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ATVing for Crazy Smallmouth Bass Action | Fish'n Canada
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Apr 15, 2025
This episode has Pete Bowman and Fish’n Canada friend Captain John Blanchard hit a trio of lakes for Smallmouth Bass. They start out in their fully rigged fishing machine and end the show on an ATV trip into a tiny lake with a little car-topper. 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/ 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, Pete Bowman, and the pair continue to travel across Canada educating anglers using the experience they’ve gained over the years #Fishing
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the fish in Canada so brought to you in
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part by sales the outdoor superstore
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life the road trip come on let's go and
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rinse glass folks in dominates the water
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today's fishing Canada so is what I call
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a smallmouth bass adventure we're
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fishing at waterfalls lodge in the
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Algoma regional Ontario so what's the
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game fish consist northern pike walleye
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and lake trout
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however the main species is a smallmouth
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bass and it has multiple occasions to
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catching fire with me today is John
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Blanchard we featured on last year's
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next big thing episode when I asked John
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if he wanted to come along to this shoot
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he immediately jumped at the opportunity
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as we approached the lodge I was hoping
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for a slight break in the weather from
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the brutal heat wave that we were having
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in southern Ontario but that wasn't
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about to happen anything soon so with
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that said it was summer heat tactics
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Miguel Bobo different smaller there we
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go Pete got it oh this is this hmm
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just like you said we drop that drop
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shot right back down yeah yeah yeah uh
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what dig yeah they can pull these guys
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they're strong nobody follow them let
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the competing fish yeah a little fatty
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is how long I throw right back in on
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this area there you go hell yeah oh you
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broke your line yeah just broke there
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and lucky in the boat is better break
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the none of them oh just like you said
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drop right back on them with a drop shot
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after I mean drops under our tube you
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know it works and I mean they're not
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always but it's the great backup bait
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it's a good one no fatty is you're gonna
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add about six inches of length in those
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fish and we are laughing here we're in a
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classic spot they're around something
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here yep
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they're around for sure there we go Pete
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Denny
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yeah exit well that feels that's got
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some weight you get so I really am nice
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and what am I trying at this guy you got
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my drop shot or I've treble drop shot
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shot in sure it's a nice small etal
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beautiful bringing in the net Vic nice
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good job John that's a great fish look
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at how you had them hooked I guess gonna
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fall right over how wasn't hooked very
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right very well right in the top anyway
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you get that
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nicely done buddy dark fish beep yeah
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and in order to seep water oh yeah
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kutiman billion that good job buddy
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nicely done okay drop shot them that's
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good there you go buddy
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76 degree water temperature we're in the
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summer now we were hoping to find
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fishing deep in water by using our
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electronics if they're deep a uni school
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up and getting more than one fish is
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possible but that wasn't Morgan either
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so was the old school method casting and
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really covering as much water spots one
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thing we will never turn down as you can
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to the shorelines in Northern Ontario
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water falls lodge business on a weekly
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basis for the customers a really nice
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break in the day and they can fly the
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fish after eating way too much in
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typical shoreline fashion it was back in
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the water
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yeah I'm Johnny yeah me too no way yeah
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man why the small one I'm gonna just -
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might have eat a beautiful fish Peter is
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a nice size I'm gonna get mine on this
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stuff got that fish right off the log
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you read the water on our two decent
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fish so explain that one P we pulled
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right up to just any log it was good
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this log is in like 40 feet or 30 feet
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here you go and maybe three feet of
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water or something like that close to it
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yeah nice job very good that's what
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we're looking for
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yeah and he's off yeah yes indeed we're
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looking at neutral line so we're going
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to hit all these points to that log boom
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boom and then unfortunately we come
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right over top of it beautiful clothes
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that they love getting back but
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to get to today's great small imagine
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John and I first traveled north on
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highway 402 highway 69 next we headed
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west on highway 17 we finally turned
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north on waterfalls road to waterfalls
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lodge in Ontario's algal Marie's
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destination two of our waterfalls lodged
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small a adventure took us in a totally
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different direction we're not on a
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couple of ATVs it's not up for one of
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the logging secrets normal bath Lakes
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obviously we couldn't bring our fake
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nineteen footprints gravel or this horse
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another trip no problem we just have to
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rough it in a slightly smaller us no
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problem for a big fella like me first
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catch of a baby with the top water small
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here comes the most here comes nice
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little jumper anybody with nobody with
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them how dark that fish is a fish is
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really there you know what Johnny's yeah
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yeah Bobby scream enemies you get
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trebles and I'm but basically done now
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you ever get the hooks in the net deal
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everything in them you barely hit the
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water with that later
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exactly skinny little guy but you know
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what's going to get bigger than that
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buddy I hope I hope I think I'm gonna
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have to try the top water no no you stay
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with what you're doing
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easy fish and there Blackie top water
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bite Don brother and oh yes I love this
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oh yeah flat calm yeah this is it man
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you get there a little outpost lake like
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this there's a very good bingo such a
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reaction strike I am and underneath look
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at that see that fish hit you got a pin
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underneath cuz they'll slap at it like
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you want to just miss my bait right
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though slap added something yeah right
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here the front hook okay and then
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subject the back local lay back into
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them excellent
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oh I love this Pete hey we've got to get
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the big girls coming out now top water
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there we go
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lace fish get him out of there the
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animal hair Johnny he's coming
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Oh little guy Bo's that hit it oh nice
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I didn't even you know what that was
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weird
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I didn't pin it right yeah just pulling
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mine in basically watching your flight
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okay here he comes Erica little jumper
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Niemeyer in there
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whoa yeah bad
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you followed me out that guy Wow
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double-header buddy yeah nice you know
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what he's got to get them vote darn out
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bigger each there we go yeah I love the
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beaver house fish true Canadians Molly
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oh geez
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I was counting right Oh buddy that's a
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good one well hit hard
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oh yeah nice a good fish right there I'm
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gonna leave my stick out there and put
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him in a fire
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just give them enough oh whoa nice hey
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Ritchie down thanks Pete
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perfect that thing hits any smashes like
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a ton of grace then yeah I can't use
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figures not even to it these are jumping
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are making themselves like huge yeah and
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they're fighting they're they're just
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putting the yelling pouring the coals to
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it yeah look at that
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not a mark on not not a war mental
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neither a not a worm there it is there
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it is oh nice fish little fatter this is
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a better fish came out of oh yeah nice
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hello Oh got some pull to it that's a
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better fish buddy enough as it is yeah
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little bit bigger so go above that
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mountain behind us you bugger
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John Blanchard
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oh my are you kidding me we have an
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answer you know oh yeah Johnny Johnny
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Johnny
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how come wasn't your favorite
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no I was out with your least favorite
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this is one of the best little side
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trips I've had in a long time at a lodge
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and it's definitely something I would
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highly recommend I couldn't think of a
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better way to spend and and the day well
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except for Johnny our final fishing
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destination waterfalls logistically this
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lake is part of the same system as a
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lodge has access to but you'll have to
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travel a very short distance to fish
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this beautiful little body of water this
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is also where the name waterfalls Lodge
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game from nice niche look at that
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there's one behind them thank you small
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look how clear that water is yeah look
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at this at it clean beautiful water
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finish nice thank you
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we come over here just to take a look at
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this waterfalls obviously starts on the
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top top water real quick and have this
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dive follow or one fall about this size
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and that was another one with him - you
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saw the fish - the drop shot Duman boom
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we got him now
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that's the way it's supposed to be
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Johnny come on throw something to him
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yeah and they react right away and take
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the bait these fish are all quite slowly
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a lot of these fishery stupid bugs or
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little minnows bye buddy thank you that
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fish you follow the top water didn't eat
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it through the drop shot to them
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I watched him grab a turn on a side he
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grabbed it went to set the hook he spit
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it out so then I left it up and then
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come up and grabbed it again so that's I
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don't know I'm aggressive lot but
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there's warm temperatures anything could
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happen I guess at these water
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temperatures just hit got him yeah you
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wanna you want a net yeah I should go
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net on this guy okay I'm not gonna
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really because I got my line a girl
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finger in your way decent fish job
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uh-huh there you go
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I get my - I went right oh he's blind
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look at light of that eye oh look at
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that isn't just something Pete that
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thing followed it up and hit it right
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beside the boat you know what maybe
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because he's blind of one either way
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he's a hard time seeing it or honing in
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on I may be here though today yeah I
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mean think I've heard a totally blind
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fish hitting bait
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yeah let me see you show that item in
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there's the 'memories big like luck yeah
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long a weird looking how it's almost
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flat you think somebody hooked that
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there's a rough look at fish she's not a
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fatty look at stuff we've been getting a
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lot of really good look at fish yeah he
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looks really old a Juanita and skinny
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like look how narrow that back is any
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cut maybe that's having a hard time you
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done all right though well let's I'm
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good ugly fish you better the rest of it
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but a nice fish Oh beautiful
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see you buddy good job Johnny yeah
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Johnny drop shot sex a blind one Johnny
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Hey oh I go away or - yeah all of a
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sudden I hear like crazy
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nice yep mine's uh mine's an average
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typical
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I think this thing's Oh easy big fella
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yours you see them here for pulling hard
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but you know what these have been fight
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like that they're correct that feels
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like a decent fish always pointed reg
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should be net because you think you know
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know because the net stopped me put away
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somewhere
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so no it's right behind me okay yeah
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okay I just don't break the six online
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here all the old girl they got you get
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yours in it's my sixth round line I know
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what you got on here so nice fish
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I think my it's got you buy a bit he's
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going underneath the bull
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oh sure you got me by a bit eh oh yeah
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bring it in nice scoop of fish for you
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good job you dig up in my back good work
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my boy the nice couple nice fish anyway
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whoa my guy ate it
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me too I'm gonna cut the line on my guy
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yeah really
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yep I wonder if the schooled up then
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well mine mine you know the way they
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always follow each other yep maybe they
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maybe they just kind of a gonna get the
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spit oh yeah give him a dunk or
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something like that I wonder if they
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chased you don't immediately to this
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regurgitation trick and cut that and cut
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that put that down
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once on may be done buddy yeah like a
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level that's good
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and it's gay nice Wow see to what
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happened
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I'll bet you I popped that one fish it's
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bringing them up this is a perfect point
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right here two or three fish are coming
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around Oh getting all excited because I
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am you hitting the same vision we're
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growing the same grip very close the
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same drift so then the stuff they're
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spitting them all in it there's just
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full of
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mallum bait this starts a frenzy almost
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for one spitting it out it seems yep no
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well no and then that's what happens
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even if they're full so we can get one
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to bite then the other ones start
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chasing and then you know either lick
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you did to stay down or bring up at
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captain another have another rod always
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ready to throw resolutely what an
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amazing tree of Smalley waters tons of
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fish in each area and the spectacular
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dry theory that we've become accustomed
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to up in Oklahoma
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today's hot spot is a single log that is
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a perfect hangout for a big Smalley the
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weight wondering the screen will get you
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there try using a top water bait first
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and if that doesn't work then use a tube
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jig cinco or drop-shot Yamamoto shad
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shaped worm near the face of the log for
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