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Cranking Summer Walleye on the Bay of Quinte
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Mar 26, 2025
This week’s #fishncanada episode, Pete Bowman, joins up with Walleye guide Kevin Lavers as they set out to try their hand at mid-summer Walleye. They’re not jigging, nor trolling. Instead, they employ casting crankbaits in, around, and outside of lush weed growth. There are lots of fish including a prehistoric beast! ► 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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fishing canada life jacket oh come on
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let's go fishing pete we'll get one
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there i like to see the way kevin's
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saying says we'll get one there he
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didn't say we're gonna start there we're
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gonna go there we'll get one there we'll
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get one there and we'll get one there
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that's confidence in a guide right there
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look at that
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always have a pair of gloves in your
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boat look at that thing look it's a car
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that is one crazy looking dude that's
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the fish you're looking for that's why
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fishing is so awesome
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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today's fishing canada episode has me
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back with walleye fishing fanatic kevin
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lavers of merlin park cottages it's been
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a long time since we fished together and
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apparently the walleye are biting
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you got a life jacket for me pete right
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there brother
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oh come on you can open it up
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[Laughter]
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we're going to be concentrating on
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casting crankbaits to weed beds for
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active walleye it's such a fun and
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effective tactic
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uh we'll start there and then we'll
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scoot across and just uh then we'll skip
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over there
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we'll
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whip room to that bay we'll get one
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there and then we'll
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skip across the other side of that ferry
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we'll start that high shore i like to
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see the way kevin's saying he says we'll
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get one there he didn't say we're going
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to start there we're going to go there
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he said we'll get one there we'll get
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one there and we'll get one there that's
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confidence and a guide right there
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brother
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i like that
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okay man let's boogie
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there we go fish up buddy atta boy how
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is he feeling kimmy oh
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not that heavy but
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what'd you do
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oh
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and it's a nice bowl i think
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yep that's beautiful
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good fish buddy perfect that's a perfect
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weed walleye
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we got him
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stay in that net mister
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nicely done kevin
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man take that a bunch okay good work
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that's what we're after right there
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folks that's a perfect typical weed
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walleye
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where i mean we'll take bigger ones
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we'll take smaller ones but that's a
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nice that's a nice
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size right there
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yeah what do you what what's he weigh
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well that's probably two and a half
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maybe maybe three pounds maybe yeah yeah
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perfect that's what most people that's
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people are after right eaters you know
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you're allowed four of those on this
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water on quinny right if you're gonna if
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you had three of those in a big one you
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got one over 25 inches if you wanted to
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keep but these are the ones to keep
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right here folks that's absolutely
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perfect we'll let them go though yep
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let's put them back good work buddy it
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shows that they're on the crank
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excellent
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they're hitting the crack that's
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chartreuse one for the chartreuse which
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is good
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you want to see that
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how close were you in the weeds or close
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to them or i was on the outside edge of
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the weeds it comes way out here yep oh
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we'll be spinning around yep it's been
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around more yep there you go thank you
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excellent good work kevin
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love it
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oh fish right at the boat buddy oh it's
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a nice one hang on hang on
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thank god
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scratch the net i don't know if that
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that's big enough oh really it's a bigot
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you'll fit in this net
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nice one though
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look at how strong they are
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oh that's that's bigger than the first
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one it is a little bigger yep he's over
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three
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lures
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popped up brother
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nice
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that look at how pale that fish is hey
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grab him
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look at how pale he is
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beautiful fish brother let me get him
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beautiful
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nice
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yeah put him on there
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look at that they're looking cinder oh
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no way i think it is yeah that certainly
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looked like a yeah it's a garlic dose
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oh there's one petey got him bud yeah
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oh lee what do you got
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to get him around the motor
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always take a drag
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oh
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walleye
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what are you thinking take a guess oh
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it's got to be a walleye buddy well
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we'll do another drift if we if it's a
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nice walleye
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looks like a big one it is a good stuff
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whatever it is is big oh that's a nice
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one
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[Applause]
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that's a good one pd oh that's a nice
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fish buddy that one
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you can you can tell that when you pull
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and drag
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oh yeah there you go buddy it's a little
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better a little better
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i'd say that's a lot better
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pick them up yep pliers four and a half
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you got her yep
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little better fish yeah
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i thought he was bigger than that even i
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thought he was like i thought it was
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like a six or seven dog
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pool people have no idea how much they
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pull
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i'm gonna just lock her off here for a
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second
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and then we won't waste too much more or
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less we could probably do another drift
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we might want to do a couple of drifts
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on this you know what i mean okay we're
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in a bit shallow right that's seven feet
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that you were you got him in seven feet
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yep right over speeding the weeds buddy
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let him go yep yep for sure really
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see you pal
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shake it off oh yeah look at it he'll go
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boom power down
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you go look so slow that's a typical
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walleye he went down like this but when
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they fight and when they strike it's
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unreal isn't it like the difference
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they're so fast-paced
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[Music]
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they're right at the booth oh he got off
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oh that's a freaking nice walleye
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that's what i don't like about braid
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right there what's up you lose you lose
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more than you will with floral if you
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run straight fluorocarbon with a soft
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rod
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you won't lose near as many fish
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honestly
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because of the stretch the stretch and
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the shock absorber of the rod everything
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is just
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it just doesn't right there i pulled
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that out of his mouth i guarantee yeah i
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pulled it you know what i mean maybe the
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small hooks big hook doesn't matter when
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they when they're destined i mean you're
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gonna lose fish on fluoro too but
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straight floral 12 pound it's hard to
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beat all around for crankbaiting
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it really is
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oh my god look at that they land cigar
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oh no way i think it is yeah that
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certainly looked like a yeah it's a car
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just look at his nose oh my god that's
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the first time i've ever had a car on
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this phone
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he hit it so different you're looking
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like a size one too you're the super
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thing
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i wanna do a show
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huh want to do a show on these guys on
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kweti sometime
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i knew that wasn't just i felt that
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wasn't a wall i just it just did not
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feel right
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that's cool how they jump like that oh
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my god look at that look at him
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you're barely hooked on him i can see
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that yeah it's one little hook
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hit him look at that there he comes oh
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snakey thing if he gets off right now
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i'd be happy
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because otherwise kevin's got to grab
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him
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[Laughter]
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i grab by the back of the head but
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they're so strong feet i know i know
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they're ridiculous they're ridiculous
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hang onto my rod i might have some
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gloves in here in the boat here so if i
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got gloves then we're going to do this
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i got to use my right hand to get the
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grip
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my best grip of death on them because i
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know i won't be able to do much with my
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left what the hell is that thing doing
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here usually they're way in the shallows
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like are they yeah oh yeah
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turn them around yeah we're gonna
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grab them by the back the head and the
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tail
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well that's what i'm thinking hold on
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okay if we give a little pressure right
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there got it pull it towards the boat
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hang on pete
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it's like going for a bull ride
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i'll crawl along the boat to show the
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camera
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yeah if you want to grab those players
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behind you there kevin okay
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that is one
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crazy looking dude
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that's a funny look
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that is my first gar on bae quinte i
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will say that and there's a lot of these
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fish here i've never tried from always
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said i wanted to try for them
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can you get that kimmy he's going to
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squirm now oh beautiful
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look at that folks
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beautiful and the guard king
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i'm gonna put him back
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and watch him go
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got
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gloves always have a pair of gloves in
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your boat
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in case you get slimy guard look at that
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oh
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my god that's hideous but it was pretty
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cool that jump was awesome right those
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jumps that they do
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i mean this is crazy wind right here
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folks so
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nice walleye yep
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good night scott buddy
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so as you can see
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kevin and i are both using spinning gear
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here throwing crank baits
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for walleye that's because we're using
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these light balsa wood baits if i was
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using a plastic bait a heavier bait i'd
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probably use baitcaster i like
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baitcaster better just there's something
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about it i like with that but the key to
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this kind of fishing bait cashing
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spinning whatever big build crankbaits
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like that cast it out cracker down there
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about three or four good hard cracks and
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then just slow it right for walleye slow
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it right down i mean you want it to cab
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puts a lot of pauses in here because
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it's gonna move like that right so you
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can do it with the reel handle you can
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do what the rod do whatever but you want
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to get it down quickly
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and then
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then work it back slowly and that's the
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key to these walleyes especially
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if your crankbait hits the weeds all the
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better it's the weed you kind of rip it
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pop it it pulls free of the weeds and
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that a lot of times triggers a fish but
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it's just you cast it out far as you can
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you go with the wind
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cracker down there up
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four or five cranks get down to its
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running depth and then just slow it
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right down
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and you do that and then stop it every
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now and then a little pull a little
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pause a little rod tip flick you'll
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catch walleye
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on a crank
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[Music]
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got one
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no it's not much i don't think get
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another gar pete probably he felt weird
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biting
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he's pulling like a guard or something
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like that
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want me to go behind the boat and look
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at him no
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he's coming back now it's a
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walleye little guy i think yep
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that's the perfect eater right there
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should take him home
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good work kevin
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that's a perfect size eater right there
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that is a perfect eater right there
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beautiful little bay quinty walleye
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we're probably gonna get some more maybe
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by the end of the day we'll keep
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something to eat so
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yeah beautiful little fish see you bud
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gone got what they do
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hey they're here buddy i told you we
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don't need to leave i gotta lock it here
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kev
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i'll lock it and see how that does
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hopefully it'll
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and then this i mean this is crazy wind
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right here folks so
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nice nice walleye yep
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let me get my extension
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nice job buddy
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hey
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beauty that one's a little more golden
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that's a good looking fish
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careful
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that's another thing about crankbait
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fishing folks is that
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you really got to be careful of the
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hooks because these walleye can
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they can throw a hook into you quick
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can't they
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another perfect that's a good keeper
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that's like the high side of the keepers
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right there that's a perfect size for
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the upper side of keeping it yeah you
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know what i mean
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nice beauty
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awesome bud
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it's basically this is just a weed bed
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off of a point this point kevin's
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brought me over to this point i used to
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fish largemouth bass me and mikey burst
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used to fish largemouth bass off at this
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point sometimes and you always know
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there's walleye here it's just
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it's a it's a known spot there's just
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weeds off of it
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and the wind blows like this
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we're in seven feet we've got them as
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close to six feet
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you know they don't dive down to 20 and
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30 during the july and august all the
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time so there's food here for them too
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so
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[Music]
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today's hot spot is on the world famous
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bay of quindi in ontario the waypoint on
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your screen will get you right there
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as you can see from today's show it was
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all about fishing weed lines since the
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outside edge of the weed beds here
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usually run erratically and hardly ever
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in a perfectly straight line
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casting is the most efficient way of
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presenting a bait try to get as close as
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you can to the weed edge
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we like throwing floating crankbaits
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that dive around 8 to 12 feet deep and
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have a wide wobble when retrieved at a
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slow speed
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as said in the episode cast the
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crankbait out reel it quickly to get it
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to the maximum running depth and then
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slow down
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if you feel a weed rip the bait free
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with a hard fast jerk of the rod
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for more hot spots like this one check
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out
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fishingcanada.com he's crazy wind
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how big is he
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oh my god
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oh my god look golden he is beautiful
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perfect fish
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[Music]
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i'm due for a sheep hand right now
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you're due for a freaking walleye
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and it is a big wall and i think i saw a
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walleye huh i think i saw a walleye
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[Music]
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i'll bring him around here here he comes
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[Applause]
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so what i did there on this fish i said
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girl get him out here
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is that
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kev was saying to hit the edge of the
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weeds i just leaned that rod right there
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edge of the weeds but i looked at the
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garment and i could see the screen
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the edge of the weeds is right here
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we're right on the edge right so i cast
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as hard as i could against the wind
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saying you know what maybe there's a
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little edge or a break or something like
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that and the fish hit my green was
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sitting right there so yeah so i just
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try to cast these these baits that
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kevin's using and i'm using are both
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balsa
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balsa wood
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very light extremely light baits so it
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makes them real hard to cast
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if anywhere except for with the wind
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but i cast that one of the best i could
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you little rat i hate when they do that
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hey you think you got a hole in the main
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kev yeah buddy
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and then look at that gorgeous fish
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he's going back
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he's going back i hate i hate hurting
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the fish if i can help but you know what
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i mean so nice size though that's
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perfect size right there
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see you fell oh yeah watch there he goes
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so yeah i just barely i just i looked at
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the weed edge i thought something's
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different why not try the edge through
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as hard as i could for 30 feet at most
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cranked it down about halfway that shows
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you how short a cast you can get them on
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too right the crankbait goes down like
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this starts to work back he's almost
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ready to come up and he already hits it
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so
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sometimes you just make these crazy
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casts out there in wildcats or different
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casts and it works
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thanks buddy
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oh right by the boat kev i just go
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he just cracked it right on the boat i
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think it's a walleye
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it's dogging like a walleye yep is it
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walleye yep
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no it isn't is it
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yes it is good eyeballs
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do you know you're gonna need a pliers
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on him you think i don't think so i got
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the net
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there we go
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beautiful leader too
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show that sideways right there to the
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camera
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that is perfect
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look at that
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it's funny we're getting these fish too
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and kevin says okay i got a weed bed
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coming up i got a weed clump coming up i
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got something coming up here
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i'll catch a fish every time he says
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that that's the last one that's the
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advantage of fishing with a guide that
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they have
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everyday experience out here when you
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can get once a year twice a year
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something like that like i fished a big
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quinny all my life but i haven't fished
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this area of the bay quinny harley at
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all the only time i have is with kevin
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and every time we come out he showed me
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new spots and just fish on every one of
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them so if you if you're thinking you're
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going to find a ton of fish like this
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without any assistance fresh out of the
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gun without you know knowing the areas
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you're probably not going to catch a
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whole lot it's good to get a guide for
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at least a day
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you know and if if if you can afford a
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guide for a week take it because he's
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going to put you on he'll get you on
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fish every night you'll go crazy
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this crazy wind
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and i think it's a bass
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no
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oh maybe not walleye walleye yeah
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we will take a walleye
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we'll take a mask too okay he's dogging
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now
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am i going to get a shot at this guy
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how big is he is he bigger just the
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window this cuts ice
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oh my god see normally kevin got
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handcuffed here but normally you'd try
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to land him off that side if you could
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so it didn't go under the bow you kind
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of drag it into the
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into the boat this way right now he's
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dragging it away from the boat and then
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we got to get the net on him
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there we go where's the weeds
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there we go you're fighting her like a
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giant buddy and hopefully it's big
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that's a nice patty turn them right can
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you turn them kev
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that's a big fish yeah that's the big
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boy we're looking for right there oh
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right there nice nicely done buddy look
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at the colors on that one oh my god
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that's the fish you're looking for and
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that was in shallow
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go ahead we're in the weed line
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oh my god look how golden he is
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beautiful a perfect fish
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oh the hook came out perfect line
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around the snow flipped around there you
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go you got it there we go beautiful fish
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buddy
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look at that show that to the camera i
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say i've seen enough of them show that
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to everybody
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good work yeah
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good work brother
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look at that with the sun shining in
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that boy get them back get them back
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yeah
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gorgeous fish look at that what a
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beautiful walleye
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oh yeah for sure awesome the beauty of
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nasty wind like this is the walleye will
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bite the bad part of it is it's hard to
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work right that's uh
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it can certainly if you had to stay in a
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spot you'd lock your trolling motor on
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but if we're drifting like we're doing
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the hardest part is staying on the weed
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edge but kevin we rolled on that we we'd
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been he got that fish up in shallow that
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was five feet of water so that tells you
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these fish might move up right not even
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on the edge anymore so
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excellent work kevin yeah buddy that's a
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gorgeous fish that's what we're looking
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for that you know what folks you can
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expect to get them during the summer
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months we are just in the first week of
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august here you can get them like pretty
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much every day out right there's
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fish like that not necessarily that big
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but you know we look into those bigger
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ones that's what you're looking for you
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get all the little eaters and you get a
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big one to throw back at the end of the
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day for a picture for sure good job
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buddy thanks man
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to get to today's fast and furious weed
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walleye fishing pete first drove east on
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highway 401 and then exited south on
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county road 49
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once in the town of picton he turned
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left on bridge street or as it's also
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called loyalist parkway and finally
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arrived at his accommodations at merlin
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park cottages he next met up with merlin
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park owner kevin lavers and they headed
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out for a jam-packed day of casting
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