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Lol sometimes big, sometimes small

I do love the north! Small town life is where it's at! I would take all the bears in my backyard over living in a city. Nature boy, country boy, etc... that is what we are!

LOL. I used to be a powerlifter, still have left over muscle I guess. It's not from hauling in big fish I can tell you that haha.

@@differentfins your a beast dude

We used fresh goldeye the next day, at the end of the video we caught some of the Selkirk dock, used them on day 2. Caught nothing. It may have just been the time of year, only saw one other person catch a cat all day.

@@differentfins Selkirk fishing is not anywhere near as good as Lockport fishing. The bite in Lockport has been amazing for the past 3 months. They are starting to close the gates today so it might slow down a bit now

@@differentfins fresh Goldeye is caught within 30 minutes of using it. Taking it home and putting it in the fridge or freezing it will automatically make it useless

@@chrisdaddy4637 I saw the water levels are still very high when I drove over the Red River 2 days ago

@@differentfins that’s probably why they are closing the gates. I don’t think I have ever seen all gates open for this long before. Hopefully it doesn’t wreck the fishing

Some reels have a line counter for distance. Here, I simply bombed the lure out behind and started moving. So as far as I can cast is the distance.

@@differentfins thank you Sir! Looking forward to trying this out on Lake Superior

@@Radevcode just watch the weather forecast, this lake can get deadly! ;) Good Luck!

It kind of makes up for all those times when fishing doesn't work out the way you planned lol. Everything came together that weekend

Thanks!

I've fished off selkirk dock but for goldeye. I know the river isn't dead. More or less using the video to make people aware of all the poaching going on and misuse of a natural resource. It is happening unfortunately.

It was pretty cool! Both muskies in the video look like they went through the shredder. They do so much damage to each other while spawning!

Conservation enforcement is tge main reason we pay for licenses. I would certainly like to see more COs while I am fishing. Anyone who doesn't like Conservation officers is likely guilty of something. If you obey the rules they are your friends

To be honest I don't use the rod most days so it sees very little wear and tear. It is my travel rod to toss in the car on a road trip or place in my bag when flying. I am in the Arctic right now and it is up here with me... maybe I'll have an update later this week. It is an Ugky Stik though and they seem to last forever.

Oh 100% the St Croix 4 piece rod I had before was lighter and more sensitive. But like every other expensive rod I've owned it eventually broke. If you are one of those guys who takes 12 rods to the lake you can afford to have one or two break but the warranty doesn't comfort you when you are fishing in the backcountry and your only rod breaks. Even if they were the same price I would take an Ugly Stik over the St Croix. Honestly the new Ugly Stiks are getting much better yet still keep their rugged toughness

I was amazed how beat up they got. Not just bite marks but they were slashed right into he flesh. It's a miracle they recover from that. When I see them in the fall they are clean with hardly any scars on them.

Oh for sure it was a great fishing weekend! Trophy pike, couple muskie, some big bass and a handful of walleye to top it all off. Doesn't get much better than that! Cheers bud

It was beautiful, very loud though haha. The pike was a nice surprise and I think it could have eaten the muskie I caught lol

North of Pickle was an amazing adventure. This video here has it all. Scenery, action, multispecies and some big fish! Imagine if I left every fish of the trip in the video? It would be an hour or more lol.

Our lakes are polluted with smallies! Hopefully you make it to NW Ontario one day. Pick pretty much any lake and they are stacked in there like this! Especially as you get closer to Minnesota

Especially under a water fall!

The waterfall sounds nice because I cranked the audio volume down 8 dB haha. It was absolutely deafening but such a pretty spot and yes we were sheltered from the wind. Cheers!

Hey Nick buddy! This was my first time fishing here, water was way higher than in your video. That monster pike was caught right at the footbridge coming into town!

Nick the big pike have been on fire man! 9 over 40" so far!

Wow!! That's crazy. Sounds like a great year so far. Pike fishing just seems to be getting better and better in Sioux. I landed a 39 incher in downtown (ish) Toronto the other day. So pumped. Still trying to land that 40. Hoping sometime soon!!

@@ncoutdoors2710 sweet! Did you get a video of that?

No this is from years ago, Marmion Lake.

Oh sometimes yeah. Next time I go to this dam I am definitely packing some small jigs and flies. These guys are so much fun!

This was mid August 2022 but I also fished Pigeon Bay last summer. I caught a pink salmon and we caught a dozen lake trout. Every year is different.

I do love my backyard... living in NW Ontario has its perks! Cheers

Tell me about it. I am going fishing tomorrow but the wind forecast forced me to change my plans. The last time I went fishing and it wasn't gusting to at least 30 was all the way back in March. It's been nearly 4 months of heavy winds 9 out of 10 days! Doesn't stop me from fishing, I just have to change plans and/or complain about the weather lol

I've caught many catfish here before, including my PB 38". I'll give it a try another time. I was more frustrated witnessing the poaching and seeing dead cats all over the shore more than anything

I have been getting into some good walleye lately but I find I've been having to fish closer to Ignace. There is walleye around Atikokan, but I find you have to avoid the bass, which is hard. It's a smaller lake but fishing seems decent. I don't see too many trucks parked there when I drive by, maybe once every 10 road trips.

The walleye were only in 10 feet of water.

Haha, who is Jay? I want to go fishing with his mom, sounds like she knows the spots lol

He was probably at West Hawk Lake in Manitoba, this is a few hours east. BUT if you have seen any of his splake ice fishing videos the lake he fishes is one I hit regularly and it's down this same highway (highway 622)

I know a few older Canucks that still call walleye pickerel, I love correcting them because they don't know a pickerel is a member of the esox or pike family. I have been mostly getting away with a heavier fluorocarbon leader and haven't had a pike slice one yet! In clear water, they also catch more fish than a steel leader. A lot of people I know growing up think they know everything about fishing because they use jig and minnow and know a few holes... very one dimensional, but yeah it works. I like the plastics like Gulp simply because it's cheaper (per fish caught) and I don't need to keep anything alive, which gets difficult during hot summer days. I hope you get back to Chapleau one day and let me know if you ever get to Manitoba and fish one of those rivers. I want to hear the stories!

These walleye definitely have the blue colouration. Sometimes their fins are blue and when I filleted these fish the meat has a blue tint to it.

Pigeon Bay, close to the Minnesota border 😉

I have a few closer lakes, the one with the pike is a little over 5km each way. So it's walking distance but ya got to budget some time to do it lol

It's all I used growing up and yes they will catch fish and cost less but what I really love about Gulp is they are biodegradable. If they rip off or a fish swallows them, it dies no harm. People around here still use minnows for the most part. $6 per dozen and you burn through them quick if the fishing is good or lots of snags. People often buy 3 dozen minnows for a single fishing trip. I'll pay $10 for a pack of Gulp and it lasts me several days of fishing.

@@differentfins i fished in chapleau for 36 years and we trap our own minnows. we use twister tails when casting or trolling.,minnows when sitting over a weed bed. i like your videos.

@@user-jn9gv9ve6e thank you. I've never been to Chapleau but heard good things about that area.

The two largest river systems with the most diversity are the Assiniboine and Red River. Both located close to Winnipeg, but I would recommend one of the smaller towns. Winnipeg is the Chicago of Canada. Lots of crime, not too nice is some areas. This spot I fished, in Portage La Prairie, is about an hour drive west of Winnipeg and Lockport, MB on the Red River is a great shore spot. If you want big channel cats it is the spot. On a good day you can catch 20-30 of them. Average size about 15 pounds with a legitimate shot at a 25-30 pounder.

@@differentfins thanks, i just sent you a email if you want to talk in a more private format. i just watched 4 of your videos. i love the canadian north. i have fished in northern ontario (chapleau) for 36 years.

Nelson House is about 300 km north of here. Foot Print Lake is just outside Grand Rapids but you would see it on the way up north, its right beside the highway yeah. cheers!

Ontario 😉

@@differentfins must be northern Ontario I guess eh? To be able to walk to numerous lakes for big pike

@jonasmartin678 NW Ontario yeah. We literally have more lakes than people. Minnesota is the state of 10,000 lakes but looking on a map it appears to be a desert compared to this side of the border. Water everywhere!

@@differentfins that's my dream

@@jonasmartin678 it can be a dream come true.

It is awesome. My whole life I've loved small boats like canoes and kayaks, even 12 foot tinners. Most of the best lakes in NW Ontario are hard to get into. No boat ramp, no problem!

Yes sir, lots of Great Lakes to explore in northwest Ontario

Absolutely, the wind forced me to be patient, when it stopped the fishing was great! Quality and Quantity, well quantity of fish during the little time I had in between bad weather lol.

That's all editing LOL.... being shore bound on an island for 10 hours wasn't too fun. Once the wind died and it was walleye flying time it got fun!

Ugh I know right? If that was mosquitoes I'd be dead lol. The wind was so brutal! At least fishing was dynamite after it finally stopped.... on the last day of course haha.