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but I'm fishing for pike or bigger
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Walley look at that hit it hit
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it there you got him honestly neither
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ultimate dream job getting paid to go
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fishing well my friends think again oh
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yeah the fishing part of the job simply
1:12
can't be beat but it's all those little
1:15
added extras that can sometimes bring
1:17
the ultimate job status down to its
1:20
knees case in point this particular trip
1:24
but we'll get to that a little later
1:26
joining us on this trip is our good
1:27
buddy Steve Nuki our driving Destin
1:29
nation is first air service on kery lake
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in Northern Ontario we've been here a
1:34
few times and it's a top-notch outfit
1:35
that flies into several Outpost camps as
1:38
well as a worldclass trip to the Sutton
1:39
River for the Brook Road adventure of a
1:42
lifetime in fact they're so dialed into
1:44
detail here that Mel who runs the
1:46
business had a special presentation for
1:49
us yeah yeah so I've got ous phobia as
1:54
if a bucket's going to
2:02
after all the fun and games had come to
2:04
an end it was time to board the plane
2:05
and push off something we never get
2:08
tired of is sitting in a float plane
2:10
hearing the Roar of the engine and of
2:11
course looking out the windows at the
2:13
vast amount of Flora and
2:16
Fauna it's nothing short of
2:19
breathtaking still to this day and with
2:22
the amount of flying we've done we're
2:24
constantly staring out into the green
2:27
abyss and shooting pictures and videos
2:29
with with phones and cameras and the
2:32
only thing better than flying over the
2:33
North country is landing on an Outback
2:35
Lake for a highly anticipated fishing
2:38
Adventure as we settle in we find out
2:40
just how easy it is to unpack and set up
2:42
camp by some solid preparation work hey
2:46
guys I just want to take a minute while
2:47
we're putting all of our stuff away why
2:48
don't I show you the latest in uh
2:50
sleeping bags and compression socks
2:52
because it's vital when you're going
2:54
into the Outback uh four five six guys
2:57
flying in in a in a small little beaver
2:59
it's important to get your your volume
3:02
down and the weight down so what you've
3:04
got here in front of you believe it or
3:05
not are all of the essentials that four
3:07
guys would need to survive for the
3:10
course of a week uh these bags are
3:12
really cool because they're rated at
3:14
zero but when you pull the compression
3:16
straps down on the sack and get all of
3:18
the air out they get into a nice tight
3:21
little uh little number like that this
3:23
compression sack is important here when
3:25
you got a lot of little goodies odds and
3:27
ends you put them in the sack you pull
3:29
down in all the compression straps and
3:30
get rid of all of the volume of air here
3:33
is kind of cool this is enough food to
3:36
last us for at least four days four guys
3:39
four days worth of food we also brought
3:42
in um tablets to purify the water and
3:44
also a filter in case we want to
3:46
actually do some slow filtering as well
3:49
all this fits into what almost a
3:51
backpack so the next time you go in the
3:53
outback think of compressing your
3:57
stuff Quant lake is a small body of of
3:59
water with a maximum depth of 30 plus
4:02
feet which is directly in front of the
4:04
camp there's a large fertile Bay to the
4:07
South West and a long narrow shallow arm
4:10
to the north it's the perfect size for
4:13
Anglers to try and figure out the fish
4:15
in just a few days although you'll find
4:18
both Pike and walleye here first air
4:20
sells it as a big Pike Lake with bonus
4:24
walleye on this shoot I'm going to be
4:26
the team starter which means I'm up on
4:27
the mount first my relievers and Steve
4:30
will be my closers in fact if things go
4:33
extremely well for me they may be
4:35
shooting a second episode that's why we
4:37
love fishing in Northern
4:38
Ontario the forecast is looking pretty
4:41
good for the next few days Sunny hot not
4:44
much rain but this isn't our first
4:46
picnic the truth of the matter is when
4:48
you go on an Outback Adventure like this
4:50
expect anything and everything we truly
4:54
don't have a clue what the real
4:56
conditions are going to
5:12
him I'm going to start by trolling and
5:14
looking for pretty much any signs that
5:16
indicate fish activity don't care if
5:18
they're Pike or walleye but bigger Pike
5:20
are always on my mind trolling is a
5:23
great way to cover a lot of water in a
5:24
lake we've never been on and it allows
5:26
us to create realtime depths and
5:28
Contours with the quick drive feature on
5:33
huge tiny little Pike as I'm really in I
5:37
sped up my I sped up my retrieve give be
5:41
buddy not what I'm looking for but I
5:45
just came up to a real shallow water now
5:47
I'm in actually in 3 ft when I come up
5:48
to from 15 to 12 to 6 real quick and
5:52
this guy bit so but not what I'm after
5:55
but it's what I did notice is that I
6:00
sped the bait up and he hit it that was
6:01
right behind the boat like really really
6:03
close so I don't know if that's an
6:05
indication there we go I was kind of
6:06
hoping for that to be honest with you if
6:08
that's an indication of maybe I'm going
6:10
too slow uh just trolling along trolling
6:13
along I started cranking it in because I
6:14
wanted to change my bait and uh that guy
6:18
hit so maybe I got to go faster maybe I
6:20
got to troll like right now this boat's
6:22
going 2 m hour basically 198 to 202
6:26
maybe I got to go faster I going just
6:30
because I'm changing depths all the time
6:32
this is a good maybe 10 12 foot bait I'm
6:35
going to change to this guy which
6:37
probably good for six you know 6 to8
6:39
foot I'm up on the flat now I got three
6:41
different baits I can sizes of baits I
6:42
can use deep medium and shallo is on the
6:45
crystal minnows and I'll just that I
6:48
might move another another type of
6:49
crankbait maybe a more walleye crankbait
6:51
but we'll see it's going to play
6:57
around but I'm fishing for for pike or
7:01
bigger walleye this is an interesting
7:06
probably a perfect eater
7:09
here easy little guy perfect eating size
7:13
walleye so on these Outpost trips
7:17
obviously one of your goals is to catch
7:20
big fish I'm fishing Pike but I'm in a
7:23
transitional area where it's kind of
7:25
shallow so I I have to run smaller baits
7:29
inadvertently you're going to catch
7:31
walleye but that walleye right
7:34
there is it looks tiny but that's the
7:38
best tasting walleye and I'll show you
7:40
something with these with a lot of these
7:41
lodges so the slot limit the size limit
7:44
here is one fish over 18 and the rest
7:49
under 18 this guy's probably a
7:51
16ish he look at that right on the money
7:54
of 16 inches right there you're get to
7:56
get bonus of those guys even when you're
8:00
that is perfect so you're allowed your
8:02
limit of those or one over the 18in mark
8:07
under my trolling pattern is catching
8:10
fish but I can't get on anything solid
8:12
I'm going to stick with it a bit longer
8:14
but I'm not going to get hung up on it
8:16
an and Steve are at the other end of the
8:17
lake and knowing these two guys they'll
8:19
be casting hard baits and looking for
8:22
pike Steve and I will be in Exploration
8:25
mode for the first portion of this shoot
8:27
we're simply looking to get some Intel
8:29
on how the pike are setting up and relay
8:31
that info to Pete if we get into
8:34
anything decent in size we'll just grab
8:36
our phones or an action cam and shoot
8:38
away it's fun relaxing and often
8:42
rewarding we've been doing this a lot
8:44
lately in case we get some great Youtube
8:46
footage or even inserts for television
8:48
episodes much like right
8:58
that nice little Jim Dandy oh I just
9:15
huge that right there folks is a perfect
9:19
northern pike for eating right out of
9:21
one tiny wheat patch nice little
9:24
northern pike he's going to taste good
9:36
here go ready he doesn't even know he's
9:54
beautiful there he is got
9:57
one as soon as I come up there now I
9:59
wented the real shallow water and I got
10:08
buddy there there he
10:10
goes I fish I ran along a 12ft brake
10:13
line there 12 to 14t brake line nothing
10:15
nothing nothing I saw hooks I saw hooks
10:18
I come in 3 to 5 ft as soon as I got in
10:20
there this fish hit and I think I think
10:23
I might have had a couple more bites in
10:26
too again little we sweet 16 best eating
10:31
meat in the world better than steak you
10:44
Pike or feed a walleye if I need him or
10:48
a good walleye this one's not big again
10:50
another same thing another perfect 16
10:53
inch on the crank get in buddy oh there
10:56
you go perfect that one got off for me
11:01
I mean these Lakes up here are so loaded
11:03
with these fish after catching a perfect
11:06
bunch of eaters by trolling I knew it's
11:08
not the deal for me by the way if you
11:10
like catching fish after fish and don't
11:12
care about Giants then this is the deal
11:14
for you I'm hoping for something more
11:19
solid got one right here in a weed bed
11:22
honestly either one of us was expecting
11:24
anything this size in the shallow
11:39
my next logical choice is casting with
11:40
jigs it's one of my favorite ways to
11:43
catch pretty much any species of fish
11:53
very the very I don't know
11:55
he just put on a big swimbait decided to
11:58
the live scope try and cherry pick some
12:07
hello I went to a bigger a big bright
12:10
swimbait and I got a small walleye on a
12:13
smaller version of that look at look at
12:14
how that fish engulfed
12:16
it look at that that's you know fish are
12:20
hungry when they do that right
12:21
there nice nice little walleye I'm
12:24
getting a short I saw that I saw two of
12:26
these on Liv scope and I cast to them
12:28
I've been C to trying to cast to a bunch
12:30
of fish uh just getting off the trolling
12:33
thing and I thought you know what let's
12:35
try jigging them I threw a smaller Jake
12:37
got a smaller fish I got to move out of
12:39
here CU sure and uh so I thought you
12:42
know I saw two fish move I they were 15
12:45
ft away on the Liv scope I got it kind
12:47
of pointed straight out and I'm just
12:48
trolling really slow you kind of watch
12:51
the distance on your screen you're
12:52
drifting this way so you're going to
12:54
cast you know you already pass the fish
12:56
that that's how it worked about I've
12:57
taken about 25 cast fish and never
12:59
worked but that one did so maybe I'm on
13:04
something got one right here in the weed
13:06
bed don't know it's got to be a pike I'm
13:09
got to back troll here see what I can do
13:13
oh boy what am I going to do here come
13:15
on oh I like that and a little jig and a
13:21
and a Cabbage Patch I'm going to try fit
13:24
him in my net but I don't know if he's
13:25
going to go or not that's a good one
13:30
folks oh my God slow down buddy it's the
13:33
guy I've been waiting for not bad little
13:36
that's in a little Cabbage Patch
13:39
fishing uh I fish it about three times
13:43
and I've caught keeper W like 16in
13:46
Walleye out of it this guy's probably
13:47
eating 16in walleye in there so nice
13:50
fish nice fun threw a jig in there and
13:52
he didn't fight at all I thought it was
14:03
buddy I'm spinning gear okay remember at
14:07
the top of the show when I alluded to
14:08
the fact that all is not roses in this
14:11
job as this trip went on the conditions
14:13
that the big guy do out to us were
14:15
nothing short of now how do I say this
14:20
brutal and if you haven't noticed yet do
14:23
you see the odd flying object that I
14:25
have circling my boat well as the Air
14:28
temps kep kept Rising a squadron of
14:30
hungry horse flies decided that Pete
14:32
here along with an Steve and V cameraman
14:35
were Prime eating material these weren't
14:38
those mini ankle biting host flies you
14:39
see on Lake Ontario while salmon fishing
14:42
nor were they the Relentless Canadian
14:43
deer flies that hit you hard when
14:45
backroading into a secluded Lake these
14:47
were full-fledged heavyweight champion
14:51
flies as for the weather conditions on
14:53
top of the bug conditions here's some
14:55
stats that we learned after our trip we
14:57
had 3 days in Camp June 20th to 22nd it
15:01
was during the summer solstice June 21st
15:03
so essentially the three longest days of
15:05
the year with daylight from 5:20 a.m. to
15:08
10:30 p.m. not great for sleeping every
15:12
day of our trip had a feels-like
15:13
temperature averaging 35° C which is
15:16
over 95 fah and every night was almost
15:19
the same we had a relative humidity
15:21
reading of 88% it ended up being one of
15:24
the hottest weeks of the year in that
15:25
part of Ontario there were forest fires
15:28
looming all around us not only do these
15:31
conditions affect us as Anglers it
15:32
affects the fish as well that all said
15:35
as the true Lake soldiers that we are we
15:37
kept pounding the water to a
15:40
froth as Pete plugged away trying to get
15:42
a jig pattern going Steve and I found a
15:45
nice shallow pencil weed patch with
15:47
scattered lily pads the perfect hunting
15:50
area for a big Predator man that is
15:53
something else right in this shallow
15:55
water where he should have been but
15:56
honestly neither one of us was expecting
15:58
anything this size in the shallow water
16:00
even though it's where he should be
16:10
nice goodbye baby that was cool he he
16:15
came right at the boat got that bait I
16:17
thought he swallowed it but look he just
16:22
hook now don't get too excited here
16:24
folks cuz unfortunately it turns out my
16:28
good fish buddy Steve well he's not much
16:32
cameraman and somehow he completely
16:34
missed the landing and release of this
16:37
magnificent fish all right well he kind
16:42
it man I feel for the boys on that one
16:44
such a great fish and on a jerk bait to
16:47
boot okay did somebody bring bananas on
16:59
today's hot spot is a shallow cabbage
17:01
weed point where Pete encountered his
17:04
big northern pike at the end of the
17:05
episode the way point on the screen will
17:08
get you right there Pete and I
17:10
discovered this spot on our first day of
17:12
scouting quatz Lake for both Pike and
17:14
wall and Pete returned to it on numerous
17:17
occasions throughout the trip since it's
17:19
very shallow Pete concentrated on
17:21
casting a soft perch color jerk bait
17:23
with a weighted screw lock wide Gap hook
17:26
if you ever encounter Pike in a shallow
17:28
cabbage bed in Northern Ontario make
17:31
sure you cover the entire weed bed
17:33
thoroughly as the fish could be anywhere
17:35
for more hot spots like this one check
17:48
whoa oh boy oh boy folks ooh I like that
17:53
when they do that pipe do
18:03
so here we are the final morning before
18:05
the plane comes in to pick us up we've
18:07
only got a couple of hours to try and
18:09
boat something big as you can see the
18:11
weather has turned for the better with a
18:13
nice overcast Sky such a welcome
18:16
reprieve from that Relentless blazing
18:18
sun but wait those overcast Skies might
18:21
not mean we're in for some rain we can
18:24
smell smoke the reality is this is right
18:28
in the the middle of an Ontario Force
18:30
fire that is devastating the North
18:32
Country the sky is literally hidden by a
18:36
Smoke we know the plane can't fly and
18:39
land in these conditions and we also
18:41
know that the safest place for us to be
18:43
right now is on the water so back to
18:47
fishing while Scouting Around in the
18:50
southwest end of the lake I stumble on a
18:52
gorgeous big shallow cabbage weed bed
18:54
that just oozes Pike and walleye it's
18:57
too thick to throw a jig or a trouble
18:59
hook jerk bait so I'm opting for a soft
19:02
jerk bait rigged weedless on a single
19:05
hook I'm in 3 ft of water and in this
19:08
little b Cabbage Patch that an and I
19:16
buddy you know what that's a good eating
19:18
size Pike right there and trust me these
19:20
things are delicious they are absolutely
19:23
delicious that's the perfect eater right
19:24
there nice back on them you get some
19:26
good meat off of it very aggressive fish
19:29
that's in 2 ft of water and as you can
19:32
see now it's gotten overcast and I got a
19:34
jacket on all of a sudden it was a a
19:36
heat wave I mean the worst heat wave of
19:38
the year so far this is mid June and uh
19:43
and now this weather changes like this
19:45
is a 180 for sure this is like a total
19:48
change of weather don't know what to
19:53
expect and that's a little Pike another
19:57
three pounder that fish swam with my
20:02
them and then he swam with it again and
20:05
him we want another eater lots of good
20:09
eating fish in this Lake man I'll tell
20:10
you if you come up here for an intend on
20:13
a Shore lunch you're going to eat good
20:15
between the wal and the pike you're
20:26
boy oh boy folks you never know he's
20:29
fighting he's fighting like he mean
20:31
something going to loosen off my drag
20:34
bit ooh I like that when they do that
20:37
Pike do that it's got to be a pike there
20:40
not a walleye oh he got off oh man I got
20:46
him perfect set of cabbage
20:50
here just caught that smaller Pike I
20:54
weather change in the shallow cabbage
20:56
like that I got a a good drill on that
21:01
too man i' been waiting there a good one
21:10
saw look at the way my bage hang I just
21:14
hit that that was another fish that
21:17
fish oh my god oh I'm so I so
21:23
disappointed you have no idea uh
21:29
well when it's not meant to be it's not
21:31
meant to be all three of us worked our
21:33
butts off through the Heat and Bug wave
21:35
to try and tie into one of those Quant
21:37
Lake Giants that we keep hearing about
21:39
between an and Steve having a camera
21:41
mishap on their biggest pike Encounter
21:43
of the trip and then this last fish of
21:45
mine that for whatever reason with a
21:47
nasty hookset heavy rod and 50 lb
21:50
braided line just pulled off somebody
22:01
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fishing destination we first drove North
22:11
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22:14
turned right to continue on 11 at North
22:16
Bay we followed 11 all the way to the
22:19
town of Hurst where we overnighted at
22:22
the companion Motel directly in the
22:24
heart of town the next morning we headed
22:26
west on Highway 11 to the HST a float
22:29
plane base on Kerry Lake and finally
22:31
flew into the Quan Lake Outpost Camp
22:34
which is about a 50-minute flight from
22:36
the air base the three-bedroom Camp has
22:39
a propane fridge a propane stove and
22:42
propane lights and there's a barbecue
22:44
and picnic table just outside the front
22:46
of the building HST air offers an array
22:49
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22:51
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