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Guy Catches Massive Walleye In Ultra Shallow Water | Fish'n Canada
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Apr 15, 2025
In this unique episode Angelo Viola and Pete Bowman head to Esnagi Lake and meet up with a fanatical fishing group from the Kaeden Brown Foundation. They find some outstanding Walleye fishing as well as some great camaraderie. Don't forget to leave a COMMENT and give us a LIKE if you enjoyed what you saw. SUBSCRIBE for new videos and episodes released weekly! CONNECT WITH US -------------------------------- WEBSITE: http://fishncanada.com FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/FishnCanada/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fishncanadaofficial/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/angeloviolafnc/ One of Canada's longest-running fishing shows, Fish'n Canada travels from coast to coast in search of trophy fishing opportunities. First started by brothers Angelo and Reno Viola in 1986, The Fish’n Canada Show has been on the air for over 30 years. Today, Angelo is joined by lifelong fishing buddy, Peter Bowman, and the pair continue to travel across Canada educating anglers using the experience they’ve gained over the years #Fishing
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another great fishing canada adventure
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only this was a little bit different
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every year we tried anew as many
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fundraisers and charity events as time
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will prevent but we never show them to
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you we're about to change all that this
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week you're going to see a different
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side of the fishing canadaboys on this
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episode you're going to run upon the
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Katy Brown Foundation an organization
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dedicated to help young people further
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their education through scholarship
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grants now the organizers of this worthy
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Foundation worked tirelessly to help
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underprivileged kids afford a proper
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education and get a good start on life
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Marty Meadows the backbone of the
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foundation is a tireless worker the most
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generous and giving person who's ever
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wanted me but best of all he's a fishing
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nut and that puts them in good stead
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with that October 2009 myself and a few
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other guys started the Kaden brown
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foundation to keep the spirit of Kaden
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Brown alive
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and keep them in our hearts and our
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memories and the goal of the foundation
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is to raise money for the children of
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our community through scholarships
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through various projects through
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playgrounds and over the years and lo
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and a whole fishing canada crew Pete
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Bowman and everyone else they've been
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amazing and a good friend to me but more
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importantly for the Kayden Brown
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foundation there are our partner and
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they are involved in every aspect of
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things that we do they come up they
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donate their time they get involved in
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the auction items as you can see here
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with Roger 88 they're integral and
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making sure that we had this event and I
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can't say enough how much of the great
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guys they are each year the foundation
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has a huge golf tournament fundraiser
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that raises the bulk of the money needed
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to preserve the Cade around legacy and
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each year great corporate citizens step
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up to the plate and pledge thousands of
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dollars to help the cause at last year's
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event fish and Candida auction off a
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fishing trip of a lifetime for poor
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people to the spectacular large
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eighty-eight deep in the heart of
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Northern Ontario the problem though was
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that over 30 other guys wanted in on it
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now Lodge owner Dave McLaughlin who
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generously donated the step had no
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problem with the extra bodies so what
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started out as an intimate trip from
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Florida God country has now turned into
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a full-blown wilderness bash for over 40
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crazy fishermen Wow I hope we're ready
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for this wood let's get out the road
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brother
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the boys all gathered in Sudbury Ontario
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to catch the bud train
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famous in these parts for being the
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lifeline of Northern Ontario Outfitters
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prospectors explorers fishermen and
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hunters the Train rate is actually a
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great way for all the guys as well as in
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tonight a bond tell fish stories discuss
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strategy or even get in a couple games
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in Texas Hold'em it's also a time to
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rest up for the hardcore fishing days
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ahead the budget card literally stops a
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few hundred yards from the lodge at mile
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marker 88 on the CN Railway hence the
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name Lodge 88 now because we had Phil
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Lodge 88 for the rafters the fishing
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Canada crew stated the sister property
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Marmot Lodge just a few minutes of North
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Bay d8 owned and operated by the same
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family this place is every bit as
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spectacular and obviously managed by the
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same set of rules make sure the guests
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every wish is fulfilled in other words
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they spoil you here as well staying away
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from the epicenter of the 40-man
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wrecking crew actually worked out a lot
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better for us because now every night
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we'd have an exit plan and we're
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actually able to get some sleep
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to get to today's fantastic wilderness
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vision location we headed north on
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highway 400 highway 69 from there we
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traveled north all the way to the via
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train station in Sudbury finally we took
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the train to mile marker 88 where we
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unload it and made a short boat ride to
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Lodge 88 we hit a snag knee during the
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post spawn chariot which wrapped the bat
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means that the fishing will be a little
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tough but added to that a pollen
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explosion was totally disrupting the
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normal ecosystem of the lake these two
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phases of Lakes annual cycle are enough
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to put any fishery off however we knew
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that with a bit of hard work this 90
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would pay off Galla again I got one
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alright alright another you have to have
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a talk boy yeah hiker into this Walter
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you're not a fella talkin Walter good
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what again that's not bad it's not bad
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look at that look at the scum that's a
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great look at this triangular forgive
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this bullets gum there I can get it that
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is funny like it's come off everywhere
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and you just rake in a believable Oh God
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another Oh careful quick as I thought he
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was but you know what you know what
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you'll do you got away yeah I'll get it
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that's a nice fish that's a little
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bigger what come on bite him in the neck
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we don't you go sir yeah that's not bad
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yeah let's get in there thank you sir
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easy grumpy I think you got it that old
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gold on a my that's that is the perfect
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Northern Ontario wallet that is you're
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right you're absolutely right what a two
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two and a half maybe you got it that's
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it that's it right there - anyways oh
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yeah and you know what you catch them
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all day long - on these button these
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lakes up there and that hook is in there
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nice I like that now now this fish the
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funny part of this fish right here
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is that I was hung up on the bottom like
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giggled and jiggled and jiggled I
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thought it was just want to see and go
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back we got to go back and get it off
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and it popped off the fish smacked it as
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soon as the first pull off of that there
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you go get one now how awesome is that
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we petted it I love it
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that could be a hundred years old
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by me guys Lucky's got is going to live
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all of us luckiest fish ever talk about
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nine lives
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that's great that's funny a releasing
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them and all this Paulaner we got it all
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and put magazine we got a hole here just
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dumb it's just scum and Paul and unreal
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gotta log into that I don't think I've
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ever seen it quite that no I haven't
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either one of the two you know anything
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to do with the temperatures that we've
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been having this spring I analyze it has
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to be so yeah got to be a 72-year that
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is an actual slick of pollen yeah and
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then minnows are feeding on that week
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and every time they come and see the
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stuff tons of minnows up here just
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picking away at it I'm sure the walleye
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are gorging on the minnows vaporizers
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are here too right now so get a lot of
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negatives against this let's look at we
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got this one of the most amazing aspects
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of fishing in Algoma country in northern
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ontario is the near guarantee and an
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unbelievably close encounter of some
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kind of wild animal where else can you
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scoot over for the store lines within 20
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yards of a giant wild creature then go
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catch walleye after why
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so I will look at that one buddy feels
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him oh nice oh my god like nobody had a
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fish on I was trying to sneak it in so
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you wouldn't see it you okay go ahead
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speak it it we do have a net I try oh my
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god it's a big why that's nice come on
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that's nice
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drag yeah yeah buddy I just checked it
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before I put that jig down in the water
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just to make sure good looking for
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that's nice that is nice and I don't
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want you to see what I caught a bomb and
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I'll get that drop shot rig at all I
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don't think that well it's more than
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that it's not just a drop shot rig nice
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one ball rod rig you down draw good for
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you that's nice it it's a great fish
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nice sorry nice that would Right see ya
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hey beautiful
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I hope the boys are going to get into
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them a Griffin well exactly for us right
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now coming up to a lake like this never
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having had the lodge experience in the
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wilderness experience
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to fish like that from the edge as a
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fishing day continued we encountered the
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art logicals that was hammering on
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walleye having a great time
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by the way the KDF group had a bit of a
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big fish derby on the line but that
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means
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bragging rights
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yeah what ending who is better about
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this night were you trolling that I
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telling it's a great mental that's just
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a straight mentor most better wolf nice
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nice
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well he's feeling nice I mean I'd let -
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I got a nice long stick here well I'm
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going to fish until you get him to the
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boat and you're gonna be a good one I'll
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guarantee you that
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oh yeah oh this lake is awesome
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don't kidding it I just can't wait to
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see him me too whoa
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you sure that's a Wally well he's pulled
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like a walleye you know today well he
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just pulled there like a you know what
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no no so far I'm not seeing the snake
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much and I kept seeing walleye oh I got
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one too buddy oh nice
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I think I minded literally playing ray
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Bob off of off you broke off there's my
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there's my bouncer there's the white tip
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that's all I want to see the white tip
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walleye it is a walleye oh and it's a
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beauty it is a gorgeous fish Oh dice
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vision a nice rich take your time with
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it watching rod get there that is nice
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there you go coming at you oh my god
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buddy this is huge
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whoa oh my god oh my god
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that's why they call them all my god you
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get the big hump on the head there get
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em please God that'll rate a little hook
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great perfect how nice is that my pliers
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thankfully that we've got to break
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through this buddy because you know they
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say you come into a spot like this get a
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big fish right boredom and then you
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spend the next hour looking for that
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anybody that is at right there all right
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it doesn't more that's what we live for
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right there that is a walleye you gather
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that is a walleye
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nice look at me I got a thrower back yes
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sir let's get some more of them yeah
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fun for all oh yeah awesome way to go
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the last time ang and I were up here it
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was almost a total leech bite
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this time however minnows of a technical
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either on a jig head drop shot or
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dragged behind some kind of live bait
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ring a minnow and northern waters is
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usually in Malibu
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hey I just dropped in well you know you
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know you know in edible hopefully a
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little bigger than what we've been
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seeing it hey you know what that fish is
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going crazy
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very well maybe that's walleye fighting
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oh it's definitely walleye
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I just not sure the size nobody you get
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you're going to have to have a go to
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fish out by now the little guys have
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been coming in they're already on the
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boat and laid kind of lately I wish
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I wish really would play it up let me
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see I'm seeing something down there Jim
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belly oh yeah yeah it's walleye for sure
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only I can't tell the slightly nicer
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volleyball I think you just see that
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he's out what no I had a point you swear
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to God ahead of right there
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well that's a nice fish buddy that's
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good one oh that's that's a you know
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what that's more of a typical walleye
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that link yeah right there nice yeah
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they're good yeah good Jesse that's too
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bad news yeah had a bite big trouble to
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look at this guy good oh he's aggressive
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that's a good bite right there and we
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don't like that
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yeah and they take it right in their
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mouth you know that he's on the hideous
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young Gerardo is a typical walleye by
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perfect you get a oh yeah yeah kick just
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smack good stuff buddy that's a great
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fish that is there's thousands of them
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here in this lake thousands of those
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fish right there
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isn't that pretty oh good I think he
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just nasty Pink's fins he's ready for
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you a little bit of that beat you up
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what was last time you had some good
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walleye cheeks you know what if I if I
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got a fish that size they kept in like
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kind of a smaller one third in control
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but nobody's got big baby yeah they got
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a lot of meat in those cheeks yeah it's
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cool nice Goodin you up
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now here's a little tip spoken from
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experience if you're taking a trip to a
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fishing lodge in the north make sure
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that you bring extra warm clothes as
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well as good rain gear no matter what
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time of the year it's guaranteed that
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one day will be windy and rainy which is
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exactly what happened to us got a bike
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this is a big Pike I'd love to make a
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very big for a bike but he's okay
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pulling good though two walleye it's a
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big walleye but yeah yes it is well get
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him in the net boy or no way look at
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this recommend bring this bring the new
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kidding name all I got
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in three two feet of water you're on
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you're kidding me oh it's asking off
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yeah okay Wow we didn't think we could
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get all this big net from that fish but
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I'm glad we got it now buddy what a
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freak that is that at our water
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what about three feet water I'd say it
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to max we've been fishing to two to six
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feet all to six all day freeze mud
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quality that is really good you know
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that one I was like one rethink the
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whole game plan right look at that
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Wow a shallow water buddy unbelievable
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that is so awesome
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I'm going to border back but look at
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that Wow can't get over it I am just
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freaked out without this okay hearing is
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over here
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we've had that stomp hopeless you're
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just a trader like that one of the
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benefits of getting involved with the
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KDF is that we get a chance to rub
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elbows with some abstaining corporate
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citizens earlier in the day I had a
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chance to fish with Shawn Hudson of
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Hudson Chevrolet who is the highest
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bidder that started this whole crazy
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adventure and because of that I took
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them to my favoritest nagi hot spot
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very good one got a great way easy easy
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easy
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I like the way that's been that's a
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little better than the ones I've got so
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far
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oh yeah that's what I speak look at your
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thought man look at your rod easy does
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it
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that's a nice fish boys oh yeah he's
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already he's already oh my god
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love that buddy this is exactly why
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we're here this is better no better than
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ice look at that buddy whoa that's good
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he wanted out in a hurry
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slide me back again this way good organs
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as well good job buddy a trip to any
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Northern Ontario destination would not
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be complete without the traditional
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Shore lunch and this trip was no
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exception
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as we stated earlier in the show the KDF
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boys had a bit of a derby going on and
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with that comes an eventual winner
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the biggest part for this story is that
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the old guys at the step aside and now
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for the big moment you've all the way
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before the winner this year's fishing
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Canada kvf Bischoff cut around come on
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congratulations back about that boy
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Connor is the youngest man it was
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fishing Harry today and last couple of
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days actually shame on all of you
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today's hot spot is a great one for big
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walleye and it's supposed to Lodge 88 as
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a matter of fact it's the area where
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Shawn caught his giant coal or drift
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parallel to the bank and around seven to
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14 feet of water with a worm harness a
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leech at a drop shot or live bait rig or
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even a crank bait for more hot spots
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