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Clear Lake Bass | Fish'n Canada
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Apr 15, 2025
This episode has Angelo Viola and Roy Armes conquering bass of both species for Roy’s last hurrah on the show as CEO & President of Cooper Tire before retirement. They connect in Young’s Point, Ontario at Clearview Cottage Resort on Clear Lake in The Kawarthas, an area instrumental to Ang’s growth as an angler. Since Roy’s stay is brief and the fishing is hot, Ang decides to stick around after Roy’s departure to reminisce and land a few more bass! 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 #Season31 #FishingCanada
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hey how about that fishing can the show
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with your co-host Roy arms and your host
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Angelo Viola yeah man yeah that's why
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they call it fishing buddy you got to
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keep fishing keep fishing in your Tackle
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Box keep fishing in your head keep
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fishing for answers wow there look at
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behind them behind them oh my God back
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hurry up doing small mou large mouth
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hell on in the same we bit this is crazy
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what was that there's
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today's program is very near and dear to
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my heart it takes me back to an area
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that was instrumental on my growth as an
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angler the korthas in Trent SN Waterway
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I spent most of my Youth Fishing these
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Waters from Lake skoog right down to
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Percy boom home base for today's episode
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is Clear View Cottage Resort a three
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generation family-owned property
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situated at the clear end of Stony Lake
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in the northern sector of the Trent it's
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the perfect place to stay when we're in
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this next back of the
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woods my fishing buddy is the former CEO
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and president of Cooper Tire Roy arms
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now I say former because this is his
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final appearance on our show before he
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officially
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retires I've been blessed with the
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opportunity to mix business and pleasure
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with Roy for several years now and I
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must admit I'm a little sad to see him
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go on the other hand maybe in the future
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we'll spend more time together just
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fishing but not on this trip the
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corporate jet is sitting on the tarmac
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in Peterboro waiting to take him to his
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final meeting with the Cooper directors
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in Ohio so we've got one day to get this
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done I've said this a million times
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fishing is so much more than just the
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catch it's moments like this that make
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it so special the early morning Sunrise
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a close friend and the prospect of
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another adventure in The Great Outdoors
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it doesn't get any better
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well as usual when I fish with Roy I
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assume my position as the caddy or the
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netman whichever is required make no
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mistake about it whether he's on the
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boat or in the boardroom he is the boss
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man look at that the Lord Master's got
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the seat going he's got controls he's
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got the hey God bless him I got it
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figured out buddy you got this whole
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deal figured out don't you got a good
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one well he's dumping I don't know if
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that's a small small mouth what would it
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be oh is it a smallmouth oh yeah oh nice
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nice SMY
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buddy wo good work brother nice nice
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fish thank you man wow I that was
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stumping like it was almost like a Walla
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no kidding doing that little Shake yeah
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the hook is actually through and out the
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other side like that fish was not
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getting away no matter what he was done
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it was Destiny look at this right
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through that's got to be a four pounder
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yeah wow nice nice nice there you go wow
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isn't it nice got it y we'll find you
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another
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weight wow nice fish there there you go
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baby in you
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go come back for another
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day wow there look at behind them behind
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them oh my God throw back in hurry up
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throw in
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yes what are your plans for fishing you
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you plan on stepping it up a little bit
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yeah you know it's one of those things
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where you know I don't know uh not like
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like you I don't know that I can fish
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you know seven days a week uh or even
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play golf seven days a week but I want
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to get my fair share and more than I've
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had over the last several years cuz
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actually most of the fishing I've done
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is been uh doing a show with you for
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example or taking my sons to Canada so
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I'm uh I'm planning to do a little bit
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more well you uh you definitely do it
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well my friend and you enjoy it yeah
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those are the two main things I enjoy
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the fishing I also enjoy the company you
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you got to have good fishing buddies to
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be with and
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absolutely it's all part of the deal
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isn't it yeah so we'll see how it works
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out it's getting out the rat race is um
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well now that you got the goatee
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happening if you need a little part-time
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work and you want fill in for me I think
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we I think we could probably pull that
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one off I don't know that I'm as smooth
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as you are on camera but oh I don't know
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about that hey how about that fishing
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Canada show with your co-host Roy arm
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and your host Angelo Viola yeah man
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bring it on he'll definitely attract oh
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nice fish nice fish nice fish buddy I'm
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going to go out behind them just in case
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yeah where are you right here oh
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he didn't no no he's still on he come
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back and got it wow there's there look
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at behind him behind him oh my God throw
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back in hurry up go in
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there are they still with them or no yes
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yes they
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are oh my God one of you take that oh
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what a nice fish oh I was hoping we
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could get another one
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got
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him nice one Roy all right good work
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brother wow on that Pop Bar they're on
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fire at that wow little bit of a belly
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on him not not huge but that's a
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gorgeous gorgeous small boy it's really
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quality health healthy
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fish unbelievable nice fight too W that
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was good you know I think he actually
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came off and then come back and hit
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again or one of those other cuz I know
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you said oh and I thought oh but he I
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think he came right back or one of those
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other ones that were following he had he
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had two fish at least that size
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following him
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yeah nice catch there very nice that was
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worth the
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trip did you know that the koras aside
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from being one of the most beautiful
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recreational areas in the Province are
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links in a chain of lakes and rivers
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that join Lake Ontario with Georgian Bay
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the chain was the result of the Trent s
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Waterway which was completed in
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1920 the locks and dams that were built
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enlarged the lakes and rivers creating
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ideal structure and cover for some of
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the best game fish in the world the
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variety of bottom structure is ideal
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habitat for many species including
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walleye largemouth bass smallmouth bass
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musky all sorts of panish
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and even some
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Pike for fishermen of all Stripes this
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system of lakes rivers and waterways is
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pure gold and with unrival access to all
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of these bodies of water it's easy to
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see why the qua Lakes are a favorite
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destination for Anglers throughout North
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America one of the many reasons to go
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fish in
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Ontario
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yes be the one oh he's gone
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oh he come back at it oh that's a better
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fish
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yes that was some
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beauty come right back at it he came
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back the second time in a top I'd love
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it that's the fish that's one we were
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waiting for man yeah that was one we
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were waiting for oh my goodness you know
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it just you know on one hand he just
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didn't seem aggressive and he spit it
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out come back at again and still felt
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like a small one nibbling at it you know
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oh that was
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big we got him okay now we got him I
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think I think it might be the same fish
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oh nice
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fish come on up Bubba oh look at that
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that's got to be 5 pounder easy buddy
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easy buddy there you go we got him
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that's your
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fiber oh my goodness look at that I
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wonder if that's the same fish look he's
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got a bad eye there look at that eye he
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does he's blinding on one side wow
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another nice fish
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wow look you see the see the eye here
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looks like it blind there it wasn't too
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blind to get your bait though no well
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maybe that's why you kept missing that's
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probably it wow look at that what a
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quality
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fish isn't that a nice fish look how
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look how nice and clean it
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is all right partner I'd like to think
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that's the same fish but you know it
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might have been a school of them it
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could have been three or four of them
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wandering around getting competive but
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you know notice how many times he came
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after that yeah twice the first time it
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took him three times to get it here you
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know so crazy he was obviously
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aggressive and hungry that's what we
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like like us good stuff but excellent
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job man didn't he that's what we come
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for that's what it's all about
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folks well unfortunately time's up Roy's
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got to go as for me I'll poke around
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another day and see if I can't catch a
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few
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bass well partner we're making one last
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boat trip is the uh you as the CEO of
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Cooper
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Tire uh I'm I'm positive it's not the
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last trip you and I going make together
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I I know that I want to thank you
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personally for uh allowing us to be a
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part of your Canadian growth uh it's
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been an absolute blast and an honor to
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be able to work with you in this country
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appreciate that and you know I I
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reminisced a little bit and kind of
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reflective a little bit on our our
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relationship and the first time when we
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uh our folks came to me and said hey
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they wanted to tie in with fishing
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Canada and I said oh great I'm a
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fisherman you know like that kind of
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stuff and I can see the fit with our
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brand and U they came back and said you
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know Roy would you consider doing a show
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with these guys and I said you know we
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can make that work if as I recall you
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weren't so sure that was going to be a
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good idea and now we've been on
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sometimes two a year and uh so it's been
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uh it's uh been very very rewarding for
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me to participate it it is something I
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have to admit that I'm going to
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seriously miss you know uh being part of
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uh but at the same token I yeah I find
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it exciting cuz God only knows what's
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ahead for
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us I find that exciting anyways thank
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you my friend appreciate it let's get
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you home let's go get
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them going for
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it there's one
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oh what is
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that well just my luck the temperature
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dropped by almost 10° overnight there
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goes a top water bite but that's okay
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they shouldn't have moved too far from
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where they were yesterday the difference
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deeper and
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slower okay
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whoa wow I'll tell you what happened
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here kind of a weird thing going
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on right just off of all those clumps
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that we're fishing I was fishing earlier
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on is a channel and so I made a a quick
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cast out to the channel thinking it was
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a deep open water Channel and now that
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the fish is d me up on it I see it's not
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it's it's another weed Clump in the
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middle of the channel well that's a nice
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small
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mouth wow man is he over strong oh man
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that thing is
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digging there he is it's not bad that's
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not
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bad the fact
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that there's this weed Clump out in the
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middle of this channel is kind of cool
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may have to come back and fish it now
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that I've spooked everybody in it give
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it a bit of a rest
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whoa whoa
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whoa he's still spitting stuff
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out that's a chunky little
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spall had white stuff all you can still
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see some of it in the water wow that's
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cool Don't splash me
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today's Hotpot is a rock weed transition
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That Bass of both species will use
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throughout the season the way point on
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your screen will get you right there now
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the key to fishing a spot like this is
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to experiment with bait choices a sinkle
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might work one day and then a top water
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might be killer the next always change
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things up for more hotpots like this one
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check out fishing canada.com
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lot of activity here a lot of activity
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weed bed's this big this thing is by the
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way I'm going to say probably 150 yards
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long sort of big triangular shape you
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could work this thing for a weekend and
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still never beat it all up because you
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can work out the outside deep edges the
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the outside shallow edges and then just
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drift right across it dunk in all the
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holes which is something I might have to
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sort to once this stuff stopping but you
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can't you can't beat throwing blades on
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the outside edges of these things it is
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so much
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fun there's
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one oh
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yeah whoa big old large
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M small mouth large mouth all in the
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same weed bits this is crazy
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man one more time go ahead yes
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how's that look at the
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back front of his fins the back part
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here he's been in a tuss over
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too wow
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hello
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nice okay well I will continue my quest
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for small
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Ms this Lake's got to have certainly
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thousands of these weed beds scattered
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throughout the entire Lake and how do
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you find the right one I mean it you
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could you could spend the your life
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fishing each one of
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them little
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thing you think he's in the weeds that
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guy there you are Mr Large Mouth why
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couldn't you have been the big one go
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tell them about me come on tell them I'm
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here
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whoa right out into the deep
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water small mouth This Time come on up
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weeds and
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all there you
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are wow what a great little weed bed
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large Mo small moou both SE by the way
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look at that Stinger
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hook thank God for a stinger
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hook there you
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go see you
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we're going for
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it oh my
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go they
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sucked that sucked me good oh what is
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that a large mouth nice large mouth get
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oh yeah
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baby is that big fat little guy great in
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these weed so cuz he I just put it down
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in one of those dark holes
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DK thought he was going to drag me in
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that is so much
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fun o right on the edge of that wed what
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what are you coming up oh what is that
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big small mouth oh is that ever nice
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oh that guy that guy shocked me I was
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not ready for that at
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all oh that's a nice SMY woo man oh man
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that's
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nice wow that's nice fash man he ever
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smacked me oh he just spit out a great
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big
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bluegill oh yeah come on baby you're
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mine you are
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mine you are
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[Music]
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mine come on baby hang in
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[Music]
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there over here there it is
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I knew there was something out there you
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kept busting stuff but we kept throwing
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and throwing and nothing all of a sudden
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boom
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nice there we
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go how sweet that is huh beautiful big
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dark fish and he's
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probably working this weed bed this is
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probably home and the dining room all in
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one location for this boy wow this place
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is
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loed well
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I only got about another million Acres
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of this stuff to
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fish
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fantastic to get to today's deep wheed
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bass fishing we first drove East on
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Highway 401 we next turned North on
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Highway 115 and continued East on
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Highway 7 finally we turn north on
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Highway 28 and East on South Beach Road
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to our outstanding accommodations at
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Clear View Cottage Resort and marina on
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the south end of Clear Lake Clear View
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is a family-owned business that cares
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about customer satisfaction and it
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really shows with both Clear Lake as
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well as Stony Lake close by there's
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miles of great water to fish
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here today's KP is K for knowledge by
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knowing that late in the summer months
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bass migrate to deeper areas made
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finding fish holding areas that much
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easier for me today there was no need to
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waste a bunch of time on shallow Flats I
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simply searched for deep water like the
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main navigation Channel or deep holes
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and then look for highrises like rocks
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or underwater humps covered in Wheats
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these elements brought in both the bait
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fish as well as the game
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Fish the fish in Canada show brought to
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