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look at that fish folks another nice
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lean we found the right spot the right
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conditions it's starting to happen
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that's a Walley is it Stevie yeah yeah
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baby got there we go look at that the
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old double header beautiful walleye up
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that that is a monster walleye that's
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the starter that's the smallest one
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in a while when search in for shooting
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locations we stumble upon a real diamond
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in the rough so to speak sometimes it's
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luxurious accommodations out in the
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middle of nowhere at other times it's
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unbelievable worldclass fishing on this
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trip to makab batan Lake it's all about
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ladder when first trying to set up this
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shoot I was talking to Kyle peski the
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Outfitters he told me about an amazing
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brook trout walleye and Pike destination
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that he thought would be a great idea
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for us to film since Brook tro always
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sparked our attention we were all ears
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when you're up here if the water and the
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conditions are allowed you're able to
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get down the river and have a shot at
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that trophy of a lifetime now you have
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to realize that this location is not
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just a lake in the middle of the Ontario
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Forest this is a lake formed by one of
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the most famous brook trout rivers in
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the world the 982 km long Albany River
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this was music to our ears part of the
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joy of being on the Albany River in the
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springtime when the water's still a
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little cooler the river itself is not a
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creek not a stream not a brook it's a
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river it is definitely um beautiful and
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Majestic but also holds some of the
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world's best kept secrets of of Brook
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fishing the Albany river flows Northeast
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from Lake St Joseph in Northwestern
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Ontario and empties into James Bay it is
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982 km or 610 Mi long it's tied with the
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Severn River for being the longest river
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entirely in in Ontario you can navigate
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the Albany River for the first 400 km
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you know while visiting our Albany River
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Outpost you have the opportunity to
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catch that trophy of a lifetime Brook
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Trope and at the same time personal best
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or personal record best of Northern pip
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once we dialed in on a date we were all
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in as they say as to flying in and
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making contact with arguably Ona's most
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beautiful game Fish now unfortunately
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for an he couldn't make this trip
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fortunately for Steve his wikii he could
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and Trust Me Stevie loves brookies along
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Northerns as Steve and I hit the Nina
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Air Service base we were talking to a
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few people that just came from makoka
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Baton and unfortunately they stated that
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the brook trout fishing was extremely
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tough and this came from a local guide
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to boot not a good start to the trip
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they did say however that the Walley
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fishing was absolutely outstanding and
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alternative the Walley fishing anywhere
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in the Albany Basin is second in a none
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anywhere that it looks like walleye
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usually holds a endless amount of Walley
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that you can get on a spot and just fish
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long as we arrived at The Outpost Camp
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there certainly was a sense of
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anticipation this is very much the same
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feeling we get each and every time we
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destination makoka baten Lake is a large
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body of water being almost 30 km long by
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2 and 1/2 km wide the Albany river flows
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through the makoka Baton entering at the
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West End and exiting out of the
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East our arrival put us on the water
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late in the day so we decided that our
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first stop would be to the nearest end
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of the lake in a narrow down high
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area this spot was loaded with Walley
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however between the tough job that Steve
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was given with boat control and the size
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of the fish it was small we'd simply
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have some fun here and move on to bigger
4:28
tomorrow that's the starter that's the
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smallest one we're going to catch here
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okay no more of these that's
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it oh nice one Peter you just take hold
4:43
the boat there buddy I'm good he's not
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bad he's not great but he's not bad good
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God they're gold they're beautiful
5:02
Northern Ontario Walle man they just
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they're so perfect looking look at that
5:06
he ate that giant jig he I mean he just
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literally ate it he tapped it it's not
5:13
fish there we go look at the belly on
5:16
fish that's the starter that's the
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smallest one we're going to catch here
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okay no more of these that's
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it those are good eating though Peter oh
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buddy that's and you can keep that one
5:27
you keep one over 18 here in this
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Northern Ontario areas so um he hit a
5:31
lot more aggressive I thought it was a
5:32
bigger fish Stevie he went Bo but but he
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still didn't uh and he I mean he thumped
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right oh there's one I'm just yeah I'm
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just letting that Crystal minnow run in
5:46
current how is he there he is that's not
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a bad fish I don't think bring him
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forward and then I'll and then I'll and
5:52
then drop back to it okay drop them back
5:54
now oh not now now I'll tell you what
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Peter boat control in this spot's key oh
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my God is it ever budy look at I'll get
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him off for you cuz you're going to be
6:05
that's a good fish bro
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yeah on the old Crystal minnow his his
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cheek is shaking his cheek is pulsing
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it's vibrating he likes you he likes you
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me there you go you release him oh look
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at that nice fella right there beautiful
6:26
wal we'll just let him go right over the
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Grandpa it's dinner time there you go
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yeah baby I love those Crystal minnows
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man they're they're money buddy I don't
6:38
even have to do anything I just put it
6:39
in the water and they catch fish it hold
6:41
it in the current right yeah
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uh I have no idea Stevie but he was
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shallow that a boy how's he looking to
6:49
you no same size that's not bad he's not
6:52
bad he's in a decent size range here I
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can I I got him buddy I got him keep
6:57
casting okay yeah he's he not bad but
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that's a good one okay there we go we're
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rocking and rolling now I'm going to
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Mark a waypoint right here
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mock it's good enough for that so not
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huge but much better than the littley
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tiny ones yeah that's still a good fish
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22b 22 lb I said 22 22
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in that's a for up here I think those
7:24
fish are getting nice there are big fish
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what you get on to these wind blown
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points yeah that's exactly what this is
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a wind blown point and they're just for
7:37
some reason they're I'm seeing fish
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right now under on the Garen right there
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look at that yeah that's not weeds
7:42
that's fish I bet you if I drop straight
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down I bet I can get one that's where
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I've been catching them straight down on
7:54
minnow with a new start and a full day
7:56
of fishing we're heading to the far end
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of the lake some from 30 km away from
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there we can work our way back towards
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Camp hitting all of Kyle's suggested
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hotspots and anything else that looks
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good to us although this morning is
8:09
starting out Sunny the forecast is for
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high winds a lot of clouds and a
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possible storm we're going with Kyle
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suggestion a 5-in swim base as this is
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his go-to Walley presentation on makoka
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baton that said we soon discovered that
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any 5-in bright colored plastic was
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money even on the smaller
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fish there's one I was just working on a
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professional overrun it's a big it's a
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walleye isn't it yes yeah a nice walleye
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buddy working on a professional overrun
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here other words AKA a backlash a
8:41
backlash dragging about 8 ft behind the
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boat it's a decent wall and this is what
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amazing oh and look at that bait fell
8:56
right out nice little walleye yeah
8:58
that's a good little walleye absolutely
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right off the Jack Pine and like 12 or
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14 ft of water that's 17 ft Bud
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17 trolling in the prop wash fixing a
9:11
backlash there you go that's how you do
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her out here I told Steve that we should
9:16
stick with Kyle's big jig and Plastics
9:18
program since it's working however if we
9:21
get a chance we need to troll or drift
9:23
some of our big yosui Mino baits
9:26
hopefully we'll have time to
9:27
experiment this is is probably the best
9:31
Northern Area to come and catch big
9:44
walleye I got something stev and I think
9:46
it's not bad nice right beside the boat
9:49
that's dude that was right beside the
9:50
boat oh what is it here we go easy buddy
9:59
just barely in the net man I know he's
10:03
heavy too he's a good he's a good size
10:05
yeah that's a nice one look look at his
10:06
mou Steve he's got another Pike or wall
10:09
he's got a Pike in his mou oh that is
10:11
cool okay look at in here folks in his
10:15
mou I don't know if you can see that if
10:21
enough that's a pike tail that's not a
10:23
Walley tail that's a pike tail in there
10:27
and look at how fat he is look at the
10:28
look at that look at the gut that's that
10:30
fish in there that's the Pike in there
10:33
that's cool that's crazy not even a big
10:36
Pike but man that's why he didn't fight
10:38
still yeah he's still eating your bait
10:40
that's why he didn't fight very much
10:41
though right because he's so
10:46
gun Pike eating Pike oh my God what a
10:51
there with that awesome Pike sequence
10:53
but only mediocre Walley success so far
10:56
we decided to work our way back to our
10:58
intended shorel lunch area area catching
11:00
eaters wasn't an issue but Steve and I
11:02
wanted to set hooks into something much
11:04
meteor a quick Shor lunch break and then
11:06
it would be back at her so good as you
11:10
can probably tell by the history of
11:12
walleye shows we've shot a Shor lunch is
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an absolute must maybe not every day but
11:17
I guarantee you we'll have at least
11:21
one with the unbelievable satisfaction
11:24
of an authentic Northern Canadian Shor
11:26
lunch firmly implanted it was time to
11:29
Kyle suggested directly in front of Shor
11:31
lunch Island as it's a known makab batan
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Hotpot sounds good to us and man what a
11:37
hot spot it turned into that's a good
11:40
that's a walleye yeah that's feeling
11:42
like a walleye for sure that feels like
11:43
a ban looks like a big does come on
11:48
Steven come on baby no more oh it's
11:50
a walleye and it's a bigan such a nice
11:55
is yeah yeah baby got him look at the
11:59
opaque eyes on that guy oh he's an old
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he's blind I think he is he ate that jig
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pretty good well I guess they don't need
12:09
jig oh yeah yeah this guy's got
12:14
cataracts yeah there we go jig look at
12:20
this look at that eye look at the eye on
12:22
that thing I think this must be both
12:24
eyes or just the one just the one he's
12:26
he's good on that side yeah look at that
12:29
eye folks wow it's been damaged there's
12:31
a little blood spot on it or something
12:34
yeah these fish are beat up there's big
12:37
Northerns out here chowing down on these
12:39
fellas even though that is a big long
12:43
walleye right on good one you get the
12:46
oneeyed oneeyed Jack there buddy yes sir
12:49
Jack let get back in the water there you
12:53
later that one St oh nice another one
12:56
right on walleye pass out here right on
12:59
walleye pass buddy there he is oh
13:02
another nice walleye oh yeah he ate it
13:05
that one ate it man oh man is he ever a
13:08
nice beautiful looking walleye look at
13:11
this he gone The Jig Is Gone oh
13:14
yeah there we go look at how deep that
13:17
is in there I know I can't believe the
13:19
color too eh well let's see if I can oh
13:22
he's long he's a lean one that's all
13:23
yeah folks you know the walleye fishing
13:25
is turning on when they take it like
13:27
there that fish folks another nice long
13:30
lean Northern Ontario Walley he's going
13:33
to try and flip on me so I'm going to
13:40
buddy got one Stevie that a boy Peter on
13:47
fire might be on fire the lightning hits
13:49
us oh yeah this is that pref front
13:54
thunderstorm shifting by and in the
13:57
distance and on top of us
14:00
still haven't got a glimpse of them yet
14:02
bud me neither buddy I love the feel of
14:04
this one though oh it's I it's walleye
14:07
for sure he's like under the boat like
14:11
that from my experience northerner side
14:14
de side oh for it's a nice W beautiful
14:21
one nice job Peter that's the one right
14:26
there okay buddy now we're talking that
14:29
now we're rocking it now we're rocking
14:31
and rolling here Ah that's awesome
14:34
that's awesome did you see what I did St
14:35
the last two fish I cast out deep I did
14:40
let There we go folks look at the teeth
14:42
in his mouth he's got eye teeth that
14:44
fell around for that guy even that's a
14:46
nice walleye right there that's a nice
14:48
Northern Ontario walleye right there get
14:50
him back get him back that's it oh I got
14:55
one bud yeah me too buddy nice the old
14:59
double header dri mine feels good man
15:01
yeah mine doesn't so I'll get mine in oh
15:03
mine's a pike is it perfect
15:06
yeah okay that's good oh I've got a good
15:09
feeling that this is a nice big walleye
15:12
I have a feeling you're right I'm hoping
15:15
you're right and it wasn't a little
15:20
on get out of there there that's
15:24
done oh there he is nice wall oh yeah
15:27
one oh get in get in there
15:32
I that's a great that's a great walleye
15:35
right there look at that I love it when
15:37
that pops out there like
15:40
that there we go another beautiful
15:43
walleye up here we've been catching
15:44
these consistently this is probably the
15:48
best Northern Area to come and catch big
15:52
walleye like I mean big walleye small
15:55
walleye eaters trophy it's a amazing
16:00
unbelievable and Kyle does a wonderful
16:02
job up here at brace Lake
16:04
Outfitters there you go buddy thanks for
16:07
fight down he goes good job buddy yeah
16:11
good job here's your stick thank
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you this hot spot is an area on mooka
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bat Lake where Pete and Steve had a
16:25
fantastic day walleye fishing the way
16:27
point on your screen will get you right
16:29
there ironically enough this hot spot is
16:32
adjacent to what's referred to as Shor
16:35
lunch Island s about perfect to me
16:38
remember though there are size limits on
16:40
this lake so make sure you abide by them
16:42
our guys primarily jig with 5-in fluke
16:44
style Plastics with white being the best
16:47
color but every now and then the boys
16:49
would cast out a yui crystal minnow deep
16:51
diving hard bait to search for roaming
16:53
fish and that worked as well Pete
16:56
mentioned that the walleye here were so
16:58
tight to the bottom he was having a hard
17:00
time locating fish on the lives scope
17:02
since a bunch of fish were there it
17:04
proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that
17:07
your traditional screen on your fish
17:08
finder is still a valuable tool for more
17:11
hot spots like this one check out
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canada.com man I'll tell you what part
17:22
of the Albany river system getting these
17:24
things you're thinking brook trout
17:26
you're thinking big Fike there loaded
17:36
wow Stevie my drag was set loose oh nice
17:41
well oh it's a big fish whatever it is
17:45
Northern if he's fighting like this I
17:47
didn't see any white tip on his
17:49
tail it's hard to tell on this tanic
17:55
yeah if it's a wal it's one it's the one
17:57
we want if it's a the Pike's the one we
18:00
want the walleye nice walleye buddy woo
18:05
yeah dude baby oh hook popped out of his
18:08
mouth hook popped out of his mouth
18:10
that's the way you do it oh my God look
18:17
Bo look at that that is this Lake and
18:21
it's got a lot of them it has got a lot
18:23
of fish this size that is just a perfect
18:26
oh my God what a great wall I girth on
18:28
it it's got everything going on big old
18:30
ugly head woo not mine not Stevie the
18:35
fish oh I love that I love that
18:38
man that is just a prime that's a prime
18:41
spawning fish that is the perfect
18:43
Northern onario walleye right there just
18:45
absolutely perfect jeez that's a better
18:48
fish right there boy you got her Bud yes
18:51
sir reeling as fast as I can yes sir you
18:55
see him yet no good that means I got on
18:58
time could be a northern it's p it's
19:00
pulling some drag but it is right under
19:03
the boat which I love which is totally
19:07
characteristic of walleye oh yes it is
19:10
that's a walleye that is a walleye right
19:13
there got him yeah baby that's the tank
19:18
that's the tick tank right there that is
19:21
the ticket right there folks oh yeah
19:25
this is why we come up here
19:30
Outfitters you good to catch walleye oh
19:33
yeah to catch fellas like this right
19:36
there that is a monster walleye that is
19:41
a monster walleye right there Stevie oh
19:44
I'm pumped and this is some of the most
19:47
amazing fishing to do it out here we've
19:50
got some storms rolling through you get
19:52
a walleye chop here and there and then
19:54
it settles down we found a beautiful
19:56
Ridge let's get him back in the water
19:59
here there we go oh wa big guy yeah
20:04
thanks brother woo good fish bro oh yeah
20:07
that's that's the way to take a northern
20:10
Ontario's walleye trip right there
20:12
that's right let's go get another one
20:14
yeah what the heck got one Stevie you
20:19
turn whoa whoa buddy wow standing down
20:23
dude there he is oh yeah it's nice wal
20:34
beauty yeah that's a good nice job
20:36
that's a good one brother teeth get
20:42
net look at that for beautiful Walley
20:45
folks man I'll tell you what part of the
20:48
Albany river system and getting these
20:50
things you're thinking Brook Trail
20:52
you're think big bike there loaded with
20:53
these things wow I mean that's your main
20:57
species when you come up on a trip like
20:58
this and then the other ones are
21:01
bonus you can catch a lot of them
21:06
woo yeah that was fun man that thing
21:10
fought hard what a great fish wow
21:13
fishery is insane it is insane
21:16
honestly well there you have it my
21:18
friends a spectacular Walley shoot and
21:21
with no live bait and as a bonus Steve
21:23
and I decided to troll our way back to
21:25
the cabin and you guessed it they
21:28
crushed our mle BAS as well a future
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21:40
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21:54
after fish walleye destination Pete and
21:56
Steve first drove North on Highway 400
21:59
to Highway 11 at North Bay they turned
22:02
right to continue on Highway 11 they
22:04
drove West for a while until they
22:06
reached 584 they headed north and then
22:09
turned left on cordingley Lake Road from
22:12
there it's a short drive down a gravel
22:14
road to the Nika Air Service base since
22:17
this was a long haul for the boys they
22:19
overnighted at a local Motel before
22:21
their scheduled flight day once at the
22:23
sea plane base the next morning it was a
22:26
quick tally on total weight and then
22:28
they took off for a 45-minute flight to
22:30
makoki Baton Lake on the Albany river
22:32
system for those looking for more of the
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