A small fish investigates, then a bass strikes on Dave Mercer

An underwater close-up of a Berkley Flux Gill lure draws a much faster start than Mercer's usual Shorts.

Channel: Dave Mercer Story of October 22, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 63,869 views a day, 24 times a normal first day on this channel (2,649).

Largemouth slurps a Berkley Flux Gill. #shorts

Dave Mercer lets the underwater camera do the talking. A pale lure sinks between reed stems, a small fish comes over to investigate, and then a largemouth bass rushes in from the left. The line pulls it upward, leaving silt swirling over the bottom.

That brief encounter, posted as "Largemouth slurps a Berkley Flux Gill. #shorts", reached roughly 87,000 views in about thirty hours. Its estimated first-day audience was more than twenty times the usual start for Mercer's Shorts.

There is no spoken explanation or person on screen, just a view of the bite that anglers above the water would otherwise miss. The smaller fish gets a moment to inspect the lure; the bass wastes little time.

It is familiar territory for Facts of Fishing. "Little Bait = Big Bass #shorts" and "Little Craw = Big Bass #shorts" are among the channel's most-watched Shorts. Alongside Mercer's podcast conversations with professional anglers, these underwater clips offer something much simpler: a close look at the fish making its move.

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The numbers

The underwater Short drew an unusually large first-day audience compared with Mercer's typical Shorts.

the video's first day

usual first day here

2,649

this video

63,869

subscribers

502,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

575,471,386

views per day

406,384

typical day: 234,973

the video

views

87,277

likes

399

comments

0

days online

2

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Dan Becker

520,000

Trent Ellis

519,000

More Than Farmers

517,000

YouFishTV

505,000

Dave Mercer

502,000

Briggsy Sport Fishing

488,000

As of October 22, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.