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CRAZY WALLEYE IN NORTHERN ONTARIO | The Fish'n Canada Show Episode 550: Esnagi Lake in Late Summer
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Dec 2, 2024
This Fish’n Canada episode has Ang and Pete flying into the unparalleled Lodge 88 in the Algoma region of Ontario. This 5-star facility always delivers on both the amenities as well as the fishing! Listen to our Podcast, Outdoor Journal Radio: The Podcast ► Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3J0klPY ► Apple Music: https://apple.co/3CtzZkp ► Subscribe http://bit.ly/youtube-fishncanada Don't forget to leave a COMMENT and give us a LIKE if you enjoyed what you saw. SUBSCRIBE for new videos and episodes released weekly! CONNECT WITH US -------------------------------- ► WEBSITE http://fishncanada.com ► FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/FishnCanada/ ► INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/fishncanadaofficial/?hl=en ► TWITTER https://twitter.com/angeloviolafnc/ One of Canada's longest-running fishing shows, Fish'n Canada travels from coast to coast in search of trophy fishing opportunities. First started by brothers Angelo and Reno Viola in 1986, The Fish’n Canada Show has been on the air for over 30 years. Today, Angelo is joined by lifelong fishing buddy, Peter Bowman, and the pair continue to travel across Canada educating anglers using the experience they’ve gained over the years
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[Music]
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that is a good that's a nice
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fish I might have that big guy I C her
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that big guy oh he's good he's good that
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thing pull drag buddy or what look at
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look at the size of those look at them
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on that on that wow they're shallow too
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those are good quality Walley man God
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this are great fish that's a better hit
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yeah that's a way better hit this is a
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weird setup we got going on here folks
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hi everybody welcome to another episode
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of the fishing Canada show now if you've
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been following us this season you've
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probably watched our episode from the
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canor area on Lake of the Woods that
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canor trip was the first of a two
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location shoot our second leg of the
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trip is today and it's a long time
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coming
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now long time coming may seem like a bit
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of a stretch for those of you who've
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been following our show as the Wooden
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Boats and giant walleye of a snoggy lake
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have certainly appeared on your screens
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many times over the years however as
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anyone who has ever been to this
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destination will tell you 6 years is far
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too long to be away from Lodge
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88 this trip started with a plane ride
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from one of our favorite operators in
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Ontario White River air the timeliness
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and quality of experience you get with
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White River air we have you wishing that
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they take over our national airline
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trust me on that one but Lodge 88 isn't
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just about the flying this Lodge gets
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its name thanks to the fact that the
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train aka the budar frequently lets
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Anglers and Hunters off at mile marker
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88 right next to this historic
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destination an and I have taken
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advantage of this unique way to travel
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into the Canadian wilderness and highly
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recommend it to anyone who has not had a
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chance to experience it seeing Northern
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Ontario from the air may be cool but a
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card game with your fishing buddies
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while traveling through the virtually
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untouched Wilderness is tough to beat
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however this trip is not about plane
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rides or card games this episode is
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about gorgeous Northern Ontario walleye
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and we're confident we're going to find
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him the Sagi lake is situated in the Ala
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region of Ontario it's a large v-shaped
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lake about 45 km long and 5 km wide the
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primary inflows are The Magpie River at
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the North End of the lake and Triple E
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Creek on the west side and the primary
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outflow is also the mpai river which
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flows Downstream from the south end of
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the lake esnagi is a typical ala walleye
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lake in that it's not a super deep
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Shield Lake that's normally associated
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with lake trout it's a midde lake with
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lots of soundings in the 20 to 30t range
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perfect for walleye some of the deepest
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water in the lake is located directly
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out in front of LOD ada8 these depths
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hold an incredible amount of white fish
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for anybody that wants a change from
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Walley fishing
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beat and I are starting out looking at a
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couple of Bays not too far from the
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lodge if we can avoid running all the
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way to the far end of the lake well at
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least on the first morning that would be
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perfect I guarantee you though we'll end
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up traversing the 20 plus miles looking
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for Walle Oasis before this trip is over
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trust me it's hard to
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[Music]
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resist he's pulling good but I don't
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even really know what I did to get that
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fish to be honest with
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you just to let everybody know know we
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just found some fish and we're Liv
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scoping them and they're like they're
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turning their nose up at live bait even
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that's got to be a good fish yeah it is
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got the net handy Budd oh that is a good
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fish God nice fish I was sleeping on the
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jav yeah I don't know what you're doing
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there bud well you didn't give me any
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warning all of a sudden oh that's a nice
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fish that's a big one nice
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one
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beautiful These are nice job this is a
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weird setup we got going on here folks
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there's bait around and they're uh
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I don't know I don't even know what to
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say answer on that one that was so
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freaky nice walleye beautiful gorgeous
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that is just a nice little fish look at
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that light and on this lake that is not
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a giant I lost one then n's lost two I
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got a jig he's got a drop shot I lost he
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lost two and we're watching him on the
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life scope and literally you're seeing
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them all over the place but we're
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working the ones that are right under
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the boat right under the transducer and
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I had three of them working on me and I
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got a jigging minnow on on here so and
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they're still not taking it put it above
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their head they're coming up and looking
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at it down like that I dropped it to the
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bottom I know I dropped it to the bottom
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and then I just did a couple of Pops pop
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pops like that it's morning right now as
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the day goes on they'll probably get
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tougher so we better take advantage as
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much as we can right
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now that was so cool watching that that
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was exciting man that's a nice one
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yeah that was so neat watching that man
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oh man you know well technology today
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has taken this fishing to a whole
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different level oh yeah it it just has
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changed it
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completely I'm I'm hoping and I'm
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thinking for the better although there
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there are some thoughts out there that
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that's not necessarily the case because
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we do a lot more
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catching nowadays than we do fishing
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because we're watching it on the
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screen and we're not fishing until we
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see the fish and then when we see the
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fish we're dropping it down in front of
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them so there's a lot more catching
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going on but man I tell you it is just
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fantastic it has changed the game
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completely
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completely that think pull drag buddy or
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what look at look at the size of those
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look at them on that on the wow they're
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shallow too those are good quality waly
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man oh God these are great
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fish
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now although things are looking positive
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as for our catches so far Walley are a
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bit of a funny creature we figured out
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quickly that they have a bit of an
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attitude today what I mean by that is
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ang and I can usually tell right off the
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Hop what kind of mood the fish are in at
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any given time these Walley are slightly
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off meaning they're not crushing our
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baits they're still eating but it's not
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Gang Busters we can tell that by the way
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they're mouthing the bait versus
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aggressively popping it and as well we
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can see their attit do clearly on our
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Liv scope with that said we're going to
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keep looking for fish that are a bit
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more active it's funny how sometimes you
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can return to a fishing hot spot and
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it's full of fish yet other times
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they've completely disappeared well
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often it has to do with the weather
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conditions no sooner did we arrive at
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this area of the lake did the rain start
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coming down not enough to stop shooting
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but after a quick couple of fish we had
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to take cover the rain happening you get
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a fish out oh I'm pulling it look
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he's in the weeds too not that big just
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now he's not that big no you don't think
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so I think he was in
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Weeds oh he's nice oh it's a nice W it's
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a nice
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wle a rain nice rainy day
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W nice jumper that is a fighter
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eh little rain
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walleye rainy day walleye
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Cy that thing pulled drag buddy or what
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look at look at the size of those fish
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look at them on that on the wow they're
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shallow too I got to pause that put a
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waypoint right there yes and as I'm
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fighting this fish
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nice that's got to be a good fish I I
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heard the drag go I think so it's a bait
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caster right yeah grab the net bud I'll
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be ready don't to worry those are good
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quality wal man oh my God these are
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great fish this little rainstorm coming
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in has just turned them on probably but
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there's a bunch right there yeah it was
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on a big plastic on plastic yeah
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hooray big old fluke yes beautiful wall
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nice and he hit that just so nicely see
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nice we get our toys
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out as an stated at the top of the show
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we didn't want to make the 20 plus mile
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run to the opposite end of the lake
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right out of the gate we wanted a close
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to the lodge start today he also said it
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was likely though at some time we'd head
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north well it's hard to resist when
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you're lodged at 88 it's pretty much a
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must the boat ride alone is spectacular
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and the fishing is usually well worth
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the time it takes to get there plus
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there's great fishing locations all the
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way as we arrived we pulled in on a big
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point and granite High Bank classic
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Northern Ontario scenery
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he missed the first time he missed the
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first time he came back the second time
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he was
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persistent I think he's got a whole lot
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of size to him but oh maybe good one oh
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oh oh
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oh maybe a good one it's got that nice
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bum bump you know what I mean yep oh
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that might be a good
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fish oh he's a better fish yeah he's all
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right he's a better fish he's not a
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giant but he's better than little guys
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we've been getting nice thank you
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welcome he came back a second time on me
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yeah yeah okay out of the question to
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get yourself 50 of these a
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day and
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then throw in four or five really big
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walleye but 50 of those a day oh in any
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Lake a fun day
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fantastic it's a good sign two on a worm
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that might mean something oh if we run
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out of minnows we're good
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yeah
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ooh I like that he hit very aggressively
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for a worm usually they just suck it
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this guy it's a nice whatever it is yeah
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it's a good fish decent one that's a
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nice
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walleye nice
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oops nice yeah good one good
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one oh he's jumping out like a bass nice
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buddy on a giant
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worm easy mama look at that that time I
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gave him that big worm that's where it's
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hooked
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wow nice okay good getting there you
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were on a worm pattern still not an a
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snoggy leg special but it's uh keeps you
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going for the tell you what you get a
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bolt load of those in a day and set you
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up for that big one
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wo I might have that big guy I C for
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that big guy oh he's good he's good oh
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yeah nice nice wal that's a better hit
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yeah that's a way better
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hit on our way back to the lodge our
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Garmin screen went crazy lighting up
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with a gorgeous cabbage weed bed we
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found the weed Edge dropped the Liv
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scope in and lit up with multiple fish
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definitely worth casting
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in I got one
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too I might have that big guy I cast for
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that big guy oh he's good he's good oh
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God I told I told you that was a pike
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and yeah look
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it it's the problem is it's on a drive a
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drop shot yeah oh Bo you know you know
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he's going to break to break out you
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know what nice and easy sometimes you
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get lucky I can't help you right now no
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I'm going to get mine in first mine's a
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Walter there we go nice good one yeah
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he's decent nice fish he's
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decent Beauty that's nice when you could
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just come on to a spot Pike I see is it
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a pike yeah I knew it I can see the live
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scope that's awesome come on to a spot
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and say Yep they're down there drop your
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line and boom this guy's got a bit of a
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bump on him cool off you go
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baby I got the net for you he's just
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probably an edible he a nice size like
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just a perfect snuggy Pike that is so
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cool what was perfect though just coming
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off plane putting the scope down and Bo
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see see while I enter the boat and I
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said Dan that's a pike over there oh
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it's a nice Pike buddy oh my God that's
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beautiful if you could get that in you
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can get him in the net you think hand
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oh I can get him in that yeah yeah I
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think so oh turn your there you go
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that's a good one what a big
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fish he that's a big bik I can't believe
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itug that's huge there you go look at
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that folks nice we scoped that baby
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buddy he's sliming all over here scoped
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them good we said there's a bike on the
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scope I threw it a stupid mnow on a drop
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shot to it that is amazing oh my God
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that is so funny
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a drop shot of all things I didn't even
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want to throw a drop shot at him
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but
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[Applause]
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bye-bye oh it's a little better while I
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pee
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yeah
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okay it's all right he's the eater he's
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a that's an eater for
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sure for
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sure it is so much fun when you can look
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down on this uh screen and just sort of
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almost picked them off in that case
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there was four of them just sort of
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hovering underneath the boat and Pete
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said Yep they're looking at you cuz I
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had dropped my my bait down and
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boom so much
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fun the best part is if you can see
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behind me that is Lodge 88 the Legendary
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Lodge 88 right
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there did my oh yeah I think so bud I
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think so I mean at this stage we're not
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sure this stage we're not
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sure just watch your line there hands he
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might be going to India I can't see a
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thing with that sun that Sun is bright
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he's already pass India or close to you
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talk to me hey talk to me um he's better
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than those little B eaters we're getting
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I'd say
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but I can't I haven't seen him I haven't
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got a good feel of him yet but he's
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fighting really nice I mean he's not
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he's not an
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orca but I think he's a good one yeah
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for sure this one's not worthy oh yeah I
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see him down there I'm pretty sure I saw
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a walleye oh yeah nice nice walleye good
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looking
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fish deep bring them in buddy nice we
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got him good Stu wo look at that and
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look in the background if you can see
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through the fish and through the net
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what's in the background
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88 we're getting them even closer than
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the first time we were here yeah that's
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the best part about this place that's a
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good fish very nice fish nice thing
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about this
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fish thank
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you thank you let
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go players okay let's see what Budd
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let's see what I'm going to see 22 22
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something like that where is
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your right there somewhere yeah
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21 like an says look at that right there
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in front of the camp you can drive to
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the you could drive half an hour 3/4 an
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hour to the end of the lake but you can
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also go right here and get them why
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we're laughing is cuz some days when we
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come here we run all the way to the
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North End of the lake which is a good
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hour 15 minutes with these boats boats
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and we highly recommend it cuz it's a
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beautiful drive and there's lots of fish
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up there but always end your day close
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to the lodge because look what happens
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right there and that's not a giant but
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we've got some Giants here so nice that
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is
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[Music]
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[Music]
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great this hot spot is what we call
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taking the easy way out in the world of
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L fishing the way point on your screen
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will get you right there now the reason
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we call it the easy way out is that it's
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about 100 yd directly in front of Lodge
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88 we thought the hot spot from our very
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first visit to Lodge 88 was close to cam
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however this one's even closer and as a
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bonus it's also one of the best white
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fish hotspots on the lake you can use
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any of your favorite live bait
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techniques here if you want a troll then
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a long walleye specific crankbait like
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yui's Crystal mle deep walleye just may
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pull out a hog or two this is a great
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after dinner close to Camp fishing area
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for more hotpots like this one check out
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fishing
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[Music]
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canada.com perfect now he's off off oh
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that's a better hit yeah that's a way
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better hit I think I stole you
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[Music]
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fish
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[Music]
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so to end this trip Pete and I decided
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to take a few hours off and let Nikki V
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and Dean Taylor our two up andc comers
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take the cameraman for a quick evening
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fish at the spot we just came from it's
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about 200 yard from the lodge an area
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that's near and de to our hearts we put
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them right onto a nice School of late in
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the day and hopefully active Walley
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they've been bugging the heck out of us
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to get out there and film so have at her
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[Music]
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boys perfect now he's off off oh got him
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nice whoa hello little fell and he's
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gone he is gone the drop shot hooks have
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been hard for that the drop shot hooks
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have been very hard even you know I set
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that with passion
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and uh just they just let go it's not
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setting in deep
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enough I got a little one I think it's
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smaller than your last one oh might be a
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record for us that is a record for the
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two of us for sure now I've seen Pete
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catch slightly smaller so they do get a
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little smaller than that you know Pete
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was actually telling us a story last
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night he has caught a walleye
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minnow he's caught a wle I minnow that
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was maybe that big I think that was at
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Pine Portage yeah yeah it's tin I've
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never seen one that small he didn't
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think they get that small that's how you
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stock them oh for sure for sure oh get
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back down there that's not the that's
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not the biggest time to
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[Music]
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go yep that's a better hit yeah that's a
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way better hit and wow well to be fair
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it is better than the last one you know
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what I think it might be his brother
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yeah or his uh bladed cousin twice
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removed and I just that's a real clean
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hook I got him right in oh hello just
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get ahead of the cheek plates there
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that's what normally gets you
20:44
yep oh got him
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good pretty fish though very pretty
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fish very pretty specimen love the color
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on
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them okay get her back
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byebye ripped his head off at that looks
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like he digested it
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huh yeah they're little and quick they
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don't look little though like they are
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they got to be look though look at that
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like that's how big the 27 looked on NE
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oh I I understand what you're saying but
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I don't think those 27s are eating I
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think there's just a bunch of little
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guys hovering around them and
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and they're eating the scraps and this
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would be scraps and the big guys are
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probably just eating the little
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guys I think I stole e your
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fish that's a good eater actually that's
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not a bad fish at all I think that
21:43
should be yours we just switched rods we
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just switched rods because this reels on
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the wrong hand and within seconds of
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Dean touching it got a little walleye
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sometimes that's all it takes man touch
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you know there's a mest touch
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yeah that's the deam touch I like
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that getting there brought to you by The
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Outdoor Journal Radio podcast
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Network to get to today's unique and
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gorgeous fishing destination we first
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drove North on Highway 400 which
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eventually turns into Highway 69 we next
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turn west on Trans Canada Highway 17 at
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the town of White River we turn north on
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Highway 631 traveled approximately 6 km
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and then turned left on Tucky Road from
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there it's about 1 mile into the White
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River Airbase after loading the plane
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it's about a 20-minute flight to the
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beautiful Lodge 88 an alternative mode
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of transportation is to take the Via
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Rail Canada train from Sudbury to mile
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marker 88 on the railway you will then
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be greeted by Camp boats and escorted to
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Lodge
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