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Test Pete Bowman goes solo on this Northern Ontario adventure to the world’s best Brook Trout waters: the Nipigon River. At the same time, the locals are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the legendary world record Brook Trout caught in this very place.
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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 a 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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rooks out fishing in the world my values
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the Frick there all the time and go by
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damn this is learning to sell the
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community this is really crazy debate
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there's going better than good and
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glitter them better that's a great thing
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the ultimate day with really the
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ultimate fish you think you're good
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let's dance maybe the best fish and a my
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life right here whoa-oh-oh
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I was living with a life that fish in
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Canada show brought to you in part by
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sale the Canadian outdoor superstore
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Coleman the Outdoor company super tired
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life the road trips come on let's go and
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rinse class Bowl dominate the water
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could you imagine catching the 14 pounds
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8 ounce or even crazy a double hookup of
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a five and a six point eight pounder on
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a single line with two baits the very
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next day that's what the diffident River
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in Northern Ontario is like a hundred
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years ago visualize an afternoon catch
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of literally a barrel of five pounders
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these guys weren't in the caption
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release they were filmed barreled
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through to take home
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brook trout heaven beyond anything you
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can imagine today two huge history still
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stock one hundred and seventy years
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however this 48 kilometers wretched
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water running from Lake nificant the
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Lake Superior over a descent of 95
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metres was too powerful a torrent for
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the government to ignore power
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development began in the nificant
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signature site in 1918 and five dams and
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30 years later with the completion of
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the pine portage dam in 1950 the shape
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of this magnificent waterway had
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completely changed and result the
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damming had increased water levels over
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a hundred feet and flooded out almost 16
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kilometres of whitewater rapids
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waterfalls and pools the knot dam was
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built up there fine portage flooded or
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created for Ganley flooded out all the
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famous pools and riffles people
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basically weren't away the government
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got its power all right but it destroyed
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the brook trout ecosystem and rapidly
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depleted its population you know that's
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what destroyed this river at least and
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changed it from the way it was into what
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it is today there's still a good river
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iron habitat immediately below that pine
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Portage dam around the Split Rock area
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and as a result it's still you know
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pretty good fishery in their sockets it
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probably because it was you know the
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shoreline is so vertical in through
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there those 300 foot cliffs on either
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side of you there the effect on the
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water levels wasn't as great and the
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destruction of the habitat was industry
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OPG and the EM NRF along with many other
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regional remedial action teams have been
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working since the 70s to restore the
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brook trout population back to what it
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was in the 30s that's one of the reasons
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we're here today
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we're celebrating the success of this
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disciplined management as seen by the
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resurgence of these amazing fish dr.
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cook you toss out world records the 14
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and a half pounder that really brought
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on the fame again and what better way to
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celebrate the success than with a
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festival a nificant riverbrook trow
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festival held in july on the anniversary
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of dr. cooks boating of the largest
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brook trout ever caught way back in 1915
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it's a family weekend focused on angling
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and there is no derby involved or trying
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to focus a little bit on conservation
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when you appreciate the history I think
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you appreciate what you have today brook
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trout numbers and size are the draw here
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but size specifically the brookey's grow
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really big here and only here because
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aside from their particular needs for
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fresh clean cold fast-moving
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and well aerated water they must also
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have as their Latin Inca just spring
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water Nipigon River brook trout grow bit
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because the fish are growing in in great
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habitat perfect water temperatures large
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body of water with lots of growing space
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and lots of food oh man the most
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astonishing part of a trip to this area
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of the Nipigon River is accessed with
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images of raging Rapids from top to
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bottom the unknowing angler thinks the
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Nipigon is only accessible by freighter
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canoe portage points and a grizzly
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season local guide this in fact is the
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furthest from the truth I drove up from
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southern Ontario with our big French
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craft drop them in the water grow
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through some of the most scenic boat
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rides ever and was fishing in no time
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wow this fish I can just kid in this
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pocket here which I think I can this is
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going to be awesome buddy get in this
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pocket I mean coming in with me now look
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at this nice luck and speckled trout a
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lot of mayhem coming up that's the
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problem fishing a spot like this
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especially by yourself folks you got to
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really be careful for just fish look at
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this folks you might get him here him or
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her yes what a spec oh look at that
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ok oh you are always on hook and unhook
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ah you want to see some colors in a
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speckle trout on a brook trout that is
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as nice as it gets right there I'm going
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to give her a little little plunge if I
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can because this currents kind of crazy
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god what a gorgeous fish could be the
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fastest and family life right here the
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successful development of fertilized
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brook trout eggs requires extensive
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groundwater discharge areas responding
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who'd have thought that the shoreline
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was as in order to the spawn as the
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quality of water this is turning out
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quick nice nice new technique for me
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drop shotting speckled trout now I'm
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going to crazy area but I knocked down
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the power poles and and now I can sit
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here and fight this fish as long as he
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doesn't go around the poles which is
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where he's kind of going right now
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Wow okay okay we do anchor it off with
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your power poles down or your anchor on
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the motor guide that you've got a you've
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got a plate on your hand this is the
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fish that I drove a long ways to catch
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here it's a species crazy get her head
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out of the water a little bit nicely
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done
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Wow good-looking fish now this is a very
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muted colored brook trout oh the tagged
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fish it might surprise a lot of people
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that up to 50 percent of those fish that
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you're catching have been caught and
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released previously and I learned that
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through tagging they've been caught and
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released up to five times some of the
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fish
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continue ta me just let me go that's
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hilarious
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keeping those fish it'd be a long time
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waiting for the next one to come along
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if you kept everyone to get caught and
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that's where it used to be baby
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I contacted the nificant em on RF with
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the tag information it was a three year
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old fish that was originally tagged on
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September 23rd 2014 above the plain
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cordage dam in West Bay on magnifica
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somehow this resilient little Terminator
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travel to the dam came crashing down the
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water the no human could ever survive
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came out pretty much unscathed and is
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still voraciously feeding to this day
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say the brook trout is a tough beast is
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definitely an understatement hey did you
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know that dr. cooks world-record brook
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trout had a very adventurous afterlife
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after it was caught it was carried out
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of the bush and was waved several days
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later at 14 and a half pounds now
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because it was so big there was some
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controversy about its species so the
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skin was sent to Ottawa for confirmation
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by the experts after it was deemed to be
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in fact a speckled trout
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it was skinned mounted on birch bark and
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sometime later given to the railways to
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put on display the mount was used as a
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promotion to Cordova Nipigon by rail of
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course and catch monster fish it finally
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came home to the Nipigon Museum in 1978
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where it was virtually destroyed at a
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museum fire in 1990 today even an old
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picture that huge fish makes you want to
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get out there at go fish in Ontario
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just rubble down there
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oh yeah that was totally opposite
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but normally happening normally I'm
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catching the fish on the drift this was
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on the swing into the shore and I stayed
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with it okay what I'm noticing these
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fish right now does it's not pulling
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much all of a sudden she's been a rip to
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get a rip a ton of line out of here
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once it once they know their hook the
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gunnery just maybe we're putting the
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challenge okay okay you think you're
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good let's dance okay fish is ready from
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a net Oh
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what's going back to that trolling motor
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just like samastah Wow
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maybe the best fishing day and I like
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right here
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speckled felt like that oh my gosh just
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crazy okay I'm going to do this
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the honors of a net release it's good
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that I am in heaven tonight I'm not
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ready to stop yet I'm gonna keep going
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when planning a fishing trip like this I
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try to prepare as best I can
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I know my dad and his friends had great
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success here with big spoons I've done
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well here in the past with bright
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colored jigs as well as spinners and
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small shiny spoons so I'm good there
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however I had a hunch that a drop shot
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rate would work really well here with
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soft plastics resembling minnows insect
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larvae and sculpins as well as keeping a
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safety backup of live crawlers I figured
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this rig could be a killer and I was
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right oh he came back digging back the
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drag off beater awesome hold on -
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there's this little Bulldog after
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significant River once before in my life
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and it was pretty good but it wasn't
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missing live release is a lot more
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popular today than it was when I moved
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here people of all kind of lined up to
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help restore this fishery and it is
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slowly coming back and I think I think
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the fishing experience people have today
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it's much better than it was 27 years
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ago in fact by today's standards it's
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pretty pretty darn good fish they're
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doing something totally right and I love
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it not just that just tells you right
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there that people catch them keeping and
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killing and eat that fish in the fish of
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this size ended up fish I'm catching
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today this size okay it won't work
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that just doesn't work live releases
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provides incredible fishery there's no
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question about it and the fact that
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those fish have been caught and released
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before really doesn't detract from the
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experience that you get to have feels so
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good to release such a gorgeous fish
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bingo buna and all those words born
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evolving I hope you're watching me dad
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is your River you put me on to is the
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most amazing book trope mystery ever
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tonight every story you told me now I
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have to believe it it is so awesome Wow
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let me get these glasses they're falling
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off I'm trying get a little grip on them
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a whole them over the net she doesn't do
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a swan dive when building oh yeah that
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is soaked oh look at that
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look at that painting right there okay
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he's gonna deliver love like that folks
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bye-bye buddy stunning that was a
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stunning looking fish now the ultimate
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day with really the ultimate rush
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so like I said
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I have one last hope for a real tank of
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a speck of raging nasty water from the
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dam
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today's hot spot is where my biggest
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spec of the day came from the wave
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warning screen will get you there this
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is a classic current scene that wrote
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will use as a feeding and resting area
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spinners minnow baits and live bait will
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all work here as a word of caution
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please be careful here as the water
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rushing down from the pine quarters dam
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is extremely fast I highly recommend a
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fishing guide on your first trip to the
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Nipigon in regards to not only the good
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fishing areas but safety to you and your
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boat for more hot spots like this one
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check out fishing Canada calm
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I'm on the world-famous Nipigon River
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known for its Big Rapids
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and of course it's big your friends
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awesome I've tucked the boat in a
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protected area just outside some of the
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craziest water I have ever fished this
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looks like the perfect spot
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come on singing away to leave if I
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what's going on for the sight of fish oh
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oh oh hold on it these Nipigon brookey's
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are absolute firecrackers the white like
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this is something you just won't see
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from any other freshwater fish I mean
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I'm not gonna lie I'm not going to take
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him because his water is crazy
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we can read both so easy I like this is
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why you know what's with Jesus I felt
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like a pickled a Mexican river want your
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jump on this little liver that scorebook
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oh and if you don't selenium wow this is
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a lot of death water has addressed the
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locust this is the Coldwater fish I
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could not have written this fishing
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story any better committing to a
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destination so far from home is taking a
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chance however this is the Nipigon River
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home of the gorgeous gigantic and let's
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not forget world famous brook trout
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surrounded by unspoiled wilderness
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frigid flowing water in the landscape
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carved by mother nature hats off to the
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M NRF and their affiliates for the
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outstanding work they've done to restore
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the Nipigon River all what I'm told and
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bring back this great fish I'm gonna put
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it back in the net to release er
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hopefully there's a flip on my hand
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right now
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- check out Oh folks that is the
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world-famous Nipigon River Brooks wrote
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or speckled trout
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what a gorgeous pour just looking at me
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I'll fat that fishes and I put her into
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that and release the heck's a live it in
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my humble opinion the brook trout
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fishery in the Nipigon River is without
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a doubt a top pan fishing destination in
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the entire world what I want to fight ah
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I'm so proud of that fish I'm so happy
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that just that brings back a lot of
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memory from few years ago and really
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good memory - my dad my dad used to fish
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here all the time
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he helps to build that dam got a lot of
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family memory for me I consoled the old
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pictures of his inspection we get like a
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six and three quarter pounder etc and
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this is very nostalgic for me - that
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that fish is awesome absolutely awesome
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in 1889 there's a fella by the name of
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God AR McDonough
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he wrote a words that I you know they're
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still relevant today says unless it is
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cherished the glory of the Nipigon may
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fade and the stories of its marvelous
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attractions will become a tradition of
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the past
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significant River it continues to
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impress even a hundred years efforts
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claim the fame and in my opinion the
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proper fish and water management
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world-class retro fishing will be
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available for generations to come
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it's a lizard that every angler
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should try to get to today's
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unbelievable speckle trout fishing
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I drove north on highway 402 highway 69
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I then headed Northwest on highway 17 I
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stayed on 17 westbound past the town of
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Lucca Gunn and then turned south on 6:28
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towards the town of Red Rock I finally
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reached my destination at the classic
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Quebec Lodge which is home base for
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Nipigon River adventures
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today scalping is definitely location
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significant River in Ontario Canada is
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the number one destination for brook
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trout in the world bar none it's got
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lots of fish it's got big fish this
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place pulls the world record at 14
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pounds 8 ounces you can drive to it the
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scenery is outstanding you cannot be
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significant River fish in Canada show
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brought to you in part by Ram trucks
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nothing worked harder than around
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stirring trusted on the water since 1952
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mercury and Forest number one on the
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water and outdoor Canada Canada's only
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national fishing and hunting magazines
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