Head2Head Fishing against SmallmouthCrush

Jan 17, 2022

The Guided Life crew takes a break from the woods to hit the water with SmallmouthCrush (Travis Manson) to chase down some giant Smallmouth Bass in Oconto WI! Travis is the host of the popular YouTube channel SmallmouthCrush. Travis tells us of his past and present tournament success. He also talks about the success of running his YouTube channel and how he continues to grow his content.

The 30-degree air and water temps have the guys getting creative on trying to get these bay bronze backs to bite. Matt makes the mistake of challenging Travis to a Head2Head style event for 2 hours and pays the price. 

You’ll have to watch to see just how bad the beatdown gets! 

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