Nice fish. Drag is way too tight. !!!! Especially for crappie fishing , Wouldn’t have broken off on that first fish if the drag wasn’t so tight. Nice striper.
When I'm fishing in a submerged tree I keep the drag tight to prevent the fish from wrapping around the tree limbs on the initial run. I've lost too many fish because of a loose drag allowing the fish to wrap around too many limbs to untangle it from. If a large fish bites while in a tree they usually always wrap around a tree limb and break off. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@marshallguerra1353 when I was a kid an older guy told me that opinions are like @$$holes --- everybody has one !! Lol... made me laugh at 10 yrs old and having my first 'paying' job. Picking bone on a coal crusher for 3 bucks/hr. 1976 . God the coal dust ! Goes through everything clothing wise . Ate more coal than the average brat !
@@johnnyfreedom3437 Dude, crappie is one of the best tasting freshwater fish there is, it's a hard call between crappie and flathead catfish as to which is best.
@@ronaldking2435 I'll keep a couple of crappie or maybe one striper on occasion. This trip was just for fun. When I do keep fish to eat it is a special day because I haven't had a fish dinner in awhile. I don't freeze fish for future meals. I fish quite often and always have the option to keep a couple if I'm fortunate enough to actually catch a fish.😁
Hi, I couldn't believe my eyes but I have fished that spot many time for many years at SML. There are several more great spots nearby too but I'm sure you know that. Thanks for sharing I miss that place.
@justrelaxandfish lived in the Midwest and musky and walleye are what I was raised on. Never had musky on or follow there but I know they're around. I hope you get him.
A very strong pulling fish, no matter what size.. I've caught many of them and each one pulled hard; not fast and rough like a largemouth bass, but with lots of power. You NEED to take your time and wear them down a bit, or they'll break you quick. Nice catch!
@@moseskongi4746 It's been my experience that stripers are good tasting fish, Having said that; there is a streak of red meat that most people remove before cooking the fish. I prefer to slice the filets into thinner strips before rolling them in corn meal and frying them.
He broke your line because you were fishing for Crappie! I've been crappie fishing and had big cats take my bait, no way I'm going to get a big cat in on 4 or 6 lb line! You showed him who boss! Glad he came back for seconds! Well done Pops!!!
I'm guessing that the Crappie were long gone after that. Would have expected that Striper to swim around and wrap up all of your other lines, swim under the boat, etc. LOL.
Definately spooked the crappie! Luckily I was able to land the striper without it getting into my other line or wrapping around one of the limbs of the brushpile I was fishing. Thanks for commenting!
Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia. I like a pontoon for a number of reasons. No stepping up and down on a casting deck is one of them. I'm not runnin' and gunnin' looking for fish so I don't need the speed of a bass boat. I don't fish tournaments anymore and my only competitor is the fish. Thanks for the comment!
@@tomp8871 Those things are all over the lake and feed on shad. There just happened to be shad present in this creek. There was fairly deep water where this cover was located and I guess the striper was looking for an easy meal.
So, I’m a critic. Loved the action. Would have loved to see more of it. Put the sun at your back and elevate your camera to above you waist or chest. Other than that enjoyed it.
Awesome job!!🎣. You did a fantastic Peyton Manning impression. You walked up to the line of scrimmage and yelled “Omaha “ slapped on the minnow and threw for the winner touchdown (stripper). 👏🎣
Stripers can be found shallow at times depending on several factors such as water temperature, oxygen content of the water, time of day, and an available food source. I was fishing in 17 feet of water at the time and there were shad in the area as well as crappie and bluegill. You can always get surprised by the occasional striper even if you think there are none closeby. Thanks for the comment!
Below Pickwick Dam in Tn. The stripper fishing is fantastic. But I have seen people use light line and fight the fish until it is exausted, then it will DIE. Get the fish to the net and release it
I use light line for crappie and sometimes something large will take the bait. I always use at least 20lb. test when fishing for stripers and try to get them in as soon as possible. A striper fights so hard that they stress themselves out in a prolonged fight. Where I'm fishing for crappie around cover the stripers usually wrap up around a limb and straighten the hook or break the line. Thanks for your comment!
Stripers taste pretty good in my opinion. Striper filets are a little thick and I like to butterfly them before cooking. I prefer crappie filets coated with corn meal an and fried golden brown and crispy. You're right about the striper fighting like a large catfish. The difference between them and a flathead catfish is stripers like to run towards open water and the flathead likes to dig deep and stay down. Thanks for commenting!
@@justrelaxandfish Ha- NP! Thanks for letting me know on the fight comparison. This stocking season had super big trout which at 2-3lbs, they truly are the toughest to land successfully.
@@justrelaxandfish Yes. Illinois. Usually they're so small they're not worth putting a knife to, but this last season- whoa Nellie! 5 per day. And though I blew hundred$ for trout bait over the years, damn- raw shrimp did it. Panther Martins also were great.
a decent fish, still trying to figure out if that was a gorilla or Bigfoot catching the fish, most of the time when somebody catches a nice fish, they get excited about it,so whoever or whatever caught this fish, made no sound
@@bobsmith6544 The record Striped Bass caught at Smith Mountain Lake so far is 49.4 lbs. The current state record for the fish is 53 lbs. 7 oz. caught in 2000 from below the SML dam in Leesville Lake.
Mono's not going anywhere, Remember when spider wire was all the rage? On my go to rig I use 10lb trilene xt on a Penn 4300ss reel, 7' ugly stick lite, with either a #2 or #4 Kahle hook. Have caught more 40+ inch Red Fish than I can count and have lost very few to tackle or line failure. No, you can't just horse them in, but IMO the fight is where it's at. Lite tackle rules. I do use heavier line and tackle considering where I'm fishing or what I'm fishing for.
I think the fish got around a limb and broke off. I was just keeping tension on it. The drag was slipping when it first got hooked up. Thanks for watching and commenting!
That was painful to watch. Never seen a fisherman take so long to reel in a fish. I think he cranked the handle maybe twice. Nice fish, just very painful to watch for a video presentation.
@@janvanruth3485 You may not be aware that I was fishing in the branches of a sunken tree. I was thumbing the reel to keep the fish from getting wrapped around more than one limb. I really wasn't expecting a striper to eat my crappie minnow. If I let the fish strip drag and get wrapped up in a bunch of limbs I would lose it anyway. If you watched the whole video you saw that I switched to a rod more suited to land a large fish in heavy cover. Thanks for your comments!
Your reel needs some love ...we fish reels like that for salmon and it sounds off....drag should be smoother and not sound quit like that Was that slot size or too big....heard they were good eating
I'll have to service that reel. I could have kept the fish if I'd wanted to but I thought I'd let it swim. You're right about them being good to eat though. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Nice fish. Drag is way too tight. !!!! Especially for crappie fishing , Wouldn’t have broken off on that first fish if the drag wasn’t so tight. Nice striper.
When I'm fishing in a submerged tree I keep the drag tight to prevent the fish from wrapping around the tree limbs on the initial run. I've lost too many fish because of a loose drag allowing the fish to wrap around too many limbs to untangle it from. If a large fish bites while in a tree they usually always wrap around a tree limb and break off. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Everyone has an opinion.
@@kellivoytilla6784 absolutely 👍
@@justrelaxandfishMe too.
@@marshallguerra1353 when I was a kid an older guy told me that opinions are like @$$holes --- everybody has one !! Lol... made me laugh at 10 yrs old and having my first 'paying' job. Picking bone on a coal crusher for 3 bucks/hr. 1976 . God the coal dust ! Goes through everything clothing wise . Ate more coal than the average brat !
Great catching on both of them!
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Beautiful fish! Congrats! Jealous people! Lol
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Nice catch and release 👌 if you're not gonna eat it, let it go...all the best to you...
Thanks for the comment! CPR (catch, photo, release) is what I do probably 90% of the time.
He has to let him go, they don't call the Fish crappy for nothing!!
@@johnnyfreedom3437 🤔Hmmm?!! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Nicely said brother
@@johnnyfreedom3437 Dude, crappie is one of the best tasting freshwater fish there is, it's a hard call between crappie and flathead catfish as to which is best.
I enjoyed every second of your video. What a beautiful lake and nice set up you have. Thanks for taking the time to record and share with us.
Thanks for watching and thanks for the nice comment!
You must not have been very hungry.
@@ronaldking2435 I'll keep a couple of crappie or maybe one striper on occasion. This trip was just for fun. When I do keep fish to eat it is a special day because I haven't had a fish dinner in awhile. I don't freeze fish for future meals. I fish quite often and always have the option to keep a couple if I'm fortunate enough to actually catch a fish.😁
30k views!! Nice brother!! Excellent fishing!
Thank you for being one of those views! Fun fishing!
Nice fish - both types!! Was 1/2 expected some type of sea monster to jump out of the water and bite that striper into pieces.
Wouldn't that be something!🐉
OMG,bro! That was pan sized. And you let him go?! 😩!!! 😂
@@thelton100 Can't eat 'em all! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Nice crappie I subscribe to support your channel
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Hi, I couldn't believe my eyes but I have fished that spot many time for many years at SML. There are several more great spots nearby too but I'm sure you know that. Thanks for sharing I miss that place.
You just never know what you'll catch on Smith Mountain Lake. There's a huge muskie in the area too. Maybe I'll get him to bite sometime!
@justrelaxandfish lived in the Midwest and musky and walleye are what I was raised on. Never had musky on or follow there but I know they're around. I hope you get him.
@@jrz7325 If I do it'll be luck since I don't fish for muskie. Thanks for the comments!
Nice catches!!
A very strong pulling fish, no matter what size.. I've caught many of them and each one pulled hard; not fast and rough like a largemouth bass, but with lots of power. You NEED to take your time and wear them down a bit, or they'll break you quick. Nice catch!
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Great fish! 30 inches maybe and what 8 pounds?
Could be, I didn't weigh it. Thanks for watching and commenting!
sure throwing back some fine eating fish crappie and striper .
This is true. I will keep a fish or two every now and then. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Striper are good eating? Someone told me they gamey - tasting fish.
@@moseskongi4746 It's been my experience that stripers are good tasting fish, Having said that; there is a streak of red meat that most people remove before cooking the fish. I prefer to slice the filets into thinner strips before rolling them in corn meal and frying them.
Nice video of your arms
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You must like those arms.
Awesome job !!!!!!!
Thanks!
Let the drag do the work!!
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4:50 Beautiful fish!
He broke your line because you were fishing for Crappie! I've been crappie fishing and had big cats take my bait, no way I'm going to get a big cat in on 4 or 6 lb line! You showed him who boss! Glad he came back for seconds! Well done Pops!!!
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The only thing keeping you from landing a big cat is the vertical distance. If you have a net or are on shore, no problem. 6-lb is heavy line for me.
Ooooh noooo! So sorry.
I'm guessing that the Crappie were long gone after that. Would have expected that Striper to swim around and wrap up all of your other lines, swim under the boat, etc. LOL.
Definately spooked the crappie! Luckily I was able to land the striper without it getting into my other line or wrapping around one of the limbs of the brushpile I was fishing. Thanks for commenting!
Nice job. New subscriber here. Keep up the awesome work man and tight lines.
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@@justrelaxandfish your welcome. Good luck
Enjoyed the video. Nice catch! I have a pontoon that me and family use to fish out of. I love having the room to move about. What lake is this?
Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia. I like a pontoon for a number of reasons. No stepping up and down on a casting deck is one of them. I'm not runnin' and gunnin' looking for fish so I don't need the speed of a bass boat. I don't fish tournaments anymore and my only competitor is the fish. Thanks for the comment!
Where was this, a river?
It was on one of the creek arms of Smith Mountain Lake in Southwest Virginia.
@@justrelaxandfish Thank you. Now, what's a striper doing up there? Just asking
@@tomp8871 Those things are all over the lake and feed on shad. There just happened to be shad present in this creek. There was fairly deep water where this cover was located and I guess the striper was looking for an easy meal.
This guy has so much hair on his arms he looks like Bigfoot 😂😂😂
We prefer to be called "Sasq'ets". Thank you for watching and commenting.
That is rude ,he is just follically endowed.
Catch and release enjoy!!!! ,🥰
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So, I’m a critic. Loved the action. Would have loved to see more of it. Put the sun at your back and elevate your camera to above you waist or chest. Other than that enjoyed it.
Thanks for the tips! Glad you liked the action! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Awesome job!!🎣. You did a fantastic Peyton Manning impression. You walked up to the line of scrimmage and yelled “Omaha “ slapped on the minnow and threw for the winner touchdown (stripper). 👏🎣
And the crowd goes wild! Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@justrelaxandfish 😂👍
Didn't know Sasquach used modern fishing gear.
You'd be surprised!
Users modern fishing gear and where's the watch
@@user-bi1yf5wg5o Thanks for supplying the watch!
Haven't done any fishing in a while. 2 nice catches. No doubt it's a striped bass but I thought they lived really deep?
Stripers can be found shallow at times depending on several factors such as water temperature, oxygen content of the water, time of day, and an available food source. I was fishing in 17 feet of water at the time and there were shad in the area as well as crappie and bluegill. You can always get surprised by the occasional striper even if you think there are none closeby. Thanks for the comment!
Wish I was there fishing!
I hope you get your wish! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Below Pickwick Dam in Tn. The stripper fishing is fantastic. But I have seen people use light line and fight the fish until it is exausted, then it will DIE. Get the fish to the net and release it
I use light line for crappie and sometimes something large will take the bait. I always use at least 20lb. test when fishing for stripers and try to get them in as soon as possible. A striper fights so hard that they stress themselves out in a prolonged fight. Where I'm fishing for crappie around cover the stripers usually wrap up around a limb and straighten the hook or break the line.
Thanks for your comment!
Camera angle not ideal. I kept trying to look around your hand. :) Nice catch. You are so calm with that big one on the line.
Yeah, I've struggled with trying to get a better camera angle. I'm still trying. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Was wondering if he took 2 hooks out of that fish.
Good question! I only found 1 hook. Thanks for commenting!
Unexpected for the conditions.
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I wonder what stripers taste like. Crappie have no flavor but my bass and trout are great. That thing seemed to fight alot like a cat, though.
Stripers taste pretty good in my opinion. Striper filets are a little thick and I like to butterfly them before cooking. I prefer crappie filets coated with corn meal an and fried golden brown and crispy.
You're right about the striper fighting like a large catfish. The difference between them and a flathead catfish is stripers like to run towards open water and the flathead likes to dig deep and stay down.
Thanks for commenting!
@@justrelaxandfish Ha- NP! Thanks for letting me know on the fight comparison. This stocking season had super big trout which at 2-3lbs, they truly are the toughest to land successfully.
@@andrewczski1969 That's a big trout! Were they Rainbows?
@@justrelaxandfish Yes. Illinois. Usually they're so small they're not worth putting a knife to, but this last season- whoa Nellie! 5 per day. And though I blew hundred$ for trout bait over the years, damn- raw shrimp did it. Panther Martins also were great.
@@andrewczski1969 Raw shrimp for trout! I just learned something new! Thanks for the tip!
You can catch them off the Southern California Pacific coast in the pounding surf,. Stripers not crappie.
Yeah, I''ve watched them fishing the Delta and catching them trolling crankbaits. Looks like good fishing out there. Thanks for the comment!
a decent fish, still trying to figure out if that was a gorilla or Bigfoot catching the fish, most of the time when somebody catches a nice fish, they get excited about it,so whoever or whatever caught this fish, made no sound
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Yum yum, ready for the FISH BASKET...😅
Yeah me too! I think I might keep a couple my next trip out. Gotta love those fried fish filets! Thanks for watching and commenting!
nice catch it's only going to get bigger let someone else have some fun
I'm all for that!
@@justrelaxandfish i hear ya
Do they get much bigger in that spot? We get monsters here at Lake Mead; but they have all room in the world.
@@bobsmith6544 The record Striped Bass caught at Smith Mountain Lake so far is 49.4 lbs. The current state record for the fish is 53 lbs. 7 oz. caught in 2000 from below the SML dam in Leesville Lake.
Looks like you find a little honey hole
You nevar know what's lurking around down there! You're exactly right, I've caught a bunch of fish there! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Next time u hook a big adjust the drag
Will do! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Yes, loosen that drag. Awesome catch!
That's good eating there
Yes, I agree! Thanks for the comment!
At first it escaped me but then I noticed the hairy arms and hands, I just want to know how you taught that gorilla to fish. 🐠🦍 😳
It's so easy even a gorilla can do it!😁
Nice catch!!
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@@justrelaxandfish welcome!!
Using the last of the mono, haha
10 pound hi vis mono on the crappie rod and 20 pound fluorocarbon on the striper rod. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Mono's not going anywhere, Remember when spider wire was all the rage?
On my go to rig I use 10lb trilene xt on a Penn 4300ss reel, 7' ugly stick lite, with either a #2 or #4 Kahle hook. Have caught more 40+ inch Red Fish than I can count and have lost very few to tackle or line failure.
No, you can't just horse them in, but IMO the fight is where it's at.
Lite tackle rules.
I do use heavier line and tackle considering where I'm fishing or what I'm fishing for.
I caught a 16 inch sac a lait in lake verret last year.
Nice fish! Thanks for the comment!
Never seen a fisherman not be able to set his drag right
God That that took a while
Hes perfect spot for catfish
You're right, I've caught some big flathead catfish in that same spot. Thanks for the comment!
Nice fish
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That happens on the Tennessee River!
I'll bet, there's some big fish in that river! Thanks for the comment!
Where is this?
Southwest Virginia. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Smith Mountain Lake perhaps?
@@ronjacob5911 Exactly. Thanks for commenting!
Don't huas ya fish,
Take ya time,
Work the drag
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That's what happens when you don't have your drag set correctly!!! 😢
That's.how you make a fishing video ✌️👁️👁️👍
Thanks for the great comment! And most of all, thanks for watching!
lots of sasquatch sightings there too
They just get glimpses and are never sure just what they saw. Thanks for the comment!
Ya, catching is way more fun than being skunked, Oh by the way the way the sun was shining on your arms kinda made them look like a monkeys arm,
Thanks for the comment!🐒
How about setting the drag...
I think the fish got around a limb and broke off. I was just keeping tension on it. The drag was slipping when it first got hooked up. Thanks for watching and commenting!
I have had my line broken at least 4 times this year. That's part of fishing. Very nice striper.
@@matthewwarne1269 The exciting part!
Nice fish. Keep learning how to use the camera we don’t want to watch your hands reeling. Keep at it. Thanks
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How do a person break a line on a Crapie 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Did you watch the whole video?
@@justrelaxandfish That crappie went home and shot up some roids and came back PO'd
Ok
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You've definitely got your drag set far too tight. Set it looser and use your thumb for the finer control.
Thank you for the tip!
Whi fishes for Crappie with a bait casting rig
That bait caster was my backup just in case I start getting broken off by big fish. Thanks for your comment!👍
I guess he's never eaten one
That a werewolf fishing ???
Sorry, it got hot and I rolled up my sleeves LOL. Thanks for watching and commenting!😁
Was gonna say, "I didn't know that orangutans knew how to fish!" He he! Nice catch!
@@jeffreyconnor8070 Never underestimate an orangutan. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Sasquatch
@@fredbarkerbarker9245 🦍Thanks for watching.
Some commentary would have been nice.they do make talkies these days ya know.
I was just fishing, I don't talk to myself very often. Thanks for watching and commenting!
That last fish did not look like a crappie to me it looked more like a sandy
You're half right, the last fish was a striped bass. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Walter?!!
Walter?
@@justrelaxandfish Guess you’re younger than I am. Grumpy Old Men movie. Two men trying to catch the same huge fish.
@@jwhite9825 Maybe not younger, maybe poor memory!😁
@@justrelaxandfish lol
He gets too excited
I'ii try to control myself in the future! Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@justrelaxandfish nothing like having a good time!
I thought MY forearms were hairy...👀
Take a closeup and say that. Thanks for watching!
@@justrelaxandfish 😅
Lmao
@@gpipeslocal1414 🤣Thanks for watching!
Turtle
Well I can't really say for sure what broke the line. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Is that a mans arm i see there or the Sas!?
I'll never tell!
That was painful to watch. Never seen a fisherman take so long to reel in a fish. I think he cranked the handle maybe twice. Nice fish, just very painful to watch for a video presentation.
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Rude arrogant fool👈🏼
You’re upset because he played the fish? Would you prefer he just used an electric winch to bring it in?
It broke him off once. He had to finesse that monster.
One can't manhandle a big fish or it'll break off. Can tell your daddy didn't get you out much. 😂😂😂
Drag was sett to high
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Flathead I can already tell what I was
Really? Maybe not. Thanks for watching!
Wow. Managed to stretch 30 second video into 5 minutes! Thank god for fast forward!
Wth is the point of fishing if-n-ye gonna toss-um-back!
I can't eat 'em all!
Not watching till the end!🥴
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IT did not break your line, YOU did...
I certainly contributed but, I did only have one end of the line.
@@justrelaxandfish indeed, you had one end of the line.
but you also had a lot of line before that end would eventually have been reached...
@@janvanruth3485 You may not be aware that I was fishing in the branches of a sunken tree. I was thumbing the reel to keep the fish from getting wrapped around more than one limb. I really wasn't expecting a striper to eat my crappie minnow. If I let the fish strip drag and get wrapped up in a bunch of limbs I would lose it anyway. If you watched the whole video you saw that I switched to a rod more suited to land a large fish in heavy cover.
Thanks for your comments!
Billy’s r us
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Had a room mate years ago that had hairy arms like this man, our professor asked him when you die may I have your pelt
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👇 try fishing for real instead of on a video game
I think you may be confusing my video with one where forward facing sonar is being used to catch fish. Sorry, I don't have one.
Yawn….yawn….gone at 2 mins
One of the least tasty fish! Waste of bait on them!
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Worse reel
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I’m betting it was catfish hunter
Your reel needs some love ...we fish reels like that for salmon and it sounds off....drag should be smoother and not sound quit like that
Was that slot size or too big....heard they were good eating
I'll have to service that reel. I could have kept the fish if I'd wanted to but I thought I'd let it swim. You're right about them being good to eat though. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Boring his hairy arms and hands kept reflecting the sunlight try harder on your next video.
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