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St Clair River Smallmouth: Fish Pukes Out Duckling! | Fish'n Canada
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Apr 15, 2025
Angelo Viola and Pete Bowman head to Walpole Island in South-West Ontario during the hottest spell of the summer. They fish back channels for Largemouth Bass and then head to the St Clair River for hard battling Smallmouth. Things really heat up with a surprise neither have ever experienced. Don't forget to leave a COMMENT and give us a LIKE if you enjoyed what you saw. SUBSCRIBE for new videos and episodes released weekly! CONNECT WITH US WEBSITE: http://fishncanada.com FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/FishnCanada/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fishncanadaofficial/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/angeloviolafnc/ #Fishing
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hard to figure moat it is hot
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Oh spring line white fish you know where
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they are and those on top and I go first
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give you that first other money on any
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the road trip come on let's go and
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Princecraft boat dominates the water
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hi folks welcome to this week's fishing
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Canada show and welcome to the tightly
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knit community of Walpole Island on the
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st. Clair River in southern Ontario and
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when he says LT means south the sink
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that a river dumps into Lake st. Clair
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and goes further than that which is
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actually further south in some parts of
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California this is the fishing Canada
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show we're not here to give the folks at
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you oddity lesson back we're here for
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some of the best bass fishing in Canada
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yeah
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straddling the canada-us border Lake st.
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Clair and the st. Clair River lay among
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some of the best agricultural lands in
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Ontario over the past few centuries dams
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and dikes have been built draining the
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land a leaving behind rich dark soil
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just perfect for growing some of the
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best tasting fruits and vegetables in
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the province for anglers however this
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stretch of water is home to some of the
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best bass fishing in the world deep
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water try out this corner up here get up
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let's see if we got something ma figured
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out you gotta keep calling yeah buddy
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yeah I got to keep the boat pointed up
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here yeah if you gotta come at him okay
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that's awesome
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what happened there I threw this word up
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into these reeds and it hit a reed and
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kind of just dangled up in the air the
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tail was just barely touching water and
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I could see him trying to come up the
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nip and I pulled it out got it loose top
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is hit the waterfront booby was still
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there fishing that is cool I love it
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when they do that he was destined to be
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caught that way a lot of good fish
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funny that was cool like they got me
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that was the most bizarre thing I should
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have never caught that fish well no
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actually a man what what and I swear to
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God without it I 'true into that right
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there that is yeah real in it half way
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so am i half way back there okay nothing
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there we were really fast yeah he darted
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up from nowhere like we wrought the jig
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right beside the boat like I didn't have
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time to drop it almost I gotta push this
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much line to drop yeah and I thought
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disappeared with their bed to be other
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man died quality additional damage whoo
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wow what an aggressive fish fish was
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destined to get got to big ol Yap gotta
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love it oh you all wants a nice fish I
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think I won that was great look at the
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color of these dudes while they're nice
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and light he's vibrator driver yeah nice
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nice little largemouth little sim oh
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he's very Stig head on whoo yes drawn in
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belly not insects crossed there but
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decent fish it's nice that water's so
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neat the clarity that gotta get marginal
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that's a Larry mode yeah that was cool
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good yeah when he came back and we saw
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bike that's awesome oh that was great I
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was so cool
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why would they want it what they want it
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bad and he came out what they wanted
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nailed it good sorry worm is almost as
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long as that fish by the way yeah look
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at that tenant big yammamoto
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that's what happened he took the word
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that
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first time you like the taste of her
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obviously you did that was cool in the
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fish if we both saw well I said he met
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him and he said the hook you could hear
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it
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Elvis said the work of course and the
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basket before who I want that that's a
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better thought like that hard to figure
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moat under a log one minute there off of
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that the next and it is hot look oh my
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god there's a first
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oh it's like Lola slice fish that's a
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Larry Moe if that was cool the work of
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course in the back I want that we've
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been fishing a muddy side channel for
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most of the morning for largemouth now
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we're going to check some sandy hot
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spots on the st. play River itself for
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Smalley's so far it's been an incredible
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day of fishing it's an absolute scorcher
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of a day which means these Smalley's may
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have moved deep but we're going to check
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the shallows first just in case there is
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an afflicted Jay flipping here 65 out
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that that boy was coming in that's
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awesome
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that's a nice smallest nobody with them
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no so and there was other one on the
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other side where we commander yeah big
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smallmouth kruseman that was a bigger
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one than us yeah yeah the next circle
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next circle yeah we got a merry-go-round
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yeah I do funny would you get these big
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flippin rods and heavy line like that oh
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you put the boots to it but for George
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you would've finished that site exactly
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like crazy let me give you that an
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schools's three feet three feet flat
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sandy sort of flat I saw a little shadow
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look like a look like a possible fish
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then Noah's fish through this flipping
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jig to it it spooked off but then it
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came back around then and tonight both
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caste but ricotta was and he picked it
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up and I'm pretty sure it's the same
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fish oh yeah it was for sure it's nice
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little small it fun small e on flipping
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gear when they pull that they pull hard
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so the question begs to be asked what do
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you do and use a flipping gear for
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shallow smallmouth bass well I'm going
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to these reeds for large ma right on the
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way to the reeds Michael okay Molly or
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two why not here you go buddy
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that's fresh water rum sheep in white
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like crazy people
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[Applause]
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yes
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yeah nice whoa whoa boy one more time to
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desert yeah yeah yeah get him
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where'd he go hey you got me yeah you're
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on you're on yeah yeah oh that's his
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mama fishings all about right there
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Mike there's a little guy but it's fun
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you got em all crank there was actually
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another one I saw two a yeah there was a
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bunch here Wow fall over here oh I think
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I broke my string yeah I broke my line
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that's okay bring them over here we'll
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never together I got you thank you
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having their fish hold that good
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oh that's buddy that's a big one three
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of them a elves and there's nothing
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there ever than boom three fish if you
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have a gut on a man I'll tell you I'd be
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a giant that's those funnies
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double-headed and broke it off that was
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fast
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I love double headers oh yeah you got to
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try it a guy you got to follow her you
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got to try you lanolin he's nobody now
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normally drop-shotting is used sort of
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as a vertical presentation and a little
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bit deeper water and it's a great way to
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keep your bait off the bottom and
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because the weights on the bottom here
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but we're doing something a little bit
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different where we're lacking rigging it
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with these san'ko's they are the bait
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and we're rigging them up wacky style it
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actually curves in and then it's almost
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like it's swimming what is it about this
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big that makes it work well it's not
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just by chance or by luck there is a
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formula in this bait that nobody's been
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able to figure out and it's one of the
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best guarded secrets of the business
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it likes for jump give me those little
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deeper stuff yeah we give up quick
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mm-hmm
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nice now
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oh my god isn't there some time tangled
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around the lines within this polarity
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that one that you broke off on the
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double oh my god there's a first time a
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drop shot way back then first so this
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fish just broke off about I don't know
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five minutes ago yes oh my dad
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oh my god that has a strong on e sound
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that's an aggressive fish yeah
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little fat is bad as could be and he's
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still eating double time
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there you go buddy and again this was
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that one Blackie Blackie nice oh nice
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that's that's a big smallmouth man
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probably make the king eating fish you
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guys yeah yeah there's something about
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this at this spot some of the most
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beauty gorgeous fish man and again
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freestanding streamline yeah like that
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yep then in the belly cut probably
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fighting current the whole life right
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there losing my sinkers what was it good
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was it hopped oh yeah know that Sinclair
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River small mall right there folks
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that's Michigan right there yeah and we
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get the Ontario side here we're fishing
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good one good one
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anybody that water color so neat two
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boys he ever dark oh now he knows now we
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figured it out
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that face thank you go is he ever dark I
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can't worry off those rocks what a
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difference miss I add a color these came
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out right off that box kept my bait -
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that's a real dark fish he was living on
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those rocks right around that and big
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lighthouse and gone completely dark and
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their lighthouse fish lighthouse fish
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we've been going up and down this
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particular break and consistently I mean
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like clockwork catching fish in very
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very specific areas one being this
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lighthouse obviously we haven't figured
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out exactly what it is yet but there's
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something there an area maybe 20 feet
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long a stretch of 20 feet and every time
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through there it's bang bang bang bang -
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three fish and consistently all day long
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mayhem small boat mayhem yes on Sinclair
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I love smallmouth mayhem anywhere hey
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Claire's nice though my old stomping
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grounds you know that I know that area
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you're a legend in this area well for
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other thing other things not fishin
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government helping anybody drop me there
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you go thank it Mary is all you when
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they split back in me and they follow
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you back it was a 24 feet of water and
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then they off the lighthouse the
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lighthouse
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I cast right I cast right up to the
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lighthouse and then you can work it back
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boy that's like clockwork those in the
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peat that's great they're going to gig
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decent
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buddy and all the while all you can hear
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behind this by the way are people out
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here with their power boats and jet skis
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and olan tubes so many there's every
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different type of boat from that exactly
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ocean liner out here it's unreal
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today's hot spot is a section of brake
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line along the Canadian side of the st.
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Clair River the waypoint on your screen
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will get you right there
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if you drop trou to light-colored 4-inch
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Yamamoto Senko you should be a deficient
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no time we use both six and eight pound
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fluorocarbon line for reduced visibility
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as well as less water resistance in the
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strong current bites can be anything
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from extremely subtle to high-speed
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Rip's for more hot spots like this one
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check out fishin canada.com
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I've got that stated at Beast this is
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totally cool
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this ship is the Federal Way sir it
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collides the flag in the Marshall
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Islands right smack dab in the middle of
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the Pacific Ocean which coincidentally
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makes it right smack dab in the middle
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of nowhere so I got na oh really this is
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only good thing for a couple of speed
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freaks with a perk 250 to do drag those
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anchors are the size of this boat
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it's not often - Pete grabs a camera
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when we're in the boat but then again
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we've never been so close to something
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like this before this 200 meter 37
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thousand pound bad boy is a long way
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from home and it's making its way
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through a cut channel of an otherwise
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really shallow river its next protocol
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the eastern coast of South Africa but
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Hugh ain't seen nothing yet
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you aren't going to believe that we
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catch a definite all-time first for
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fishing shows in Canada hang on to your
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seat a loner well alone right now but he
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might not be might not live alone whoa
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we spit on a great thing look at that I
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wouldn't hurt a bird yes sir give me
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that Wow oh my Monica this is the
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preneur pendulum urge no exactly exactly
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look at this look look at this video and
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this almost almost a baby duck
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and that's like a baby duck like that
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that's recent big live this thing holy
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smokes
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no no he's got it in there good daddy to
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place and he's got that in it no not now
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hold up it's raw foodist look at the
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beautiful it's not even in his gut yet
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and he'd eaten again that just came out
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of that Wow hey with two favorite sports
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duck hunting and basking honey and that
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was right fart well I would strictly
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wives reduces the duffy but yeah I get
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you got a job really wanna duck Wow
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that is bizarre
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the help there you have it folks a first
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for the fishing Canada show up first
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probably for any fishing show get a
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story that will be coming around to fire
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for a lot of years to come that is so
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cool
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now you know why I love top water
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fishing exactly that takes something
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that big officer for baby now you
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imagine when that happens baby duck Wow
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all part of an exceptional day of
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fishing on the st. Clair River will we
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be coming back you bet we will
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and if you get the chance I suggest you
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tried the area to bass fishing at its
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finest and some of the best fishing
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Canada to get to our great st. Clair
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River destination we first traveled west
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on highway 401 through Toronto next we
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turn right on regional Road 21 and then
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left onto Road 15 once a Wallis burg we
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turned left on Dufferin Avenue and then
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continued on to Tecumseh Road finally we
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turn left onto River Road and ended up
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at our destination
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Walpole Island Rod & Gun Club there are
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two boat launches in close proximity to
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the club fish in Canada show brought to
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you in part by Ram trucks nothing worked
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harder than a ramp Stearns dropped it on
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the wire since 1952 mercury and Ford
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hunting magazines
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