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BASS FISHING IN THE MUSKOKAS | The Fish'n Canada Show Episode 552: Port Cunnington Skins and Fins
Dec 2, 2024
A group of four enthusiastic individuals bid high in a charity auction in order to partake in a golf and fishing trip with our own Ang and Pete. They first hit a consistently ranked, Top 20 Canadian golf course, and then load up a couple of Princecrafts and hit the mighty Muskoka area for some early fall Smallmouth Bass.
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One of Canada's longest-running fishing shows, Fish'n Canada travels from coast to coast in search of trophy fishing opportunities. First started by brothers Angelo and Reno Viola in 1986, The Fish’n Canada Show has been on the air for over 30 years. Today, Angelo is joined by lifelong fishing buddy, Peter Bowman, and the pair continue to travel across Canada educating anglers using the experience they’ve gained over the years
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holy got
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him
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wo the fishing is really really good wow
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white fish white fish oh
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Jee my God awesome that's a nice fish
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nicely done buddy that's what made me
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the best fisherman of the trip
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the fishing Canada show brought to you
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in part by Yuri fishing lures fish the
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best Mercury out fors go
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boldly and Outdoor Canada Canada's only
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magazine
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hi everyone and welcome to the fishing
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Canada show if you're a regular viewer
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you may recall an episode a little
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earlier this season where Pete and I
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attended a big fishing event shot in the
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province of New Brunswick in that
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episode we teamed up with Eric lindrose
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and his Easter Seals hockey tournament
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fundraiser and auction off not only that
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new Bruns trip that an Mansion but as
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well a trip to an awesome fishing and
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golfing destination in the msca region
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of Ontario and that's what today's show
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is all about we weren't sure how a
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second fishing package at the same
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auction was going to do but much star
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Delight it couldn't have gone better the
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second trip went as quickly as the first
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this package went to three men in the
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Banking and Financial world and the good
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lads that they are they included one of
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their buddies to make it a
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forcea now an and I are no brain
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surgeons but we kind of figured that
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Bankers would probably love golfing as
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much as and maybe more than they did
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fishing and we were right so the skins
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and fins team of Scott Lawrence Brian
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vasor Andrew LEF and their Bud Mike
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Bourne was formed the location for this
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trip could well be called picture
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perfect it seemed tailor made for a
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golfing and fishing combo our home base
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is going to be the luxurious Port
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cunnington Lodge on Lake of bay in the
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Moka region of Ontario at Port
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cunnington we have multitude of styles
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of cottages so you can go as as small as
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one bedroom like the chicky uh you can
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do the hummingbird which is two-bedroom
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Cottage um then you can move up to a
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three-bedroom at the Basin of where the
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lodge is we wrap around 18 Acres Around
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The Waters Edge so we provide docking
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which is nice I think the fishing's good
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a smallmouth bass large mouth bass
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there's there's trout I think you can
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get white fish in this area as well we
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typically open the Wednesday before for
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Victoria Day weekend May 21st and we go
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to Thanksgiving
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weekend the golfing portion will take
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place at the exclusive big wi Island
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golf club which is smack dab in the
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middle of a stunning Island on the same
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body of
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water so here's how this show is going
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to play out since ANS and I feel we're
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slightly better at fishing than golfing
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we're going to let the boys go out and
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put 18 holes under their belts while an
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and I hit the leg to try and locate some
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fish as an FYI we've never been on Lake
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of bay before and we've only got one day
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to figure things out big win Island Golf
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Club a Doug Carrick design track is
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consistently ranked as a top 20 course
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in all of Canada as the name implies
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it's situated on a beautiful 520 acre
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Island surrounded by pristine
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Waterfront and as an and I figured these
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Banker boys are quickly feeling right at
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home on this challenging
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course
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I'm about as amateur as you can get in
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the Gulf uh but uh listen bigwin uh is a
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place I've heard about for years uh and
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it's certainly lived up to its
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reputation I mean absolutely perfect uh
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course beautiful conditions and honestly
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postcard type shots uh of the course so
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just absolutely
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beautiful
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it's a really well-designed course with
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some very interesting features and when
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you leave you you definitely can't wait
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to come back and not all golf courses
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leave you feeling that
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way that was my first time playing and
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I've played a lot of courses in Ontario
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so to have the ability to access that
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was fantastic and it totally lived up to
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its reputation we thought it was really
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really great maintenance was topnotch as
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well I think it was the hospitality that
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was really that was really
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awesome oh
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yeah got
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him woo
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r hand good right
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that's as the boys do their best to
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break par Pete and I as we said earlier
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are out scouting around for this we're
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using our newest Princecraft boat
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however since there will be four more
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bodies fishing with us tomorrow along
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with our technical crew we brought good
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old fnc1 to the party as well for our
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scouting Mission we're simply looking
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for some easy picking small moou or
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whatever else will bite the species
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doesn't matter to us and our guests
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they're good with anything this is where
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good mapping and fish finding
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Electronics come into play when you have
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a short time to work they can be
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indispensable Ying buddy okay now we see
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if it's a small mouth y right there I
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told you yes it's a small mouth all
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right that's all we need to know it's
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the color right there you
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need you know as a matter of fact if
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it's any game fish but it'd be better
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for small M there may be more
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predictable right was a walleye if it
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was a pike as long as the boys get some
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yeah but smallies I think is what uh
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what we we'll get numbers of them right
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yeah what we're aiming for you there you
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go nice that's a nice fish too you know
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if we can get an average of that I think
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everybody will be happy yeah for sure so
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we're on H Lake of bays and we're doing
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something a little bit different this
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week uh yeah we're fishing for the
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fishing Canada show but right now we're
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scouting we're scouting areas because
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we've got uh four gentlemen that'll be
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joining us tomorrow and they're golfing
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it they have the privilege of golfing it
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and tomorrow they're going to be fishing
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smallmouth bass obviously with us we've
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never been on the lake n neither one of
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us no sir and we thought we'd take a day
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or two prior to uh being joined by our
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guests to see if we could put something
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together because we want them to get
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into fish only two of the guests
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actually fish on a serious note the two
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either don't fish at all or have
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marginal fishing experience which will
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make an interesting Dynamics for us
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because we'll have both fishing Canada
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boats out tomorrow um two two guests on
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one and two on the other so it'll be
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kind of an interesting uh setup for sure
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this is kind of a typical would you say
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a Moka area lake lake trout lake so it's
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got a lot of deep water it doesn't have
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a lot of structure that we can find so
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far we I think we have to remap it
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almost the whole lake well we don't have
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time for that so we look for obvious
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spot so this right here this is
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interesting it's like it's a a Narrows
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area so any Lake that you fish if you're
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fishing if you're looking for fish a
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Narrows area is a good place to start so
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we got a marker buoy here marker bu on
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the other side and two big points that
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come out it's a classic piece of
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structure you know what I mean and so we
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just came over here we ran the garments
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saw some fish we said hopefully they're
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small mouth and it didn't take long and
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by the way right now you're looking to
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the east this is a straight East Wind
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down here so normally that's bad but in
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a Narrows area like this it can become
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good cuz it creates current and the
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other thing about it it's been an East
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Wind for about 3 or 4 days so the fish
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are starting to get used to it that
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first day of the East Wind might not be
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so good but now and it's going to stay
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another East Wind for two more days with
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the
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boys so as you saw the boys had an
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outstanding round of golf on a
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worldclass course but soon after all the
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bragging was done their minds turned to
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fishing and man were they gungho since
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an and I came up with only two decent
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SMY spots a game plan is Extreme
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extremely easy to put together we'll hit
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the furthest area first and then work
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our way back towards the
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lodge the first area was about a 20ft
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deep soft bottom flat we know the fish
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are there we just got to catch them
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scooter holy sh that's a thick fish wow
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buddy it's nice and easy nice and easy
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nice and
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easy nice and easy a Bo bring back no
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you got to just bring him back this way
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a little
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bit oh c w oh no
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man down back up got
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him that's like a four pounder it's a
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nice one
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boys almost almost died in the
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process hey nice nice job partner woo I
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got excited on that one picture time for
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sure bike that was it set your stick
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down yeah show that camera right there
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buddy woo Here It Go Scott
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nice all right perfectly done buddy now
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you get to release it all right that's a
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nice fish bro that's a beauty big
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brownie sry wet hands got right that's
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good although that didn't exactly go
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according to plan regarding numbers of
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fish Scotty did catch a beauty of a smly
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to keep all the boys pumped up to be
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honest though this was supposed to be
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our number one spot so far the fish gods
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are coughing up lemons time to head over
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to spot B and make some lemonade we
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hope so I was a little intimidated by
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the whole thing obviously uh the the
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group The Fishing Canada guys made us
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feel so welcome that definitely set off
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a great tone to start actually it was
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educational for me to learn that much
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about fishing and has has to be honest
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lit a little bit of a fire in
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me oh it's
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AIS the fishing is really really
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good this is a bottleneck area that we
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saw a few fish in yesterday two big
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points that jet out into deep water
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we'll all start out on the same side and
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work from there let's keep our fingers
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crossed and hope for the
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best how
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much well I'm pretty weak oh wow white
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fish white fish Whitey look at that go
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ahead oh try it but how on the guil or
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no not on the you want to hold his body
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somehow but you see all the Slime y
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he'll just
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look at the slime on it oh my
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God the
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camera
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nice so during this outing both an and I
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had an eyeopener as to just how powerful
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or maybe fulfilling the sport of fishing
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is without us knowing Brian one of the
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guys in my rig started the day out with
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no indication as to any issues he could
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or would encounter on my boat
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he didn't look for any special attention
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or treatment he just wanted to fish his
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story well it's pretty
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incredible for me having having uh being
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visually impaired and and sort of being
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legally blind from my early teens you
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know I've had a long time to adjust
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through life and life skills and working
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and everything like that I grew up
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fishing with my grandfather in
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Northwestern Ontario and um you know
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that was a great experience and for me
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fishing wasn't just about catching fish
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it was about you know the experience of
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being out and being with the people
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you're with my tactile senses have
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become a lot a lot more sensitive and I
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rely on them a lot more so I found in
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fishing especially this the type of
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fishing we were doing with that uh drop
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shot fishing um understanding you know
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it was educational experience for me for
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sure uh understanding so I would kind of
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visualize you know my line going into
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the water being told you know keep the
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weight on the bottom so the the lures um
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H so I visualized that you guys got the
13:26
fish finders and everything like that I
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have to go in there and get fish and you
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know having uh being fully cited or
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visually impaired in that it it's a
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great sport for for people who uh
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challenge yourself or just have fun in a
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different ways so I I absolutely loved
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it boy BR okay get him in the net the
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jumper this a little better maybe nice
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that's a nice fish nice to be done
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buddy SC that to the camera you can not
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help to catch fish when you're with
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these guys
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man
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[Applause]
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good
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yeah
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baby
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[Music]
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wow just lift up on the rod yeah and
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then reel a little bit in at a time but
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let your Rod spring them in nice fish
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there's another one underneath it too do
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you guys see that second fish he's
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coming
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up
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who oh get in here there we go baby nice
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work oh that's
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nice looks like an is hogging the prime
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real estate no surprise there so I'm
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going to mot her over to the opposite
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side it's a point very much like the one
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ANS and the boys are working a nice
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Sandy flat that drops off into a deeper
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Channel and just like the other side
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it's loaded with smalles good job little
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fell
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that's a nice fish too it's a good
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one easy mango this one yeah
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little easy you're
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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going I like I like he not jumping cuz
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that's usually when oh no it's usually
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when they spin it
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out nice nice work beautiful Bud thank
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you oh great wow right at the top where
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he should be that's the nice thing about
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drop shoting they generally get pinned
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right in the nose that's perfect he's
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not as big as I thought but that's a
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nice small that's a beauty isn't that
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beautiful with the sun glistening office
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magnificent
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fish
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this Hotpot is a narrowed down area on
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Lake of bays in the Mula region of
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Ontario the way point on your screen
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will put you right on it this is an easy
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one to find as there's a red Channel
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buoy directly adjacent to it the unique
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part of this hotspot is the big
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extending sand and rock point that juts
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out from Shore and then plummets in the
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deep water this is an ideal area for
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Smallmouth bass as well as an array of
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other game and Bait fish bottom
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contacting baits like drop shot rigs
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tube Jigs and Ned rigs are made for
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spots like this they'll catch fish all
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day long however if you plan to be there
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at Sun up throw some top water baits on
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top of the point and work them out to
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the drop off the bonus to this Hots spot
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if you go directly across to the other
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side of the channel the green boy is
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marking an almost exact replica both
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areas produce fish for us for more
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hotpots like this one check out fishing
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canada.com
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oh jeez oh my
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goome oh
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jeez oh my God
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awesome Focus good Focus good luck Focus
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oh my God no no no no no just you just
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bring them up let me do
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the
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yeah
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mother that is nice that's that right
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there is worth the whole trip boys let
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me tell you right now look at the belly
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on this thing get a good grip get a good
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grip oh yeah
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baby good
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stuff that is worth the price some
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admission I'm telling you right now nice
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job so Mike has done something a little
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different good work he's done something
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a little different we we've been
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catching fish right off of this little
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break that we found and it's loaded with
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fish and we've caught fish after fish
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after fish but now they've died down the
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bite is off and I noticed Mike was
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casting out a little bit farther into
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the channel and and dragging it back I'm
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assuming those are suspended fish that
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you're getting right and all of a sudden
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boom bigger fish better quality and uh
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the bite's back on let's
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go coming into this knowing that we were
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going to be in the presence of greatness
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and I when I say greatness I'm talking
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about the fishing candidate team who put
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their heart and soul and passion and
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everything they do into fishing uh and
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presenting it to people I knew that
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there's no better opportunity that could
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present itself to an angler or non-
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angler to absorb and sponge and and
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observe as much as possible and I'm
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passionate about fishing so I was
19:39
excited about stealing any tips and any
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special ideas from you guys to take it
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back and use it on my own and I learned
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a ton looking good looking real
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good easy
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does hey does
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it now he's not as big I don't want to
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disappoint you but he's not as big as
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the last
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[Applause]
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one the hook Jump Right In The Net nice
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oh look at that right in the top of the
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mouth nice that fish just jumped right
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into the net thank god oh that's
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gorgeous that's a nice one
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woo
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wow T it huh awesome awesome well
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there's a pattern right here it to be so
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they're up a little bit deeper the
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bottom there
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y oo nice
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job that's a good size B how you going
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buddy just sort of don't reel and just
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kind of pull and then reel pull a a bit
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and then reel okay easy and we got him
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yes sir good work Bud
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buddy nice look at that perfectly hooked
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see that that's what you want to hook
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him bu right there in the top of the lip
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like thata like that that's the way I
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roll that's the way you roll set that
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rod down and then take your fishing get
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the money shot take the money shot show
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that to the camera that's the way you
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start fishing put them back therey okay
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fell go tell your friends we're
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here drop drop
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sh
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nice
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wo well there you have it folks that's
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what you get when you put some funloving
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crazy fishing dudes in an outstanding
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fishing and golfing venue together all
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working to raise a bunch of cash for a
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great cause our thanks go out to the
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Eric lindross Easter seal group John
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sidel at Port cunnington Lodge and all
21:47
the wonderful folks behind the scenes
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there who pull it all together and a
21:51
special hugs and kisses to our newest
21:53
good friends Brian Scott Andrew and Mike
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for being such a great bunch of guys
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thank you
22:04
boys getting there brought to you by The
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Network to get to today's action-packed
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destination we first drove North on
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Highway 400 to Highway 11 next we turned
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right on Highway 60 and then veered
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right onto Highway 35 we finally turn
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right on Fox Point Road which eventually
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turns into Port cunnington Road that
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ends up at the beautiful port cunnington
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Lodge this unique destination is located
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on the shores of Lake a Bay Port
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cunnington Lodge is spread out over 22
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senic acres and offers a wide range of
22:37
Lakeside accommodations Fort cunnington
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has a Lakeside dining room located in
22:42
the main Lodge that has been serving
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guests the finest meals for over a 100
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years combine this with a day on a
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world-class Golf Course like bigwin
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Island and you have the making of the
22:52
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Adventure come alone to our cabin in the
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wild cuz we're in for some good fishes
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Canada yes we're in for Sun Fishing
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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Canada
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