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Carp, Ontario's Best Kept Secret | Fish'n Canada
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Apr 15, 2025
Angelo Viola and Pete Bowman try for a “not so popular” fish species at a warm water discharge area in Ontario. Once again they're reminded just how fun Carp fishing can be. 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, Pete Bowman, and the pair continue to travel across Canada educating anglers using the experience they’ve gained over the years #Fishing
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you
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fish in Canada brought to you in part by
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Coleman the Outdoor company must call
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repulsive who's 1951 Prince Krauts boat
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the more you know the better we look
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mercury Osborne number one on the water
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and sail the absorb superstore
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angers travel thousands upon thousands
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of miles each year in search for that
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ultimate trophy size fish that will
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ultimately tip the scales to
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unbelievable numbers an example might be
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a thirty pound plus northern pike my
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problem is in order to have a high
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percentage shot of that bike or even a
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40 pound lake code and I'm going to
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travel hundreds if not thousands of
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miles and spend thousands of dollars to
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nail that trophy well on today's show
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we're going to concentrate on two
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species of fish that could reach Titanic
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proportions it's easy to locate and it
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doesn't cost an arm and a leg to catch
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and and I are pretty confident our
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ability to catch multiple species of
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fish across the country nice job but
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there are however certain species that
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were somewhat Greenland looking for
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Herbert Ison was a carp is one of them
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that said we're also confident in our
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ability to adapt in different mystery
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situations along have to put a few in
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the boat no matter what we're after that
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is a blast
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Ontario's definitely the carp top lower
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this country along we have entitled the
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globe in search of car we have studied
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it extensively
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this is Canada's next great game fish
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that tells you right now this is also
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talk with mainly expert who also briefed
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Ontario is definitely carp habit oh this
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could be their futures for github Canada
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today we're using what's called a hair
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rig the idea is ingenious the bass we're
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using on this rig are sweet canned corn
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and pre-made boilies I got this one on a
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boilie at some corn what's so unique
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about this rig is the hook is actually
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not through the bait at all
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the basically sits below the hook on an
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extension of fishing line consider this
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your your worm of bass fishing through
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the years
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anglers have founded carpets such as
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sensitive mouths that they can feel
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anything unnatural while taking in food
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like a hook and a piece of corn in a
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feed garden to call the girls in
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by Framing debate on to the extended
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fishing line past the park a carp now
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will suck up the entire rig and then
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attempt to spit it all out but the ultra
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sharp pork should buy the spot to grab
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yeah yeah I got one without forever all
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going to be underneath your line
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yeah going up current like a salmon
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buddy yeah I forgot it no yeah one week
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ago hey nice job but guy you're okay he
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took off behind the boat
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you can drop her out there no problem
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he's not big I'm back in I'm back in the
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game okay coming back out again but all
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I I keep my out of your zone not he's
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not a big fish if that was anything
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anything in a car I don't think as we
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know the potentials the size of these
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fish here right I mean that is
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definitely smaller going to come about
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water normal Lake Ontario water is not
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even close to that it's so clean but
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this these guys can see bringing it they
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can feed in almost any conditions work
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buddy thank you know you gotta love it
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thank you sir you know what it is fun
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every time I've carp fish I've had a
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blast
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Eric offering to back it up laying on my
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carpet was that small no he said he's a
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nice place Oh carpet these guys usually
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hooked themselves quite nicely like that
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right there is perfect usually very easy
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to get out of the mouth of the fish
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there's lots of meat in there but they
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come out really nice they hook really
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well almost every time is perfect and
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they hooked really wrong
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no I cannot do off and you probably are
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used to see a little car keys like that
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look at that how awesome is that
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and there are so many of these guys in
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this area and I'm sure like Ontario you
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don't usually see them this big usually
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Great Lakes especially you see the giant
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swimming around the shallow waters but
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obviously they got to be the site before
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they get to be the 30 pounders so I'm
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going to put them back here we go I'm
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just going to drop me like that
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look at that color that guy hey our
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perfect little piss
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that's fun have you seen a better fish
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for catch and release Ontario start
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fishing is so good that tag at the word
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is spread in Europe and the true carp
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experts are starting to head westward
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like you're upright this is their main
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species unless they're abundant and they
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fight like this
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why not knowing full well that their
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extensive knowledge of angling methods
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combined with our under fish species is
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a slam-dunk form of numbers as well as
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size this action is hot it's a fresh
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release fishing is a real eye-opener for
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be tonight okay let's see oh my god DOMA
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you see we're in mid to late fall a time
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which we felt carp fishing which
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essentially be turned off we're fishing
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in November for them very similar to
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largemouth bass fishing where water
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temperatures dictate fish activity but
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man were we wrong the whole different
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game got what ya got what he's swimming
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like a madman there he just he just
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realized always going he's going out
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that good coming up around you now you
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want to pump and see if I really there
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is already here Megan no our typical
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well listen to it we're treating these
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ten pounders like they're yeah like
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they're insignificant meanwhile people
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would kill for a fish like that might be
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able to release him right behind the
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boat here he's not that big
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I got a rod oh if you wanna bring it
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beside the motor here we get a good look
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at him you're probably gonna have to
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stand on the front of the boat oh he
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dangled dessert oh no I got one you know
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what I'm sittin me that's something well
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so much for that
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quick newly-released use a SS I got this
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one on a boilie and some corn olive oil
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oh they are hitting on a stuff other
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than corn oh I think these things will
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hit ID they get here but corn definitely
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is oh it seems to be a key done that
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right now hey still if you want to go
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back over to the spot now are you clear
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yeah I get out of the way actually I
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move this right a bit we're good I'll go
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over top you like a so and we're good
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perfect fish for fun oh great fish for
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kids like you better bring the kids out
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visit in the boat you imagine see ya hey
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with respect I'll pop you at the
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lair soon as he went towards my line my
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legs are gripping on no that's fun Yatta
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I can see the way that talk big event
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just perfect right in the lip even
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release every time
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okay the rod there and then should be
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like that like that little boy Li and a
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couple pieces the core there's one
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missing I had six eating the corn on
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there that's a little boilie a premade
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carp face goodbye little stopper in the
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bottom and he ate it
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weird-looking setup
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to get to our late season carp fishing
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we took highway 401 from a Liverpool
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Road exit we then traveled west on
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Bailey and then turn south on West Shore
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Boulevard next we headed east on beat
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point from a nod in there it's a short
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drive to the bowline experimentation
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definitely a part of fishing and and
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just always the first unlikely things up
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today I'm fishing a conventional herring
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but he's taking it to a whole other
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level I thought is this if a carp is so
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smart and sensitive to touch the white
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not black them with ultra-light line six
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sound test in fact yeah I mean all that
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rod is taking the shock right that's why
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you can use that you know light lining a
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noodle rod on steroids by tying a simple
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drop shot setup with a polymer or not
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I've got a quick easy to tie here rig
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with no extra class look at that how
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hard fat fish
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that is incredible as far as holding the
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bait in place on the dropper line I use
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a rubber bobber stop now I've got a
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light hair rig that is obviously working
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oh and the boot you go nice one buddy
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got one edge that was a weird one I felt
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him I don't even feel the bike he didn't
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really like that and then I thought it
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was those bait fish hittin the line yeah
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I thought I better said anyways I got
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him got one buddy
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haha double nice I love it
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figure this guy that's why a bit like
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that they did he sat and gut right full
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of something if I had I got the players
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I might be able to pop him off right
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here and I'll help you okay
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I don't think they can Eddie's a net
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this guy will just pop them up you're
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watching that no I don't think so
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this is crazy but look at that just keep
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my players hopefully he can cooperate
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with me a little bit I can see where
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he's hooked okay and I got my bait back
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that way kid how you feeling
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I caught him way up there in the
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headwater and he felt like nothing
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coming down here and then all of a
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sudden he got beyond my get 12 o'clock
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position and he just streamed off into
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all the water you might have a good'n I
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don't know
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we may never giant coming up now now
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same as the others same thing yeah there
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you go buddy you got him yep till you've
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been a bathroom now a carp tournament
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would be a blast oh yeah those match
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tournaments i watch one on TV this
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morning sitting on the shoreline there
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these guys are precision fishermen man
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they they know their game yeah I'm
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talking from a boat that's what makes
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this yeah much more exciting for me I
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don't think I could get into that
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shoreline fishing for me I don't know
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man it's Bob done it yeah it's pretty
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fun there you go hang on Oh son he
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chunky he isn't that's a good fish
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that's that one buddy
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it's a little bigger than I thought he
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was buddy nice that hooks already out of
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them come on buddy
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they're just hard to get underneath
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tired is what you look Adele for they
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way of time how cool is that a million
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of the pier yeah I'm familiar though
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like a nursery everybody can you go back
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well not brother yeah that slavery folks
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the card population in Ontario is
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nothing short of understanding they're
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both common carp and the more unique
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mirror carp available throat the
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problems there's a bit of a breakdown
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for spots that we here at this you can
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about highly recommend the st. Lawrence
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River this is probably the best moving
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water carp fishery in the world mouths
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of water and a huge number of fish Lake
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Ontario this massive body of water has
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numerous carp fishing areas loaded with
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Giants quarter lakes the quarters hold
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an unbelievable number of carps with
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many fish topping the scales at twenty
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plus pounds what a first apostle a kiri
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another great lake that has true giant
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carp roaming the shores
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it's the shallowest and warmest of the
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Great Lakes it's literally perfect for
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big cars kill me I got one oh yeah I got
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buddy that drag just suddenly nice and
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loose well I like to feel joinha
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I hope so I thought I was joining you
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there oh yes
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this guy's pull a nice look at that
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thing go that's great man
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well he's rod can put the boots to the
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two of you happy the way they really are
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amazing
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swimming right at us decided to go for
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the path of least resistance by here's a
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little better a he's not still not one
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of them huge ones but he's a better fish
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oh yeah
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that's a nicer one Oh like a damn brute
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look at this baby what a brat fish how
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much fun is that
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just carry man it's a workout too got
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that video from this time yeah I got the
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old humpback come bring him into it
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nice oh boy oh boy oh my god anyway
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along the way a lot more gets naked you
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see the boat there there's a wrap nice
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job lad and bigger Wow look at that
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Porky Pig Oh easy bud
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but I cannot limelight here now what do
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I need for do you hook it on I see the
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hook I see all the hook right there only
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reason I'm gonna use pliers is my lines
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tight I think it's it's getting me it's
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underneath
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there it goes these fish are very Hardy
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to that's the big thing about them
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they're nice and hearty get that out of
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the way
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and try and hold this thing up Wow Wow
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this is not that strong - hello fat that
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feels good
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how awesome is that 40 pounds check it
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out yeah but he can get your hand around
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yeah yes good Wow
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sorry I put it put them back Rico a
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margarita you never seen a motor before
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this day like take it as eejit again
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that is one fishnet claddagh the clothes
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of it all right there they could pull
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like tank treat them like a sports fish
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and you can have fun all day long
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that what yeah boy going upriver that's
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nice when they do that than that I love
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it you got to love these rods though
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look at this little bit all right man
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look at this rod work yeah I mean all
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that rod is taking the shock right
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that's why you can use that nine eight
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pounds if you hire your use until it
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makes a makes a huge difference of Rod
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cakes it's like the proficient use a big
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long noodle rod takes all the absorption
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they get use light lines so and it makes
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it fun to it like basically they're
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they're a noodle rod on steroids I mean
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they're beefed up noodle rods you can
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see they're real thick down at the butt
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section a lot of strength down low but
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the tip section is so light it is
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unbelievably like the other key of
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course is you have to have a real with a
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great drag system especially with the
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light line so you need a reel that's got
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a really big surface drag surface and
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this plates have got to be the size of a
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quarter because when these things run
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like they make real long sustain runs
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and if you've got small drag plates they
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tend to heat up and they'll bind and
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that's when you get yourself in trouble
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he's just using current to his advantage
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he's going up well not really you think
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you think of the other way around he's
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actually working up against the current
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which means he's fighting the current as
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well add get him up something you see in
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there look at that how sharp that fish
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on that it is Jennifer oh yeah about
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this little spot and it it's just loaded
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with fish the size that is Ryan oh and a
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book you go would like to squawk my
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buddy thank you like that oh good only a
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little bigger like that but that's heavy
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yeah they weigh so much nothing to the
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sides of the hood great get you know
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what I'm predicting this is Canada's
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next great game fish I'll call you right
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now I hope you're right there's so many
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of them all over our Great Lakes all the
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tributaries they're fun they're
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relatively easy to catch you don't need
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a whole lot of sophisticated equipment
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right here just a blast I wonder what
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it's like the rest of Canada in Ontario
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is loaded with fish but is the rest of
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the country got the fish yeah
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I know Manitoba's got some as well but
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I'm very oh definitely the carp capital
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of this country I no doubt about it but
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man they're everywhere I carry this
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fruit over three buddy that is a blast
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well as you can see from today's show
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Pete and I feel very confident in
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Ontario's carp population and fishing
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opportunities at least reliable and in
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most cases are better than anywhere else
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in the world the Europeans are
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definitely way ahead of us when it comes
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to carp fishing they've taken to fish
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species that we've basically ignored for
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decades and put it on its rightful
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pedestal Ontario car it's something that
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you definitely need to take advantage of
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today's perficient's took place on Lake
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Ontario the Waypoint on your screen will
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get your right there
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since we're fishing in the cooler months
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we tried to take advantage of a warm
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water situation knowing that it would
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have a concentration a cart using a boat
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here it is your only option
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try sweet corn boilie sandworms either
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close to or just off the bottom be
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prepared because there are some real
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monsters working in this area fish in
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Canada brought to you a part by turn the
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light jacket mix first ramp truck
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nothing works harder than a ramp Castrol
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more than just oil it's liquid
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engineering u.s. real when performance
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means everything and radio world ask the
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experts at radio world PA
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