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Float Plane Walleye! | The Fish'n Canada Show
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Mar 20, 2025
In this episode, Steve Niedzwiecki and Dean Taylor do “triple duty”. They start by having to pre-fish Perrault Lake in order to “guide” four generous auction bidders who won this fabulous trip. Their second leg is not only putting their guests on to fish, but cooking up a legendary Canadian shorelunch. Lastly, when the pressure is off, Steve and Dean are treated to an outback fly-in adventure.
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nice
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he that's a nice one you talking about
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that's the on we were looking for right
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there we've got a beautiful 21in
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walleye we're eating good now boys nice
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job brother all right
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yeah that's about what we are after a oh
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hi everybody welcome back to another
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episode of the fishing Canada show as
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you saw in a previous episode Ang and I
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spend our first trip of the Season
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taking full advantage of one of Nordic
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point Point lodges Specialties a
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fantastic walleye and small mouth
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population on pero Lake and the
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surrounding area what you didn't see
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however was our second boat fnc 3 if you
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will that's right folks like many
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high-end Northern Ontario lodges 3 days
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just isn't enough to get the full
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experience that's why on this shoot we
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employ the help of some familiar faces
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to help us showcase all that Nordic
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Point Lodge has to
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offer joining us on this shoot is Steve
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NSI and Dean Taylor Steve is a longtime
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friend of the show former Lodge owner
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and frequent co-host of the fishing
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Canada show Dean has spent the last two
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years behind the scenes but is now
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migrating in front of the camera as our
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newest
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co-host together Steve and Dean are
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being given two very important tasks
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while Pete and I are out chasing Walley
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the boys are playing host to our friends
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at TD winners of the Eric Lind Ross
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Easter Seals charity auction and giving
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them the full Northern Ontario
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experience Shor lunch and all after that
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we're sending him on a plane ride to
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chase down trophy walleye on one of
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Nordic Point's many fly out Lakes but
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before all that it's time to go
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scouting welcome folks to the fishing
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Canada show I am so excited to be out
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here with Dean and Will palowski from
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Nordic Point Lodge on beautiful perau
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lake so this is our first stop well yes
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um what are we targeting here and how
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are we doing it so we are after Poston
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Walley this morning Steve yeah areas
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that we're going to fish today are more
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current driven um they're deep waterer
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Retreats uh kind of our secondary drop
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off points which is what we would call
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them and it's the 1 of June so that's
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that's that sounds it's right in their
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wheelhouse might see some fish suspended
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they might be on bottom it's going to
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kind of be a little all over the place
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it's kind of hard to drop a line
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everywhere so we're just using the live
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scope and kind of scoping all this out
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and if we're not seeing them we're not
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going to stop for very long s on the
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fish on the fly as we're looking e yeah
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yeah so we are seeing a few on bottom he
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will is has that been the pattern lately
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yeah I mean they're you're going to get
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a few on bottom and you get the odd one
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suspended right now with that with that
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uh post fun pattern right now so they're
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when they're when they're kind of
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hanging in the center there they're not
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they're they're typically not feeding
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they're going to come down to feed or
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they're going to come up so but those
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are nor the bigger ones though eh
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correct absolutely correct yeah so
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that's what we're looking for here if we
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can stop on the suspended ones the wind
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makes it hard especially in a big
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pontoon Bool but this thing actually
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handles pretty nice
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absolutely nice that's a great that's a
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beautiful
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walleye
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tomor what a beautiful fish
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let her go yeah let's get her back
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that's what we need for tomorrow boys
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right
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there Willie what's going on here
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brother oh I just pitched up by that
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stump Steve
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and into a decent wall out here I think
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beautiful it's looking good oh oh is it
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ever a Dandy this one might not be too
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bad oh this one will be pretty good
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oh
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hey boy those are the paring fish you're
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talking about that's the on we were
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looking for right there that's the fish
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you're talking about looks like them God
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EAS seals boys are going to have a good
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trip
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out that's a nice one thank you look at
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the like look at my forearm it's my
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whole arm there you go buddy go
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home that is a perfect eating fish right
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there perfect eating fish that's a nice
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wall eh absolutely there we
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go you even I'll let you take that one
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out sir oh wow you know I appreciate
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that just a little
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finesse the whole way
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another beautiful
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walleye right there perau Lake now that
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is a beautiful eating fish Will's got
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the
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conservation uh rules that uh we love to
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follow and that one is right there and
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down you
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go he saw the water coming he started
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kicking right out of my hand thanks
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buddy
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with a GPS full of way points Dean re
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rigged the fishfindermounts.com portable
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Liv scope bundle to the luxury
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Princecraft fontoon reconverting this
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party barge into a proper fish catching
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machine the key to doing this is the
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main reason we teamed up with the guys
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at fishfindermounts.com as virtually no
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other portable kit on the market is as
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adaptable and as wellmade as the units
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they offer in this scenario is able to
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run his life scope on a 9t pole and the
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battery should last for two full
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days after the boat was fully rigged our
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guests met the boys down at the dock and
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boarded the Pontoon for a smooth ride
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Gliding Over twoot waves to the first
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spot of the day it didn't take long to
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see that pre- fishing was going to pay
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off oh it's a
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beauty pay off other than one little
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problem and one that most Anglers would
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love to have the fish they're catching
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are two too big we've got a beautiful
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21in walleye and at Nordic Point Lodge
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will has a conservation policy where
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everything 18 in goes back in the water
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which every Lodge owner that's
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responsible and wants to look after
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their their fishery should do that so
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even
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though it would be wonderful in the pan
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we're going to go out and get some more
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and we're going to get them under 18 and
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we're going to eat like kaks throwing
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back a good portion of their lunch is
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giving Steven Dean flashbacks as two
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guys with experience guiding not
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delivering a Shor lunch is a nightmare
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scenario one that both guys can proudly
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say has never materialized today however
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they are dangerously close to making it
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a
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reality by 11:30 a.m. the guys have
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exhausted the majority of their way
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points and they're hearing stomach
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starting to rumble fainting confidence
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feeling desperation Steve and Dean
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decide to head to the Shor lunch spot
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and pray that the point at the end of
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the island is holding the rest of their
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lunch hopefully their prayers will be
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answered so they have been coming out of
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the deeper St and these fish are right
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on the border of what we can eat today
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we're the lodge has a self enforced 18in
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policy to try to make sure we're mostly
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eating the males um and these fish are
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right on that border line here there's
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also another one right here a little bit
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suspended oh
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yes thank you thank
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you
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yeah
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yeah
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man we're eating good now boys look at
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yes that the perfect eater SC that is uh
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this is going to be a feast oh I can't
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wait to eat it is going to be a feast
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absolutely oh we'll get that if you put
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your fingers right down inside here not
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on the gills but inside his mouth just
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like that and you roll and jack it open
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he can't but bad things
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live right there and right there and
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they're all forward facing right and
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these guys here a beautiful eating
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northern pike here yeah oh you're going
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to hold
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you're going to hold it we're taking
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pictures nice job brother right
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yeah Steve is especially thankful for
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Scotty's Northern as none of the guests
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of the boat had ever thought about let
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alone eating a Northern Pipe with the
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Right cleaning Technique we swear these
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fish can give Walley a run for their
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money any day it's safe to say their
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guests agree
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I
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as mentioned off the top one of the
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unique things about this shoot was just
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how many options there are to achieve
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your green fishing experience on the
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third and final day Steven Dean get to
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sample one of the fan favorites at Nork
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Point Lodge a fly out to a remote Walley
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Lake Dean and I are heading out to a a
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Flyin day trip here at Nordic Point
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Lodge and one thing I want to point out
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it's extremely important to pack light
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on these trips
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and when you're going into these back
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Lakes the key is to talk to your
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Outfitter in this case will find out
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what you need for tackle and then key on
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it two spinning rods two casting rods
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that's all we really need when you bring
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more than that you're just stepping on
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everything and we might not even come
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back with them we've got our live scope
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and a backup just in case uh we've got
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our life jackets obviously our net and I
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don't think we'll need a whole lot more
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than that eh Nordic Point l has several
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options for fly outs but for this trip
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Steve and Dean have their pick of two
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first is Zania Lake a small crater known
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for Extraordinary numbers of eater siiz
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walleye option two is Su Lake a large
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body of water notorious for Tough
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Fishing but providing a serious chance
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at a fish of a lifetime the boys op for
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option two Spirits are high when you
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touch down on Su the boys unload onto a
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dock at a breathtaking Outpost cabin
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Mount their life scope on the boat and
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strip down as a sun pounds the water
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however within 10 minutes of the plane
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leaving the wind from pero Lake catches
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up with them bringing in gusts of 50 km
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winds and scattering rain that'll stick
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to them for the rest of the
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day it was nice for a
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minute folks we're 5 minutes not even 4
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minutes away from the cottage and I was
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in beautiful sun jacket off sun's out
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guns out and man am I ever happy I got
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this jacket boy cuz it's cold now it's
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cold now the benefit of this weather is
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that the boys have become pretty used to
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it throughout the trip giving them a
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good idea of the patterns these fish
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will be in wind blown points and Islands
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being the target of choice and it wasn't
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long until this theory was once again
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confirmed so we got a warning from the
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pilot on the way in here that this tends
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to fish kind of tough and it's actually
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because there's so much bait in here
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that you're competing with just a huge
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food source oh I got one oh it was a
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pike I think it broke it it broke me
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right off I saw him on the screen too
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he's chasing
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it good for you well all
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right so folks I just wanted to uh let
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you know what we've got going on today
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we're flying in to Su Lake and this is
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one of those situations that I love but
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it can be a little bit stressful because
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we're flying into a lake where right off
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the bat we got a warning from the pilot
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who said that you're going to need big
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baits big live
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suckers and that's because the fish here
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are massive and I'm A Trophy Hunter I
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love big fish but we're competing with a
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hug huge Forge base and we're fishing in
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conditions where we're dealing with the
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30 to 40 mph gusts coming right down the
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pipe so what we're doing is we're using
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the elements to our advantage right now
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and believe it or not we've got about a
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a 1.4 to 1.6 mph drift going and I'm
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trolling the oi out the back here
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and uh we're going to try and use mother
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nature to help us find some Giants so
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this is what we've kind of been
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contending with all day if you look here
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on the Liv scope this this little point
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we have here is absolutely loaded with
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bait there's been some walleye and stuff
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mixed in but trying to pick through this
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bait when it's this competitive is uh
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has been quite the task so far we are
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getting the odd hit but um we may have
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to try a new approach here to try to
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separate us from this
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pack I think I got something little
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here hopefully we don't need the net
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don't need the net I don't think so oh
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yeah no it's it's just a little Pike but
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we'll net it cuz I don't want to lose
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this bait Steve we packed light today
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like we said at the start and the only
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downside of that is that with Pike like
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this around you lose a lot of tackle
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you can see these
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things these little black dots
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everywhere we get asked about these all
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the time by people it's actually called
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black spot disease and it's a worm that
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lays eggs in the skin a lot of people
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are scared of eating them you can
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actually eat them but it gives uh the
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filet a bit of texture but um that's
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what that is you you get them on perch a
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lot you get them on Pike you get them on
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crappy a ton um but almost every Pike I
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find in canor here has them the fish it
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doesn't really harm them but it does
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spread when they get
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eaten yeah there's
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one yeah how's it feel we're right in
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that uh
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wow uh we just it was I just picked it
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up and dropped it down and you know it's
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you want to get the net on that no no
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you're good a baby Northern yeah little
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baby Northern that's okay got him right
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in the beak just picked it up off the
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bottom and give it a little shake and I
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felt as I let it go he nipped it soon as
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he nipped it I I poked them right in the
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right in the beak and you know what I'm
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I'm thankful for that because I've got a
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light floral leader on and a northern
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this size would go right through that
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leader very quickly okay go
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home there you go off like a rocket
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today's hot spot is a deep break on sub
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Lake one of Nordic Point Lodge's fly out
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destinations the Waypoint on your screen
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will get you there when visiting a lodge
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like Nordic point if by chance they
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offer a daily fly out opportunity then
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you really should consider trying it out
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it gives Anglers a unique add-on to an
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already Excellent Adventure Dean and
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Steve trolled Yu's looking for either
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roaming fish or good structure and then
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drifted over likely looking shs humps
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Rock points and brake lines covering
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water was the key for more hotspots like
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this one check out fishing
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canada.com it's not big at all I hit him
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on the bottom of the mouse so he was
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coming in sideways I'm just going to
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grab him
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my
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hand a that's
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disappointing I really thought that that
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was going to be a bigger
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Northern or walleye and walleye would
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have been nice but it felt like a
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northern there we
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go yeah definitely not what we're
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after but fun to catch anyways it felt
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huge bit
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disappointing s back
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that a boy Dino yeah that's not
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small we'll get the net on that one
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Steve if you can I'm got her don't you
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worry brother that's staying right to
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bottom usually when they stick down like
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this they're normally pretty good
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walleye my ability to to guess the
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species though today hasn't been
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great yeah I haven't even got a look at
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it yet Steve that's awesome
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I'm going to come around this other side
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just taking a run on this
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side oh it's a yeah there it is that's a
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good one that's a good walleye oh
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Dino nice oh yeah baby that's the one
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that's the one what we been there we're
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looking for brother here pass this back
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Steve there you go I'm going to uh pass
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this net to you and you can do the
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honors this why we've got a lot of
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equipment in a little boat lot of and
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look at it look at
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this straighten the hook completely
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out as soon as it got in the net that
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was really lucky that's a big fishal I'm
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not surprised it could do that that's
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just the way we play it I'm going to
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bring it around this other side of the
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boat so we've been hearing all about the
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big walleye in this Lake and we had an
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option to come out to a numbers Lake but
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stepen and I wanted to go for some
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bigger ones
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and that's the first
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one we've seen of that
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kind Dandy that's why we picked this
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Lake over the others we were looking for
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some big ones and that's about what we
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were after a Steve oh you think oh yeah
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that's a beautiful fish beautiful W
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right back she's gone out a boy Dino
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as the boys were warned this ends up
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being the only big fish of the day but
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it's tough to complain when your fishing
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destination looks like
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this we want to give a final thank you
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to everyone involved in this shoot to
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Wilderness air for getting the boys in
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and out of s Lake to our friends at TD
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for their generous donation to the
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Easter Seals and of course to Will and
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Christa palowski for donating the trip
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and letting us showcase their incredible
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destination we first drove North on
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Highway 400 which eventually turns into
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