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Lake has Trophy Walleye In It | Fish'n Canada
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Apr 15, 2025
In this episode, Pete Bowman travels into northern Ontario where he is head-hunted as a hired gun by White River Air. They have a potential Walleye lake for a future outpost camp and Pete’s the man to check it out. Don't forget to leave a COMMENT and give us a LIKE if you enjoyed what you saw. SUBSCRIBE for new videos and episodes released weekly! CONNECT WITH US WEBSITE: http://fishncanada.com FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/FishnCanada/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fishncanadaofficial/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/angeloviolafnc/ One of Canada's longest-running fishing shows, Fish'n Canada travels from coast to coast in search of trophy fishing opportunities. First started by brothers Angelo and Reno Viola in 1986, The Fish’n Canada Show has been on the air for over 30 years. Today, Angelo is joined by lifelong fishing buddy, Pete Bowman, and the pair continue to travel across Canada educating anglers using the experience they’ve gained over the years #Fishing
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I've been headhunted as a hired gun
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my mission is to drop into one of the
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many almost virgin lakes and come up
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with a report Oh some kind of a search
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bait primarily we'll take that thing
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that's sharp one report for the brake
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lines along like this turns in here this
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is freaking me out
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the fish are incredible scope now the
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wind just picked up will we get a win
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come on a big big big wall the fish in
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Canadian since 1951 Cooper Tires life
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the road trip come on let's go and
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Princecraft boat dominates the waters
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considered oh the ultimate luxury in
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fishing is the lodge experience that
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they lead you there they guide you to
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the fish it is the ultimate however
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there is an alternative it's called the
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outpost camp there you bring in your own
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food you cook it and you guide yourself
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to the fish it's a good alternative to a
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lodge and it can be an awesome
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experience this week's episode is where
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you get to see the perks of having a job
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as a fishing show host
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I've been headhunted as a hired gun by
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dan and brandy McLaughlin of white river
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air my mission is to drop into one of
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the many almost virgin lakes that they
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access and come out with a report I'm in
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Neil Goldman region of Ontario and my
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quarry is the ever-popular walleye
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today I'm at Burton Lake it's a typical
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Northern Ontario wale lake with the
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usual rock weed and wood structures I'm
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here in the last week of May with the
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air temperature in the upper 60s and the
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water in the high 50s thus putting these
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fish at least into and hopefully past
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the post spawn mode I've headed to a
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part of the lake that Dan suggested and
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I think I know why I can hear some
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running water along the shore which
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means there's probably some incoming
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water close by it's something you should
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always look for when fishing for early
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season walleye with a quick scope of the
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depth finder I also see a distinct turn
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in the break line although I have a GPS
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I've dropped a marker boy on the point
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of the turn these things are essential
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in precision fishing as you'll see
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throughout this show the spot looks
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perfect now I have to figure out the
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fish lake is basically a little Bowl
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round Lake and 17 18 feet of water out
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here comes up to the shoreline there
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with a butter nine nine and ten feet
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here and looks like the fish are sitting
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on this break so I like to throw some
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kind of a search bait see if I get some
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shallow fish I pretty much start all my
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spring summer and early fall fishing
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days with search baits an angler can
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quickly tell if the fish are on an
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aggressive bite if they are then have a
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turn if not the back-up plan is slow and
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steady and it looks like that's what
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might be happening today
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on days when while I aren't on an
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aggressive bite a jig is probably the
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best thing to try and figure out there
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feeding move with Dan picking me up in a
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matter of hours speed is of the essence
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in order to put the odds in my favor
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I've got to add some meat to my jig with
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the water being cold minnows are my
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favourite choice take a little you're
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poor in scrubs early in the year you
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don't really need the action a bust off
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the tail let that body on like that does
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a couple things it adds the color three
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thanks and bed some buoyancy can debate
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and that when you put your minnow on
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there's a big Daddy minnow
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it stops the middle from right not the
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hook get a load of that do if you can
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see a old man oh I'm not gonna play
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around you fish I'm getting you in the
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net so I can get something in the boat
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last that's why folks holy man only do
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you see this party
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don't litter Biggins in here oh my god I
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think I'm gonna have a great day wow you
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just grabbed it didn't probably grab it
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and swam with us oh I'm going to have a
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great day
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this is going to be fun a break playing
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along the shore the incoming stream here
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somewhere close by and I could hear it I
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can't see it coming in but the brake
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line comes along like this out flower
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that it turns in here and some closer to
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shore here and turns back out at the
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marketplace to get a nice little
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indentation when working a brake line or
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drop-off like I'm on today you first
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need to understand why the fish are
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there in simple terms look at it like we
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as humans look at roads or trails it's a
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directional path which in our mind is
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the easiest way to travel from point A
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to point B a brake lane is exactly that
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to a fish an easy way to swim around the
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lake at a desired depth while searching
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for food here's how I'm fishing this
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brake line today I start by working the
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top which is dropping from a flat that
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extends out from the shore next I fished
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the actual drop or slope working a
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variety of depths finally I hit the
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bottom where the drop levels off to the
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lake basin since I'm working a
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relatively short stretch I can
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thoroughly cover the entire area
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oddly enough fish will oftentimes be
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sitting at the same depth along the
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break throughout the entire body of
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water something to keep in mind
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oh well that hurt that hook set let's
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play off my marker boy oh how gorgeous
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is that fish right there what do you got
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going on here check this out let me come
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up to you I like to say I was an expert
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and tell you what it was but I'm not an
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expert and you just touch good either a
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sluggish snail or don't like that or
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it's sort of the walk
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they're such a cool fish and iconic in
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the north that's for sure
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I didn't think I'd do that word I can't
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good yeah pretty smart a Nappanee
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secondary school not that smart ooh got
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a knot right there
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okay tell me fix that one don't you look
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at my minnow the usual way of presenting
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a jig to a while life is either casting
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or dropping straight below the boat but
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trust me on this one trolling a jig with
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an electric motor or a little ticker can
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often be a deadly wall exact fish : gig
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walleye
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yeah when they shake their heads when
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people say well I don't face they're
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crazy
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all other words what egg we're just fish
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put a big chunk of a minnow on that's
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probably a key factor here oh there's
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that meant already they just fell out
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you know probably a three at least a
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three inch minnows 3 to 4-inch minnow
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trolling the jig on the breaks go on
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back oh and Dan at what river air says
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this Lake is loaded with these fish I
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believe them chunky walleye like this
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good solid fish and Flair's gills ah
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there you go over the net buddy
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looks like is wicked this lake is Wiggin
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now and one of the good things is right
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now the water is cold right the water is
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58 59 degrees that's still what I call
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cold water and your Outfitters that'll
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get you into these places they'll set
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you up with all the live bait you need
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you pretty much should bring in live
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bait into a place like this
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if the walleye are going gangbusters
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then yeah you can get away with using
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artificials but always have a backup so
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in this cold water period bring just
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minnows then when it comes June July and
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August bring minnows leeches and worms
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that might be a bike he's talking thanks
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a wall like the wall I finally win the
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pop see this now the wind just picked up
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this little wee bit of wind and that
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fish different even with the slight
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increase in wind speed while I will
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definitely change their feeding routine
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I'm now seeing the fish higher up the
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bottom even with the high Sun trolling
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the jig with the rod tip up high and a
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higher lift and drop seem to be the
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ticket T number seems to be able to
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holding in nine and Kathy into a five or
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six feet we just kind of working it back
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I could probably just straight drift
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here too but I must see it a lot on the
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bottom on the chart here so I try to
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tell you they're very spread out on this
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break don't you look at my minnow
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aquatic birds like loons are very
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important to an angle they need to eat
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every day to survive
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when you see a loon diving it's usually
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feeding and guess what they feed on
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baitfish the same food source as
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predator fish follow the feeding birds
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find the bait and find the fish yeah I
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got a minnow on here buddy stay away
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okay put your own deal oh droplet that
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felt very PICUs that was very very
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aggressive come here let me take that
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thing
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the fish are incredible I think I've
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already said that they get well not
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wonder they're all too big oh that's a
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nice y that is a nice boy I mean they're
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all nice but that is a nice walleye turn
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them around get them coming towards the
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net without getting too much out of the
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water
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whether they're all defensive is why
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they get in their defensive position uh
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he's bigger he's bigger and baby Oh post
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can't produce Oh
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that's God's gift to Northern Ontario
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right there I'm on a tiny lake in the
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aroma region of Ontario my job today is
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to see if there's a viable fishery on
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one of the many lakes that White River
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Air has access to it's a nasty job and I
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get to do it oh they're all in the jig
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up the break the old troll the jig
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tricky something to always keep in mind
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with jig fishing is a slight change can
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make a huge difference
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today I'm constantly taking from pink to
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orange from 1/8 to 1/4 ounce adding
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white or chartreuse and even changing my
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middle size as well my method of fishing
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the jig will always change vertically
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drop the jig directly below the boat
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zigzag with the electric and even motor
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control with the Merc allowing the jig
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to swim along to contour not only are
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these subtle changes effective but it
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keeps an anglers mind constantly working
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another key remember
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remembering you're up north and the
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water temps are 6 these are all 52 maybe
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up to 60 fish you're shallow you don't
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have to go down to 20 feet 30 feet to
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you know try and troll these fish up
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they say stay shallow because the water
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temps stay cool up here
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get back at her troll a beat
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got a biter yep another walleye another
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three and a half pounder at least nice
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thanks man
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big nasty beasts oh three tap my butt I
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thought he's a little a little three and
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a half er well yeah
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this fish is bigger than that yeah a lot
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bigger than that
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what a beauty again Hold'em beautiful
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they get so defensive that's their way
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that's their way to stop
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there may be a four
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curb for you get that curved body
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this week's hot spot is a brake line I'm
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Burton Lake the weight point on your
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screen will get you there at first
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glance this certainly doesn't look like
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a walleye hot spot but drop a jig down
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there when the water is in the high 50s
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and hopefully you'll have the same
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success that I had remember this is one
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of 30 gorgeous lakes the White River Air
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has access to for fishing and hunting
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trust me there are a walleye up here
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that have never seen a jig and minnow
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for more hot spots like this one check
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out fishing Canada calm
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okay I'll take that I think that of the
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fish mm-hmm another gorgeous fish
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another just beautiful beautiful
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beautiful DOMA walleye
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oh man you know like pedia
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see that circle right under my neck it
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says like we choreographed it young
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fella okay instead of all I are quite if
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you don't have blood on your hand
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bigger walleye fishes you weren't
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walling but you weren't catching them if
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that's what he's doing right now he's
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trying to cut me up
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he is doing to slice and dice me okay
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shake it give me back my gets back I
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love that right there get back
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oh I'm gonna try to rigger I was going
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to try to rig another rod up and I got
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caught by a fish I saw a couple fish on
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the screen and that's it makes my life
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another Beauty walleye another gorgeous
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of all I should say another beautiful
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consistent loss almost like you catching
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the same 50 things are so perfect oh oh
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I love you fish you are scary nice this
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is a walleye fisherman's dream care
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folks like this pompano big big big
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walleye like this why wouldn't it be
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tougher to get gills the Flair like that
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a fitness sticks up like that all the
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nasty parts teeth like I want to bill up
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with month off probably but it's a
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little devil horns on the nose cool
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going back it easy and then that looking
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it's one of those skills that's sharp by
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the way folks
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right there you cut your ear than that
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every time Oh II thought me move that
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net of the way for you
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oh this is amazing
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ah I'm loving it I don't want to ever go
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home I want to live here this has been
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an incredible day I set up to test the
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walleye fishing on a fly in Lake for the
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possibility of a future outpost camp and
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the result well you saw fantastic fishin
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mission accomplished to get to today's
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great fishing location I headed north on
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highway 402 highway 69 at Sudbury I
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headed west on highway 17 to the town of
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White River
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I then bordered a floatplane at White
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River Air which took me to Burton Lake
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