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A New Sheriff in Town | Fish'n Canada
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Apr 15, 2025
Angelo and Pete give their custom Princecraft "FNC1" a new facelift and then meet up with the "Bigwigs" from Princecraft Boats to showcase their pride and joy. As curious and eager as the Princecraft team are to see the transformed fishing craft for themselves, they would love to do some fishing too! The perfect meeting place is Kenauk Nature in the Outaouais region of Quebec. With brutal weather conditions dampening the entire trip, the boys hope they can still make a good impression with their fishing machine... and catch some fish too! ► 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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Wow
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that's the legendary epic c1 it's a hell
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of a boat they gave our effort c1 a
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complete makeover and it is absolutely
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gorgeous it's one of the region's
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biggest kept secrets yes until now oh
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yeah absolutely we do it the fishin
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canada show brought to you in part by
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coleman the outdoor company Cooper Tires
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Princecraft bows dominate the waters and
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Garmin
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to say that Pete and I are technique
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freaks or perfectionist of our fishing
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craft would be a tremendous
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understatement we thrive on the
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intricacies of all things gear oriented
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parabolic curves of rods drag systems
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and reels shapes and material makeup of
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weights sharpening angles of hooks and
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the list goes on in fact the list spills
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out well beyond just fishing gear our
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tow vehicle for instance things like
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self-leveling air suspension is a must
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for any serious boater all the latest
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features and options means we can get to
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the launch with boat and tow safely on
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every trip and finally we can't forget
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our boat the vehicle which we call our
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office if you recall a couple of seasons
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ago we started the transformation of our
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Princecraft
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expedition 200 to get into a fully
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customized handcrafted beast we now
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refer to as FNC one we're pretty sure
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this proves just how serious we are
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about our fishing bottom line is by
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being technique freaks it allows us to
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better our fishing craft and enables us
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to convey our newfound knowledge to you
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the fishing canon audience this is too
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much fun for one person to have I'm
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telling you
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so what does this have to do with
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today's show there's a new sheriff in
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Princeville and we're gonna finally get
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a chance to meet him he's steve langley
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the new president of Princecraft boats
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during his transition to Princecraft
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he had heard through the grapevine about
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our customized rig he said guys this is
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something I have to see and by the way
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can we do some fishing to our kind of
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guy one of the things we can't wait to
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show Steve is the rubber chucker plate
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flooring that's right I said rubber it's
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extremely comfortable to walk on totally
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skid resistant and to our knowledge
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never been offered by any boat
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manufacturer not only is it functional
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but let's be honest it looks pretty
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awesome you got to admit since I've been
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a muscle car lover and a speed freak my
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entire life FNC one wasn't going to be a
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slug in the water trust me with all the
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modifications we made we inadvertently
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added extra weight so a massive weight
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loss program came into play without
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sacrificing any structural integrity we
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trim the fat so to speak and when pushed
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by a fig Merc Verado pro 250 she came
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out as a fire-breathing monster
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this cockpit is command central
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outfitted with all the latest mercs
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smart gauges and a slick console mounted
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shifter it's the heart of fnc one the
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last thing we want to show the guys is
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the electronics as well as give them a
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few tips on how we use them we run three
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Garmin touchscreen units all networked
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together to give us the absolute best
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fish finding technology little cast off
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to the out the out a bit of this way up
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here yep just a 10-foot cast out that
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way where you said he was on that screen
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how sweet is that
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Oh him on the screen you throw it on
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anybody supposed to be like if you feel
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like that every day that's electronic
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that it's battery that's that's
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electronic Travis oh my god these super
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computers as we call no show us detailed
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one foot contours with Lakeview maps
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they have the ability to scan the side
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view and clear view and show us
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real-time imagery with the amazing
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Panoptix there's fish way out there
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let's hope the bridge craft team is as
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impressed with our machine as we are
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we're gonna give it the ultimate
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makeover before we had to come out
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and it is absolutely gorgeous before we
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meet with Steve and JP we've got a
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couple of more finishing touches the
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first is to install a couple of side
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pods to give F and C one better splash
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protection and an even nastier look and
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finally we're gonna give it the ultimate
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makeover to clean her up before we head
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to Quebec we decided to take our regular
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one of the top design graphic companies
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in the business Inc your right in Barrie
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Ontario they eagerly took on the task of
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taking FNC one and giving it a facelift
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Ann's and I felt that subtle would be
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nice but it still had to have a mean
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feel to it when you let true artists
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like these graphic experts loose on a
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project like a fancy one the sky's the
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limit
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all we had to say was have at her boys
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joining us now is Mark Kaduri he is with
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ink your ride in Barrie Ontario and they
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gave our FNC one a complete makeover and
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it is absolutely gorgeous the
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personalization of vehicles including
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boats personal watercraft all that is
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really opening up now people are
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realizing the the films available the
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the colors the finishes it's kind of a
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really exciting time in our industry
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because there's innovations happening
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every day with the materials and it is a
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great way to kind of stand out on the
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water with your with your boat just on
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the FMT one we had the black brushed
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steel and it just it turned out
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fantastic
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since Princecraft is based out of Quebec
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a perfect meeting place would be the
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Canuck Nature Reserve situated just
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north of the municipality of Montebello
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Canuck is located in the o2 a region of
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Quebec a 33,000 square kilometer area
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which is made up of 80 percent forests
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more than 20 thousand lakes numerous
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rivers and two reservoirs located close
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to Ottawa and Montreal due to a region
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is unique with its proximity between
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city and nature making it easily
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accessible as for Canuck this place is
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like no other
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we call it Kanak it's an abbreviation of
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a native word for turtle so we liked the
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symbolism of the turtle it's something
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that it combines water and land this
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long-lasting it's friendly and then we
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added on the nature just because of our
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affiliation with the Nature Conservancy
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of Canada and our commitment doing to
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really conserving the natural habitat
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deer on the property for the next
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hundred years it's one of the region's
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biggest kept secrets I guess until now
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and whether you're looking to come up
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for the day or rent a cottage for
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friends or family or there's big cabins
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it can even accommodate for a family in
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reunion there's lots of room lots of
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different sizes lots of different lakes
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for you to come and finish the
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interesting part of property we have so
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many lakes there are over 60 lakes on
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the property because of the geology
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we're right on the edge of the Canadian
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Shield there's a lot of variation in the
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terrain which means a lot of variation
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in the lakes we have a lot of variety of
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fishing everything from rainbow choke to
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speckle choke to Lake trope and then
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also we have warm water species such as
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bass and pike so there's a variety of
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fish that people can come up here and
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catch this is a brand new facility we've
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just finished construction we have a
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trout hatchery here that was built in
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1930 it was remodeled in the 1980s and
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we've just finished a complete
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remodeling again
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so we basically gutted whole parts of
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the farm
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and just built this big dome with all
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these concrete raceways so that we can
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produce better fish faster growing and
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these fish are used for both stocking
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the lakes here on the property and for
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sales to outside fishing associations
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private lakes the fishing here is
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fantastic the average lake trout is 2 to
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4 pounds with of course some larger fish
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Pike over 40 inches are very common as
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well as large and small mouth bass over
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five and six pounds Wow finally that's
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the legendary FNC one hook but I'm
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really impressed with what they've done
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it's a with our stunning makeover
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complete it's time to head to Canuck and
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let Steve as well as JP from Princecraft
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give it the once-over with this being
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Steve's first encounter with our boat we
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have no idea what to expect
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that's it if they're nice to us then
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maybe we'll take them out fishing on one
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of the many lakes that Canuck has to
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offer our home base for this trip is the
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Papineau Chalet on Papineau lake unlike
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most lakes in Canuck this lake has no
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boat and motor restrictions making it
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the perfect display room for FNC one
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with a marina situated just down a
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shoreline from our chalet we have the
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perfect spot the showcase F and c1 and
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all of our modifications my reaction
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when I was invited by Angelo and Pete
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was just excited excitement you know I
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like to fish I'm fishing with my kids
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and my friends and it for me it's a
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great opportunity to come here and spend
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a few days with you guys and they
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discovered a boat that I heard about for
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many years so I'm very glad to be here
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this show is something special because
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it's it's a longtime relationship it's
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totally different I've learned more
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typically we just go out and we fish and
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it's good don't don't get me wrong but
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this is something better I'm getting
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more experience more fact and I'll leave
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with something with some luggage in our
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all be better as a fisherman in the
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future
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Wow finally that's the legendary FNC one
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book the boat layout was significantly
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changed but I'm really impressed with
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what they've done rising the floor
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by having more storage inside they have
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put storage about everywhere which is a
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feature that the every fisherman will be
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looking for our unconvinced it's gonna
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be very interesting to fish around the
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center console fishing boat it's gonna
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be the first time for me and such a
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layout so I I'm looking forward to try
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that center console I was not convinced
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at the beginning but now I'm working at
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it it's pretty convenient to walk around
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the moats and everything with the nets
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and rods and everything so really
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impress me what they've done it's really
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a West Coast custom type of boat which
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is in my mind good thing they have like
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three sonar and - they have one in front
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I want them to learn me how to use this
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tool and really understand how our
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customer really work with that because
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there's many things that those things do
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I may be used 10 percent of it but I
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know those guys you know use 80 90
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percent of what they can do with that so
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that's really what I I focus on and want
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to learn more about I really like what
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they've done with the boat they started
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with a great haul a great hardcore
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fisherman's boat and they made it their
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own they modified to make it the central
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console and had that storage here and
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there and some specific improvements and
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I think it's pretty cool I'm really
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convinced that we've done the good thing
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with the production boat this one is
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really a niche it's something for them
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but the one that we've developed is
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placed on this wood so having the
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airflow system built in with the
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ventilation optional system that we have
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plus the in - sonar plus are throwing
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more apply for 36-month there's plenty
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of other ideas coming out of that boat
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but this one is really something that
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impressed me because it's a it's a hell
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of a moat right so it's really something
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that you're never gonna see anywhere
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today's great fishing destination took
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place a Canuck nature and the you to a
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region of Quebec to get there we first
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grow feast on highway 401 to highway 416
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North we next turn east on highway 17
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and then kept traveling east on highway
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174 to the Ferry and Cumberland once
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across the Ottawa River
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we took 148 East then north on 323 east
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on cote a zelda north on KOAT on shale
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and finally follow the signs to Kanak
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nature's entrance gate now Anne's and I
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know that although GP and Steve came
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along to visit us and our big rig we
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also know that both of them are fishing
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nuts
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unfortunately the immediate weather
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forecast was nothing short of brutal
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when we snuck out of our calm protective
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Bay to take a look it was big wind rain
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and the possibility of sleet and snow
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add to that the fact that our intended
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fishing area was about five miles
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through this nasty stuff in the big
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water a Papineau Lake we decided not to
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put Steve and JP through that misery
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trust me there are a ton of better
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options on the Canuck property plan B is
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to find a small protected body of water
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and Jamie's got the perfect one in mind
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so engine Pete right now we're out on
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Otter Lake it's one of my favourite
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lakes up here at Kanak it's loaded with
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rainbow trout and there's also some
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pretty big bass hiding then around the
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timber
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as with the majority of the lakes on
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connects property otter is a no gas
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motors allowed lake to be honest I was
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relieved at the no gas motor rule when I
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first saw it
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FNC one would be a bit much here
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remember my need for speed
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not gonna happen on this puddle you see
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typically when I go in the new body of
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water I'm reaching to those guys have
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you been there before we look at maps we
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talk about the moon the colors the lures
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to use but basically what I hope is
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after a trip like that is to learn and
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then maybe one day I'll just stop call
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them because I have more experience and
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I'll be better as a fisherman myself
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since it's October and we're limited to
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transom mounted electric motors on small
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Canuck boats trolling is our best bet
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although you may think that spinning
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gear while using light line is the only
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way to troll for trout believe it or not
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trolling flies on fly fishing gear is
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also an extremely effective way to cover
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water especially for suspended trout
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small spoons and spinners are the
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obvious choice for spinning gear while
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either leech or minnow patterns on
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sinking flies work best with fly gear
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there is there is can you with one hand
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a Doughboy
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that's that's the way we do it okay
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where's my friends there it is good job
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buddy
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good job got their beautiful little fish
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yeah they are nice job not pretty and
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that's good eating right there perfect
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size to eat yeah oh yeah good stuff all
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right let's get a few more yeah
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go Steven go are you making out JP oh
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that's nice are you doing JP hey bring
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them all buddy nice job
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nice stuff nice fish put them home buddy
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let him go home
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think that's two-nothing JP not counting
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it's a good job oh it's a gorgeous fish
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and it's not that I don't want to touch
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the fish it's just because I'm freezing
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[Laughter]
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I'll get a fish nice fish though right
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Beauty fish look at the colors alright
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this is a scrapper
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oh yeah it's fast it's fat that's a lot
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oh my god yeah oh yeah it's bigger it's
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bigger oh that's nice nice fish oh yeah
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oh yeah
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No yeah oh yeah attaboy oh that's a nice
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fish oh oh we're in trouble now
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JP is on to him now oh my
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since 1954 Princecraft is building
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unparalleled experience for fishermen
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that's that's really the mission that we
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have since we are building notes we're
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designing engineering and manufacturing
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the best fishing boat fountains and egg
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boats in Canada and in North America one
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thing it's cool with this experience is
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we're learning right and we don't know
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everything so by those experience we
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want to make sure we will increase our
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our functionality make sure the boats we
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develop will be built for our fishermen
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based on those experience this is really
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good for us to learn and build better
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product out there and just look at us in
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the coming years and you'll see that
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it's going to continue to grow and will
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continue to increase you overall I think
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this was a great meeting with the Prince
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craft guys they gave us some love some
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likes and some not so sure on our custom
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break the flooring has been
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significantly changed I don't know well
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why did you decide to go with that type
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of flooring attic and as for the fishing
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I'll bet the guys caught well over 20
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rainbows on a half a day plus a couple
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of bonus largemouth to boot cheers the
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great relationships and fantastic
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friends
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today's hot spot is Otter Lake in Quebec
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skin' och Nature Reserve the waypoint on
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your screen will get you there since
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this is a small bowl shaped lake with
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very little bottom structure we suggest
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trolling for best results covering water
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is the key to success here
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the Princecraft guys did great rolling
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flies while we did equally well using
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small spoons variate rolling speeds for
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better success for a break in the
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rainbow action you can do as Steve did
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and target largemouth bass as well
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we highly recommend bringing a portable
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gps sonar combo once you locate a group
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of fish waypoint and stay with them
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until the action stops then simply look
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for another school and repeat the
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process otter is an electric motor only
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Lake contact Kanak and they can provide
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you with a small boat and trolling motor
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for more hotspots like this one check
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