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Algoma & Sunset Country: The Ultimate Northern Ontario Fishing Destinations
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Apr 15, 2025
On this Fish’n Canada episode, we first take you on a journey to a perfectly placed region in Ontario, easily accessible from North to South, the breathtaking Algoma Country. We then explore the endless fishing opportunities available in the vast region of Ontario’s Sunset Country. Join us as we unearth the countless lakes and rivers, multi-species of fish, and hundreds of lodges in these spectacular parts of Ontario! ► 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/fishncanada... ► 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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this single area
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may well be the world's most popular
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fishing destination
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period it's the diversity of access
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whether it be fly-in drive to taking a
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train or portaging it
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that adds a real sense of adventure here
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yeah
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we got it all here that's a good job oh
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that's nice
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there he is jeez
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canada has hands down that's a beauty
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the best fishing in the world
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the fish in canada show brought to you
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and ontario canada in partnership with
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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hey guys i'll bet you're tired of us
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telling you just how outstanding the
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fishery is in this country
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after all we come out here week after
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week telling you that canada has hands
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down
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the best fishing in the world i'll tell
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you if this has been
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a well-kept secret the secret's out of
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the bag
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not today but have you ever wondered
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why that is oh sure the vast geography
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and relatively small population plays a
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major
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role in it but the truth of the matter
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is that as a country
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we have some of the very best fisheries
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management tools in the business
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and one of those tools is inventory
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tracking look
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to know how your stock is doing you need
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to know where it is
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and how to find it every province in
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canada has a well-defined map
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breaking down angling divisions or areas
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if you will
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some are simple and some are a little
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more complex
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but they can be a huge help when you're
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deciding on your next fishing adventure
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for instance saskatchewan has northern
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central
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and southern zones easy right
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manitoba is southern northwest north
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central and northeast
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also very easy and very user-friendly
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there are other provinces however where
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things get a little more confusing
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the province of alberta has es1
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to es4 pp1 to pp2
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as well as nb1 to nb4
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it's definitely a little bit more
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perplexing oh but wait there's more
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the ontario ministry of natural
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resources and forestry designates their
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fishing areas by the numbers 1 through
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20.
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these are called fisheries management
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zones
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when you add to this the tourism
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designation
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of 12 regional numbers plus
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13a 13b and 13c
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that all have names like sunset country
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algoma country
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ontario's near north niagara falls in
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wine country
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halliburton highlands phew
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i just want to go fishing
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well luckily it's not as complex as it
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seems
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there's one essentially just pick an
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area to fish
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and then look into the loss pertaining
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to that area and you might also want to
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have a look at the stocking programs
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there
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this can be an absolute priceless piece
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of the puzzle
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that's often overlooked that could be a
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nipple gone fish a lot of the
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stocking program and the management they
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bring in different breeds of brookies
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and i understand that they have put some
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nipigon
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fish in this system as well so that
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could have very well been
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nipping out he certainly looked like it
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your goal should be simple
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find the best fishing areas that suit
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your needs and make sure you don't break
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any of the local laws
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for this fishing canada episode we've
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chosen arguably two of the most popular
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and consistent fishing areas
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in the entire nation ontario sunset
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country
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in algoma country and it's no
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coincidence that they're side by side
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[Music]
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it's the diversity of access whether it
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be flying
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drive to taking a train or portaging it
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that adds a real sense of adventure here
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and finally the species list well along
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with the size
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and number of fish it will blow your
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mind that's a beautiful it's a big one
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especially for northern ontario
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wow the algoma region like that's a
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that's a fantastic
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fish up here but wow ontario buddy
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canada
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i'm telling you we got it all here oh
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that's a gorgeous fish buddy no look at
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the color of that fish isn't that
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gorgeous he's not that big he's perfect
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no he's just a perfect
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perfect male thing
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let's start with sunset country which is
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in the northwest portion of the province
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and in fisheries management zones two
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four and five this single area may well
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be
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the world's most popular fishing
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destination period
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ontario sunset country literally has
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hundreds of lodges and resorts
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that vary from rustic to luxurious there
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are also many full-service hotels and
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motels
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and more than 80 campgrounds for tents
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and recreational vehicles
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with over 70 000 fishable lakes we can
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assure you
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that you'll never have to worry about
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crowds out on the water
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this region offers some of the most
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diverse fishing in canada
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not just walleye northern pike and lake
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trout but also
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musky black crappie perch brook trout
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sauger whitefish smallmouth bass and
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believe it or not
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even old mr bucketmouth himself the
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largemouth bass
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now how's that for a lineup in fact
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how's this for diversity
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there's even a great steelhead fishery
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in northwestern ontario
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i hope that a lot of you didn't know
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that one many of the tributaries that
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flow into lake superior
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have a steel you run or two every season
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some can be accessed by shore
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while others can only be accessed by
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both real gravely
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at the mouth hey yeah it's almost like
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two different types of bottoms
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[Music]
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that ain't no bottom
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want to keep off and you gotta feel oh
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that's a male he came up four feet i
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have not seen that in a long time mister
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he almost jumped in the boat
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that's a big buck it's got a real big
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kite on them
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oh man yeah that's that's a nice fish
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what a ripper
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oh you're going back there just about
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jumped out of the boat or into the boat
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in that great now he's got now he's got
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that characteristic bright
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rainbow red on it that looks like a
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rainbow trout right there oh
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that's a gorgeous fish buddy no look at
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the color of that fish isn't that
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gorgeous he's not that big he's just
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perfect no he's just a perfect
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perfect male thing oh there you go right
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there yeah
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baby that is beautiful what a good
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looking that is see now see that kite
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developing
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yep yeah he's got full pipe down here
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developing kite at least
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look at that my god that is a rainbow
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trout right there steelhead beautiful
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gorgeous fish off you go
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probably the most popular fish in sunset
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country
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is canada's pride and joy the walleye or
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the pickerel as some of you still refer
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to it as
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with so many lakes and rivers loaded
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with this fantastic and delicious
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species
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it's easy to see why so many lodges
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camps and outposts exist in this area
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nowhere else in the world is there such
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a concentration
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of facilities that cater exclusively
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to the walleye we just went over
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something if it's a fish
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it's a giant it's one of those
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hawk lake pigs
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now drop it right on his head oh he's on
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yes nice got him oh yeah
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well he's moving good man oh nice nice
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it was a fish down there
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right where you said he was on that
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screen how sweet is that oh
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you see him on the screen you throw to
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him and he bites that's the way it's
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supposed to be why can't fish be like
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that every day
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i'm so excited here i forgot i got to
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get in the net well don't get too
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excited yet we haven't seen this fish oh
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i just saw it buddy that's
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that's a big fish that is a that's
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bigger than you think oh yeah that's a
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joke oh that's nice
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this is what we came to hawk lake for
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right here whoa
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that's uh that's at least i'm gonna say
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eight pounds
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big fish for the most part are luck but
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if you can put yourself in a body of
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water that has trophy fish
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and some some lakes just have big fish
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this is one of them
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it's called hawk lake and holy mackerel
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[Music]
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look at that pete holy nicole
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bye bye fantastic
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wow
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[Music]
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this hot spot is on the main lake side
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of a point leading into a shallow
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boulder bay
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the waypoint on your screen will get you
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right there with the bottom here being
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so flat
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pete and i literally looked for fish on
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our sonar by using a combination screen
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of traditional
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clearview and side view we could
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pinpoint and
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cast individual fish within feet
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although we did find a few small
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pike this way it's also the method that
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we use to catch our biggest walleye of
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the trip
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for more hot spots like this one check
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out fishingcanada.com
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oh he's thick
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nice beauty nice nice
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i've got a scoop of fish for you nicely
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done buddy
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there are certain bodies of water whose
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names have become globally synonymous
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with trophy fishing
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northwestern ontario's lac sewell is a
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perfect example
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of one of these legendary world-class
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fisheries
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one of the problems most people have
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when they come to body water like black
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sewell is like where do you start
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not bad not a bad bike that's a lot of
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fun you know if a family comes up here
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to like school find a bay like this
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where i
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found a wheat bed that's loaded with
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fish i'll bet you this bait is loaded
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with them steve it has to be
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i mean look at the size of it too like i
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mean there's nothing wrong with that
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northern right there hey
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there is nothing wrong with that
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northern right there eat it
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but this shows you how quickly you could
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pick up a shore lunch in a place like
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this right
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get a lake like black sewell you catch
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your shore lunch in five minutes
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like wow you know i mean this is awesome
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oh that's a better fish nice
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nice there he is look at him in the sun
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oh what a gorgeous oh yeah oh he's thick
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he's big boy nice beauty oh
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yeah i'm happy about that he's a lot
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bigger now that i
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pulled him in the boat that's for sure
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yeah
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baby all on a on a this
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huge massive structure of boulders and
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crevices and caves and
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rock that's that's what i love about
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smallmouth fishing i would say probably
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less than half of it is visible
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the rest of it is all underwater it's
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crazy 100 smallmouth there
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easily there we go
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and finally sunset country or
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northwestern ontario whatever you want
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to call it
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is without doubt the best musky hot spot
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on the entire planet
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there he is there he is there he is
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nose right on it nose is right on it
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nose is right on it his nose on that
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thing
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come on
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[Music]
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here he comes jump question
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all about right there that is awesome
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[Music]
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how's that for an eagle lake beast right
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there folks that took a long time
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to catch that fish he's not a giant but
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i'll tell you what
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he's a healthy one that's a beauty
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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algoma country slogan is real
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experiences
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real wilderness and we couldn't agree
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more
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the experience of world-class fishing in
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a not too distant wilderness destination
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makes this area a must visit with
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countless fishable lakes rivers and
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streams throughout the 28
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000 square miles of pristine beauty a
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fishing trip in algoma country
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is nothing short of epic
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[Music]
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that is pure algoma walleye right there
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believe it or not it took us forever to
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figure out that the algoma region of
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ontario
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is one of the most diverse fishing areas
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in the entire province
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that said when we need to get in the
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truck and make that five or ten hour
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trip in order to put a bunch of double
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headers in the boat
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hal gomez the place we usually choose
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johnny nice
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oh i got one no way all of a sudden nice
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drift like crazy
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nice yep mine's a mine's an average
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typical i think
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this thing's oh easy big fella
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yours that feels like a decent fish
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here i'll take that you get yours in my
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six pound line i know what you got on
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here that's a nice fish
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i think mine's got you by a bit he's
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going underneath the boat
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oh sure he got me by a bit eh
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oh yeah bring him in
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no nice scoop of fish for you
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oh my son nicely done buddy yeah nice
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little double
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that's good you're this guy
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nice
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[Music]
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this hot spot is a huge point just
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around the corner from eagle lake island
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lodge
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the way point on your screen will get
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you there this is a classic musky spot
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with a feeding flat adjacent to deep
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water
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casting is effective here because you
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can cover the flat and deep areas in a
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relatively short time frame
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double bucktail spinners as well as
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surface baits and big musky cranks all
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work here
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try using a fluorocarbon leader to get
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fussier fish to bite
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for more hot spots like this one check
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out fishingcanada.com
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that's another really cool match stay
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down
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look at that buddy
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what may be the biggest surprise in
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canadian fishing
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is the availability of a not so popular
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fish species in the algoma region of
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ontario
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this fish is normally associated with
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specific areas of
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canada's east coast however the sault
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ste marie area
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and more specifically the saint mary's
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river which is fed by lake superior
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is the perfect habitat for believe it or
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not
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the atlantic salmon i can't wait to see
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one of these fish oh easy girl easy
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there
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easy girl that's another good fish it's
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always difficult fishing and current eh
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ah spins the boat oh yeah
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difficult but exciting man makes an
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interesting to you oh yeah
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can't be too easy hell no
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powerful yeah straight to the bottom
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like a lake trout yeah buddy that's
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wow oh yeah just horses
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oh there it is there it is i see it yeah
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that's a really cool match
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nice job you just bring them in i'll try
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and get sit down buddy
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oh what a beautiful fish
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nice there we go
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that is wow
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saucy marie atlantic salmon right there
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absolutely
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that's the stuff
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oh nice job brother buddy
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and finally the sleeper fish species of
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algoma country
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the northern pike indeed if you're
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looking for the land of the giants in
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the canadian esox world
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then the northwest portion of ontario is
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your best bet
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whoa jesus
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did you see him coming in i'm bringing
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it here look at see the waves
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he came from there right at it and right
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out oh my god
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wow these fish are kamikaze bud here
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northerns are waiting for a chance to
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rip into your bait and put you through
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an
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epic battle oh my god
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there he is that's where they are
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[Music]
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oh he didn't come up to the surface
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though he just slurped it down
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i see a white spot there he goes he just
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reel
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oh he just realized he just realized
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he's hooked buddy
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oh look at this thing oh my god
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baby nice
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[Music]
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[Laughter]
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wow wow
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oh man okay now he's done
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yeah now he's gonna be workable okay
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nice and easy
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no oh you got him nice one
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[Laughter]
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big green monster there you go
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beautifully colored too huh
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[Music]
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oh there
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good work buddy well my fishaholic
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friends
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there you have it in our opinion
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ontario's northwest portion or sunset
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country along with algoma country
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make up some of the absolute best
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all-around trip options
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that both locals and traveling anglers
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can and should take advantage of
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[Music]
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that's a beauty and again please
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remember take
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all necessary precautions regarding
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cobit 19
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when entering either of these two
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fantastic fishing regions
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be smart be safe and enjoy some of the
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best fishing in the nation
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[Music]
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could it get any better than that
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to get to today's outstanding fishing we
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first drove north on highway 400 to
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highway 69.
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we then took highway 17 northwest until
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we reached the town of dryden
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we then turned north on highway 72 until
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we reached our first destination at
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anderson's lodge
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but that was only part of the adventure
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under normal conditions
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anderson's flies groups to where we
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stayed at tom's landing
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however since we wanted the big
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princecraft there we decided to traverse
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the mighty lac sewell
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taking in all its gorgeous scenery we
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rate anderson's as one of the top lodges
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in all of ontario
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with great accommodations meals and
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access to world-class
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fishing it gets no better
20:37
the fish in canada show brought to you
20:39
in part by
20:41
ram trucks built to serve
20:45
princecraft boats dominate the waters
20:49
garmin plot your paradise reel em in
20:53
mercury outboards go boldly
20:57
and ontario canada in partnership with
21:00
destination ontario
21:02
closed captioning for this episode was
21:04
brought to you by fishingcanada.com
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