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(Episode 476)
Angelo and Pete travel to North Western Ontario in this big fish episode. Their final destination is Hawk Lake Lodge near the town of Kenora. This is a true trophy fishery with 100% catch and release rules on every fish caught. Huge Walleye and Smallmouth Bass are the intended species and our boys take full advantage of this amazing fishery!
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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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some Lakes just have big fish this is
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one of them it's called Hawk lake and
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holy mackerel oh
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yes that's a small mock me they're all
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big they're just no small fish
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that is why we fish right there
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Canora the heart of northwestern Ontario
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and a mecca for adventure seekers
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looking to take advantage of its
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boundless wilderness
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it's a region filthy rich with history
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wildlife and most importantly a monster
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fish
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so to kick off one of our most exciting
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seasons yet Pete and I are hauling our
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Princecraft FNC one - a long overdue
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appointment with canora's world-renowned
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hawk Lake Lodge
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we have a staff of 16 with seven fully
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trained guides - cordon bleu chefs 5 hot
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tubs we have private cabins on the water
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that can sleep up to 24 a high-end fleet
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and some of the best fishing in the
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world
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so Hawk Lake is not a very big Lake only
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three or four miles long but it's very
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deep over 440 feet deep at its deepest
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so what you have is an incredible
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baitfish population you have burbot
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Cisco whitefish and those big bait fish
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populations are wonderful obviously for
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the big walleye pike and bass even lake
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trout that are swimming around
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when someone comes up here they have a
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very good shot at going after
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world-record fish we had wal like
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pushing 35 to 37 inches and we've seen
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40s we have smallmouth 23 to 24 inches 8
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to 9 pounds so if you come up with the
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right frame of mine at the right time
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you've got a great shot and not only
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breaking your personal best but
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potentially setting the world record
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with that the bars been set now it's
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time for us to set our sights and
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hopefully our hooks on these world-class
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Hawk Lake walleye
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the view from our cabin is a promising
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one nothing but private pristine water
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virtually undisturbed by fishing
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pressure and teeming with giant eyes
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just waiting to be caught there's
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nothing to come between us and the catch
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of a lifetime
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once we get FNC out in the water however
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the view becomes much less promising
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Mother Nature has started putting up
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roadblocks she just can't make it easy
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for how I'm gonna have to put the old
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rain suit on buddy
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I'd even put on my sweater
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we're surrounded yeah well it looks ugly
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this one here looks even uglier because
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it's bigger yeah
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she's blowing up a gale boy
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nah it's not gonna rain no
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you know I'm seeing no no to the rain
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man was i off on that prediction like
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the regular weather casters they're all
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about the same same accuracy going out
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there
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don't let the water get out.get I like
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gonna water down this coffee a little
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bit strong
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just raining I'll get them all cranked
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up to you watch as soon as it moves
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though
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ouch in the meantime spot of tea I
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wonder how many people go to a trip like
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this where they you know waited all year
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and it might even be the trip of a
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lifetime and then mother nature doesn't
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heal you the cards that you were hoping
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that you get I wonder how many people
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just sit back at the cabin and say it
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back with it you know like I almost did
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by the way I will tell you with the
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weather dampening our plans the allure
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of a hot meal by a warm fire is almost
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enough to make us throw in the towel
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fortunately we stick it out and our
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patience is rewarded mother nature gives
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us an opening and we strike
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now we just have to hope the Fisher's
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eager to strike back
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I don't know he's big small mom Oh
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oh yeah that's a big fish I think I
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think so I'm guessing I think a step or
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lower back and I get the net just in
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case I'm thinking I think he's wallowing
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you know you know you know they're big
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with their wall the big wall oh
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yeah that's a nice fish oh yeah
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[Laughter]
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[Music]
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bring them in TIA how long is
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yes
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you got some beef on that guy good lord
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like we came for the walleye obviously
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that was the main but look at this maybe
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that day oh that's massive
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[Laughter]
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Wow
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okay a sign of things to come yes buddy
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this is what we came to hot lake
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after a downpour threatened to shut down
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production for the day and our chance at
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landing some coveted hawk-like beauties
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the sky is opened up and given us
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another chance
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we've got one massive small e on the
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board but so far the while I have eluded
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us our times been cut short and we've
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still got a lot of water to explore
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got him buddy that's wait yes cut I
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think it's got some weight I should lose
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my drag off this and I'm just gonna stay
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out of here until we see him Charlie get
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excited Oh
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Walter I'm hoping so
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that's got to be a Walter fighting that
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slow oh it's a big one they lost a big
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one Oh
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oh boy this is a big one
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this is a real big one real beaut eh oh
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yeah buddy that's one of those Hockley
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this is a hawk leg special freeze right
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there hot lake special yellow I'm ready
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for your burger okay my drag is loose oh
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yeah it's a nice walleye oh yeah
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nice long oh
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yeah
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[Laughter]
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that's the way you want it to happen
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Wow that beauty
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not not very family long fish you know
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what we're saying it's a nice Hawk Lake
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walleye it's a small
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I thought it was bigger now that they
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can eat founders up like that nice
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though all right so what good stuff
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brother
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he goes
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speech
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that's a way to get your blood going out
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Oh kidding nice a hawk lake baby might
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get the blood pumping but when I next
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look at the garment my heart nearly
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stopped
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something if it's a fish it's a giant
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it's one of those Hawk Lake pigs
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do a little cast off to the look out the
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out a bit of this way off here yep just
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a 10 foot cast out that way not very far
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oh but he's not right under the boat I
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don't think and that's not moving huh no
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it's pretty stationary it looks like Oh
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drop it right on his head
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yes
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he's moving good bet oh nice nice
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it wasn't
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right where you said he was on that
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screen how sweet is that see him on the
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screen you throw it home anybody
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supposed to be I can't be like that
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every day I'm so excited here forgot I
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gotta get Annette well don't get too
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excited yeah we haven't seen this
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oh there's a potential of a giant oh
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I just saw it buddy gets up that's a big
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fish that is a that's figuring you think
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oh yeah that's nice
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this is what we came to hogleg right
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here
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just clobbered me oh
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what a great fish man that's a that's a
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least I'm gonna say eight pounds big
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fish for the most part or luck but if
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you could put yourself through the body
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of water that has trophy fish and some
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some Lakes just have big fish this is
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one of them it's called Hawk Lake and
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holy max
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put them back
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look at that Pete oh nice
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bye-bye
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well I like catch a big fish no doubt
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about it but the way that fish was
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caught seeing them spotting him working
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and working at work and going boh
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fantastic
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Wow
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we're up here we do some Wally this
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evening we thought you know what let's
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do some small moat in the afternoon nice
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big boy come on well look at the gun on
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that
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one more pass so we can't spend the day
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on earth it's you and I are bad for that
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you get all hung up and exactly mostly
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invested in the spot emotionally mm-hmm
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yeah we get emotionally invested in
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spots you and me we're bad
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wasn't bad only know sometimes the
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biggest challenge we face is pulling
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ourselves away from a spot that's
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produced even one let alone two giant
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fish entire days can be lost trying to
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find fish where fish have already been
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found when you find yourself in a
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setting like this the only boat on a
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spectacular body of water it's
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imperative to explore as many avenues as
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possible to increase your chances at
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hooking up with more Giants
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we're in northwestern Ontario we're
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legal to catch these guys all year round
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we're up here runu Somali this evening
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we thought you know what it's it's a
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water times 55 56 degrees or small both
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in the lake it's perfectly legal to fish
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for them and all year long so without
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this do some small boat in the afternoon
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the wall I've got to be in here too the
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way just so perfect it's a perfect spot
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just looks so good it's like a classic
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smama walleye combo yeah
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it's gonna be overcast again
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good
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there's a wallop does that all of I
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didn't see him I got a quick glimpse of
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them but
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who's nice the same thing see if I can
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lift the net for you
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[Laughter]
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look at how fat these fish are
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see if he wallow
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hail them too much too much shakin he
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went shaking not enough bacon yep
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yeah
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[Laughter]
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Mambo vision engage in walleye and
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walleye fishing catches Rama
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wow that's crazy this is crazy good fish
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y'all good this plays in smokes right
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they're small you want a little break
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from Oh Wally to get them small easy
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yeah nice a big walleye instead that's
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great
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no nuts no wonder he was head shaking
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[Laughter]
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oh look at that fish buddy oh oh my god
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take your time take your time that is
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wild fish right there
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to get to today's trophy walleye and
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smallmouth bass fishery we first drove
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north on highway 402 highway 69 with
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inter Kiley 17 Northwest all the way
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past Dryden and just east of Canora we
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finally turned south on Hawk Lake Road
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taking us to the beautiful Hawk Lake
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Lodge this facility is top drawer in all
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aspects of a fishing trip yep pretty
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much has it all
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so they just texted us from the lodge
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then I don't know why for supper bison
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or chicken well I got curb service oh
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dear
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I've the bike give me the Bible
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[Music]
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it was weird I don't know what I felt
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there just something happen oh that's a
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big fish yeah that's a big fish I could
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tell that rod is yes working it oh that
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was hilarious I don't know how I felt
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that fish did you have the rod in your
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head
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oh yeah that's a big fish we just marked
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2 under the screen oh look at that fish
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buddy oh my god take your time take your
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time
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oh
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yeah a good
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it's a big one beat
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that is the 30-plus inch for sure
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oh yeah I got to show you this scar oh
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look at that
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yeah that's a big scar that's and that's
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not that old no that's worthy fresh
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trash I would have put a pipe do that
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look might have something or another big
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walleye a lot of these are something
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bigger down
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now can you imagine folks a lake full of
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predators this size yeah because that's
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what this lake is and they get small big
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they're just no small fish they'd known
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for this right here and even bigger like
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an even bigger than this this is what we
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go fishing for this is it I
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gotta take a picture you perfect
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[Music]
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good buddy good work that's awesome best
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part is right now put them yeah big all
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these big girls go back here Oh easy
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mama
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[Laughter]
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slam dunk
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nice work yeah is the reason why this
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place does so well with with trophy fish
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and people from all over just come here
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for trophies because of what he just did
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every fish in this lake is released
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there are no keepers at all every fish
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at Scott is put back in the water net
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and that's a way to catch you release
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fishing we have heard about this lake
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for years and years as a trophy fishery
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and just proved it right there it's like
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wow it's not for everybody let's be
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honest about it all you've got it you
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sometimes you got to really work hard to
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find these big fish but man I'll tell
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you they're so gratifying as I said
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before that is why we fish right there
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our supper order in now yeah
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finally we then head back to the lodge
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victorious we're a couple of hard-earned
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hot meals and a couple of warm beds
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await us
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today's fishing Canada hotspot it's on
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the main lake side of a point leading
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into a shallow Boulder Bay the waypoint
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on your screen will get you right there
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with the bottom here being so flat Pete
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and I literally look for fish on our
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sonar by using a combination screen of
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traditional clear view and side view we
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could pinpoint and cast individual fish
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within feet although we did find a few
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small pike this way it's also the method
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that we use to catch our biggest walleye
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of the trip learning to use your
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electronics and then studying the
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variety of streams they offer can really
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up your odds on producing fish it works
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for us it'll work for you for more
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hotspots like this one check out fishing
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