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Ontario Brook Trout Guide | Fish'n Canada
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Jun 7, 2025
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if that is not one of ontario's finest
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sport fish then i don't know what is yes
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you want to see some colors on a brook
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trout look at that
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painting right there oh baby
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baby baby that is it right there dude
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aren't they just the most beautiful
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things absolutely gorgeous
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that is my favorite fish without
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question
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this is why we fish right here the fish
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if you were given the ultimate in
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artistic talent and creativity along
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with a paintbrush and a palette of
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vibrant colors
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and someone said to you hey can you
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paint me a crazy colorful fish
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well the odds are you won't be painting
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a lake trout or a largemouth bass
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i can pretty much guarantee you won't be
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painting a pike or a muskie either they
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just don't have those wild colors that a
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true artist would desire
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you want your creation to look vibrant
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right i'll bet
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you'd choose a brook trout to me it's a
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no-brainer
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that is so oh look at that look at that
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painting right there bye bye buddy
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as you can probably tell today's fishing
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canada show is all about the brook trout
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oh my god look at this thing that is
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what you call a gorgeous fish oh that is
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like it's like it's painted on it
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wow how beautiful is that man that's a
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nasty male right there yeah
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i would beat you up big time yeah
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wow since this great species is one in
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which
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extensive travel may be involved we
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again reiterate the importance of
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staying within the set
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coven 19 protocols when moving from
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region to region
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people from all over the world travel
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thousands and thousands of miles for
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that little guy right there
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that's gorgeous the brook trout or as
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it's often referred to as the speckle
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trout is truly one of god's greatest
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creations in the animal kingdom
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in the brook trout's most muted color
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phase it still looks like a painting
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that normally puts people into a state
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of amazement
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oh my gosh just crazy
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in fact some anglers are so taken by
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this gorgeous creature
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that they would never keep their cats to
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enjoy a unique meal look at that fish
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folks
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that is stunning i'm going to do this
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fish the honors of a net release
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yeah she goes we're not sure if this is
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a good thing
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or a bad thing since a small 10 to 12
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inch brookie is one of the finest
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tasting fish on the face of this earth
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what is it i am in heaven and i'm i'm
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not ready to stop yet
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i'm gonna keep going brook trout are
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native to eastern north america with the
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range expanding to the great lakes
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tributaries of the united states
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reaching as far south as the appalachian
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mountains they're also found in manitoba
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throughout ontario into quebec the
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maritime provinces and i've even heard
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bc
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the distribution of brook trout around
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the globe is quite limited in that they
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can only survive and more importantly
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spawn in a certain type of water
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that said they can also be found in
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europe asia
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africa and south america yep we were
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surprised at that one too
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when talking about brook trout habitat
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these little creatures need specific
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conditions to survive
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one of those is water temperature they
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can live
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in waters from the mid 40s fahrenheit
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and up to believe it or not
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70 degrees however their preferred
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temperature
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is around 55 to 62 fahrenheit or 13 to
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17 celsius
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this is where they thrive
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another equally important factor to
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consider is the water conditions that
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brook trout need to spawn in
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flowing water is critical in most creeks
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and rivers that's not a problem
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but in lakes however that natural needed
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flow is absent
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the only lakes that brook trout can
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naturally reproduce
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have upwellings and springs
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look at that if that is not
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one of ontario's finest sport fish then
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i don't know what is
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because that is just absolutely stunning
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and there we go i got a gorgeous little
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fish
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that is a beautiful brook trout right
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there folks
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beautiful brook trout
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they are quick everything they do is
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fast
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[Applause]
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whoa
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[Music]
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a classic example of a world-class brook
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trout area is ontario's algonquin park
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this iconic destination is canada's
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oldest provincial park
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it's roughly 7 725 square kilometers and
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contains over 1 000
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named lakes of these lakes 240 of them
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contain
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self-sustaining brook trout populations
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algonquin park is known as the world's
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largest
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natural brook trout spawning area
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although my experience there is limited
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anz has made many fishing trips to
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algonquin and is living proof that this
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place is like no other
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in fact ange had a chance to revisit
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this magical place and thank god
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he took me along for a guided tour
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[Music]
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come on brookie jump in there see that's
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that's typical for up here right
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very yeah very typical
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and every once in a while a big three or
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four pounder will sneak into there
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really yeah see i can't i can't imagine
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a spec being three or four pounds i just
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have never
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yeah they're pretty cool i've never seen
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it they're pretty cool
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that's awesome man they cool good
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looking fish
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they've got the square tail he's got the
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beautiful spots
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there you go little buddy goddammit
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it's a bigger fish man
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get it buddy
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here you go nice one that's a good brook
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trout right there
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that's nice ah look at him go that's a
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beauty fish
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that is a beauty they're tough oh and
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slimy
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beautiful fish dude ah he's over two
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pounds isn't he oh yeah he's three he's
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straight
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sweet i wanted to see a three pounder
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he's three i've been satisfied
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algonquin park is not the only brook
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trout destination to investigate for a
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future fishing trip
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another phenomenal natural brook trout
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producer is the world famous
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lake nipigon and nipigon river the
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landscape here is very much different
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from algonquin park
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and so are the fish yes look at that
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speck
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oh
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you want to see some colors on a
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speckled trout on a brook trout
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that is as nice as it gets right there
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if algonquin is all about numbers number
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of lakes number of portages
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and of course number of fish the nipigon
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is all about size
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size of the water as well as size of the
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nippicon strain brook trout
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this area has been producing trophy
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brook trout since the 1800s
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come on you came in
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way too easy i thought what's going on
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for the size of this fish
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whoa
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[Music]
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he spawn on me these nipper gun brookies
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are absolute firecrackers
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the fight like this is something you
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just won't see from any other freshwater
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fish
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i've never seen anything like that
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because
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i'm not gonna uh i'm not gonna chase him
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because this water is crazy
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he came in that boat so easy i like that
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says wow you know what this is a decent
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sized trout like a
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typical nipping river what you'd come
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forward if you can river
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spec or brook trout and it came out so
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easy i thought wow is it because the
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water temp the water temps are just in
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the low 50s but these are cold water
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fish
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[Music]
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check that out folks that is the world
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famous nipping river
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brook trout or speckled trout what a
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gorgeous gorgeous look at the meat how
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fat that fish is
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i'm gonna put her in the net and release
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her
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she wants to stay in the net in my
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humble opinion the brook trout fishery
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in the nipigon river
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is without a doubt a top ten fishing
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destination
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in the entire world what a what a fight
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awesome absolutely awesome the world
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record brookie came from the nipping
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river back in july of 1915.
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that behemoth weighed in at 14 and a
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half pounds
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that record still stands today over a
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hundred years later
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[Music]
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to get to today's unbelievable speckled
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trout fishing i drove north on highway
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400 to highway 69.
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i then headed northwest on highway 17.
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i stayed on 17 westbound past the town
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of nipigon and then turned south on 628
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towards the town of red rock i finally
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reached my destination at the classic
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quebec lodge which is home base for
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nipigon river adventures
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i don't know man i couldn't get a look
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at them got some red on those fins
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that's cool that's a brookie that's a
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nice brookie
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you got it
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[Music]
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lake superior is another area where the
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mighty brook trout can live in its
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natural environment and more importantly
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spawn we need this back we need a speck
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when he's back
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expect a spec superior brookies are
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often referred to as
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coasters since many of the fish cruise
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the shoreline or coast
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of this mighty great lake if given nice
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calm conditions
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anglers can cast or troll the scenic
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shorelines looking for that fish of a
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lifetime
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what do you got brooklyn i don't know
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man i couldn't get a look at them
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that's all i know got some red on those
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fins that's
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oh that's a brookie that's a nice
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brookie he's fighting like a brookie
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yeah baby
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i think that's a square tail i see yep
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it is too gorgeous it is
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beautiful you still have melee things i
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love them when they get that red
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yeah on those fins the bright red
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yeah that is right what we're coming for
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that's a coaster
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oh baby baby baby
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that is it right there dude nice job
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beautiful
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nice job lake superior coasters
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nice okay buddy
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beautiful fishing tactics for brook
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trout might just surprise you
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yes on creeks and streams a perfectly
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natural presentation like live bait
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a tiny spinner or spoon or a flawlessly
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presented fly will more often than not
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get the job done
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on bigger waters though one can add a
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whole other world of presentations
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if we are fishing a big flowing river
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like the nipigon typical light line
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tactics will work
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we've even had success drop shotting for
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brookies often though finesse goes
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out the door spoons like egbs
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and cleos number three spinners and get
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this
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even colorful bulky hair or feather jigs
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work extremely well for these ambush
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predators
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in still water like lakes those spoons
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and spinners again are tough to beat
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but small suspending crankbaits and jerk
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baits
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ice fishing lures and even trolling big
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flies
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are all killer search baits for brook
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trout we prefer light
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spinning gear with all these baits and
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present them by either casting or
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trolling
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another often overlooked area for
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world-class brook road fishing is the
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most northerly portion of ontario
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the albany and sutton rivers are perfect
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examples however they're hard to get to
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something a bit more attainable would be
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a place like essendagami lodge
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this multi-species lodge is a bit closer
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to civilization
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and can put you onto walleye northern
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pike
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what a beast and of course lots of brook
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trout
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look at that ladies and gentlemen like i
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showed that to the camera right there
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like that
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first oh it's a beautiful brook brook
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another one close to the boat
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i was sitting there watching getting my
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jig all worked up seeing okay
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before we cast let's get ready here the
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first hole first stop
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esunagami river right yeah this is the
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nagami river
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and i'm just dropping down there boom i
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hit a trout and he got off and then i
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just saw eric do a drift finish his
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drift the castle out there finish it off
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here and
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it might be the same fish as well look
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at that what a gorgeous beautiful
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looking fish that is awesome there you
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go although the speckled trout numbers
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swim thick in this river you still need
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to coax them especially in frigid water
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now there talk about no finesse
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oh beautiful fish it's a
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braided braided line with a spoon
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gorgeous fish man this river is stacked
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with these things
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today we're using small jigs spinners
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and spoons in both subtle colors as well
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as very bright
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casts upstream are usually best followed
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by slowly pulling your bait into and
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through current breaks and seams
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is that not incredible it is wow nice
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those spots little blue look at the
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blues on them yeah they're just
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one of the prettiest fish going this one
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wants to get going
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nice man this is just the most
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that's the most fun i've had fishing in
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a long time buddy
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he's hanging onto tinsel now look at
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that
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look yeah look at the difference hey
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sometimes they're all looking of a
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different
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different look to a lot of them so neat
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i wish we would have kept count now and
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how many fish we got today
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oh we're gonna be well over two dozen
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now
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look at that amazing color folks
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how is that for a god's creation
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this is why we fish right here oh look
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at the color on there
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oh my god that's breathtaking
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[Music]
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of course there are many other lakes
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situated in specific areas throughout
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the country that harbor brook trout
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however most of these populations are
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stock fish
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in fact it's the algonquin and nipicon
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strained brookies that are often stocked
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into new lakes
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why not pick from the best right one
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area that challenges
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all oncomers in the battle of the brook
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road is the algoma region of ontario
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fisheries biologists have discovered
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that many and i mean many of algoma's
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natural lakes
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are perfect for brook trout stocking
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although the fish may not be able to
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procreate in many of the non-spring-fed
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lakes
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they sure can grow big oh look at the
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color on there
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oh my god that's breathtaking
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what a beautiful there we go nice work
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[Applause]
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that's a real chunky fish yeah oh look
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at that
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look at the thickness look at the
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football god
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now is that a male or female that's a
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male that's a big male that's a big meal
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look at that my god that is spectacular
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man
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dreams are made of that like oh yeah
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what a brute
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what a brute wow
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slam ya
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[Laughter]
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look at him go
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holy mackerel that thing is insane
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wow oh that's a nice brookie
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now he doesn't have as much blue in
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those spots
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as some of the smaller fish but wow
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aren't they just the most beautiful
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things absolutely gorgeous
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that is my favorite fish without
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question
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they are something and they are an apex
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predator make no mistake about it
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as pretty as that fish is that is the
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most vicious predator in these
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waters without question nothing even
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close to them
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fantastic you know if you ever get a
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chance to get out to some of these
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lodges that offer more than just
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a main camp experience whether it's you
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know a flyout to a small remote little
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cabin on a lake or just being able to
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take day trips
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and into some of these tiny little ponds
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and lakes man i'll tell you they are
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well worth it just the experience of
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catching a fish
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in this environment in this setting
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it'll alter you for sure
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it's fantastic
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[Music]
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so there you have it the fish that i
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would have chosen to paint as an artist
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their look is amazing and their fight is
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astounding
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here's a little recap of what we talked
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about today
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if you're looking to catch a natural
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beauty in a natural beautiful location
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a trip to algonquin park for brook trout
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is a must that's awesome man
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cool if you're looking for the monster
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brookie of a lifetime there's no better
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place on this earth
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than lake nipping and the nipping river
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that is the world famous nipping river
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brook trouter speckled trout if you want
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to add a coaster to your bucket list
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then lake superior is your only choice
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that is it right there dude
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and lastly if you don't mind the idea of
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fishing for stock specs
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ontario's algoma region will not
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disappoint absolutely gorgeous
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and finally please remember to take this
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pandemic seriously
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we as anglers can and should set an
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example that others can look up to
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and emulate let's set the bar let's be
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proactive
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let's be safe
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[Music]
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this hot spot is on root house lake the
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waypoint on your screen will get you
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right there
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the best way of fishing a structure like
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this is slow trolling
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drifting anchoring or what i did
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throughout the day
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easing your way using a trolling motor
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and wind combination
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to fan cast the shoreline for trolling
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try spoons
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spinners or hard body baits like crank
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baits and minnow baits
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when casting try spinners egb spoons
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jigs and don't forget drop shotting a
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small bait like a yamamoto shad-shaped
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[Music]
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worm
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today's outstanding trophy brook trout
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fishing took place at blue fox camp in
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algoma region of ontario
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to get there i first took highway 400
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north to highway 69.
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i next turned northwest on highway 17 at
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sudbury
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i finally turned north on air service
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road in algoma mills
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and ended up at lauzon aviation air base
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from there
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it was a short 15-20 minute flight to
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blue fox camp
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