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The Ultimate Fishing Machine | Fish'n Canada
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Apr 15, 2025
On the final episode of the season we take you on a tour of our “ultimate” fishing boat. This rig is nothing like you or anyone else has ever seen. With hundreds of hours of design and modifications, could this be the best boat ever built? 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/ #Fishing
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you
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the fishes Canada so brought to you in
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part by sales the outdoors superstore
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Coleman the Outdoor company musk all
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proudly Canadian since 1951 Cooper Tires
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life the road trip come on let's go and
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rinse black folks dominate the waters
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on today's show we're going to address a
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problem that most anglers have to
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confront at some point in their fishing
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lives you see having spent more time in
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boats over the last thirty years that
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most people are spending their cars we
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decided it was high time to come up with
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a definitive answer that age-old
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question what's the perfect fishing boat
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for me a question we've been asked a
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thousand times well in the world of
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fishing boats it seems there are two
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major buying groups group number one
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we'll call them the conformist these are
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for the most part hard-working
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god-fearing family-oriented we can't
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fishing warriors they tend to look for a
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boat that makes sense you know best
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meets their fishing needs without
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compromising the needs of others such as
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family members or friends the boats they
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buy tend to be undersized and
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underpowered because this purchase must
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also be fiscally responsible and fit in
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the family budget a budget by the way
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that is hugely offered by the same
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person who compiled the honey-do list
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and holds the key with evolved I'm just
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saying
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although generally full of joy and
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happiness at the beginning this purchase
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soon leads to some regrets a little
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disappointment and our whole lot of
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second-guessing then there's group
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number to look all them he's
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unencumbered unfortunately for these
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poor souls they haven't found true
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happiness yet or are in between
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extensive heavenly bliss and therefore
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they want to get one master to serve and
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that's themselves but here too there's
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some form of compromise and it usually
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boils down to money or supply or bolts
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they generally can't afford the boat
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they really want or their dream boat
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isn't available on the showroom floor
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and they aren't willing to wait half a
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fishing season for it to be ordered so
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it's safe to assume that most of us here
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today fall into some variation of Group
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one or two just as the safest thing if
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there are literally hundreds of
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combinations and choices that go into
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making the final decision on the perfect
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fishing boat well to me we're not going
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to deal with any of that nonsense nope
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today we're going to create and join a
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third group we'll call ourselves the
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all-in group we're going to find out
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what it'd be like to build a perfectly
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uncompromised
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fishing machine
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we could spend money like a rockstar
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we've gotten no time restrictions we
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don't even have a significant other that
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can interfere with this process this
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project we are totally shackled well
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sorta yeah
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love you honey the first and most
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obvious this is and we have to make on
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creating the Super Bowl is the we go
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fiberglass or aluminum third floor just
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blast bass vocals there that will hit a
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hundred miles an hour on flat water
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don't know about you but most of our
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fishings rarely takes place on flat
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water but we need is a badass
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high-performance big water ring that
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fishes like one of those pretty little
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metal flake slash dancers now we're not
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engineering geniuses by any stretch of
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the imagination but we think there just
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might be a reason why fighter jets and
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commercial airlines aren't billet or
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fiberglass with the constant stress of
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speed and turbulence they crumble like
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stale melba toast even though it's an
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alloy the elasticity of aluminum results
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in a larger capacity to absorb energy
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and our fish and hot rod is going to
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need every bit of it
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if you spec it all out like we did
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you'll claim at age 34 aluminum is
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lighter and stronger than glass as a
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competitive edge in performance and most
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importantly it's totally recyclable
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aluminum it is
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so now let's talk design in a perfect
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world we'd love to have the look and
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feel of one of these beauties but the
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attitude and overall performance of this
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baby up until now that's just not been
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possible in the world of fishing boats
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it's been a constant war between beauty
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and brawn well the rules of engagement
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are about to change the face platform
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for project Evan c1 is an expedition 211
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evoke package from Princecraft
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complete with a fire-breathing
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supercharged Mercato 250 outboard with
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lots of hours on both Bravo's and
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optimized products through the years we
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decided that the ultimate fishing hot
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rod has to have the latest technology
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under the hood that's both eco-friendly
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and performance oriented morado hands
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down this package because for about 50
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grand and comes fully loaded with
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electronics trolling motor tandem axle
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trailer all kinds of goodies too bad
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you've got to strip it all off you see
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our custom ground-up build is going to
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have some very significant upgrades in
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all those areas will be hard-pressed to
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keep this baby under 100 grand this was
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one of the most difficult elements of
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the rig to get right chalk and the boys
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built something like nine or ten ten
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mock-ups before the real thing can be
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cut and bent from aluminum
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five years we've been working on a
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design idea for the perfect fishing boat
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and now it's finally coming together
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we've got the perfect platform that we
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can build the ultimate fishing machine
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on the expedition series introduced in
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2013 by Princecraft folks was the
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missing link when we first saw the specs
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on this haul it was very clear this was
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a performance boat in sheep's clothing
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now all we need to do is strip back some
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of that wolf and that big bad wolf our
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table car this was going to be a very
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serious duel with a lot of custom
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fabrication that's just not feasible in
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today's automated assembly line boat
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manufacturing process so after
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consultation with the folks at
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Princecraft they gave us their blessings
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to do it off-site so I called it old
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buddy of mine Charles Chuck Michele of
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Ag manufacturing who's noted for taking
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on impossible projects that nobody else
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will touch when I told them we wanted to
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strip a fully equipped boat package to
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the bear Hall and completely redesign it
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he laughed and said we were created but
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quickly pointed out he specialized in
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bling look at that the next step was to
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dismantle a perfectly good fishing boat
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right down to the brass tacks or in this
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case aluminum ribbons we decided to
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build our hot rod using 100% high-grade
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834 aluminum it's the strongest lightest
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alloy available for this job we had a
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pretty good idea of how much extra
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weight was going to be added in the way
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of goodies to this boat
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so removing and replacing anything that
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didn't conform to 834 specs was not
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optional cost for the set up 15
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man-hours
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after finalizing on the overall
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dimensions and height for the new front
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deck cross members had to be engineered
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and fabricated to hold a new platform in
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place bringing the deck up to just below
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the gunnel of the hull would give us the
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elevation for a better vantage point
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when sight fishing in shallow water
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increased usable space below deck in the
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storage compartments by up to 60% as
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well as increase the overall width of
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the fishing platform by 10 inches on
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each side this coupled with extending
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the length of the deck by over 20 inches
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these when it's all said and done it'll
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feel like we're fishing from the flight
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deck of an aircraft carrier but that's
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how the only reason for extending the
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front platform we're also going to
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create a sleek custom center console
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that's going to need a lot of space to
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attach itself to this will be the most
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advanced helm and cockpit to ever grace
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a fishing boat designed to make fnc one
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state-of-the-art vessel this was one of
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the most difficult element of the rig to
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get right Chuck and the boys built
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something make nine or ten ten mock-ups
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before the real thing can be cut and
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bent from aluminum one of the main
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performance modifications is to move the
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cockpit area back 28 inches in order to
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transfer the center of gravity behind
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the centerline of the hall this baby is
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going to get up with a dance floor and
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bogey like this go tomorrow to further
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enhance this bad boys ability to run
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high in flight we've add an appendage
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hydraulic jack like that completely
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changes the focal of the hall this
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supercharged Verado
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is going to make fnc one a true
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high-performance rod are you ready for
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the reveal
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one of the other significant changes we
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wanted to make that a cockpit with the
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seats a true hot rod has to have custom
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bucket racing seats and we found the
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ultimate solution shockwave a Canadian
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company of the Victoria BC is a world
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leader in shock mitigation seating
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featuring box h2o shots and they had the
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perfect bolt on custom big water seats
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these babies are built to military specs
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and are used by both the Canadian Coast
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Guard and US Navy they were also used
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for the record-setting Northwest Passage
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runs
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and now they can add a fancy one to
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their already impressive list of
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performance vessels this baby is going
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to be the envy of every big water
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fisherman that feels fast they're
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leaving with smiling something you won't
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see but it's crucial to us as we threw
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in an oversized gas tank now we can make
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super long runs down a lake or way up a
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winding river and not worry about
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getting back never blow a breaker or GFI
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your house it's a pain in the butt
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and means something's wrong there's no
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room or time for that out in the water
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we had the entire electrical system and
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electronics expect out exactly the way
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we wanted it
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we've even installed a totally separate
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redundant backup battery and circuit
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system just in case Ellen asked us as an
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added safety feature and to complete the
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custom look we added a hotfoot digital
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gas pedal a center console complete with
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mirth digital controls and hand paddles
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for both lift and trim functions both
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hands on the steering wheel are a must
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from this hot rod dancing on his tiptoes
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since we had all this extra space
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available under the front deck we
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decided to add some additional rod
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storage with an interesting new twist
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this configuration runs east and west
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instead of north and south and
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complements the curling rod Locker on
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the fourth side of FNC one
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for today's special boat episode we're
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giving you a hot spot that we access
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this season while pre fishing for a
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tournament with our new ultimate fishing
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machine it's on the st. Lawrence River
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near Cornwall Ontario the waypoint on
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your screen will get you right there we
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fished this spot many times and it
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almost always produces a nice smallmouth
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bass or too current is the key here as
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it is in most of the st. Mark's drag a
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heavy tube jig or drop shot rig down
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current whilst trying to stay in contact
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with the bottom at all times green and
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brown seem to be the hottest colors here
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as they imitate the now prolific go be a
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main prey in the small E's diet please
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be careful as this river is very
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powerful for more hotspots like this one
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check out fished in Canada calm
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now because this part of the boat has to
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absorb most of the impact energy when
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this baby runs wide open in really big
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water we decided to supersize and
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reinforce the already strong factory bow
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plate for a couple of reasons number one
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it's got to support this big motor guide
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xi5 36 volt long shaft digital trolling
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motor and number two it's going to
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support an extra-large Garmin 10 inch
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GPS sonar unit that's a big payload
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especially when you crash through a
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six-foot roadway remember this baby is
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going to go places most boats here in a
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trance it's almost a shame that we have
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to cover up this beautifully sculptured
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aluminum sub assembly but this is a
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working platform and we wanted a
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non-slip washable surface so we decided
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to use this really cool look you check
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your plate rubber flooring that also
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happens to have a UV coating it looks so
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good we used it everywhere and now are
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you ready for the reveal
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just how much the baby got oh um little
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thing wha hagel but first let's see what
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the folks at Prince crab think so first
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of all we started working on this about
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five years ago and drying it out never
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had the time to complete what we wanted
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to build the ultimate fishing boat and
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that's what we've done
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pick needy I think they like it
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oh yeah and now for the real test time
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to get this baby up on the dance floor
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Wow since the ratio was all about the
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creation of F and c1 and mostly shot in
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the fab shop we thought it would be
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fitting to chronologically show you this
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beauties maiden fishing route for the
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first season once it was Unleashed with
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her home base of the Greater Toronto
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Area FNC ones first trip was all the way
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up to the Nipigon River we next rolled
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into the City of Kingston
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then to Belleville up to the core tha's
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and into the Halliburton islands next
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was a trip to the upper French River
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then over to Lake Muskoka and finally
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ending in Valleyfield Quebec on the
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mighty st. Lawrence River where she was
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unveiled to the fast tournament for
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turning in every location we had it was
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clear this hot rod is the real deal keep
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an eye out for it on a lake near you
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today's Kop is paid for knowledge
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knowing about wear and tear on your
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fishing rig is essential in order to
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help avoid an unforeseen disaster during
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the season here's a few things that you
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should always keep an eye on the fuel
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line of primer ball those rivets on
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aluminum boats heat gouges on glass
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boats live well and bilge pumps battery
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terminals running an anchor lights the
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lower unit gear oil and check the
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steering for play fish in Canada show
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brought to you in part by Ram trucks
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nothing worked harder than a ramp stern
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trusted on the water since 1952 mercury
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and Ford's number one on the water and
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outdoor Canada Canada's only national
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fishing and hunting magazines
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you
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