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Trolling For Massive Lake Trout On Lake Athabasca | Fish'n Canada
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Apr 15, 2025
On this show Pete Bowman is searching the seemingly never ending Lake Athabasca for its infamous giant Lake Trout. He starts out catching small fish and has to adjust before hitting the big ones. Don't forget to leave a COMMENT and give us a LIKE if you enjoyed what you saw. SUBSCRIBE for new videos and episodes released weekly! CONNECT WITH US WEBSITE: http://fishncanada.com FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/FishnCanada/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fishncanadaofficial/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/angeloviolafnc/ One of Canada's longest-running fishing shows, Fish'n Canada travels from coast to coast in search of trophy fishing opportunities. First started by brothers Angelo and Reno Viola in 1986, The Fish’n Canada Show has been on the air for over 30 years. Today, Angelo is joined by lifelong fishing buddy, Pete Bowman, and the pair continue to travel across Canada educating anglers using the experience they’ve gained over the years #Fishing
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in a big lake toast and they love that
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you
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if you weird them deal through the
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eyeballs move it around in that you're
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looking site here in event purposeful
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fufufufu one the most massively throw
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that over speak you guys ready for this
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the fish in Canada so brought to you in
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life the road trip come on let's go and
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print graph boat dominates the waters
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there are not a lot of things that a
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single country can state ownership for
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golos guaranteed bragging rights - in
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terms of fishing go canada has got a
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done deal an ace in the hole
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pick it up and go alone hand i
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guaranteed bring it on because you're
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all shooting for second place this my
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patriotic fishing friends is the
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majestic and powerful lakefront look at
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that nowhere else in the world will you
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find such a vast array of color shape
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and of course size as you will with lake
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trout in Canada this fishing Mecca has
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posted held and pro for world record
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Lakers than anywhere else on the globe
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kind of makes you proud to be a Canadian
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a so I think it's pretty obvious but
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today's show is about lake trout big
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nasty carnivorous Lakers but it's also
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about some surprisingly tiny creatures
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that helped to make it all happen I'm
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hitting Lake at the basket which
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straddles the Saskatchewan Alberta
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border and since just south of the
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Northwest Territories I'll be fishing
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the Saskatchewan portion this massive
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body of water is the eighth largest lake
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in Canada with seven thousand nine
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hundred and thirty-five square
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kilometers of fishing surface two
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thousand 140 kilometers of shoreline and
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up to 124 meters deep this is a virtual
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ocean compared to the lakes you usually
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see us on aunt and I are double-teaming
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on this trip while I fish you're Lakers
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you'll be fishing for monster pike who
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it could play another episode you do not
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want to miss captain Bruce our host and
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owner of Lakers unlimited river staying
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does guarantee me a trophy and that's
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what this Lodge is known for ever since
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the completion of ISO which was only
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seven or eight days ago captain Bruce
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and his guests have been going out
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weather permitting
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to a drop of a few kilometres so to the
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lodge waiting for a particular moment in
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time which by the way has not happened
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as of yet
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that moment believe it or not and the
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entire success of this trip is dependent
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on of all things a bug hatch for those
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of you who are doing a double-take right
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now a hat is what fly fisherman standing
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in a river dream about being there when
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all hell breaks loose and the water
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comes alive with insects the Dro fishing
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here has been a bit sporadic up until
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now but since this drop-off is a
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reputable hotspot I'll use it as my
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starting point and go from there
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keeping a sharp eye on the conditions by
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combining a drift using the wind with a
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touch of control for my Merc I can
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flutter a big bright spoon or swim a
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gigantic tube jig up and down the
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drop-off and efficiently cover it for
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hundreds of yards if that's what it
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takes
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here's what against the wind oh boy you
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know what I'm gonna do I'm gonna put her
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in neutral drift back to that fish let
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me take a long fish yeah I think I got a
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good one here a decent one anyway yeah
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not bad not bad at all on the old spoon
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back and forth from spoons to the tube
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she hasn't run yeah I'm just distant I'm
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waiting for him to just pound rake down
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to the bottom the hair that's what it's
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expected just to see that now if we
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threw in the Rudd Wow and he came up so
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easy I knew that was too good to be true
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can you imagine I mean this fish is not
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a big flake or can you mention 35 or 40
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powder which they get here quite
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consistently that one just beat you up
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silly
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there's my sinker and there he is
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quality quality lake trout right there
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my friends lots of power are you going
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to give pedia chance now to land your
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buddy huge but I'll tell you what I'll
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take this guy any and every day of the
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week I
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these little Athabasca Laker now look at
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that Taylor that thing that is where all
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his power comes from a big
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that's not even flared out that's got a
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lot of power and these things are so
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full of muscle lake trout are just
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incredibly muscular fish I mean that's a
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small lake over this lake believe it or
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not beauty though I gotta say she's a
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beaut because it's probably the very
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slowly digger on your lip
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it made gray ghost statue on Lake
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Athabasca Laker looking a big eyeball
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those ones a freakin just stare at you
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weather conditions in the extreme north
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can change almost instantly that can be
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a good thing or a bad thing for me it's
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a great thing the nasty sky is starting
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to break so I've moved out to a big flat
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with pockets of soft bottom
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perfect for a bug hat now I gotta figure
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out which way the winds blow there's no
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wind here and I just don't want the boat
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to be if I get asked us to the boat I
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don't have been rolling under the boat I
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think I've got him on the wrong side
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here bubble hasn't pulled in drag yet
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she's gonna go very soon he's gonna run
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right down 40 feet of water guaranteed
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like that right there yeah oh yeah he
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stopped he did a short run for me I got
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strong me for sure oh that could almost
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be good that's why you want to get them
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on the other side of the boat if you can
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like that right there there now I got
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all right with an awesome fish
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we're fishing this big flat awaited
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quick fish or flatfish can be deadly
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not only does the wide slow wobble drive
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big lake trout crazy but by adding lots
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of weight I can dig the lure into the
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bottom trying to imitate a feeding Cisco
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whitefish or burbot that would be
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rooting around for insects it's a deadly
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way to trigger a giant Laker and the
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biting hey hook well you just ate that
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hook lonely look at that he's burps do
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that here we go burping and you hear
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that it's very various burping as you
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can from the rule deep from 40 feet of
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water straight up strong fish and that
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I'm amazingly strong yes here it is this
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by now you're probably asking yourself
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what the tiny insects have to do with
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boating monster trout it's called the
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food chain
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the little fish gather lead the insects
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and the big fish gather to eat the
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little fish and by the looks of the lake
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surface and above it you guessed it my
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timing is perfect
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this hatch is on here are some
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interesting Lego facts on big deep water
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lakes there are phenotypes of Lakeville
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meaning their appearance and shape are
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different from each other it's the same
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species just a different look
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environmental conditions can influence
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the color or hue of a Laker for instance
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key color water will produce darker fish
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and lighter gin clear water like I'm on
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today will produce later colored fish
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the shallower the lake trout live the
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lighter the skin color and finally big
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lakes
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equal pay big fish oh it smells good
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a little big reef there's some of the
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boys from the lodge are on right now and
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doing something a little different from
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the spoons drag a big quick fish and
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flat fish and bump on the bottom of them
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and you can really feel the blood bass
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like a big crank being basically digging
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into the bottom running a boat it's 40
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feet of water you still got to run
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almost 100 feet of line just to get that
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flat fishies crank and digging into
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bigger than the bottom you'll feel it
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normal feel of a quick fish or a flat
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fishes or what to do go solid you're
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cranking the bottom it's you can feel it
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thump up dig dig dig dig bump so it's a
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real boy now we know we talked there is
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all nice little trout nice logging trail
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hat is gorgeous lake trout
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not done yet folks okay big dog you you
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ready to come and look now I'm going to
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tell you one thing is going to freak out
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if University in a big lake trout their
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eyes when they look at you
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it's weird they have guilty the eyeballs
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moving around in that very eerie looking
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site that's if I get a minute
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nice fish Styron out now I get the
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hook-up melody most most awesome oh all
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right okay
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there we go people I'm going to give my
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remembered here not was that for
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Saskatchewan link at the basket Laker
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look at a big look at that my boss when
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you look at this fish look at that big
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eyeballs that was known as a freak out
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if they just stare at you oh yeah well
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that's a nice fish happening and you
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know what I mean you're not absolutely
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huge CLE pool pure muscle electrode is
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just absolute pure muscle and they're
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fun it's open water
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they they have room to to roll and fight
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and boy I'll tell you what you better
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let up late I know you're probably gonna
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lose them in one look at that gorgeous
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beast but one more goodbye
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that no tire you out nothing well oh
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nice
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you like ready for this oh yeah like
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that I like that feeling actually what
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we got going on now you chartreuse these
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be working screws and plugs and
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everything is a Salomon 18-pounder baby
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here now apparently at the logs are
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saying that you should you should be
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able to easily catch six to eight of
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these per day per person this fish or
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let's say the fish or bigger and you're
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here for a week if you're going to catch
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a lot of fish you're gonna guys 30 or 40
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of these leg shows this big or bigger
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just can't horses said you plant this
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thing maybe a 25 pounder at one who do
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you what you and a buddy
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come over here on a trip get the guide
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put you onto these things I think you've
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had a good day
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look at me sitting on his head Wow way
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bigger than I thought
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oh my arm is full has come no let me
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guess videos they've all left off his
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head those worms but how awesome is that
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I am so off with that fish folks that
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fishes yeah he's definitely over 25
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pounds maybe maybe close to 30 and
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that's how they get this big in the
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straw whoa holding these big wobbling
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plugs with four to eight ounces of
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weight is a pretty extreme way of
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fishing the combination of all that
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weight plus the front end of the diamond
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bait constantly waiting into the rocks
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mud and whatever else that lies on the
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bottom makes the fishing feel more like
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a chore but it's well worth the effort
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and if it's working all drag all day
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long
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today's hot spot is a big 40 plus foot
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flat in the open water of Lake Athabasca
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the wave pointing to screen will get you
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there trolling is your best method here
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in order to cover as much water as
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possible adding weight to your
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presentation will ensure that you get to
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the bottom of the lake a key element for
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these Lakers I use the minimum of four
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ounces and up to as much as seven spoons
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flat fish and quick fish seem to be the
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most effective baits here and bright
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colors definitely work for me the more
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hot spots like this one check out
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fishing Canada calm
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okay so I found my pot about the basket
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goal and insect hatch being set on by
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bait fish which are being fed on by big
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lake trout you think I'd have a dialed
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in right well we as anglers are rarely
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satisfied always experiment and with
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that I can't do of all things a pink
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bait
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yep you heard it right pink fishing
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never ceases to amaze me
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last one whoa yeah baby
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that's know I'm looking for look at the
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noggin on him
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hahaha look at it this is a massive fish
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well over 30 my god I won the most
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massive lake trout I've ever seen let
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alone in a part of gadget okay don't
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flop around fish please just let me get
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one shot on the camera on this night you
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guys ready for this ahh oh my god stop
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my guy he got my leg
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25 who knows maybe more wheel I don't
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know a judge these things look at this a
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lake huh huh
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oh my gosh look at that beast of a fish
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but there's top of us deal with it might
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be worn down with it oh go ahead big
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eyeballs will just stare you down
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I could barely hold that fish off my
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thing is so heavy
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that is such a heavy big dude of a fish
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I got myelination hold on absolute let
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go of my jacket big fella
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Oh God look at this later on well you
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know this massive spoiler and glory
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appeared 15 feet down nor without you'll
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see it be incredible
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that's to give even to the clear water
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he can watch everything coming up from
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the one down what a pig on a massive
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beast of a fish to get the today's
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amazing lake trout fishing I first flew
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from Toronto International Airport to
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Fort McMurray Alberta from there I
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caught a plane that took me to the
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runway adjacent to Lakers Unlimited
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Lodge on Lake Athabasca in Saskatchewan
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today's klp I'm going to take cake at
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the Gail pk4 knowledge what has happened
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here is in the last couple of days
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first off I've refined some lake trout I
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found a good concentration in the lake
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though the water temperature is about 49
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degrees problem is they were all small
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to medium sized a couple of decent ones
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in there but knowing that the big ones
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are going to follow the small ones
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because I'll tell you what the small
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ones are there for food the big ones we
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can come in behind and all that food and
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the small ones gonna have to look out
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and give way to that and that way if I
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stay in that area and keep working maybe
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a wider spread wider trolls keep doing
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different passes and a lot changing bait
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eventually I'll hit some big fish
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