1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,000 and start fishing 2 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:35,000 So have you been out fishing at all? 3 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:40,000 We were on the Chippewa River over in the spawn again 4 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,000 with a couple of guides 5 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:43,000 Nice 6 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:44,000 When was that? 7 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:45,000 August? 8 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:46,000 Yeah, it was awesome 9 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:47,000 Yeah 10 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,000 John and Brenda 11 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,000 My ear was on me 12 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:52,000 Okay 13 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,000 My phone is John and Brenda guides 14 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,000 Oh great 15 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,000 Yeah, with the guide out of here 16 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,000 They're not that far away actually 17 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,000 Okay 18 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,000 They do a lot of canoe guiding 19 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,000 and so the real low water 20 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,000 Were you in a drift boat? 21 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,000 Yeah, one of the little canoe robots 22 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:11,000 Oh, yeah 23 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:12,000 They had a couple of those 24 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:15,000 So they had a client out with them and we were in the other boat 25 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,000 Fishing for walleyes? 26 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:21,000 Yep, they had a few pockets where they had some walleyes and then a lot of bass 27 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:22,000 Okay, that's good 28 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,000 Yeah, it was a beautiful day 29 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,000 I've got a drift boat in the 30 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,000 garage barn 31 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,000 They're fun 32 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,000 It's like you're just starting to get some color 33 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,000 Yeah, it's getting close 34 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:44,000 You know, we sort of peek 35 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,000 in early October 36 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,000 I mean by October 15th 37 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,000 We're done 38 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,000 But we had some 39 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,000 We've got some maples that go early 40 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:00,000 and now everything's going to start to change 41 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,000 So, you know 42 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,000 What we do is just troll 43 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,000 Everybody tries to fish walleyes here deep 44 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,000 and the walleyes aren't deep 45 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,000 Somewhere, maybe 46 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:25,000 So I'm going to put you out this side of the boat 47 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:29,000 Okay, and the only thing you need to do 48 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,000 So these are diving cranks 49 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:37,000 We'll be fishing in like, you know, seven or eight feet of water 50 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:42,000 And you need to keep it out so it's away from the motor 51 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,000 And you don't need to cast it 52 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,000 Obviously you're going to have to bring it up 53 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,000 if you feel weeds 54 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,000 But it doesn't need to go any further than 55 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,000 And we'll let it go a little further 56 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Like three times the length of the boat 57 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,000 Keep the rod tipped down 58 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,000 And then I'll guide us along 59 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,000 Hopefully it won't kill us here 60 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,000 So there you go 61 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,000 Alright 62 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:33,000 I'm assuming that the head on these is a little more definitive 63 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,000 Yeah, you don't have to wait 64 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,000 They'll set themselves 65 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,000 And, you know 66 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,000 People used to catch fish right here 67 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,000 But this is just to get us started 68 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:52,000 There's a few walleyes in that bay 69 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,000 But we'll be fishing on the north end here 70 00:03:55,000 --> 00:04:00,000 And whereas the sun, you know, goes down 71 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:08,000 The baitfish now are, you know, in August you'd use crawlers 72 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,000 Because they're still eating bugs 73 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,000 But now the baitfish are alive 74 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,000 They're probably all that big 75 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,000 And they're all finding warm water 76 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:20,000 And now the walleyes come in shallower to eat them 77 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,000 So we'll stay it 78 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,000 It's not very exciting 79 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,000 Six to seven feet of water 80 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,000 I get us in the rate mode here 81 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:50,000 So I just cleared the track so I can see where we're going 82 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:54,000 So here's the map, here's the depth 83 00:04:54,000 --> 00:05:04,000 I don't even use this that much but 84 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Okay 85 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,000 Okay 86 00:05:44,000 --> 00:06:04,000 So I'm using the button to turn my RPMs down 87 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,000 Usually I troll with the trolling motor 88 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,000 And that's all I need 89 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:13,000 But I can't see it 90 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,000 So 91 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,000 This makes it a little more quiet in the last few weeks 92 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,000 Oh yeah 93 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,000 Yeah, everybody's gone 94 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:42,000 You know, we had some people last weekend 95 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,000 The weather was so nice that 96 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,000 You know, we had some people ski in and doing stuff 97 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,000 But for the... 98 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,000 Do I need to bring any clear them? 99 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:04,000 If you've hit weeds or you think there's weeds on it 100 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,000 You should bring it in and take the weeds off 101 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,000 Oh, yeah 102 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,000 Yeah, you know 103 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,000 So how's the film going? 104 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,000 We feel pretty good about it 105 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,000 Good 106 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,000 Got a lot of good things 107 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:34,000 Every time we go out, there's still things that I still want to get longer 108 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:35,000 Yeah 109 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:40,000 But we've kind of figured out our winter schedule in the next spring 110 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,000 So I feel good about not only solidifying this time 111 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,000 To know when I can go out and get what we need 112 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,000 Yep 113 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:51,000 But then just getting much more concrete ideas of, okay, this is when we need what we need 114 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,000 It can all fall 115 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,000 See this here? 116 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,000 Some of this? 117 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,000 Those are fish 118 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:00,000 Those are bait fish 119 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,000 So this is weeds here, but some of what we just ran into 120 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:06,000 Stuff up here is probably bait fish 121 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,000 No, he's not a... he's still here 122 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,000 So you'll still be filming next spring, too? 123 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:19,000 Yep 124 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,000 Well, doing or filming next spring? 125 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,000 Next spring 126 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:30,000 I think I'm going to try and get out with Lance and his boys for disappearing 127 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,000 No, that'd be fun 128 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,000 They won't let me go, but oh shit 129 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,000 You may catch a log here 130 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,000 Where did that come from? 131 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,000 Wow 132 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,000 I don't want to catch a log 133 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,000 Where did that come from? 134 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,000 That's a post 135 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,000 Let's go a little 136 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:18,000 Yeah, that'd be fun to get out and 137 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,000 Go, I've never asked to go out and spear, but 138 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:25,000 I'd like to go, you know, if they ever have a 139 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,000 Lake blessing 140 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,000 You'd want to get in on that if you could 141 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,000 That'd be pretty cool 142 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:38,000 They had one here over at the federal landing 143 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,000 Not much 144 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:48,000 Lance says most of the kids go there because they like the hot chocolate and the hot dogs 145 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,000 I sure think every other kid is seeing it 146 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,000 Yeah, you can't 147 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,000 Go in 148 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:01,000 I brad my kids to get out of the boat with snacks 149 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:02,000 Yeah 150 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,000 Get a little extra time 151 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,000 Damn 152 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,000 I got a weed if you want to film that 153 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,000 We film everything here 154 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,000 Ha ha ha 155 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,000 We're also going to do some stuff over on the wall from the 156 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,000 Fox for the spring run 157 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,000 Okay 158 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:30,000 Last spring we did a lot with 159 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,000 research and science and spawning 160 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:36,000 This next spring we want to focus on 161 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,000 People 162 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,000 We're looking 163 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,000 We made sure that we didn't identify 164 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,000 any bridge crossing anything else there 165 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,000 They rarely see anyone else out there for their guide service 166 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,000 It wouldn't take much for someone to empty out 167 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:54,000 No 168 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:55,000 No 169 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,000 He was pretty careful in the approach 170 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:58,000 and quite a few of them were just like 171 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,000 All right, they might be one or two in here 172 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:03,000 Come in from the side, stay here, cast in 173 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:04,000 Yeah 174 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,000 Yeah, we got a few 175 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,000 We got four 176 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:09,000 Yeah 177 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:10,000 Yeah, four or five 178 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:11,000 Yeah, we got two or something 179 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,000 Fast out there 180 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,000 We're on the middle part of it, yeah 181 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:15,000 Just fast after fast 182 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:16,000 Oh, that's fun 183 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:17,000 Yeah 184 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:18,000 Oh, that was a blast 185 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,000 We're right here 186 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:20,000 We could find the stealth engine 187 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,000 Seven, eight hours of it 188 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,000 That's a journey 189 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:23,000 Yeah 190 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:24,000 Yeah 191 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:25,000 Yeah, those are 192 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:26,000 Those trips are long 193 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:27,000 You know, there's 194 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,000 There's no getting out halfway through 195 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:30,000 We're like, oh, we got what we need 196 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,000 Yeah 197 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:34,000 I actually put a motor 198 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,000 I got a two horsepower motor on the pack of mine 199 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,000 Because some of the stretches are like 200 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:40,000 Okay, we're done 201 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:41,000 Let's go 202 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:48,000 Over green vein? 203 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:56,000 Yes 204 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:57,000 Yep 205 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:00,000 Yeah, that's 206 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,000 That's pretty crazy there 207 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,000 I mean, they have excellent fishing 208 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:07,000 And they do have the numbers 209 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,000 You know, here 210 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:12,000 You know, I hope the people that come here 211 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,000 Catch fish and then take a few 212 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:19,000 But this isn't one of those 213 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,000 Let's go get a limit 214 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:25,000 And I mean, you can catch enough to get a fish fried 215 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:26,000 But 216 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,000 I'll let you get the right shot 217 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,000 I got knocked instead 218 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:32,000 And now 219 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:33,000 And I think I'll let you go 220 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:34,000 I said 221 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:41,980 No, there's no 222 00:12:41,980 --> 00:12:43,000 No, I'm missing 223 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,000 No, I'm missing 224 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:46,000 Oh, yeah 225 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,000 No, but 226 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:49,000 I'm missing 227 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:49,560 Well, it's 228 00:12:49,560 --> 00:12:50,560 But it's 229 00:12:50,560 --> 00:12:53,560 Is pretty exciting 230 00:12:53,560 --> 00:12:54,560 Fishing 231 00:12:54,560 --> 00:13:06,200 For a couple of years, yeah, he's a good guy, he's helpful, he'll tell you how he does 232 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:16,400 things and he shows me a couple of knots, I mean he's a decent guy, he's got good equipment 233 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:43,600 so you don't have to fool around you. 234 00:13:43,600 --> 00:14:03,640 You know, like our docks are going to go out the 17th of October. So most people will be in you 235 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:15,320 know this weekend you'll find people at the landings really getting their stuff out. We tried to 236 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:26,360 keep our stuff in longer for both fishing and the pontoon for fun and when it gets cold, it gets 237 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:37,880 cold. It's like okay and my wife is sitting you know next to me with a winter coat on and we're 238 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:50,800 on the pontoon. Yeah, the nuts right there. I'm hoping we catch one that's 239 00:14:56,360 --> 00:15:06,760 good. Yeah, it's probably northern. Got a little more tug than they usually do here. No, it's a 240 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:20,400 walleye. You got six. Got him? Don't let the guide get him. Okay, there you go and just set it on the 241 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:32,320 ground. I'll just make a mess of everything. Alright, first thing we check is a clipped. Nope, 242 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:42,200 natural. That's good. That's probably a keeper. I'm not keeping it. 243 00:15:42,200 --> 00:16:09,840 Okay, good. So how do you hit? You just grab it. You know, you don't set the hook. I'd see 244 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:27,200 that's just a keeper. 15 inches. So there you go. We can go home now. Alright, now the night just 245 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:56,180 started. That's good. So what's the deal with the camera? Never seen it. I have no idea. My guess is 246 00:16:56,180 --> 00:17:02,020 maybe it's the internal battery. Oh, it's not one of these batteries that we always carry with us. You 247 00:17:02,020 --> 00:17:11,200 have to take the camera apart. I just kept turning it off. It eventually turned on. I've never seen a 248 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:36,400 camera. So they know there's a bummer camera, but they let it out. It's not a it's not a bummer. I think 249 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:42,360 it's just the camera doesn't have any issues. The guys in the engineer says he's fixed it. He probably 250 00:17:42,360 --> 00:18:04,180 is the bummer camera. So we're a little weedy here. We're still in five feet of water. Now just take 251 00:18:04,180 --> 00:18:10,460 your wife to garnish. You know, we drove down there and it was so packed. Couldn't even find a 252 00:18:10,460 --> 00:18:26,500 place to get in. Damn it. That was close. We'd look very nice. We were ready. Did you go all 253 00:18:26,500 --> 00:18:33,420 these to the bar? No, we couldn't even get out of the vehicle. It was really there was no 254 00:18:33,420 --> 00:18:40,260 place to park. I was at difficult to turn around because I haven't pulled. We've been out 255 00:18:40,260 --> 00:18:52,020 on the link all day with the boat. You should come over at a knee gym, old-fashioned or something. 256 00:18:56,500 --> 00:19:07,780 She had she had wine out of the boat. She she wasn't working. That was a fun link. Were you filming? Yeah, 257 00:19:07,780 --> 00:19:19,780 you just kind of hanging out with us. Sorry. And what's a Baldwin grant? It's a great question. 258 00:19:19,780 --> 00:19:25,220 It's one that I believe one of the focuses is that you have to work with one of the system 259 00:19:25,220 --> 00:19:32,580 schools and it has to like showcase the Wisconsin idea in some way that it's demonstrating and 260 00:19:32,580 --> 00:19:41,220 educating and showing off all the research and stuff. They're optimistic that it's we've got a 261 00:19:41,220 --> 00:19:49,460 really good portfolio. Good. I think we find out early next year. And how's PBS 262 00:19:52,420 --> 00:19:57,300 public radio, public television? Why Boston? Oh, you're fine. You're fine inside the album. I'll 263 00:19:57,300 --> 00:20:04,100 believe it when I'm on the other side of it. Right. Until then. Yeah. Actually, we took this project 264 00:20:04,100 --> 00:20:09,300 one of the things that makes us feel like we're secure until 27. Yeah. Because we know that if they 265 00:20:09,300 --> 00:20:16,340 want this going well, people are asking me, when are we going to see it? And I thought, 266 00:20:17,620 --> 00:20:26,820 I don't got to tell them 27 or. That was. Okay. It's all right. We don't. You okay? You want to. 267 00:20:30,980 --> 00:20:37,300 Ethan, did you drop a knife? I did not. No. Okay. That's my son's or his buddy. 268 00:20:40,180 --> 00:20:50,020 Oh. All right. So we're looking for fan clips. Yeah. So the fan clips would be here. Right here. 269 00:20:50,020 --> 00:20:55,220 Or there. And that's a natural fish. So about 12 inches. Yeah. Perfect. Okay. 270 00:20:55,220 --> 00:21:00,180 Here. Open a little to your left. All right. Sorry. Like this. Bring more of this way. Oh, I see. 271 00:21:01,140 --> 00:21:03,140 Yeah. 272 00:21:06,580 --> 00:21:10,900 All right. You're good. Yeah, I guess. Well, give me one more chance of that. All right. 273 00:21:10,900 --> 00:21:11,540 Ten seconds. 274 00:21:14,740 --> 00:21:20,580 Okay, you throw up now. All right. Ready? Wait, please. Oh. Sorry. 275 00:21:21,460 --> 00:21:27,380 That's right. They're fish. They like to swim. Kid come up from Iowa or Madison or. 276 00:21:28,500 --> 00:21:35,460 And then be out with his dad and catch, you know, a couple of fish. And 277 00:21:37,220 --> 00:21:41,220 that's why we do this. Not for him. You know, I mean, there's a lot of guys that 278 00:21:41,220 --> 00:21:47,700 have over fish this lake and I think that day is done. The new regulations, I think, are really good. 279 00:21:48,180 --> 00:21:57,300 But, you know, if a young kid and his father can catch a fish or two and go back home and 280 00:21:58,340 --> 00:22:03,780 tell the kids in school what they did, that's what, you know, that's how my son got interested 281 00:22:03,780 --> 00:22:14,180 in fishing. So that's why we do all this. Okay. I'm going to keep fishing for a bit. I'm going to 282 00:22:14,180 --> 00:22:30,740 get us into this bay here. I call it a bay. 283 00:22:30,740 --> 00:22:47,060 So for you, is it more exciting to get one with a fin clip that you help put that one in there? 284 00:22:47,060 --> 00:22:53,300 Yes. You know, I don't, I'll just catch them. And, you know, it's good news if I'm catching a lot 285 00:22:53,300 --> 00:22:59,780 of fish and they're not fin clip. I mean, we had good recruitment and, you know, mother nature is 286 00:22:59,780 --> 00:23:06,180 always going to be, you know, vastly superior to what we can do. But that's been the problem 287 00:23:06,180 --> 00:23:12,900 with all the local lakes is recruitment's been bad. Now, we're lucky with this lake. This is, 288 00:23:14,580 --> 00:23:21,780 this is a decent walleye lake and, but yeah, that's why I look for the ones that are clipped. 289 00:23:22,740 --> 00:23:30,100 So it's kind of a good no matter what. It is. Yeah. I just like to catch them. So, you know, 290 00:23:30,100 --> 00:23:35,140 I had a lot of people say, Oh, I can't catch any fish or they're all too small or hard, you know, 291 00:23:35,140 --> 00:23:45,460 and I go, are we efficient? Oh, I'm in rocks and 14 feet. Okay. They're not there. Stop fishing there. 292 00:23:46,340 --> 00:23:54,420 So, but, you know, I'd like to see them. A couple of clip fins are great. You know, 293 00:23:54,420 --> 00:23:58,740 then I know we've done, done it. But we see enough of them in the spring. When our 294 00:23:58,740 --> 00:24:06,820 fight nets are out, we always get, you know, fish with clip fins and there's a lot of lakes 295 00:24:06,900 --> 00:24:14,100 that are stocked that ages don't survive. And so, no, lucky for us. 296 00:24:24,340 --> 00:24:30,420 So, where are you staying in Hayward? Oh, we're at the American. Oh, once in a while, the holiday 297 00:24:30,420 --> 00:24:38,980 in express will be state-rate. We can get in slip bobber or drop shot. But even that bores 298 00:24:38,980 --> 00:24:48,740 the hell out of me. So, it seems like there's enough different ways to fish that. Yeah. 299 00:24:52,020 --> 00:24:56,100 I got us in some weeds here. We're in about five feet that's weedy. 300 00:25:01,380 --> 00:25:06,660 You know, check mine. You guys didn't bring headlamps, did you? 301 00:25:10,340 --> 00:25:12,340 Okay. 302 00:26:01,220 --> 00:26:16,580 You got a light on that camera? No. How do you catch? Do I need to turn the lights 303 00:26:16,580 --> 00:26:20,740 on in the boat for you to see the fish? Oh, no, it's fine. This is pretty good in the light. 304 00:26:20,820 --> 00:26:25,380 Okay. But if instead of having a light on the camera, we would just bring a light separately. 305 00:26:26,580 --> 00:26:26,900 Okay. 306 00:26:29,860 --> 00:26:34,020 We'll actually hear headlamps in the ambient light would be perfect for us to see. 307 00:26:34,020 --> 00:26:37,300 All right. Let me throw a pitch black at the difference, but it's just like you're fine. 308 00:26:44,180 --> 00:26:46,500 Not being a very good guide here, but 309 00:26:50,740 --> 00:26:52,740 I don't think I'm going to do that. 310 00:26:52,740 --> 00:26:54,740 I don't think I'm going to do that. 311 00:26:54,740 --> 00:26:56,740 I don't think I'm going to do that. 312 00:26:56,740 --> 00:26:58,740 I don't think I'm going to do that. 313 00:26:58,740 --> 00:27:00,740 I don't think I'm going to do that. 314 00:27:00,740 --> 00:27:02,740 I don't think I'm going to do that. 315 00:27:02,740 --> 00:27:04,740 I don't think I'm going to do that. 316 00:27:04,740 --> 00:27:06,740 I don't think I'm going to do that. 317 00:27:06,740 --> 00:27:08,740 I don't think I'm going to do that. 318 00:27:08,740 --> 00:27:10,740 I don't think I'm going to do that. 319 00:27:10,740 --> 00:27:12,740 I don't think I'm going to do that. 320 00:27:12,740 --> 00:27:14,740 I don't think I'm going to do that. 321 00:27:14,740 --> 00:27:16,740 I don't think I'm going to do that. 322 00:27:16,740 --> 00:27:18,740 I'm going to do that. 323 00:27:18,740 --> 00:27:21,740 Okay. 324 00:27:41,740 --> 00:27:43,740 Okay. 325 00:27:43,740 --> 00:28:05,380 Well now they left, I wanted to put that on so they didn't run into us. 326 00:28:05,380 --> 00:28:15,580 So I suspect they were fishing for, they were probably fishing for a while, they were 327 00:28:15,580 --> 00:28:27,260 sitting there, they weren't casting that much, they were right at the edge of a weed. 328 00:28:27,260 --> 00:28:31,500 Next week's going to be really nice, I'll get this out of here. 329 00:28:31,500 --> 00:28:43,620 Next week's going to be nice, the weed, I just hooked into one too. 330 00:29:01,500 --> 00:29:10,140 So where else do this, I know you want to title it sort of walleye, but I think a lot 331 00:29:10,140 --> 00:29:27,420 of our group that has worked together, if you don't find that anywhere else, what other 332 00:29:27,420 --> 00:29:31,420 part of the story is of interest. 333 00:29:31,420 --> 00:29:33,700 Just the interest in walleyes? 334 00:29:33,700 --> 00:29:43,380 I mean the broader theme is that walleye's cultural, economic, ecological impact in Wisconsin. 335 00:29:43,380 --> 00:29:50,020 Why that one particular species holds so much interest from so many people, and how either 336 00:29:50,020 --> 00:29:55,620 people that don't fish for it are impacted by the economic and cultural impact, the history 337 00:29:55,620 --> 00:29:56,620 of it's there. 338 00:29:57,620 --> 00:30:05,620 So it's kind of, I'm using the sciences, the leaping off point of all the attention 339 00:30:05,620 --> 00:30:10,740 and interest in the science of trying to save this species, and it's almost starting from 340 00:30:10,740 --> 00:30:21,340 the question of why, why this one species is different. 341 00:30:21,340 --> 00:30:25,980 You could name a lot of species, fish, that if they were collapsing, no one would. 342 00:30:25,980 --> 00:30:26,980 Yeah. 343 00:30:26,980 --> 00:30:30,860 A few scientists or maybe someone who cared about them would be worried about it, but 344 00:30:30,860 --> 00:30:39,020 it wouldn't be collecting billions of dollars of re-generation effort to sustain it. 345 00:30:39,020 --> 00:30:43,700 Because I think the most interesting part of this is what we're doing. 346 00:30:43,700 --> 00:30:44,700 Just kidding. 347 00:30:44,700 --> 00:30:49,540 No, you're not wrong, that's why we keep coming back up here. 348 00:30:49,540 --> 00:30:55,140 The connection that exists in all the different groups that are collaborating are kind of 349 00:30:55,140 --> 00:30:56,140 the whole thing. 350 00:30:56,140 --> 00:30:57,940 There's your geese. 351 00:30:57,940 --> 00:31:01,020 Oh, right into the sun. 352 00:31:01,020 --> 00:31:04,980 Now they're not going to get up high enough. 353 00:31:04,980 --> 00:31:08,860 Okay, I got a fish. 354 00:31:08,860 --> 00:31:19,380 Okay, there's the ducks up above. 355 00:31:19,380 --> 00:31:29,780 Swimming towards me, holy smoke, come on, buddy. 356 00:31:29,780 --> 00:31:48,900 My son got a 22-inch smallmouth right up here, and that's maybe 13, that'd be my guess. 357 00:31:48,980 --> 00:31:55,900 Okay, I got it. 358 00:31:55,900 --> 00:32:00,780 Thank you. 359 00:32:00,780 --> 00:32:02,900 So I'll get this out of us. 360 00:32:02,900 --> 00:32:05,700 We'll measure him. 361 00:32:05,700 --> 00:32:12,980 He's got both, both ventral fins here, so that means it's a natural fish, which is good 362 00:32:12,980 --> 00:32:13,980 news. 363 00:32:13,980 --> 00:32:14,980 Sorry. 364 00:32:14,980 --> 00:32:15,980 Sorry. 365 00:32:15,980 --> 00:32:31,900 I just want to shake it out of his, come on, buddy. 366 00:32:31,900 --> 00:32:43,140 Come on, you're barely hooked. 367 00:32:43,140 --> 00:32:44,140 Let go. 368 00:32:45,140 --> 00:32:50,140 There we go. 369 00:32:50,140 --> 00:32:57,140 So there he is. 370 00:32:57,140 --> 00:32:58,140 Okay. 371 00:32:58,140 --> 00:32:59,140 Yep. 372 00:32:59,140 --> 00:33:06,140 And let's see what he. 373 00:33:07,140 --> 00:33:15,580 13, just a hair over 13. 374 00:33:15,580 --> 00:33:19,700 So that's good. 375 00:33:19,700 --> 00:33:22,380 Keeper next year, maybe. 376 00:33:22,380 --> 00:33:25,020 It's kind of fun though, right? 377 00:33:25,020 --> 00:33:26,020 Sure. 378 00:33:26,020 --> 00:33:30,380 No, that's what it is. 379 00:33:30,380 --> 00:33:35,860 That's where we're at right here, sandy, the river's flowing through, pardon me. 380 00:33:35,860 --> 00:33:43,900 The river's flowing through kind of grassy, and the baitfish are in here, and we could 381 00:33:43,900 --> 00:33:44,900 do this. 382 00:33:44,900 --> 00:33:52,420 Actually, you could probably fish in the dark, because they're probably here all night long. 383 00:33:52,420 --> 00:33:58,500 There's no big hatches that I've seen, so the baitfish is what they're eating. 384 00:33:58,500 --> 00:34:03,260 Well, this is kind of the weather you were talking about how you first discovered this 385 00:34:03,260 --> 00:34:04,260 lake, right? 386 00:34:04,260 --> 00:34:05,260 Yep. 387 00:34:05,260 --> 00:34:06,260 Exactly. 388 00:34:06,260 --> 00:34:07,260 Exactly. 389 00:34:07,260 --> 00:34:17,500 We won't ask how many years ago that was, but a long time ago, I was probably 25, so 390 00:34:17,500 --> 00:34:18,500 50. 391 00:34:18,500 --> 00:34:20,500 Am I that old? 392 00:34:20,500 --> 00:34:22,500 No, I'm not that old. 393 00:34:22,500 --> 00:34:23,500 45. 394 00:34:23,500 --> 00:34:28,300 I bet they could hear you how old and all across the lake, huh? 395 00:34:28,300 --> 00:34:30,220 Oh, we were having fun, boy. 396 00:34:30,220 --> 00:34:40,220 And we were sitting on a dock, fishing, and catching walleyes hand over fist, and you 397 00:34:40,220 --> 00:34:44,540 know, you get a couple of beers, and we're using a few jokes, and we're still ringing 398 00:34:44,540 --> 00:34:45,540 in fish. 399 00:34:45,540 --> 00:34:47,780 We just came back from Canada. 400 00:34:47,780 --> 00:34:48,780 We hadn't had fishing. 401 00:34:48,780 --> 00:34:52,340 So it was the whole area, so we just had a blast. 402 00:34:52,340 --> 00:34:56,220 We were told to be quiet, which is okay. 403 00:34:56,220 --> 00:35:08,700 So that was, if it was, you know, I guess if we were serious about catching 40 fish, 404 00:35:08,700 --> 00:35:14,860 you'd sit probably right here with the slip bobbers everywhere, and we're going to keep 405 00:35:14,860 --> 00:35:27,940 the tool trolled back a couple more times, and, well, stay Saturday night, I'll have 406 00:35:27,940 --> 00:35:34,500 a fish fry, but not from this lake though, I don't, I don't keep them here. 407 00:35:34,500 --> 00:35:41,500 I'd have to bring my wife back up to that. 408 00:35:41,500 --> 00:35:58,340 Sorry, I'll turn this on. 409 00:35:58,340 --> 00:36:04,340 Clunk's like you just got, I thought, okay, that's a fish coming up and biting. 410 00:36:04,340 --> 00:36:34,300 When we first moved here, we'd come out night-like tonight. 411 00:36:34,300 --> 00:36:42,100 And maybe catch 15 or 20. 412 00:36:42,100 --> 00:36:52,780 So population is, you know, it's coming back, but, you know, I was trying to get back to 413 00:36:52,780 --> 00:36:55,180 four, and it's still under half, and it was. 414 00:36:55,180 --> 00:36:56,180 Yeah. 415 00:36:57,180 --> 00:36:59,700 Four point three per acre. 416 00:36:59,700 --> 00:37:10,660 Our goal with our group is five an acre, and Scott Toshner, who's head of the fisheries 417 00:37:10,660 --> 00:37:19,380 for the DNR, when he used to have this lake, this was his lake, and we looked at the averages, 418 00:37:19,380 --> 00:37:26,380 you know, 95, 97. 419 00:37:49,380 --> 00:38:12,380 There should be something right around here, though. 420 00:38:12,380 --> 00:38:28,300 So did you tell me what other lakes you're going to? 421 00:38:28,300 --> 00:38:38,140 Uh, let me see the big cedar, Winnebago, here, we hope to be on the wolf, we were on the 422 00:38:38,140 --> 00:38:45,860 river, and we were going to be doing the same thing. 423 00:38:45,860 --> 00:38:46,860 Yeah. 424 00:38:46,860 --> 00:38:54,100 At one point, I was thinking of trying to include that, but cultural attention to walleyes from 425 00:38:54,100 --> 00:38:55,100 here. 426 00:38:55,100 --> 00:39:01,100 Boy, this is small, holy smokes. 427 00:39:01,100 --> 00:39:03,380 It might be a weed. 428 00:39:03,380 --> 00:39:05,580 Let's turn around. 429 00:39:05,580 --> 00:39:08,620 Anyhow, either way, however it works. 430 00:39:08,620 --> 00:39:12,460 Oh, God, it's a fish. 431 00:39:12,460 --> 00:39:15,220 He went down the weeds. 432 00:39:15,220 --> 00:39:17,220 Oh, it's small. 433 00:39:17,220 --> 00:39:18,700 You don't have to. 434 00:39:18,700 --> 00:39:20,700 We don't need the net. 435 00:39:20,700 --> 00:39:21,700 Okay. 436 00:39:21,700 --> 00:39:24,140 Let's see if this one's clipped, huh? 437 00:39:24,140 --> 00:39:25,140 Nope. 438 00:39:25,140 --> 00:39:26,140 That's right. 439 00:39:26,140 --> 00:39:34,540 I think I saw he looked himself, so they just hit it so hard. 440 00:39:34,540 --> 00:39:38,180 See, I don't know, I guess I do need it. 441 00:39:38,180 --> 00:39:39,180 Thank you. 442 00:39:39,180 --> 00:39:44,180 You're in your gills, you goofball. 443 00:39:44,180 --> 00:39:45,180 Okay. 444 00:39:45,180 --> 00:39:49,620 Yeah, it's a... 445 00:39:49,620 --> 00:39:54,180 So this should be what they're checking tomorrow night. 446 00:39:54,180 --> 00:39:59,740 This is year one, one year old. 447 00:39:59,740 --> 00:40:03,580 So it was six inches last year. 448 00:40:03,580 --> 00:40:04,580 This is what they're looking. 449 00:40:04,580 --> 00:40:10,180 So they're counting year zero, which is the first year, about six inches long, and they 450 00:40:10,180 --> 00:40:13,340 would count this as year one. 451 00:40:13,340 --> 00:40:18,780 So he went from six inches to whatever this is here. 452 00:40:18,780 --> 00:40:21,540 He won't even make the skill. 453 00:40:21,540 --> 00:40:23,540 Yeah, he will. 454 00:40:23,540 --> 00:40:24,540 Yep. 455 00:40:24,540 --> 00:40:27,460 He's 10 inches long. 456 00:40:27,460 --> 00:40:31,500 So that's a year one. 457 00:40:31,500 --> 00:40:40,300 So when they do their data, they'll show Y-O-Y, young of year, and then they'll do year one. 458 00:40:40,300 --> 00:40:43,580 And hopefully if we can get them to turn them upside down, it's a lot of work. 459 00:40:43,580 --> 00:40:47,980 You're in the boat, you know, and take a look at the fins and see if the one's clipped 460 00:40:47,980 --> 00:40:49,660 and one's not. 461 00:40:49,660 --> 00:40:55,500 So that was a one year old... 462 00:40:55,500 --> 00:40:56,500 It's weird. 463 00:40:56,500 --> 00:40:57,500 It's a two year old fish. 464 00:40:57,500 --> 00:41:04,140 It was born last year, and what they're going to look for is young of the year, which they're 465 00:41:04,140 --> 00:41:10,740 all going to be about that big, and then they'll record one year old or a year and a half, 466 00:41:10,740 --> 00:41:13,980 I guess would be the best, yeah, probably a year and a half. 467 00:41:13,980 --> 00:41:16,860 And that would be that one right there, 10 inches long. 468 00:41:16,860 --> 00:41:22,420 They might measure them, yeah, they'll measure, I think they'll measure that, and any other 469 00:41:22,420 --> 00:41:23,420 adults. 470 00:41:23,420 --> 00:41:24,420 That's not an adult. 471 00:41:25,060 --> 00:41:26,860 So that's what they're looking for tomorrow. 472 00:41:26,860 --> 00:41:33,060 So, okay, we're going to turn around and go one last, oh yeah, for God's sakes. 473 00:41:33,060 --> 00:41:46,260 We've got a crappie, speaking of crappies, that is a huge crappie, yeah, well, that's 474 00:41:46,260 --> 00:41:47,260 medium for here. 475 00:41:47,260 --> 00:41:48,260 That's medium for me? 476 00:41:48,260 --> 00:41:49,260 Oh boy. 477 00:41:49,260 --> 00:41:50,260 Yeah. 478 00:41:50,260 --> 00:41:51,260 Man, don't miss her. 479 00:41:51,260 --> 00:41:52,260 My fingers. 480 00:41:52,260 --> 00:41:53,260 Yeah. 481 00:41:53,260 --> 00:42:02,260 Here, let me get you the, Ethan, watch your step there. 482 00:42:02,260 --> 00:42:03,260 Oh, wait. 483 00:42:03,260 --> 00:42:11,260 There you go. 484 00:42:11,260 --> 00:42:18,260 There you go. 485 00:42:18,260 --> 00:42:27,260 There you go. 486 00:42:27,260 --> 00:42:32,260 There you go. 487 00:42:32,260 --> 00:42:42,260 We have to keep him for your fish fry. 488 00:42:42,260 --> 00:42:43,260 No. 489 00:42:43,260 --> 00:42:44,260 He'll live. 490 00:42:44,260 --> 00:42:47,260 He's just in the tough part of the deal. 491 00:42:47,260 --> 00:42:52,260 Did you get hooked again? 492 00:42:52,260 --> 00:42:54,260 Shit. 493 00:42:54,260 --> 00:43:01,260 I think that's a cut out. 494 00:43:02,260 --> 00:43:03,260 Huh? 495 00:43:03,260 --> 00:43:06,580 That's what I thought, too. 496 00:43:06,580 --> 00:43:07,580 The first part was a little ... 497 00:43:07,580 --> 00:43:08,580 Yes.