Fishing With Frank

Budget fishing tricks: homemade baits, cheap gear and finding where fish hold

Recreational anglers from beginner to advanced, mostly bass and shore fishermen, looking for cheap baits, budget gear and tips on where fish hold (inferred from titles and the about text, which addresses new or advanced fishermen).

• Realistic avatar
• A photorealistic older man with a white goatee, a camo cap, a plaid flannel shirt and olive waders, shown from the chest up at a lake or dock or in a store aisle, usually pointing at the subject.

One fishing problem or cheap trick per video (homemade bait, store deals, where fish hold, the weather), about 16 minutes, often as a numbered list, hooked on something most anglers miss.

• Homemade and kitchen baits
• Budget gear and store deals
• Reading water and finding fish
• Lure choice
• Weather and fish behaviour
• Old money-saving tricks

• [N] CHEAP [Store] Fishing Items EVERYONE IGNORES (But They're Absolute GOLDMINES)
• The [N] Spots Everyone Walks Past That Hold the Biggest Fish
• This $[N] Kitchen Item BEATS Every [Product] on the Market
• The $[N] [Bait] That Outfishes Every Lure in Your Tackle Box
• Stop Buying Bait. This $[N] Recipe Catches More Than Anything at the Store

The persona on one side in the same cap, flannel and waders, pointing at a lure, fish, ingredient or water spot; a bold white caption with a yellow keyword in 9 of 9; arrows or red circles in 6.

• Store-deal and water-reading titles lead: Costco items (6,148) and the 10 second water read (2,942) hold 9,090 of 12,877 views
• Crowd-contrast hooks ('EVERYONE IGNORES', 'Everyone Walks Past', '90% of Anglers Don't Know') in 6 of 12 fishing titles
• Same persona and outfit in 9 of 9 fishing thumbnails, pointing at the subject in 6, with a yellow-keyword caption in all 9
• High output: 12 fishing videos of 15 to 17 min in 16 days, Sep 16 to Oct 1, 2026
• Money angle in 6 of 12 fishing titles (CHEAP, SAVE, $1, $2, $4); the 3 dollar-figure bait titles drew only 668 views together