Heads.
I just have the one I always use,
the green pumpkin goby.
I see Amanda had her on 50.
No, she didn't.
Thank you. Thank you very much.
Are all of you guys ready?
I'm putting yours on this side,
Jen.
It's going to go right behind you.
You won't just, you know,
money put on that little tank page.
That was like, that's like one of
our favorites.
Good, good, just keep
an eye out for that wall.
Yeah, and it's nice because you
have a bump bottom but it doesn't
run too deep
and it just sits there expending.
Loaded out of trouble.
You'll be floating out of trouble
and I'll be
sending my way right into it.
We're putting our stuff in
a pile of our stuff here.
And I've got all your rods out here.
I had the wrong needle
spin on it.
Knife with your strength.
Thank you.
All right.
Okay.
Can you put these in on the other
side for me?
Thank you, dear.
Oh, it's an extra.
Who's is that?
Is this one of yours?
That's going to go on our board.
But we've got one for Amanda and one
for me.
Where's mine?
One on the other side of my cooler.
Oh, got it.
Okay.
Mandy you can step in right there
Hit the princess.
Okay.
Let's have fun!
We will.
I feel like the abominable in all
this winter gear, but I'm
nice and toasty warm.
Thanks honey.
Good luck.
Okay, check out.
Let me know if you guys are
fairly...
Balanced.
Oh hey, um, I had that
rope dragging. Back up, would ya
hun?
I'll take care of that right away.
Amanda you've got a
little a little rope hanging in
front of you and off no off the bow
Okay, just if your baits hanging
especially treble hooks your
bait hanging there Yeah,
and you get snagged on it.
It's kind of a pain to get it out.
Just letting you know
Thank you, I will be careful.
And just for the
safety info here,
I have this little
guy, and I'm going
to hook them on the outside of this
mesh bag like
this. This is all my tools,
so the Nip-X is in here if we need
it in a hurry.
And I have my big Amanda players
here as well.
Yeah.
I didn't take it out of the package,
I just took it out the package.
Thank you.
The other ones are all rusted shut.
I'll leave that part on, that we can
take off.
And there's a grippers and a
spreaders too.
So actually I don't want it to feel
comfortable with it and where you
feel like it's safe.
And the net I'm going to leave right
here. You can get at it
if I have a fish on and I can
get out of it if you do.
So we should be golden there.
And then you know what maybe I'm
gonna put the tools up here.
I need them a little closer to me
to feel uncomfortable.
So, we're going to put this up here
It doesn't matter.
It's not, it is,
and you know it seems like, well
it's summer, it shouldn't be like
this, but the temperature is
the temperature, no matter what we
want to believe.
I just want to get this on here.
I don't like it here, you know?
Guys is...
There, I have these right here
because I needed them a little
closer to make me happy.
For us.
And I'm going to get my Lucas bait
out for the muskies.
Because we came on this river with
them earlier this summer.
He was so funny.
He wanted this shiny bait because it
was pretty.
And I was like, I don't know if
that's the best one, Lucas.
We can make our own decisions.
And I feel defiant today.
And there's no sharks in here.
Yep,
I'm going to take off this.
Most of the time we repeat that.
Do you think I can remember these
boys' names?
Thank you.
I can't do it.
One sack or the older one?
Cameraman, I can't remember.
We'll figure it out.
All right.
All this work because I'm a leader.
Thank you.
Oh, it does have a lovely wobble.
No wonder that got some attention.
So I broke off my
good rod, this rod that I use all
the time for muskie fishing on the
river, on a bass on our
lake. It snapped right in half.
Not in half, but up toward about 3.
So I took it to snake growing for 25
bucks, gotta bring a new one.
Alright, so that's all in orange.
What else do you have to work with
here? Oh, the Ned thing.
I was going to look for a different
Ned.
Since John said the orange ones
were working better.
All right, I'm going to use this
for garbage since it's here.
So, Zach, do we have some other than
the job stuff?
Oh my gosh, it's a new bag.
I found a room, that's a good
thing.
I'll just be different today,
I guess.
Thank you very much.
What are these, um,
Med-Heads shirt shirts on
for the walleyes?
They simply really do
the trick.
Thank you.
We'll just leave it here.
I thought I had the other one,
obviously, but no I don't,
because it was nasty.
You know it forces me to fish
and learn to find
them.
It's like a voice in the guiding
business I learned in about a
year long.
It's not if I can catch fish,
I can my clients.
That's why he should be my type.
Sometimes you've got to just try and
know you can catch them on this one,
but instead it's like you're trying
something.
No, because he's in the boat and
apparently they can get
him on like that.
Now it's, it's...
I'm sometimes getting the rubs.
It smells so good.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I thought that the other demon was
in the river and I hadn't been on
the river in a month.
Oh wow, I didn't
know it was holding it.
I had a
high blood pressure crisis,
ended up in an
ambulance, going to
the E.R.
My blood pressure was 227
over 17.
We don't know.
I'm waiting to see a cardiologist,
but they started me on medication,
so it's lower now,
it's still not wonderful, but is
there something ridiculous?
You want me
to go first?
This complete, honey, my old
complete spins in my hand.
Today I didn't.
See you in the next one.
That's what I want to try to tell
you.
And we were just between the
rock and the ridge here and
uh and he was
casting and his name was he's
telling the story
Just cast anyway
Keep reeling, he's going on and he's
like, go ahead and like, there's one
on it and he like, put wallows in
it. He's like right, remember he's
talking about keep reeling.
Keep reelling, keep reelling.
Well he came, he came and he kind
of, you know, he kind Was that a
fish? No, he didn't.
But that fish, he stood a drive by
and it was, for this river it was I
mean it was 45 inches and that's
a big muskie.
And uh, and he just was like
John, is there anywhere right in
here you think we should cast where
that fish was?
Just when we get up, I'd wait until
we get it by then. Oh, OK.
Oh, okay. I just practiced.
Just practiced.
I will get in a lot of trouble if I
fish instead of roast.
You're in trouble.
Well, you probably would beat me
later.
Later through these areas once we
get below the bread
There was a big, big, musk in here,
so I know he lives in here
somewhere.
We got a
He was over 40 for sure and
I'm sure he eats crayfish.
Now they're all going to walk away.
Weather for fishing.
That was great, but these were
not great, except
when the crayfish were not in the
water.
Bye!
I don't have...
Fuck, sorry.
And this is a fun stretch because
there's no habitation
on it, not a
single dock or cabin
or anything, which
I find really fun.
One time we took a fish out of
there.
A fish of the large kind.
That's funny, this time of year too,
I've got a trip
on Friday, tomorrow, but
it's like the guy loves to go early
at night. Should we get a rock pass?
Yeah, you know what, we should.
We'll just go find
out.
So the only thing guys, I'm just
going to throw this out there.
Oh nice, it was a rock.
That's easier than the wood.
Yay, it's a me.
I appreciate that.
Oh, you got your magic, too?
Really competitive uh tournament
fishermen you know on lakeland went
out with him twice
big musty just blow
off because they lay right in
that little strip of grass you could
literally be looking at them you
don't even see them they just blend
in all right guys let's
uh a little stop right here before
i'll go down it's not
Yes sir.
See what a good listener I am?
Yes sir! Yes, sir.
I see that.
I see.
I see it. This is when I think it
was quiet.
...Close to the bridge, suppose you
get there, get an assignment...
So if you see a rock on the
surface that might be going to hit
you.
I don't want to buy anything.
These cover intuitive, but they
should be trying to...
Because they could take more
advantage of it. Yeah, you'd think,
but no, no.
I can be quite charming if I have to
be. It's getting harder as I get
older though.
Yeah, you're a prophet, isn't it?
When I was younger, I had a little
more to work with.
In low light I can still manage.
Did you bring that up, John?
I did!
I did.
I would absolutely be honored if
you'd put it on.
That's alright, no worries, no
problem.
Can you go there?
No, no.
I had it at the ready.
I'm here.
A little
Look how long my fingernails are
from that fishing, isn't that crazy?
I looked at them yesterday and I'm
like, why are my fingernail so long?
And they're like, oh, I haven't been
doing anything.
I guess that's what happens.
Cut my nails because they're always
dusted off.
Yeah, that's perfect bait.
I had a bunch of hits from
size and had
a nice musky hit it Monday.
And you can fish it pretty darn
clean, which
is the best part.
And it's got a good substantial hook
for a big musky.
Th th th
th th th th th th
Well,
I finally get it in the net by
myself and I could hardly
keep it because it was so heavy.
I think it tries jumping on you now.
I'm just like, this is a circus, and
I'm there by myself.
So I finally use one oar
at a time to get me to the dock.
I get out on the dock, get the dogs
out.
And then I lift up the fish, and
now I'm on the side.
I'm like, well, crap, I have to
measure it.
Because it could be a master angler.
It was 39, just over 39,
and not quite 40.
But it was huge and heavy,
and it was gorgeous.
And I was like, well, I guess
I'll just put you back.
We had fun.
That was my rehab fish, I call it.
I'll be right back.
Yeah, that's a good trick for you.
Yeah, it was.
I was thrilled.
I was wishing the boys were there to
see it, but John was on the other
end of the lake while all this
foolishness was happening.
The only picture I got of it is
laying on
the dock.
Okay.
In its net on the board
and I'm like
standing above it so it doesn't even
look big except that only half of
it is going across my 36 inch net.
This is much better weight wise too.
Yeah it casts really well.
Like I said I got a lot of action on
it.
It looks so good.
Oh
Okay we're going to overtake this
boat because we're gonna go down by
that log and that rock on the right.
I'm going to pull that
up under the end.
Oh
Thank you.
Oh, it's really shallow on this
side.
Is the other side better?
I just thought this looked like a
good spot with these rocks.
They could be really shallow
This looks like a good small ear.
I've taken them off shore in
six inches of water, so you never
know.
Woo! There's a rock!
That's the interesting part of
traveling in a low,
dark river, you don't see those
rocks.
They wake you up every now and then.
Hello,
we are here.
I think I've got to go
between these two.
Oh
Doesn't it smell down here?
Oh, you said...
I'd sit there.
Good. Good.
There's a little bump-bump.
It would have been fun.
Yeah.
Oh wow.
I know, you're always ready,
you are almost always.
You're going to get the whole John
story because they're not.
I hope they're up for it.
He's very entertaining,
isn't he?
The kids come to work, and they
don't care about the content of all
of it.
And the dad tells them.
To turn, otherwise you're
on a rock there.
Sorry there, you don't need to plub
up your cast.
You're good.
Yeah, I think you can turn around
and just go through, hun.
Turn there was a big rock in our way
a lot of water in here right now
this little trench was pretty good
Are your baits, Amanda, you and
Doug, the same thing?
Are they coming through fairly
clean?
Yeah. Oh good.
Yeah. Sometimes you get in all that
moss, you know, and that moss that
we cast.
And the grass she was throwing the
frog.
Oh yeah, yeah, that's good.
Got it.
All right, now if we can get a
spot.
If I can get turned around
and go forward through the rapids
would be preferable.
It's been known to happen where you
go down backwards through the rapids
with the dog and catch a 22-inch
smallmouth in
the kites by yourself.
Yeah, that has happened.
It's a thing.
Wow, John, is there any opening
here?
Yeah, you kind of got to just go
hard and you get stuff on your
mind, okay?
Well, I'm going to leave
you guys to it today.
I'm out of here, you're not in my
straight line.
Yeah, this one we seem to catch more
fish.
This is where we sat and caught him.
Yeah, we've caught some here, yeah.
We'll go down here and we'll get in
the water right here.
This is where we sent, and Carlos
and I caught that musky one.
Yeah, I know.
This is definitely...
That's a good word, isn't it?
I'm putting grass in front of you.
Cartilage replacement.
Sometimes we can be okay with no
fish. This is not one of those days.
I'm gonna play Matthews, I'm
going to move over to Miami.
It's just too
many quacks out there doing it,
it's bad, it ruins, you know.
I'm going to have to get
to the data, and I'll see you later.
Wait, don't move.
On that story.
I think that's where
our boat got pushed.
I don't know if you can hear me or
not, but I think we're just in a
state where it's
not that bad, where it can go from
the bottom to the top, and that's
where it is.
I would say that people can breathe.
Yeah, that's true, man.
Yeah, thank you so much.
Oh, there they are.
I think he's got it this time.
Oh, so much fun on
top water.
Maybe we should have topped it.
We'll be back in a little bit.
Let's go.
Here you go.
Awesome.
You're the best, man.
Oh
Yeah
Pretty fish.
Here, hold that up here.
Well done!
Yeah, well, if you get three of
them, it's good.
What color do you have?
We gotta get some video of that
thing in the rod.
We'll have one light and one dark
and then...
Now it's hard.
It just hasn't yet, but it's ready.
Not yet.
But the other day, the last time
I ran, it was like
really slow for
the first couple of hours.
Then all of a sudden it was a switch
flipped.
I'm a smallmouth anyways.
Go ahead.
We're going. You want that out of
your neck, right? Yeah.
Yeah, my baits are
a mess.
And then when we go through these
racks,
is there a spot here?
Here
Right here?
Okay.
Okay, your net is...
My net is free.
Okay, I can't
move it because my other one's in
the way.
You got a fish?
Little guy
Little guy you need the net.
Oh, throw that over
there so I can have the net
That's a decent fish.
Well, I would say...
Oh
whoa he's gonna that's
a beauty
Oh, that's my f***ing chin.
That's my favorite.
Right?
And that's a great start right
there.
Looks good!
You think I didn't do that on
purpose?
Oh, that's a beauty, too.
Yay, Amanda!
Try and catch one around the
fish side.
That's a little bigger one.
Do we need to measure him?
He's not 20, is he?
We can measure him and see how big
he is. We can measure them all to see how big he is.
Oh, it's so pretty.
Oh, he's just gorgeous.
This is his holder.
All right.
Well done, girl.
Well done.
Thanks for getting your next slide.
Thanks for getting the net.
Yeah.
Just in the nick, in the knick of
time!
I'll push that creature back on
the other one here.
And remember, not back there on
the left.
Okay, let's do it in.
I offer to help, but I want to get
the shot.
Where we drop it in the water?
That part?
Thank you, dear.
And, Amanda, you have a little
snap for me.
Awesome!
Do you have a ride with him?
Oops, that's okay.
Your arm's in it.
There you go, hon.
Do you have a ride with me, Dad?
That's more like it.
Yeah, that's just great.
I don't know this spot, so I don t
know exactly where to cast.
Do you want advice for me anywhere?
The whole tail out, okay, whoop,
there's something.
Rich, is that too big
for your mouth, whoever you are down
there?
Oh
There we go!
Is he a leopard?
No, it was a tiny baby.
He couldn't even get this hook in
his mouth.
Baby, something's gonna go...
I do.
Wouldn't you just love to see a big
one blow up on that?
Thank you, yeah.
Just do it.
This is the
island where the
video I showed you that deer came
from.
400 big dogs in one day.
Can you stand on the right here,
son?
Yeah, it's too shallow.
I'm going to say it like this.
Okay, I can keep writing on the
wall.
This is a, this is a get
out option here.
OK.
No.
I can drag my own boat.
All right, y'all.
Rocks are slippery
What'd you say?
In that area.
Okay, we're gonna cast the area on
the left.
I want
Yeah, thank you.
That you can't see.
So tell me what we're doing with the
ground now.
Do you have a rope?
Another one.
Hang on, you're going to get the net
ready?
Oh, you having that pretty?
Yeah.
Like she was born to do it.
Yeah, I'll go over the back of my
own hood, just
a sec here,
just wanna make sure.
You guys meat eaters today or what?
Make sure your nuts are clear honey,
you're kind of in the sticks here
so, okay, you
can get out.
I'm gonna sneak behind you guys.
No problem.
I've got to give them a minute to
calm down with all this commotion
around here.
Can I sit here?
Yeah, yeah.
You can tell we're kind of gearing
up here.
I don't need this branch right in my
grill.
Maybe it's good luck.
Oh, there's a fish. I think we got
I'm scanning at it.
Come on.
Okay
Hey!
Open your bail a sec.
It's the one we're looking for!
No, it's the species,
not the size.
Hey, but it's a walleye.
Where's your mama?
Come on, mama.
Pretty anyways, huh?
Yeah.
All right.
Nice and slow presentation.
Yeah.
And you were down a little bit
further because I cast it and then
you cast it downstream of me, right?
I did it.
Oh no that'd be fun that'd be
great no it's not great for my story
oh
There was another nibble right at
the
That's interesting.
That's my sister.
I see you.
Maybe not with the
blades, it might be too
much.
This is where I'm not supposed to
go, according to John.
Because of the back section?
No, the rocks over there,
so I don't get hung up.
Is that a pit?
It's gonna be fun!
Oh, there was a bite.
They're like right at the boat.
Got another one?
Oh, I thought you had another one.
Cooksets are free!
Oh, missed it, totally.
I had a bend in it for a second.
I did.
It's that big twister,
it's just too much for it.
Just for fun, I'm going to put this
in and see if there's any.
You guys have a minute.
Oh, something was eyeballing
it.
Take it like you mean it.
I'm looking right here.
Do you have a piece of flower
band that you can say?
Yep,
on this one I do.
I hadn't put the crawler down in the
honey hole yet.
What's the size limit on the river
here?
I'm going to go down a little bit
further with this and see if there's
any action.
Alright, I'm down.
Sometimes it's all about getting the
right thing. You don't even get to
it. It's like they're watching
something.
Oh, dang it,
but it took my crawler.
Yeah, I did.
There we go!
Nice.
John, you got your net?
Oh, it's a smallie.
Bring it over here.
You want to take it off?
Since I got the
net right here.
It doesn't want to come,
so I'm going to end it.
I just like to fight.
C'mon Bendit, get it over here.
Got it!
Open your veil.
That's a little one.
They fight like crazy.
Yeah, they do.
I'm gonna downsize my
twister.
Yeah.
And since that seems to be a
smallie getter, I'm going to get rid
of that.
Get that out of play.
I'm glad.
Yeah.
That's.
I'm just going to
put a Ki-Tek on.
That's what Tiffany caught hers on
when I set her up here, so we're
going to go with that,
because that's the smaller
beat,
might be the ticket.
You like walleye tickets?
Tickets to the Yummers.
There's a wall I showed you.
This one might just be too much of
a mouthful.
Alright, here comes something new,
kids.
Maybe be a little spin.
This has been all the boats that
have come through here today.
Thank you.
Ever.
Yeah.
Well, I got a bit right there.
I bet it was a smallie though, huh?
That's why you said that while I hit
close to the boat, huh.
While I was a little further out, I
got a bunch of taps right in front
of the boat.
Tabs.
Okay.
All right.
Clear a book.
I do have crawlers.
Do you want them?
Pass them.
If you, did you answer me?
Do you want to make problems?
There you go.
Thanks.
There we go.
There's a fish.
Thank you very much.
Oh, it's fine.
I'll get some water.
All right.
Okay.
All right?
Well, I was just crawling him and a
little small he took it.
Yeah. Is that what you were doing with
the twister before?
Just real slow.
I got gunk this time.
We just got to get it in the right
spot.
That was
That's a nice fish.
Well, once all the bass have been
caught, then the walleyes can get at
it, right?
Nice release, both sides.
I like that.
Yeah, I knew I was going to get some
sauce.
Am I still wrapped?
Yes I am.
Bit so.
I like that.
I'm going to try it this way.
Nice.
Look at that bit!
Yeah i saw that
baby small mouth
Hee hee hee.
And the end of his musty action pick
up on the floor.
It seems like it's just starting to
turn back on.
Oh, there was a fish that just
surfaced in front of your boat.
Oh yeah, that little jig that's in
there.
Something came after it.
That's funny.
You jinxed us by dissing that nice
little walleye we caught.
Yeah, you did.
Too bad it wasn't fifteen, it would
have been delicious.
Tell me when you're in, John,
because I'm over the top of you.
Ooh, look at that!
Nightcrawler.
Come on.
All right.
What's he putting on?
I'm not sure.
What are you putting on, Jen?
John can play the tube like
nobody,
as I practice, he got in Door County
on those big small mow.
Did you ever use tubes much John
before?
Like I normally fish these.
I'm trying to think of what else to
throw. What else to Throw?
There you go, silver minnow.
I do.
So I catch them while I'm on silver
and red house in the air, and we're
going to...
Hey, it's been known to happen.
Whoop, shit.
I'm sorry.
I didn't see you cast.
Yeah, you're gonna lift up your
line. I am.
Go ahead and reel yours in,
actually.
Just reel it off to your left.
What do you keep asking me to do?
I don't know what you're asking.
We've gone through this before.
Nah, nah, nah.
There you go.
Everybody fishing.
I have a haircut on today so that'd
be awesome if you don't mind.
The currents, but yeah, look at that
bullet. It's not moving,
you know?
They're nice.
All right buddy, go grow
bigger.
Go magically turn into
a walleye.
Okay
Presto, Jane Jo.
Boy, the bass like this stupid
thing, don't they?
God.
Wheee!
We got us a fun dinner!
Get that one
My name is Janet.
It's just the way it is.
I didn't scream yet.
It hasn't been a big enough fish.
Right at the corner up on the left
of here is where I...
I think there's a big muskie hanging
out here, so they're all just
like hiding on the bottom going, I'm
not moving, are you moving?
I ain't moving.
See that big thing around here?
We could get that.
And I thought maybe
Okay, so that's not
I got confused when I saw him
go there.
There when she casts it.
That's wood.
And then after
he saw three years,
he didn't
play in high school, because summer
he was going to do wrestling.
I think I need to do more in these
days where I have no cell phone
service.
You can't take it any other
way.
You have to not have it.
No, I'm not going to play.
Yeah!
I do not disturb and
whatever on my phone, but...
It's too tempting to check.
Don't
Yeah.
That's pretty interesting.
Alright.
All right, I'm going to do one last
cast and then I'm gonna untie us.
You keep casting and catch us a nice
one.
I don't know, because it's bad.
Probably on some ground.
Maybe.
There is one.
Okay, we've seen smallies
just cruising through here before.
Before, he said.
One, two, three.
So we went to
the fridge and see what
we had.
I thought we had a storm on the side
of town.
Yeah, well, we've
got some Lins
hot dogs from Lins
Meats, which are pretty good.
Bunless, no buns,
and I got a big ol'
smoked kielbasa.
How about that?
Oh my god.
Huh? Huh?
What's that?
This is just so weird, let's see
what we have to say.
I can contribute some
Chicken and Biscuit crackers.
There we go.
And some fresh wild
blackberries and some tomatoes.
And I've got some coleslaw
and chips.
When you share blackberries from
the wild.
Grapes, we've got grapes.
Sure you won't.
We use the top of that
tub as like a table.
Oh sure, let me just get my
stuff out of there.
Oh!
What do you got there, honey?
A little guy.
Do you still have something?
It's not big.
Right.
Is it a pike?
Dude, I could have flayed him up.
Stop it now.
Thank you guys.
Come on, come on
Yep, that's a big enough You
can maybe get some fish out of it
players.
I do like they do on those survival
shows. You can just throw him on the
fire the way he is.
Thank you.
All right, now I feel better.
You found a fish!
I found a bass.
Well, that was quite a
hook set.
Hey, I could have done a big monster
kill over there!
We got we got we've
got some walleye spots down below
yet that that was the first
Well, and I assured Amanda that
if you don't tie
into a big fish, I can get her a
rock bass at the end of the trip.
I'm pumped.
I hear they're delicious.
You've been talking to Dave
Neuswanger, a retired
fish biologist that's up here,
and his license plate says rock
bass.
This ain't no stinkin' Canada,
though, is it?
It sure is beautiful though.
It's about as close as you can get
to nothing around.
That's what we always say,
it's trying to rush into some of the
slum out there, but it's
uh...
The best water for sure on this
whole trip is below us here.
Yeah
BWAH!
Alright,
Amanda that was very kind of you to
bring all those things to share.
We'll watch.
Get the film, get the camera though,
okay?
Oh, you're a funny guy!
Oh That's
good to experiment with.
It's like bent over, doubled over,
might change the tone of the chair.
This is the craziest Craziest?
My friend Mushroom Charlie used to
say, Probably ain't
gonna kill ya, but you're gonna
waste your day.
This looks like old bear's head on
here, John.
It is.
Someone probably cut it off.
You didn't get one here ever, did
you?
Well, somebody did.
There was some animal ate it,
because that's what that is, it was
a big one too.
So it's like that, it's a really
fun, this job, like, I'm going to be
this guy, we're going to have to do
it. Do you want to choose my AR-50?
Are you sure?
It works fine.
Thank you.
Well, I'll be darned.
So over the years, they all
need to be coming up to your camp.
So the dad and me
and my uncle and my sister.
How's that?
How's ladies deer
camp coming along?
Is there still talks?
Yes, slowly, I need
to call Cindy again. It was all dirt
floors, and poor concrete, made
that hurricane.
Was she off on one of her trips?
No, I just have
not found time.
Got it.
Needs to be a priority if we're
going to get that together, but
a shorter event
that must be school, I think it'll
be pretty easy.
You're kind of in the mode of that,
you know how it rolls.
Our 80 is
probably, we have about a 7 acre
pond,
which is legally the small lake.
We've got about 20 acres of
marsh.
He loves that little girl.
Oh yeah, we sat down to eat and two
pieces of junk slept.
They're like, oh, oh.
We're fine.
No problem. Yes, we were there to
get the video.
Am I right?
That sounded like you were able to
walk. Yeah.
But, for the record, that was nice
enough that he went in line first
and he saved me one piece.
That was one piece, there were two
big chunks.
Yeah, like I said, here's some
mushroom and some ketchup honey.
I have some meat.
Oh, thank you honey.
She's not a big meat eater, but she
will eat meat today, and there's
coleslaw and chips.
I'll eat something in a minute.
Shot of the family fish fry.
This is a nice steep start from the
travel bar.
Isn't that, that's the only reason I
like a little water in the spring,
you know, that water's all over the
place. Right.
Yeah, there's nowhere to stop on
this stretch.
But maybe I can pull another 18 inch
pike out.
There you go.
Okay, honey.
Um, did you bring any soda of
any kind? Yeah.
I've got sodas, sodas
and a big cooler right
there.
You want to chard one honey?
Yes, please.
Just a little piece.
Oh, not a big hot dog, just a
little piece.
That is a lens.
Can you leave it on a little longer
okay nice
and deep in here though there should
have been some walleyes in here
I really should have
Tell no.
Well, last night.
Well, last night I had a little bit
of a meltdown, and my mom,
I told her what we were doing, she's
like, you're doing what?
I'm like, Mom, it's fine.
That's what you want to be doing, I
mean, like, not just...
What?
Right in front of this maple on you,
right? Yeah.
That area before this tail out,
cast that over good.
Okay.
What?
That maple.
So when you're done lotioning,
reapplying.
You're welcome.
No, I'm good.
I'm a thick layer of double
40 and I'm usually good all day.
I'm so tired.
Super goop that Kelsey got
me in it.
It works so good.
It just stays on like crazy
So we'll cast this all over here,
I guess.
See what we find.
Oh, cool.
Oh! Oh, that's a nice fly,
isn't it? Oh, it's a pike.
Oh, is it really?
Are you sure it's spicy?
I thought it was spicy.
I thought it looked like a walleye at first.
What, a bugger?
We'll keep this out of there so we
can cast a little bit since...
We had a fish!
I'm pretty sure it was a pike.
But you told us to cast this over
good.
Ha ha ha.
He did tell us to cast this over
good before we...
Thank you.
Where?
Down further?
Okay.
Thank you.
All right, I will move us
on down
Thank you very much.
We'll try to
get us to go.
I think it's because he popped up
because he looked a little cheaper.
Did he? Like he was scared of that
twister tail? Yeah, maybe I
shouldn't.
I got a sore chin.
Maybe I shouldn t do this.
Yeah.
So right out from this tipped over
one.
Yeah, just some of the narrows up
here, and some of this down there.
And cast to the left so
I should stay in this way.
Way.
Alright.
Not much on the right side,
but it's pretty shallow on the left.
Okay, I'm just going to get us over
on this side, and then I'm going to
turn Manda around so she can catch
our 18-incher.
Now that we're full, it's safe.
Who did?
Eugene
Really?
Enjoying that drive?
Got one?
Bats. Nice bats.
That's fun.
I'm over this tree.
My first cast with the tube,
with this tube.
Definitely a nice spot.
That's a beauty.
Well done, honey.
That's a solid 17.
Nice fish, though.
Yeah, um,
hey John, got
a little situation over there.
Thank you.
At least my rod is a light checker.
What?
Notice where his camera's pointed.
So fun.
G-G-G G-g-g
Go, go, go.
Shoulders are the size of the
shoulders are.
They were getting some video
of John got
it
Hope there's a big rock.
Sure is.
I think you're okay.
I think we'll be okay, we might spin
off it, but we're fine,
we're not going to get hung up on
it.
It's like a walleye spot, but it
sure looks like a big, smally spot.
Put your head to the right side.
Almost done, thanks.
Are you sick?
I'm getting two more.
John, in the back.
Just let me get up.
Well, that's funny.
Thank you.
That looks so good down there.
I would really love to sight fish a
fish right out in the middle here.
Wouldn't that be fun?
Thank you so much.
That one I caught on our lake, I
totally saw it chasing.
And then I was right out on the
point, and I just made one cast.
Wham! I was like.
Isn't it?
Oh yeah.
One more.
Got fish?
I'm going to lose.
Most of it is on the left.
You can't see them here.
Yeah. They're very boxed up here.
Yeah.
We can't get through.
They're gonna miss the footage, you
know, and they're gonna be sad.
Just move down there.
Hey guys, turn around.
I've got something for you to see.
All right, Wally.
Now, John, when you said under this
log, we're...
Actually, where I caught it was off
the end.
Off the end.
Right where that small mouth was?
Probably.
We'll work a few and then we'll go a
little closer so we can just drop
some in better.
That's it.
Yeah, and it's bad,
and I think it makes you
just need
to just think about the
system.
Ten years they tested them.
Ten years, they tested different
chemical combinations to try and
kill off the lamprey.
Got one?
This is...
Is that some poop?
Nice one, huh?
That's how it's done.
This girl's hot!
Hot!
Well, you put me in the front of the
boat on the best spot!
Well, yeah, that's where you belong.
Nice.
Yes ma'am.
That was on the, the first
one was on the crankbait and this
one was on the jig.
With the white twister tail that
we're using to try and catch the
walleyes, but
these bass, they just be...
Oh, I'll take a picture.
I better bring this in so I don't
get snagged or I'll get in trouble.
Thank you.
Oh.
Shallow water when we're
catching these fish.
Yeah you got one too
that's a nice spot
I just had a bite, but I didn't
catch it.
That's a dandy!
Come on, baby.
Yeah, there's plenty of them.
You got one too?
I do. Triples!
Oh, mine came off.
Yours got oxygen.
It was so little honey.
Actually it wasn't that
little but oh
that's a big one.
That's my master angler.
There's one print on that.
That is a giant!
Well done, sweetheart!
That's a
trophy in any,
look at that, big belly on
it.
Oh my god, it's a beauty.
That's a gorgeous fish.
Gorgeous fish
Hey, John.
One for my dad.
Ha ha, here's this 20
incher.
That's awesome.
It's time.
Ooh.
Yahoo!
There we go!
It's out of the way!
That's not a big one, but he would
be a measure 14,
I would give him.
Was it on the tube, honey?
Yeah, and a tube.
Yeah, pretty though, huh?
White tip.
Again, middle of the day in the
middle of summer or late summer.
I'm so glad he got that.
Get a good shot of that branch!
Oh, we got one.
That's all that matters.
That's what matters.
Do you have more tubes?
I would have caught it, it would
have only been because you showed me
where to go and how to get it.
You're the one that figured it out,
I'm so glad you caught it.
I love that
Yeah, this edge here, for whatever
reason, we've caught some giant
bass along in here.
So that's why we're trying.
For them now.
The wall air out here.
So right in the middle here?
So I should get over farther?
I shouldn't put the boat on top of
them.
At least I heard that's not a great
idea.
I never fished walleyes here, so I
didn't know this was a thing.
And the queen of snags today,
apparently.
Not my day.
The rowing and fishing is...
Are there still some?
There's still a couple.
Are there? Yeah.
A lot of independent
people just put them up now because
I'm not aware of any resort or
anything that maintains them.
Oh, thank you, boy.
We like to check it out.
I want to take my kids there.
So sketchy
Thank you.
She's caught three species.
Hey,
now you're really talking my
language.
I know you don't fool with me.
All right, let's go.
Thank you, Amanda.
But what are we gonna do with all of
us?
Your turn, John.
Oh, I got it.
Got it?
All right, now I'll see if there's
big roots of this tree over here on
the right.
I'm calling one out of here, John.
Oh my god, I'm so sick of coughing.
I wish I had something.
Yeah.
Yes.
I'm pretty sure it raises my...
It would be menthol...
I've got some candy, I just haven't
gotten it out yet.
Anything I suck on usually helps.
Yeah.
That was good.
I thought it was.
Here we are in California.
California.
CLEAR
Oh something nice.
I didn't see it.
Is it a musk?
I don't know if it's a mus.
Oh it's heavy too.
Put your hand under...
I don't want to see your fingers.
And Nick, that's a good photo.
Great fish, congrats.
Alright, give it a shot.
Yep. Man, you got a great shot of
you getting a shot of it.
Thanks, fish.
They fight, huh?
A year, a year,
and a year and a half ago.
Look at the root structure.
When the water is up a few feet, can
you imagine the fish that lay in
there?
It's no wonder they live around
here.
Well
Nanda, he schooled us.
Uh, yeah.
Yeah, it was.
There's probably another one.
A lot of times there's big ones.
There's more than one in a spot.
And that happened more than once.
Thanks.
No one really likes it, I don't
like it either.
See how that little cleaving up
there too.
Yeah.
Okay.
The next spot before we get there
now he's all jazzed
up
Oh man.
That was exciting.
I thought that was a fish.
Must be.
It's really shallow in there.
Dang!
I felt it.
Heart rate, woo!
Oh, it's a hot sun block.
It was that challenge, challenge.
And I wanted to bring along the end
of the grass.
That did work.
I can't hear you.
I'm excited.
Bye-bye!
Got it!
I had to use that information
earlier before I cast.
Rock.
But not, you know,
not saying anything about
it.
We're just one of those tiny...
No
There's a big one though, like you
can see it.
Yeah, no I've never seen one like
that.
Oh, are you kidding me?
Literally by an inch.
There should be a fish laying on
that side.
Have a good day, everyone.
Yeah, I think.
That's kind of deep here.
If they read the book.
Yeah, they be on the cheese,
so...
Mustard sauce.
Yeah!
I got that!
Did you hear what happened?
My drag went out.
Must have bumped it before.
Oh, hey.
One more try at it.
Ha ha ha That's
how you get your biggest mama up in
the air.
Whoo, that is a nice one.
I couldn't have it for you.
That would be great, as long as
you're right there and it's coming
right for you.
Man, that's fast.
Well, I'm trying to keep him down.
Here he is.
That's a good one, fatty,
nice fish. It's usually a half inch
smaller than ours.
I always catch the biggest
fish in the pool.
I do that on moose lake too.
Can I come over and get him?
Not long enough though, is he?
For a mess, right?
Okay, you want to grab my
oar and pull me over?
There, almost in there.
But we don't want that fish in any
video with the blood so
Okay.
Sorry
I mean he was fine, he just hooked
on the bottom of his tongue there.
He's gone.
He's great.
Thanks fish darling.
Thanks. That was great fun.
Twice, or?
Oh yeah, and it's the same exact
spot,
I'm quite sure.
Way to get after it.
Never give up, never give in,
right? Until you know he's done.
This is the fun of the trebles.
When I'm out in a kayak, I don't
even fish with those trebles
anymore. I fish with a big spinner
bait, so I got a single hook to do.
Yep, Casey hardly ever fishes with
trebles anymore.
It's like it's just too much work.
It is.
And once you've had hooks from one
of those buried in your hand, it's
just not great.
Thanks for letting me.
Sure, that worked out okay.
Teamwork makes the dream work,
so they say.
Big deep plop on this bait,
huh?
Yeah, I love that bait.
There's probably another one over
there.
I think that's the little
one it's
where it's related to the fact it's
the younger brother
it's called the fat bastard
I'm not getting out of here.
I'm getting out.
I'm gonna get out of there.
Put some sleep.
Little bathroom break fish.
Yeah, kind of have
those right.
Yeah, it's alright.
That one.
Oh, it's on your wrapping.
It also disappeared.
Too funny.
Okay, and I think we better push
through to the next checkpoint,
okay?
Can I hook up to you?
Then I'll be able to.
Can I pet your ride?
I gotta re-tie my net before we
go into that spot.
Arrrrrrrr!
Put the right color head on it.
You want a race?
No
No, I would lose.
I don't like losing.
I think that was
one of the first packets I got here.
These are not.
That's why I wanted to get new oars,
because I hate the sound of these.
And look at how much, look at my
oars compared to yours, how much
water they push.
Ah, you're ready.
Oh, I'm fine.
Morning. Morning.
Right over there.
We'll take it.
Just go slow enough so Zach can
fish and I don't feel like I'm just
trying to play catch up all the
time.
RRRRRRRR
Isn't that one of these grass bars
where you caught that big musky?
Can someone come up here after it?
Oh, she didn't twirl on it.
I can't wait.
Alien!
This looks like another shallow
area.
John, is this a shallow area?
Is this a shallower area?
I meant, can I get through it?
I'm like, yeah,
I was asleep
for a while, but not for a long
time. Get a sleep,
or we won't be able to hear real
this morning.
I want that!
That's how I felt about the St.
Clair trip.
I'm glad we did.
I hope that Karen goes, she just
canceled out her muskie school.
Oh no, is she not doing good?
She referred
to family obligations.
Yeah.
That girl's had enough.
We just need to go do it.
You can't do that.
Who do you want to go with?
Us?
Just like jump your butt?
Yeah, I take all the heat and we
know that whole area and we know
that guy caught that giant
58-incher.
And that's where Ricky
caught that one when we were
in this huge walleye in there too.
It would just be so much fun.
What's a good time of year for that?
Well, I know he caught his
in December, but he
didn't really want to be out there
then.
Um,
yeah.
Did I tell you we just took my
parents on a trip?
Oh you were, I knew you were
going. How did it turn out?
Was it?
Yeah, they're super easy to travel
with.
And they loved it?
They loved it.
And they loved it? Oh, I'm so glad.
That's such a cool thing.
It was fun too.
Big turtle on that log.
David.
You see that?
There's a big turtle on that log.
It has been a while since they had a
phone and just like all the tech of
everything like I had all the
boarding passes just on my phone.
They'd make these maps where you'd
turn a page each time you'd
reach this destination and turn
the page and it was
cool.
There
in the winter, but in August.
You know, I guess it is fine.
I feel it was like a cliff,
you know?
Yeah, I'm not good driving
in those.
My foot freezes up,
literally. I can't push the gas
pedal if it's too much of a cliff.
It's like my mind just says, no,
don't go there.
Sure, yeah.
So John drives and I close my eyes.
Thanks. There you go.
Yeah, Mike drove most of the time.
Oh.
Well, I'm so glad it worked out
good.
I think Mike was really happy
that we wanted to, and I think his
parents were happy to see us
traveling together because we travel
well together.
And just, I don't know,
sometimes traveling brings out the
worst.
Yes it does, yes it does.
We always say before people get
married we should stick them in a
canoe start them up there and say
we'll meet you at the end.
It's probably better than most
marigolds.
Oh, this looks good in here.
This looks muskish.
Of
Look at how much water is
on the grass.
There's more water in here.
Come on.
I'd cast but
that wouldn't go well.
I'd go backwards way too far.
Was that a fish?
Sounds like a fish
for them.
Yeah, I think I'm stuck.
Oh, yeah?
OK. Sorry.
That's all right.
I see it!
You see it?
Let's go get it.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Windy
We didn't use it!
I didn't mean to win.
Wind at my back would have been much
better. That's better.
Wind at my back would have been a
lot better today.
Yeah, extreme extreme
extreme.
Oh
I'll kiss my ass for the squirrel.
They harass my dogs, the poor
things.
We just keep shooting them and
there's just more.
Always more.
Grrrrrrrr
Grrrr
Grrr
That's what we call it.
It's like you're meditating.
Oh, another fish!
The tube men!
It's the tuna!
Here, should we throw one out there?
Thank you for watching!
I'll be back.
Pretty cool
That's it then.
Look at the minnows!
Mm hmm.
Yeah, there's so much life in this
river.
Yeah, we'll just fish toward those,
see those, that wood in the middle
of the river there before the
rapids, and then toward that
log jam.
All in there is where we usually
catch a lot of fish.
Nice work!
Woohoo!
Bike twister!
Not a girl.
That's an eater if we want to keep
it. Yeah.
The measuring board is right there
if you want to check for sure and
I'll get a picture. Picture.
First, let's see what you guys are
up to.
Sounds good.
All right.
That a girl,
that a girl.
That was awesome.
Well you know you
need this kind of you
guys are good good
yep okay
He'll be illegal anyway, he'll be
legal anyway.
Yep, fifteen and a half.
Yeah, baby.
Nice.
You have a stringer?
Yeah.
Can you hold it to the camera?
Yeah, and I gotta get a picture,
too.
Oof, one second.
Oh, they're such a beautiful color,
aren't they?
The sun's gonna shine on it, it'll
be gorgeous.
Hang on buddy.
We'll edit this part out right?
Yeah, of course.
No problem.
Atta girl!
Nice Northwoods through the wall.
Maybe keep him.
He's lively.
I didn't get a picture of you with
them, but that's all right, you've
got others here.
That a girl!
I'm so excited.
I can't believe I took off my white
twister tail for the...
...Instead of the flitchmajig here.
I was just working at super slow
and then hit the bottom and then
hold that up for even.
Can you pretend like you're kind of
finishing off whatever you're doing
now? Yeah, sure.
Put it in the water.
You want a second?
Okay.
Amanda, thanks for making us look
good, girl.
One on the stringer, anyway.
One on this stringer.
Never just
Probably a smallie.
Yeah, tomorrow.
No? Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah.
I'm gonna let it.
Just so I don't break off probably
unless it's little it's
hard to tell in the current
sometimes
Thank you man, thank you.
That's a lot.
I would crap if it was.
No, it's a bass.
What do you got Brenda?
Bye-bye!
Which normally I would be happy
with.
Thanks, Amanda.
I don't want to lose my job.
15 and a half.
That's a fish?
It's a lot like...
Quite a wall, huh?
Oh, nice one!
There we go, we got
it. We got it, let me get this out
of your way.
I'm good? All right.
Toss that guy
Tasha, I got over fast didn't I?
You might be shy.
Yeah, he looks a little small.
Out of the way agony
of the shorty
So funny, they hit so different.
They hit so differently, I'm gonna
smile out.
Where are you actually?
I tried it on, and that fish grabbed
it. My rod started going.
I was like, ah!
My dad's biggest walleye, when he
hooked into it, he's like, it's
not moving. It might be a log,
but I'm going to keep tension on it.
And then it started swimming.
It was like... That's an awesome
story.
I was okay with that.
This feels very Canadian,
just the constant.
Let's get a big walleye.
He's working it slow across the
bottom.
Do a
quick reel to
make the tail spin and then let it
go.
I don't know if the water is full,
but that's how it went through
there.
There was a lot of water all the way
through.
I don't t know why it didn't come.
It couldn't have been this big.
It must have been down there.
Right. I said to her at
that one place where we
didn't catch any in the beginning,
where Tiffany had caught that one,
it's like almost a guarantee.
I bet there was a muskie in there.
I really need to shut up.
Thank you.
Okay.
There's a log.
Yep, I'm going,
just set my rod down.
I'll just pull up
Cough, cough, cough.
I got it
Good, come on, I'll get in here.
Come off, come off!
Uh-huh.
No.
Yeah
Okay.
BOOM
I can't get mine in.
This area is just crap.
I'm going to as soon as I get I
gotta get past this rock.
Then I'm home free until
we get to the next section.
Thank you.
Thank You.
Little chicken mullet.
And I'm just going to...
I'm going to just trust this right
now.
This isn't good for us.
You
Now I go to the left.
I have to get my rock unstuck here.
I'm sorry, I didn't hear that.
I'm sure they're not sticking
out.
All right, I'm going to
go over here.
There's a nice pool right here.
Honey, we gotta go way left.
We're way up on a big rock here.
Don't snap that new knee off.
Through that way?
There's another rock right there.
Tracks everywhere!
Okay, I thought I'd go through that
way, but whatever you tell me.
Every which way.
I'm impressed with that.
Gotta get pass out.
I'll get out.
I'm all wet anyway.
Well, Amanda.
Make that car roll!
No, I gotta drag here!
I know.
Seriously just get your stuff
together man, and you go down to the
will be down there.
We'll all come down later, okay?
There's another one.
Thank you, dear.
What's wrong with another one of
these?
I'm not sure what's happening.
We will all come down later,
pack up and go get our vehicle.
Our drone content.
What else do you need?
Just your rods?
I'll grab your rods.
Birds eye view.
You good?
Brenda!
I hate you.
You're the only thing I can do for
you.