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Fishing Ontario's French River | Fish'n Canada
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Apr 15, 2025
Mike Miller and Pete Bowman travel to the East end of the fabled French River. They tie into a mess of Large and Smallmouth Bass and catch a couple of bonus big Walleye as well. 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 #Fishing
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you
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position Canada brought to you in part
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by stern some light jacket experts Ram
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trucks
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more than just oil is liquid engineering
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and us real when performance lose
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everything over the years we've
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experienced some legendary efficient
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trips through all parts of Canada flying
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out modes chartered great little
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adventures and remote wilderness lodges
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north of the 49th parallel through all
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this
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there was one gem show walking over love
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and never took advantage of and it's
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only four hours from the major
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metropolis of Toronto I'm talking about
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the legendary French River the upper
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French River and West End of Lake
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Nipissing is quickly growing in
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popularity and for good reason it's
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accessible from a major highways and it
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is virtually untapped wilderness with
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great fishing neither Mike or I
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efficient this section of magnificent so
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we didn't know what to expect to God all
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of our tackles to be prepared for
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anything
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although this area is famous for giant
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musky animals the Canadian library's
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record we were hoping to focus more on
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walleye and mass our plan was simple
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cruise some back bays and look for areas
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where we could find back the best part
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of looking at new water is the
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anticipation of what it might be holding
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Giants Molly's on a point or big green
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buckets in the swamps one thing was for
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sure this place has it all you know
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there's a big one here right now oh yeah
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little bit
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look at her hanging and that's a good
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nice finish yeah there's a small one was
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iam making it as a big one Connor right
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nice oh no oh boy could it be you two
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together which is all an order he's
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right here in the trees go around bring
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a rod right around that limb bring the
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boat Rick Tula can you pull that live
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down here
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give me that blue get this rod up out
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there you go
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you're on that look at that once there
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you go you still owe your go Scotty like
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an O Krishna on my hand at him
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great finally oh don't let her back in
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there white on red alert when he thought
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of breeding pair this is great it's
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awesome
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oh go to show you can see if they stick
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around
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oh my god that's great nice one little
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matter shoot that was funny look the
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weed guard so close no yeah
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pressing those pliers when you're when
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they're done that was classic that was a
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beaut
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this thing we was swimming back and
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forth of this tree we moved in we saw
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what looked like an old bed and a small
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fish came up Pete whacked it and then
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this fish came back this which actually
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took left to bed and I had my bait fit
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in there I got it might get that but
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it's really good no it's clamp do it's a
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mussel bed with our clam shells just
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drilled it aggressive but we watch the
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fish for I don't know what 10 minutes it
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wouldn't even look at her Beach yeah
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that was awesome
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that's fun but that prime the tree had
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to both sorry we'll get them all it
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didn't take us long to figure out what
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was going on up here
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we started banging up both Molly's and
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largest in the same areas casting to the
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shoreline and Reed edges was a
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no-brainer
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I'm gonna make them appear here you
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could do a rival to keep fish in this
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tree until he shows up all in this tree
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I don't know I'm like you got them
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if you feel heavy yeah it feels good wow
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really really good on a blade I live in
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it
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oh come on buddy jump nope I got weeds
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all over look it there's a good one we
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good one days leave you cast the stupid
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wheat club off the point just fish this
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tree Wow
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we're hearing that nice call I knew
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there had to be one around here isn't
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any oh boy this is turn the booth walk a
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porker Tegel oh nice
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there you go quarter them over to there
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boy that's it nice and beauty that's a
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nice fall double stung double hung I
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love that that's more like it
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that's
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being or the rainstorm to crank them up
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boys warm I had that fish I think it
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because it is a cold front came in and
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we're frozen I have a porker
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yeah that's going to work we can get
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some more like that man that's a
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gorgeous best you know look at the
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little knock on his head there a little
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hold on his he'd something see this is
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all right here
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yeah he's when he swam out from it or
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whatever probably in this rainstorm but
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he decided to okay buddy I bet you know
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buddy's been a great with you so
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lovingly hit it again and this job
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that's just like four pound class
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fishermen yeah I think so close to it
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yeah I don't know I think it is Molly's
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hahaha you got him bud
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I catch to lose what yeah you're
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flipping a jig that's that's scary
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bizarre that hat is in there
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that is awesome we didn't get a hook set
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or anything but these weren't expecting
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it we're watching this loom yeah what's
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in this loony us like a flare the
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Loon was my lord ending with the water
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and the smallmouth bass Oh talker bud
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yeah I like to look at that fan right
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there
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yep there this lacerated you know yeah
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you shortly
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get some beef gotta like that guy
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strained your Kurds that was a funny
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thing
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well wheat you know now I never you see
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a link a circus
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I catch about 10 feet from that loon
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just like we were hit the water smash I
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caught that small e small Johanna can
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any better little is he oh there oh he
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just a little break away no he's gone
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back down in there he just got up I got
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something hahaha she caught my back you
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know what I left my jig out there he
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caught my well that's a big one
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what happened here the earth would he
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just wiped out
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I pulled it over the log and he swirled
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at it and hit it on the way down and
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when I set the hook I turned him yeah
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and my jig without a position you know I
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like letting you get him anyways I mean
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I just literally I saw it like yet I
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just pulled my jig about three feet this
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way about the basket please woman that
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way you'll see it
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the one advantage we did have was our
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electronics by scanning the lake we
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discovered a hidden area called mark Bay
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it looked so good we just knew it would
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be full of untouched largemouth bass Oh
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Oh healing for anybody comes through the
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crap Keamy e nothing special I worked
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that fish for I don't know ten minutes I
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loved it
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I've got him good an emu nice little
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frog bass holy it's amazing that the
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crap that they're in and they could take
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a shot at your bait to three times and
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not get hooked and then when you finally
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hook a man they eat it key I think it's
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a fish that's better that's better so
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we're looking for yeah get bigger we
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decided that Lake Nipissing with next on
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our hit list with miles of water to fish
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we had to maximize our time we were
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going to work the shallows near the
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mouth of the French River for smallmouth
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bass come on Micah animators laughing
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laughing hard to do that I played on big
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sized legs yeah get in here boy
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how about you know large Moberly that I
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didn't go there that didn't take long
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first grifton in the reed bed mats but
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my heavy large most Iran that's the case
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yeah I got 20 pound line on this
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I tend them good - I love that H of the
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cheeks we're going nowhere Michael oh
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this is going to be good if I could have
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some fun here if I could get a flippin
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jig on you can catch one that that's fun
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when you get him in close combat close
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quarters combat chunky guy - okay now I
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got to find me another flappin hog you
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heard that you heard that I said that
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why why there you sit there is like a he
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Oh drop to him gonna hit you can take it
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oh yeah oh he's shot at it this is great
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he's right beside us the boats might
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drift is fast enough for me to get away
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from them see him anywhere yeah right
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there at a boy Beatty oh yeah I'm on big
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one maybe not bad though good that mutt
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right off the bat that's what you call
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teamwork at its best
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okay we groove in with winter bait we
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dream in with a little bacon condom with
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a drop shot bait come on big girl nice
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there's gum oh goodness a chunky one
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anyway no one with it I thought I
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thought it would have a partner you know
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look at that big pole you know I had a
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duty stick here he used to run him in
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big muskie that live out on these reefs
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yeah good looking fish yet you're good
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I'm gonna I got a scoop him because I
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might bust my leader I could have
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reached down and grabbed him
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Oh Petey that's a fat little Smalley
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yeah that's a good one wait I'll tell
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you he showed us if it's the same one
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spinnerbait he came after like he's
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mental baby that came after and then the
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drop shot him after he took two shots it
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was right beside the boat yet said that
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no maybe
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no thanks any minute that's a good
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little fish yeah I think that I don't
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know if that's the same one I don't
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think so no I think the other ones
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bigger man was bigger yeah not bad with
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only a few hours left in the day we
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decided to venture back into the river
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and take one last crack at the French is
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great large growth population
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late afternoon is an awesome time to try
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for a big ski that's gorgeous in
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there buddy I can't believe that it's
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not going to Jake you're getting this
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ankle oh yeah yeah oh you're in the bed
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look it up always goodies good if you
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bigger than that free money Oh in a
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minute here hi you mean yeah nice oh I
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thought beauty that's a go all about
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chunky me ah sweet nice look at the
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belly on that thing yeah I like that
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money hey good nut job a kiss that's a
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good we didn't think we were in a
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tournament but I know it's gorgeous look
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a small fish but a huge gut and girth
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that's a nice glass good-looking fish
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that's a typical Northern Ontario large
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Mel Frank there yeah they just
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good-looking all rounding a good beef to
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him good color good markings you know
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what people think up here you know Lake
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Nipissing area fringe River muskie even
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pike but you come back into some of
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these swamps or the beaver houses are on
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that and you can't beat a bath like that
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hmm
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go away oh oh it's good Oh where's the
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net there you guys you're jumping the
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jump solo oh my god
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like a stump where are you right here
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bring it back here nice oh now there's a
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except I wasn't expecting to fish that
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big look at that Richard it's no big
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ugly oh boy remark my bait I just my
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flap analog but I was worth it lure yeah
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look at the background they got
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mountains like big rock mountains big
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stick back you gotta love that it's a
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beaver that's a good looking fish man oh
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and with a mac beauty job Wow took them
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off a little Tucker pad buddy after a
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forum a dinner and a good night's rest
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that showed here we got an early start
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to the next day but before packing up
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and heading home we hit the water for a
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quick shot at the legendary French River
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walleyes and man were we glad we did
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Mikey you got him got one got a big one
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no no ooh I'm coming up there boy feels
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alright coming up there boy feels
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alright to me just stand right there
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which I love with walleye I got the net
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I'm ready to help you out like this I
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still pull look at you you look at you
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stay away from the anchor rope put a
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little pressure on them right here here
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get them away there he is nice looking
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fish I think I'm a bad way to spend an
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afternoon oh look at this boy everything
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like a walleye oh you talking about a
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good look at walleye another partner who
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beautiful well that's what we need right
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there what is it
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take oh it took a while oh but
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absolutely dude Internet Wow so my trick
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I did a little it's gonna humpback look
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what we don't fix hold onto a PT who I
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gotta get him back get that thing in the
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water
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beautiful boom back in the show Deer
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well as housekeeping we're looking to
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cater to just about everybody we want to
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make this beautiful place available of
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people that want to bring their own food
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and cook for themselves as well we want
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to make sure that the person that wants
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to come and enjoy themselves and not
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have to do anything at all is also cater
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to me
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hello my king
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hey buddy well I'm coming up with you
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come on up fair Kingdom just get a
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railing away for you whoa buddy this is
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your drag that little pull some drag if
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you ask me all right sir oh yeah
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one is good be good just once gotten a
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girl but remember this might be big
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muskellunge did you pull in order you
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get a bite very bit nice hello
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you heard that I just want to thank our
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oppa to keep Mon up in a big ball I come
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on pull it like while I right now yeah
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but I haven't had a head shake really oh
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that's what I'm worried about
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I'm fully confident you get big walleye
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by the tail
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no I'll maybe give them out of there
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you're good that a kid come on dude be a
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walleye be a walleye hall while one walk
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way down there 35 feet of water 33 and a
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half that fish hit good it's a pike is
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it no Eddie no poacher this thing it's a
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nice walleye come on come on make your
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battle buddy pal muskie Jason it yeah I
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think it was a no just in the no scars
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nice walleye
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that's a porker that is a good fish
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French River - no not even a Nipissing
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on the river so that's nice
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that's a chunky walleye buddy that's got
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it that's pushing four pounds Omar now
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four and a half
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oh yeah I close I think it'd be like
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yeah closer to five maybe all right
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today's hot spot is a largemouth and
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pike Bay off the beaten path on the
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French River the waypoint on your screen
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will get you there
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this little bass Factory is full of lily
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pads and has a great beaver house to
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keep that junk fishermen happy for hours
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we found fish in the pads as well as
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along the outside edge close to the
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deepest water of the bay fry weedless
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artificial frogs flukes or creatures
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down veins for more hot spots like this
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one check out our website to get the
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show to your Lodge we first took highway
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400 north from Toronto
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we then took highway 69 north to highway
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64 we headed east on 64 to Joe Keith's
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reserve road and then proceeded to
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doki's marina from there it's a short
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boat ride
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