ! Good Fish , Good Faith and a Goooood Man !

Never a dull moment with Mr. Gene. You'll learn something every time you watch, whether you realize it or not.. Keep up the good work RG..

RGTFM, you got me through the Pandemic, heck you got us all through the Pandemic! I just want to thank you for all that you do, and I pray that you and MaMa Sue are doing great!!

I have watched a bunch of crappie fishing videos over the years and you sir are the best at it with the simple things not all the fancy stuff like livescope and the fancy boats just pure skill

I absolutely love all of his videos, I've learned more from watching them than any of the others.He makes you feel like your sitting in the boat with him fishing.

The hands down best fishing videos on YouTube, the most humble and gracious fisherman I know

You are a wonderful awesome man. And you happen to be a fisherman. I am glad that I am still subscribed to your channel. I actually haven’t watched your channel for a while. Been working a lot, and in my opinion, your southern drawl when you talk reminds me to stop working so fucking much, and relax a little bit, and get back to what brought you joy. I watched a video of yours on how to set the hook depth for Crappie fishing. Thank you so much sir. (caught a lot of crappies from your wisdom and knowledge) I hope God blesses you profusely. You have a joy inside you that is priceless. You never talk about your life struggles. But like many of us people that have been paying attention to your channel for a while, life struggles are always in somebody’s life. Don’t be ashamed of smoking cigarettes. When you went on that Famous fisherman’s lake that has a Amish haircut, I could hear it in your voice that you were nervous, and just wanted a fuckin’ cigarette. Pardon my French…..I am a tobacco user currently, and I understood and could feel what you were going through. Secretly in my head, I thought it was an honor for the Amish haircut guy to have you on his boat. No joke. Real talk, no squalk…… God bless you brother.

Richard Gene, you never fail to inform me, but just as importantly, you never fail to make me smile.

I love how you explain things… A lot of people don’t realize how lazy crappie are. They just sit there and wait for something to swim in front of their face. They don’t have to chase shad. They just follow them around and wait for them to mess up and get to close… lol I fish a lot slower now thanks to you. I’ve only been crappie fishing for about 2 years and I’ll be fishing for them for the rest of my life. Great video buddy!

i am so happy that you still here and showing us what you know about fishing and for that i would like to say thank you and God bless you you and one of the best 🎣🎣🎣

Richard is for the love of the sport! Very informative and you can see his passion for fishing fun!