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Fish’n Boot Camp Part 2 | Fish'n Canada
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Apr 15, 2025
Fish’n Boot Camp continued. Pete Bowman and Angelo Viola take a group of eager to learn fishermen and put them through the ringer hoping to make serious anglers out of them... and they succeed! 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/ One of Canada's longest-running fishing shows, Fish'n Canada travels from coast to coast in search of trophy fishing opportunities. First started by brothers Angelo and Reno Viola in 1986, The Fish’n Canada Show has been on the air for over 30 years. Today, Angelo is joined by lifelong fishing buddy, Pete Bowman, and the pair continue to travel across Canada educating anglers using the experience they’ve gained over the years #Fishing
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good day fishing a good year live fish
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get better welcome everybody to the
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Christian boot camp the fish in Canada
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so brought to you in part by Ram trucks
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nothing worked harder than a round turn
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trusted on the water since 1952
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mercury and for its number one on the
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water and outdoor Canada Canada's only
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national fishing and hunting magazine
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last week on the fishing Canada show we
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hosted the first-ever fishing boot camp
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at chill Deer Lodge on the French River
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joining us good friend and
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world-renowned fishing legend Roland
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Martin with Ronnie answer from the
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racing world's famous
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unser found Roy arms CEO and president
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of Cooper Tires
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and 40 other very special guests these
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were the recruits okay no time is wasted
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his aunt and I welcome to everyone to
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camp got them all introduced and had a
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quick orientation session we then gave
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the guys a portion of our in-depth kop
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presentation to get them up to speed on
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what was going to be the fishing
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experience of their lives here on the
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river
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I just want myself five pesos or
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Canadian dollars I'm not sure yet
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after a very short refreshing sleep oh
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yeah and you mentioned our campers like
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that a night life as well our recruits
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awoke to a classic misty morning on the
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Franks River these smaller boats they
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don't have a GPS I guess well then I
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just have to wait and tell what all
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clear it's a perfect time to wait for
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the fog to lift and take advantage of
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the downtime with more in-class sessions
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you're going to get something out of
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this week that you had no idea you were
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going to get and you're going to
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discover we've got a hundred years of
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experience in the water and we still
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want to learn more every time and we do
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learn exactly you know there's so many
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so many ways of catching fish and the
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key is to dial it in to us perfect the
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presentation as you possibly can because
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there's many times when an eight pound
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test leader that were tied on to that
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we're fishin smallmouth bass isn't
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working we need to run to a six pound
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deciliter just experiment with that in
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our presentation elves a boom yet
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limited fish we're going to try and
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steer as many of you onto fish as we
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possibly can the campers are finally
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starting to connect the dots they're
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associating what they know about fishing
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with what's being taught any questions
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yes it isn't that's available you can
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use spinning and bait cast yeah who is
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one sees us that have you ever used a
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bait caster before you know it's one of
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the workshops that we'll be doing today
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actually is learning how to use a bait
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caster one of anta's favorite components
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of teaching someone the next step and
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fishing is taking on the dreaded eight
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caster once you get really good at this
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you start target fishing which you
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cannot do the spinning around this
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bootcamp is the perfect arena for such a
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clinic
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not everyone's willing to admit that the
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scares have been Jesus out of the
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through a baitcaster
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and even fewer are willing to
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demonstrate their lack of finesse in
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front of others it could be a very
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humbling experience but it can also be
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one of the most satisfying and rewarding
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lessons learned and taught this camp if
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you put that half ounce on there would
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you know approximately where to set that
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right away yeah yeah and in fact not
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only right away but I would have if I
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change this now that it's set up
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properly I change to say a quarter yeah
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if I'm going down to 3/8 from a half I
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won't even make the adjustment my job
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I'll be honest really teaching these
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guys to bait cast from scratch and
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watching a user newfound confidence out
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on the water
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is turning out to be one of the most
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satisfying moments of this camp what I'm
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asking you to do is very difficult relax
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and rather than go over your shoulder go
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about here
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I'm going to get this on Tamina Snuka
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target no rush I'm here all day the last
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of the boot campers are heading out for
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another day the fog and dark clouds have
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given way to sunshine and rainbows and
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just taken over our embassy for this
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event Sports Net 590 the fans owned and
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Gibbins for a shoreline bass clinic
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that's pretty much money in the bank
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the main thing I've learned to go
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fantastic is I need to stick with it so
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that's the biggest thing I've learned
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you should be able to hit that tree from
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here dude okay hold on yeah absolutely
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he's all yours beauty I'm dedicating
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this Vista Angela viola did the nose
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right offshore awesome that job my
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friend Ruth Ryan never treated I mean
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they're just unbelievable
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[Music]
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in last week's boot camp session we
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talked about the basic stuff you need in
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a tackle box terminal tackle a scale
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hooker mover fliers and so forth this
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week we're talking about the lures you
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attach to that terminal tackle here are
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some classic standards the spinner there
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are two types and you should have both
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the classic inline spinner and the
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safety pin spinnerbait both are deadly
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for almost all species of fish the crank
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bait typically these are fish shaped
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with a bill angle to run at various
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depths there should be a variety in your
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tackle box top water toys there are two
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types walking and popping the zero spook
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and the pop are are classic examples of
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each our mighty mo most bait fits into
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both categories so it's a no-brainer
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circa so soft plastic baits these are
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high-tech and very versatile baits in a
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number of variations and can be used for
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pretty much any species the most
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important thing you can do is talk to
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the pros at sale to find out the shapes
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sizes and colors you need for each of
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the lures we just talked about so that
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your tackle box is trophy prime
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creations of our experience out here 75%
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of the muskie that you will see you will
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never make contact with
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yes come on
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what better venue to take on this
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difficult challenge than one of the
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world's best musky factories the French
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River 75% so it leaves you a small
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quarter of the fish that you see musky
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that you actually may get a hook in to
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see those here are pretty nice marking
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this could be musky right here
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this all my life
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100 hours to get a month yeah Noblet
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Marcelo yeah here we go
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good job job my friend yeah alright
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alright we want to keep remote - a long
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way these are magnificent creatures I
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mean they're just unbelievable and we
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need to make sure that all of them go
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back and in good state and help me gain
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my friend we get bigger okay well the
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good day fishing I showed your Lodge I
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see a lot of rods in there but nothing
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hanging off of but lures for the fish it
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get deep the water's too deep here Mr D
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those limbs come way out Steve its way
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deep and then wherever we're in there
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was that but those limbs from 30 feet
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out and it's all before it was like five
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or six fish all around us free I hope
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these guys realize the magnitude of
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having Roland Martin giving them
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underwater coaching heck even Pete and I
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are still waiting for our turn and right
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around that rock there was another big
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fish on the ledge out there around the
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point there was another one big one
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Roland's incredible even when he's off
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he's on oh he didn't he's in the tree to
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say hey hey don't go in there to get it
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I got go ahead and try to get another
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fish away from there
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just leave it back in the water and get
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another fish oh he got off oh yeah I
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think the fish help them get off this
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gives your crop
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Oh Showtime Oh suck this house that one
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looks like the students are catching on
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quick but there's much more to be
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learned
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coming across this one island and mmm
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saying something about the structure
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over top of the water structure versus
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cover really important on this lake to
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understand the differences this slide
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also had this dot here another one here
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with a couple of those rocks under it
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David Muir may be there later on he
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mentions about the river flows this way
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the Fisher pointing this way
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so if the flow in this particular case
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is coming this way that fish would be
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sitting at the leading edge and he's
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facing 99% of thing he's facing into the
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current Casa I don't even think that jig
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even hit the bottom that sucker Hatter
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the time on the water continues with the
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boot campers grouped together by such
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things as species and interest the
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French River is dotted with pockets of
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Education inspiration and good times go
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in something you look at it I'll pull
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you it around your neck clover the tree
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down you no need to figure it all out
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pink scent go look at every color every
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style drop up at all that means you see
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these mean beds I'm here at that little
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one better than none firing
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awesome but that's pretty that's a good
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fish teaching people to fish is
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rewarding on its own alright but
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watching them succeed and that as good
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as it gets it looks like everyone is
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having some form of success and all are
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having a fantastic time at boot camp
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[Music]
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[Laughter]
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gonna be big caching okay you use my
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stuff yeah yeah lures unless you've got
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a favorite or well I don't have a
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favorite I mean I've got lures you have
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lucky door do I have a lucky girl you
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know I don't have a lucky lucky lured
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you want to make a lure lucky okay all
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right
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we'll grab your favorite lure okay all
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right all right make it lucky all right
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all right I got the word from a good
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friend and local muskie expert Pat Tryon
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who happens to be here vacationing that
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he saw a giant must be holding on a
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shoal not far from camp and that it
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should be catchable in the next few
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hours wide already decided to take two
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of the students from the bait casting
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workshop out on the water tonight and
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see just what they have learned this
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could be the perfect stage to show off
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their newfound skills
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I got a pretty lucky chance to go it
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with an gender he's he's going to show
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me some big muskie I'm really hoping and
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get some of these lures experienced
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we're going to try these ones right
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there well muskie fishing with Angelo
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today's hot spot is a trolling area for
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musky on the French River the waypoint
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on your screen will get you there unless
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you intimately know the French River and
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all of its musky honks trolling is your
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best option to try and find active
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feeding fish in the summer run your
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baits anywhere from 3 to 5 miles per
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hour
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come play ball try slowing down big
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muskie crank baits and joint of plugs
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are a great choice very the trolling
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depths by using a variety of different
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lures remember although muskie seem to
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be the toughest creature in the water
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they too need care once caught take a
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quick picture and then immediately
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release these wonderful beasts for more
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hot spots like this one check out
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fishing Canada calm
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[Music]
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as we prep to catch the last sliver of
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daylight the excitement level for this
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big fish adventure has just hit extreme
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anything can happen
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what a bonus it would be if these boys
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encountered muskie magic here we go
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that's perfect and Buzz that thing in
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you want it just under the surface okay
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you don't want to be slow with this
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presentation you want to buzz it in and
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get ready to set a hook okay just
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knowing we're about to enter the realm
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of a giant fish this may give me a
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little bit nervous you want to see a
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little bulge underneath the surface like
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the blades are causing okay this is the
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moment that musky fishermen dream of
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right now yeah a shoal Twilight I've got
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to totally green big-game fishermen
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we're on a time clock with windowing
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daylight and a 50 plus each water wolf
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lurking under the surface waiting can
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I'll eat something anything or I'm
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seeing some big squiggly lines down
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there and this fish owns this not only
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is Angie's newly found musky game
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challenge with firing giant baits on big
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stiff sticks for the first time added to
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that is they're doing it in the fast
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fading light
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[Music]
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all right I think we need to shut her
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down yeah yeah nice job boys
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thank you very much so impressed they
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call the musky the fish of 10,000 cash
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now Mike and Doug know exactly why but I
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got to hand it to both of them if I was
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heading into battle these are the kind
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of soldiers I'd want next to me they
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were so focused on mastering the
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baitcaster challenge to connect you with
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a fish might have actually distracted
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them from their goal the boys didn't
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catch that giant French River must give
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a lifetime but saved the same for all
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bringing back a lifetime of memories
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[Music]
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today's KO fee is about klp the fishing
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canada system of how we keeps the three
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most important elements in all of
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fishing knowledge location and
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presentation fishing without knowledge
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is like driving in circles you just
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can't get there from here you can never
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have too much fishing knowledge study
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fishing by eating sleeping living and
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loving it no species their habits their
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history as much as you can absorb next
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is location you can't catch them if they
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ain't there finding fish can sometimes
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be a daunting task if you don't know
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where to look but as they say in the
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real estate business it's all about
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location location location
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and finally presentation keeping on top
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of the ever-changing trends and products
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in the fishing world is important it
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doesn't take long to fall out of touch
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with the latest presentations products
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and techniques but sometimes a peek in
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the rearview mirror can be just as
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important as looking ahead know the
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hottest trends and winning techniques
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past present and future
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by having a broader knowledge base of
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all pertinent fishing scenarios you will
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be better armed our fishing canada klp
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system works through all the seasons 365
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days a year
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do you think they'll ever make good
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fishermen no are you always going to
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catch a first fish yeah
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been a lot of fun with these guys and
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I'll tell you it's done a lot to build
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our brand and build a recognition here
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in Canada but better way to end our boot
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camp and it's an award serving these
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guys really deserve it
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our first trophy is for the overall
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champion this week congratulations to
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Ryan realizes the overall painting first
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muskies hike largemouth bass smallmouth
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bass walleye enter boot at the DX
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ricotta yellow perch wing deeper for the
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mystery fish award the guidance was
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amazing it really was horses assery I
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deserve to find me make books on it is
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functional for awards ongoing overload
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[Applause]
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the camaraderie the i-witness really
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convinced me by me they're a great
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choice of career path that four years
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ago everything that we talked about this
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week it's nothing compared to what we
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witnessed and shared all of us a
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beverage signal something we've never
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done before
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with the help of Ange and Pete we
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couldn't have had a better it's crazy
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fishing for some reason is able to fog
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people and bring people together in it
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almost a spiritual way
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[Music]
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I know what happened between me and you
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and that's what fishing is all about
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thank you very much gentlemen we'll see
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you tonight to get to our fishing Canada
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Cooper Tires boot camp at Judy air Lodge
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we first took highway 400 north from
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Toronto we then took highway 69 north to
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highway 64 we headed east on 64 to
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doki's reserve road then a half hour
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later we were at doki's marina where we
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dropped in FNC 1 if you don't have a
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phone you can call the lodge from the
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payphone on the dock and get picked up
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by the staff for the short ride to the
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island the fish in Canada show brought
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to you in part by sales the Canadian
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outdoor superstore Coleman the Outdoor
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company Cooper Tires life's a road trip
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come on let's go and rinse class Bowl
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dominate the water
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you
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