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Ontario Fly-In Fishing Guide | Fish'n Canada
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Apr 15, 2025
This Fish’n Canada episode caters to those seeking that dream trip of a lifetime to one of Ontario’s many fly-in fishing lodges. Before hitting the skies, you will learn how to prepare for the adventure, the comforts available in Ontario’s most remote wilderness, what species to expect, and why the price is worth some of the best fishing in the world! ► Subscribe http://bit.ly/youtube-fishncanada 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/fishncanada... ► 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, Peter Bowman, and the pair continue to travel across Canada educating anglers using the experience they’ve gained over the years
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for the better part of the past four
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decades pete and i have traveled
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all over this country sampling flying
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fishing lodges of all types
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tell me that is not the most fun you
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will have all summer long
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so let us show you some of our all-time
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favorite locations how's that baby
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this is a walleye fisherman's dream here
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folks big
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big big walleye like this oh funny
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look at the size of this thing you got
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to fly up to get it you flap together
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the fish in canada show brought to you
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in part by
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ram trucks built to serve
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princecraft boats dominate the waters
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0:46
mercury outboards go boldly
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and ontario canada in partnership with
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destination ontario
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a couple of weeks ago we dedicated an
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entire episode to drive two fishing
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lodges
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well this week we explore the exciting
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world of fly-ins
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now although pete and i are constantly
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spewing the virtues of flying fishing
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we do get the fact that it's not
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everybody's cup of tea
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after all the perception is that they're
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expensive you need to take time away
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from work
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time away from the family if you're
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going with fishing buddies and make the
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time to set
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it all up well that's the perception
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reality is that today's fly-ins are no
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more expensive than most other getaways
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especially if you compare them to the
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annual family vacation
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in fact with travel and border
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restrictions being what they are
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this might be the perfect year to make
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flying fishing a
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family affair after all nothing says i
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love you
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like a flying family vacation
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fly-in fishing lodges have been around
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since the advent of float planes in 1946
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de havilland's iconic beaver aircraft
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was and still is
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the vehicle of choice and the workhorse
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for today's flying fishing lodges
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first brought to the public's attention
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in 1968 by the redfisher tv show
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fly-in lodges have come a long way since
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those early days
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that handful of adventurous
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entrepreneurs have given way to the
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burgeoning modern industry that we know
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and love today
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however with the coronavirus and the
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pandemic things certainly have changed
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lodge owners have scrambled to make
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things safe for their customers
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yet still offering the ultimate in a
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dream fishing vacation
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how awesome is this fish
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i'm in my glory can you tell wow
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with cobit 19 suddenly rocking our world
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can our beloved canadian fishing lodges
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survive
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you bet they can but only with our
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support there's no better time than the
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present to book that trip of a lifetime
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for the better part of the past four
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decades pete and i have traveled all
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over this country sampling flying
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fishing lodges of all types
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so let us show you some of our all-time
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favorite locations
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and because of the travel restrictions
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that may be in place in various
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provinces
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we're going to keep it relatively close
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to home ontario
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perfect beautiful walleye humpback race
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lake walleye
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that's what we're looking for yep whoa
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did you see that oh
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did you see that out of the water my god
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that's our six-pound test line
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did you guys see oh my god i've never
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seen anything
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that was awesome
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[Music]
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yes wow look at that fish
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tell me that is not the most fun you
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will have all summer long
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people from all over the world travel
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thousands
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and thousands of miles for that little
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guy right there that's gorgeous
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[Music]
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oh i got a big one
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buddy look at the size of this thing
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this is a sample of what you can get and
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better
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gorgeous fish off you go baby see ya oh
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yeah look at her that is a blast that is
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a blast i don't care if you have to
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travel a day or two to
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get that call you know what yeah exactly
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you gotta fly up to get it
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[Music]
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you know what if 10 boys come in here
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and each one of us catches one like that
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you've had yourself what heck of a trip
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got you i got you
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there are two types of flying fishing
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trips those that take you to the
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ultimate in luxury
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an actual lodge as well as those that
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drop you into a small remote lake
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leaving you all on your own
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in what's called the outpost cabin both
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are true adventures yet are vastly
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different from each other
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that's one of the outpost cabins here
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certainly not a luxury lodge
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this is this is uh roughing it
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with awesome fishing think of it that
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way it is so worth it to come out to a
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little
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cottage three or four days like that
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little outpost camp right there
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and you have a blast
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got you i got you
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an all-inclusive flying fishing lodge
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truly is something to behold
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the float plane pulls up to the dock the
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lodge crew grabs your gear
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you walk up to the check-in counter
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maybe have a coffee and then breakfast
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and then head to your fully furnished
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cabin or room
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with all your gear already delivered
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just like they do in vegas or disney
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you genuinely get the feeling of living
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in luxury out in the middle of nowhere
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a seven day trip like this can cost you
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somewhere between two and three thousand
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dollars per person
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now remember this is an all-inclusive
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trip of a lifetime
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so when comparing this experience to any
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other all-inclusive vacation
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you're going to find that it would be
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cheap at twice the price
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and i'll guarantee you you won't
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experience things like this
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down south
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in here get in here wow oh man
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this is a scary fishery right here this
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is as good a fishery
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i think as we've experienced in the
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north country
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absolutely nice walleye oh
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baby sweet without a doubt the ultimate
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luxury in fishing is the lodge
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experience
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heck they feed you there they guide you
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to the fish it is the ultimate
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however there is an alternative it's
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called the outpost camp
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there you bring in your own food you
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cook it and you guide yourself to the
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fish
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it's a good alternative to a lodge and
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it can be an awesome experience
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an outpost flying trip is the
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quintessential canadian flying adventure
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it starts out the same as a regular
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lodge flying but the big difference is
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the outpost headquarters
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is a small two three or four bedroom
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cabin the building is like a rustic
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cottager camp
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but it's often the only one on the
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entire lake
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it's total isolation from the rest of
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the world and pure ecstasy for those
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seeking to be alone tell me a lake that
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you can take a little three and a half
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horsepower
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and catch fish like this but like here's
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the lake right here i can see it all
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you fly in one camp on the lake you're
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the only boat
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or the only group if you want to come in
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with the place you'll sleep 10 people
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you know what if 10 of you boys come in
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here and each one of these catches one
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like that
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you've had yourself what heck of a trip
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maybe wow
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this trip is more for the hardcore
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angler not needing or
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wanting luxury restaurant style fine
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dining or the pampering
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that the lodge experience offers you're
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there to eat
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sleep and fish day after day no matter
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what mother nature throws at you
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this hot spot is a shallow bay on
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garnham lake that warms up quickly in
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the spring
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a perfect place for northern pike to
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rest after the spawn
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the waypoint on your screen will take
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you right there upon entering the bait
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try conventional baits like spinner
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baits suspended minnow baits and top
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waters
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but if the fish don't react quickly then
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bring out the live suckers on a quick
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strike rig
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it's important to remember to set the
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hook as soon as the pike grabs it
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any hesitation and the fish could try
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swallowing the whole rig
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thus hooking it deep in the throat for
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more hot spots like this one
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check out fishingcanada.com
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to get to today's fantastic fishing
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location i headed north on highway 400
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to highway 69.
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at sudbury i headed west on highway 17
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to the town of white river
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i then boarded a float plane at white
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river air which took me to the southern
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outpost camp on garnham lake
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if you don't have blood in your hands if
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you're walleye fishing you weren't
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walleye fish you weren't catching them
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[Applause]
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shark that's a poker
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as far as fish species are concerned on
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the fly in trap walleye and pike are the
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two main players in the ring
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and justifiably so as canada's combined
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numbers are among the best in the world
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i'm in the algoma region of ontario and
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my quarry is the ever popular walleye
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i've been headhunted as a hired gun by
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dan and brandy mclaughlin of white river
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air
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my mission is to drop into one of the
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many almost virgin lakes that they
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access and come out with a report
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today i'm on burton lake it's a typical
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northern ontario walleye lake with the
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usual rock
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weed and wood structures another
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gorgeous fish
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another just beautiful
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beautiful beautiful algoma walleye look
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at that thing
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oh man yeah you don't like petey do you
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do that circle right into my net it's
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just like we choreographed it young
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fella
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if you don't have blood on your hands
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with your walleye fishing
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you weren't walleye fish you weren't
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catching them
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because that's what he's doing right now
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he's trying to cut me up
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he's trying to slice and dice me
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look at him shake it give me back i'll
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get you back buddy
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how about that right there for getting
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back
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oh i'm going to try to rig i was going
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to try and rig another rod up and i got
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caught by a fish another
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beautiful consistent wall it's almost
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like you're catching the same fish these
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things are so
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perfect
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oh oh i love you fish you are
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scary nice yeah
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this is a walleye fisherman's dream here
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folks
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a little wee lake like this pumping out
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big
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big big walleye like this
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put them back easy look at that look
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when they flare those gills like that
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that's sharp by the way folks right
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there you cut your hands on that every
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time
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oh he's ugly move that net out of the
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way for you
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this is amazing ah
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i'm loving it i don't want to ever go
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home i want to live here
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this has been an incredible day i set
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out to test the walleye fishing on a
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fly-in lake for the possibility of a
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future outpost camp and the result
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well you sought fantastic fishing
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mission accomplished
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there's something about flying over
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northern ontario that really calms and
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yet excites an angler at the same time
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our destination eddie north's
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attawapascat adventures
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is a very rustic style hunting and
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fishing camp
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if you're looking for absolute luxury
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with every amenity available
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then this is not for you however if you
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are looking for a no-frills
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affordable camp that is situated in some
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of ontario's most pristine
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pike and walleye waters then this is
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definitely for you
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yep you got him buddy
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yeah he's out bud i saw steel coming up
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on that
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was the only indication
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he's a long fish huh wow boy he's being
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very cooperative andy oh my god almost
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too much so
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coming at you i'm going to just sort of
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hold the cradle as
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yeah still as i can there you go
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shark there we go look at that fish
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that's a quaker that's you know he's
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skinny but he's a gorgeous
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beautiful big head look at the size of
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that headpiece yeah that's the thing
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these heads of these fish are incredible
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you okay yeah i think so buddy lovely
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look at the head look at that blind eye
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look big beast oh yeah
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see you buddy that's just a predator
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right there
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you could say what you want about the
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much maligned pike but they
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have got to be the sportiest fish in our
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waters i don't care what anybody says
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i mean bass is fine and walleye's great
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musky and salmon
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but a big snake like that a big gator
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you you got to be kidding me if you
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don't think that's a great sport fish
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bed
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wow awesome
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this hot spot is a brake line on burton
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lake the waypoint on your screen will
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get you there
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at first glance this certainly doesn't
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look like a walleye hot spot
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but drop a jig down there when the water
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is in the high 50s and hopefully you'll
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have the same success that i had
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remember this is one of 30 gorgeous
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lakes that white river air has access to
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for fishing and hunting
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trust me there are walleye up here that
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have never seen a jigging minnow
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for more hot spots like this one check
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oh fishingcanada.com
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today's northern pike fishing took place
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on the atawapascat river in northern
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ontario
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to get there from toronto we took
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highway 400 north to highway 11.
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we headed northwest to highway 584 at
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geraldton from there we drove north to
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the town of nakina
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and finally took corningly lake road to
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the nakina air seaplane base
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from there we flew into eddie north's
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attawapascat adventures camp on bateau
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lake
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ram's extensive testing created some
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great features
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like the four corner air suspension
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which lowers the vehicle half an inch
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while at highway speeds
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choice is the key advantage here with
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the ability to adjust the height of the
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vehicle at the push of a button
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higher for more ground clearance or
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lower for more aerodynamics and fuel
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economy
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and if that wasn't enough when the truck
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is in motion
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the new power side steps rotate into the
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rocker panels to reduce both drag and
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noise
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clever innovation at its finest that's
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why this ram
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is perfect that was oh
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look at that oh my god
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god that is spectacular man gorgeous
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brook trout
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oh
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another great species to seek is the
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ever so popular brook trout
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now although there are many drive-to
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locations to catch these beautiful
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creatures
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the fly-in packages offer you the
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ultimate wilderness adventure
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with a chance at lots of fish and some
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giants thrown in the mix
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regardless of the package either the
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full service american plan or the
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housekeeping cottages
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lodge 88 is hands down one of the finest
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wilderness resorts i've ever experienced
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we have three main species that people
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fish for i guess primarily would be the
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walleye in northern
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and we also have perch fishing in the
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lake we also have a lake available to
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our guests it's rock lake
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and in there we have fantastic brook
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trout fishing as if flying into this
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resort was not enough to experience the
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beautiful ontario wilderness
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to access this phenomenal spec fishing i
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was in for a wonderful portage to some
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pretty serious moose country
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he's coming right at me just just like a
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salmon they are right
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oh my god he's coming right here right
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at you oh
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there you go you're caught up with him
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now now he's oh look at that
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that's what it's all about oh baby
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that's pretty that's
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the price of a mission right there right
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there is the price of a mission my
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friend
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are we yes look at that
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god that is spectacular oh yeah
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what a brute what a brute
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wow slam yah
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the blue lake system home to blue fox
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camp consists of blue lake and seven
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surrounding feeder lakes
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it has the distinction of being the
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province's only
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self-sustaining inland three species
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trout system
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besides the blue lake system we have
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access to approximately 50 backlinks
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all of which are stocked with brook
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trout that grow to seven eight pounds
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approximately
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oh that's a gorgeous brook trout oh
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oh all right mr brookie
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come on home
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now you're gonna see a really colorful
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brook trout here but
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it's pale in comparison to what it's
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going to be in about
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four and a half five months this fall oh
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look at that okay
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gotcha i want to pick this fish up to
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show you
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but uh i don't know how cooperative that
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he's gonna be
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there he is
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how's that baby oh that is gorgeous that
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is worth the trip into these little
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backwoods
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trust me well okay it's got to go
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[Laughter]
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hey as we sit at the head of the show we
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get the fact that flying's are not
20:07
everyone's cup of tea
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to each his own but i'd like to leave
20:11
you on this though
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don't let the cost scare you because if
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you break it all down and compare apples
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to apples
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it's a lot less expensive than you think
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and besides
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if you're looking for the ultimate
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fishing adventure with friends or family
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a chance of catching let's say 50 to 100
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walleye a day per person
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or personal best brookie northern pike
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or lake trout
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it's time that you take advantage of the
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cards that we've been dealt
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with coven 19 and this pandemic a flying
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fishing trip has never made more sense
20:40
or been more affordable than right now
20:43
i promise you you won't regret it see
20:46
you next week
20:51
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ram trucks built to serve
20:59
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21:04
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21:07
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21:11
and ontario canada in partnership with
21:14
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21:17
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21:18
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