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some Lakes just have big fish this is
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one of them it's called Hawk lake and
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yes that's a small mock me they're all
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big they're just no small fish
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that is why we fish right there
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Princecraft bows dominate the waters and
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Canora the heart of northwestern Ontario
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and a mecca for adventure seekers
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looking to take advantage of its
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it's a region filthy rich with history
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wildlife and most importantly a monster
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so to kick off one of our most exciting
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seasons yet Pete and I are hauling our
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Princecraft FNC one - a long overdue
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appointment with canora's world-renowned
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we have a staff of 16 with seven fully
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trained guides - cordon bleu chefs 5 hot
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tubs we have private cabins on the water
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that can sleep up to 24 a high-end fleet
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and some of the best fishing in the
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so Hawk Lake is not a very big Lake only
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three or four miles long but it's very
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deep over 440 feet deep at its deepest
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so what you have is an incredible
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baitfish population you have burbot
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Cisco whitefish and those big bait fish
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populations are wonderful obviously for
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the big walleye pike and bass even lake
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trout that are swimming around
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when someone comes up here they have a
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very good shot at going after
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world-record fish we had wal like
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pushing 35 to 37 inches and we've seen
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40s we have smallmouth 23 to 24 inches 8
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to 9 pounds so if you come up with the
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right frame of mine at the right time
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you've got a great shot and not only
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breaking your personal best but
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potentially setting the world record
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with that the bars been set now it's
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time for us to set our sights and
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hopefully our hooks on these world-class
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the view from our cabin is a promising
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one nothing but private pristine water
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virtually undisturbed by fishing
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pressure and teeming with giant eyes
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just waiting to be caught there's
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nothing to come between us and the catch
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once we get FNC out in the water however
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the view becomes much less promising
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Mother Nature has started putting up
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roadblocks she just can't make it easy
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for how I'm gonna have to put the old
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I'd even put on my sweater
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we're surrounded yeah well it looks ugly
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this one here looks even uglier because
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she's blowing up a gale boy
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nah it's not gonna rain no
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you know I'm seeing no no to the rain
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man was i off on that prediction like
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the regular weather casters they're all
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about the same same accuracy going out
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don't let the water get out.get I like
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gonna water down this coffee a little
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just raining I'll get them all cranked
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up to you watch as soon as it moves
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ouch in the meantime spot of tea I
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wonder how many people go to a trip like
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this where they you know waited all year
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and it might even be the trip of a
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lifetime and then mother nature doesn't
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heal you the cards that you were hoping
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that you get I wonder how many people
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just sit back at the cabin and say it
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back with it you know like I almost did
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by the way I will tell you with the
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weather dampening our plans the allure
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of a hot meal by a warm fire is almost
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enough to make us throw in the towel
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fortunately we stick it out and our
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patience is rewarded mother nature gives
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us an opening and we strike
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now we just have to hope the Fisher's
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I don't know he's big small mom Oh
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oh yeah that's a big fish I think I
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think so I'm guessing I think a step or
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lower back and I get the net just in
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case I'm thinking I think he's wallowing
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you know you know you know they're big
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with their wall the big wall oh
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yeah that's a nice fish oh yeah
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bring them in TIA how long is
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you got some beef on that guy good lord
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like we came for the walleye obviously
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that was the main but look at this maybe
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that day oh that's massive
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okay a sign of things to come yes buddy
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this is what we came to hot lake
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after a downpour threatened to shut down
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production for the day and our chance at
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landing some coveted hawk-like beauties
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the sky is opened up and given us
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we've got one massive small e on the
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board but so far the while I have eluded
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us our times been cut short and we've
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still got a lot of water to explore
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got him buddy that's wait yes cut I
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think it's got some weight I should lose
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my drag off this and I'm just gonna stay
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out of here until we see him Charlie get
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that's got to be a Walter fighting that
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slow oh it's a big one they lost a big
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oh boy this is a big one
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this is a real big one real beaut eh oh
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yeah buddy that's one of those Hockley
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this is a hawk leg special freeze right
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there hot lake special yellow I'm ready
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for your burger okay my drag is loose oh
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yeah it's a nice walleye oh yeah
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that's the way you want it to happen
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not not very family long fish you know
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what we're saying it's a nice Hawk Lake
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I thought it was bigger now that they
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can eat founders up like that nice
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though all right so what good stuff
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that's a way to get your blood going out
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Oh kidding nice a hawk lake baby might
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get the blood pumping but when I next
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look at the garment my heart nearly
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something if it's a fish it's a giant
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it's one of those Hawk Lake pigs
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do a little cast off to the look out the
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out a bit of this way off here yep just
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a 10 foot cast out that way not very far
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oh but he's not right under the boat I
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don't think and that's not moving huh no
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it's pretty stationary it looks like Oh
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drop it right on his head
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he's moving good bet oh nice nice
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right where you said he was on that
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screen how sweet is that see him on the
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screen you throw it home anybody
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supposed to be I can't be like that
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every day I'm so excited here forgot I
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gotta get Annette well don't get too
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excited yeah we haven't seen this
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oh there's a potential of a giant oh
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I just saw it buddy gets up that's a big
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fish that is a that's figuring you think
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this is what we came to hogleg right
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what a great fish man that's a that's a
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least I'm gonna say eight pounds big
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fish for the most part or luck but if
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you could put yourself through the body
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of water that has trophy fish and some
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some Lakes just have big fish this is
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one of them it's called Hawk Lake and
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look at that Pete oh nice
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well I like catch a big fish no doubt
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about it but the way that fish was
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caught seeing them spotting him working
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and working at work and going boh
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we're up here we do some Wally this
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evening we thought you know what let's
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do some small moat in the afternoon nice
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big boy come on well look at the gun on
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one more pass so we can't spend the day
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on earth it's you and I are bad for that
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you get all hung up and exactly mostly
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invested in the spot emotionally mm-hmm
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yeah we get emotionally invested in
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spots you and me we're bad
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wasn't bad only know sometimes the
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biggest challenge we face is pulling
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ourselves away from a spot that's
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produced even one let alone two giant
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fish entire days can be lost trying to
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find fish where fish have already been
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found when you find yourself in a
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setting like this the only boat on a
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spectacular body of water it's
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imperative to explore as many avenues as
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possible to increase your chances at
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hooking up with more Giants
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we're in northwestern Ontario we're
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legal to catch these guys all year round
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we're up here runu Somali this evening
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we thought you know what it's it's a
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water times 55 56 degrees or small both
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in the lake it's perfectly legal to fish
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for them and all year long so without
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this do some small boat in the afternoon
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the wall I've got to be in here too the
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way just so perfect it's a perfect spot
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just looks so good it's like a classic
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smama walleye combo yeah
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it's gonna be overcast again
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there's a wallop does that all of I
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didn't see him I got a quick glimpse of
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who's nice the same thing see if I can
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lift the net for you
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look at how fat these fish are
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hail them too much too much shakin he
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went shaking not enough bacon yep
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Mambo vision engage in walleye and
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walleye fishing catches Rama
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wow that's crazy this is crazy good fish
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y'all good this plays in smokes right
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they're small you want a little break
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from Oh Wally to get them small easy
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yeah nice a big walleye instead that's
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no nuts no wonder he was head shaking
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oh look at that fish buddy oh oh my god
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take your time take your time that is
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wild fish right there
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to get to today's trophy walleye and
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smallmouth bass fishery we first drove
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north on highway 402 highway 69 with
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inter Kiley 17 Northwest all the way
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past Dryden and just east of Canora we
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finally turned south on Hawk Lake Road
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taking us to the beautiful Hawk Lake
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Lodge this facility is top drawer in all
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aspects of a fishing trip yep pretty
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so they just texted us from the lodge
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then I don't know why for supper bison
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or chicken well I got curb service oh
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I've the bike give me the Bible
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it was weird I don't know what I felt
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there just something happen oh that's a
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big fish yeah that's a big fish I could
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tell that rod is yes working it oh that
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was hilarious I don't know how I felt
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that fish did you have the rod in your
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oh yeah that's a big fish we just marked
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2 under the screen oh look at that fish
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buddy oh my god take your time take your
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that is the 30-plus inch for sure
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oh yeah I got to show you this scar oh
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yeah that's a big scar that's and that's
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not that old no that's worthy fresh
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trash I would have put a pipe do that
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look might have something or another big
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walleye a lot of these are something
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now can you imagine folks a lake full of
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predators this size yeah because that's
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what this lake is and they get small big
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they're just no small fish they'd known
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for this right here and even bigger like
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an even bigger than this this is what we
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go fishing for this is it I
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gotta take a picture you perfect
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good buddy good work that's awesome best
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part is right now put them yeah big all
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these big girls go back here Oh easy
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nice work yeah is the reason why this
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place does so well with with trophy fish
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and people from all over just come here
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for trophies because of what he just did
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every fish in this lake is released
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there are no keepers at all every fish
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at Scott is put back in the water net
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and that's a way to catch you release
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fishing we have heard about this lake
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for years and years as a trophy fishery
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and just proved it right there it's like
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wow it's not for everybody let's be
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honest about it all you've got it you
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sometimes you got to really work hard to
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find these big fish but man I'll tell
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you they're so gratifying as I said
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before that is why we fish right there
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our supper order in now yeah
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finally we then head back to the lodge
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victorious we're a couple of hard-earned
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hot meals and a couple of warm beds
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today's fishing Canada hotspot it's on
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the main lake side of a point leading
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into a shallow Boulder Bay the waypoint
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on your screen will get you right there
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with the bottom here being so flat Pete
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and I literally look for fish on our
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sonar by using a combination screen of
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traditional clear view and side view we
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could pinpoint and cast individual fish
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within feet although we did find a few
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small pike this way it's also the method
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that we use to catch our biggest walleye
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of the trip learning to use your
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electronics and then studying the
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variety of streams they offer can really
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up your odds on producing fish it works
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for us it'll work for you for more
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