 Welcome home back to the channel, Father's Day week, you know what I mean? And we've been doing some smallmouth fishing, we've been doing some walleye fishing, and we have caught some northern pike along the way, some good ones, and there's some nice pike in this lake. So today we decided we are going to do a challenge. Longest pike wins, loser is going to have to do a hot shot. What is a hot shot? It's going to be a weird concoction that nobody really wants to drink. That's the consequence today, so we're going to do a three to four hour northern pike challenge out here. Now, the spot that we are in right now, I caught my personal best, a 42 inch northern pike. It is on the wall in the cabin, it was right in this spot. While we were smallmouth fishing, I caught it on a tube of all things. We don't have the best of pike gear, but we are going to attempt to try to get a big pike on the line. The longest one doesn't have to drink the hot shot. All right, with the danger of losing the jerk bait, I'm going to start out with the scout. It just seems to catch a lot of pike, and we got some wind right here, I've got some other lure options that I plan to deploy, but we don't necessarily have the big pike gear, but caught some really good ones just on standard bass stuff, so we will just keep going with this for a minute. Any time we've gotten in the grassy type areas, it seems pike like to live there. So we'll start out on this little windy point where I caught my PB, see if we can get on the board with something. All right, I've got me a little buzz bait tied on, I think that might entice a big pike. All right, here's, we're going to add something to a challenge, okay? It's going to be, there's going to be a subtraction for each lure you lose, it's going to be an inch subtraction, okay? That's going to keep it pretty interesting here, we have lost a lot of lures to pike, so this is a game of skill, catching the pike and not losing your stuff, which is definitely going to happen to me because I forgot my 25 pound leader line, I was going to bring something specific for this, fished around some of these weeds where the pike normally like to rear their big heads, oh my god, that was a big smallmouth, holy schnikes, he's still trying to hit it too. Well that was a fun bonus, thought it was a big pike at first, thing was up there around the reeds, oh, dad's on, holy cow, on the revolver, on the revolver, oh my gosh, we have a tiny net too, all right, you got to land your own fish, I'll hand you the net but you got to land your own fish, that's a pretty good one to get on the board with, this is part of the challenge right here, you got to scoop them up with that little net or grab them, hand grab them if you're brave enough, here comes the hook to the land, let's see, oh we got him, landed, let's see, let's see how long it is, 25, we'll call it 25, 25, hey, good job, sexy shad revolver, first one has come on that, dad's up on me but I think we can get bigger, oh come off, oh my gosh, that's a smallmouth, that's got a big smallmouth on, I just had something big hit me, dad had a smallmouth at the full size revolver, that's a big smallmouth, that was an explosion, I almost want to give you points for that but I don't have anything on the board so I can't, alright guys first spot dad, he's ahead, so we've been in some shallow grassy stuff I think we're gonna try to go to some more main lake, bigger rocks, some places we found some perch that we've got pike that have been biting off her lures and try out there because I gotta get in the game man, I gotta get on the board, walk in and go to work, alright here we go, just stopped at a place me and dad have never been to, just looked good, a bunch of reeds and stuff, close to deep water just marked a bunch of bait, oh I got one hit, there we go now, smallmouth, golly, these things are everywhere aren't they, oh my gosh look at the rocks we're on, yeah no wonder, waypoint, you got fish on, there you go, it's a pike, it's a pike, dad with another pike, on the jerk bait it's a little one, what are you doing with that thing, just playing with it, chinkering with it, oh not so little, oh dad what are you doing, holy, god dang, tearing my up, you just broke my rod, I did not, yes you did, the tip just broke off, it's under the chair, with a pike in there and like that, the trolling motor privileges have been revoked, I'm sorry, two times on the trolling motor, I'm sorry, very disappointed, of course I did, it catches a fish, he throws it at my face, breaks my rods, oh me, damn, that's a hard competitor, oh god he broke me off, dang, got me, that is a negative inch for me, oh yeah he bit me off, there it goes had my chance at a pike y'all, it wasn't a game changer but got broke off, negative inch right now, goodness, all right we're gonna try another spot, see if we can get some pike, pike going, it's like all the other bass spots that we fished the other day, they were all over the place, so I think we're gonna go back to some of those, all right guys we gotta make a stop at what has been deemed Rackley Island years ago, half of my dad, he just really liked it, I had it for sale sign on it, it's still for sale, this island's been for sale for like five years, so uh clear water over here, this is close to the area that we found a bunch of perch beds and we're gonna try to uh get that big old sliver in here so let's get it, wind blown saddle right here, gonna try this jerk bait, it's so long that I'm hoping that the fish won't get its full mouth around it, it's a pike, hooked up on a pike, there we go boys, there we go boys, Rackley Island where the big pike's play, oh my gosh, there it goes, he's running, ah he's not gonna beat yours, I think he was probably under that 24 mark honestly, well that never happens though when they just kind of let go of the boat, I'll take it, I'll take it, might be another one in here, this little saddle, you hooked up, dad's got something over here, a little slimer, oh we're in the pike's, we're in the pike's boys, pike island, yeah don't sling that one onto my rods, please, holy cow, I've worn my lesson, dude, I got it, Bill's kind of torquey, oh yeah, it's a snob to smallmouth, he's just sideways, he came off, what is this, looks kind of pikey, it's a pike, that is not gonna beat you, he's not gonna get off, oh yeah, got the clamp on him, look at those teeth, let's see what the needle is, it's not gonna beat dad, I can tell you that, oh that is a 21 inch or minus one, I'm at 20 inches, oh dad, oh I had one following it, oh I got him right there at the boat, that's a better one, this one might beat you, if I get him in, he's barely hooked actually, I watched him eat it, oh baby, come on now, come on, oh yeah, this is gonna take the lead, big toothy critter, oh my gosh, look at the net we have, this is ridiculous, this one's over 26, you're 26, right, okay, all right, don't you go to flopping on me, oh my gosh, those teeth, oh those teeth, he's snapping at me too, scared, really scared to land in my face, but there we go, we got him boys, we got a pretty good one, what's he gonna be, he's gonna be 25 inches, 25 you think, that's a 28, nope, nope, I gotta get him flat, pinching the tail he's 28, minus one though for me, that's 27, one inch, 27, let's go boys, just took the lead right there, dad you were at 26, so I got you by one inch, if I lose a lure we're tied, full-size scout is getting it done, I got lucky with that one, saw it coming and I was able to hook him before he got the whole thing in his mouth, so just gotta hope, just gotta hope he doesn't break you off, got something, I think I got another pike, I do, piked up a little guy, not gonna do it, looks like a treble hook in the hand kind of guy, seems like the bigger ones are hanging in that deeper water, whoo, dad did you just, did you just break off, did you get, I got cut, did you get slimed, I got slimed, slimed cut and that's gonna subtract an inch off your best, oh yes he did, and that was probably a $20 lure you had on me, population of fish this size in this lake is stupid, just hardly ever catch a dink, on again, a little smallmouth came off, another one came and got it, aggressive, smallmouth on the loose, bronze back on the loose, got a rodeo one, take on let me let him break dad's rods, this is about normally when a pike comes and ruins the fun, takes your jerk bait so it sounds about right, fat fat fat, fat fat fatties, oh my gosh I got piked, no I knew I was like this is about the time, this is what happens, yeah now we're one inch off, it would have been tied with you busted one on dad counting and he took a good jerk bait, now I'm nervous, I'm like should I keep fishing because I could technically go down a notch if I keep fishing, you know, you have to keep fishing, that's the rule, that's the rule, he can't just, okay, that's hooked up on a pike, he was a good one, he was a 30 plus, that was a hot shot dodger right there but couldn't close the deal, I might be squeaking this thing out by an inch, that's so crazy how the smallmouth and the pike is just all right there, they're all mixed in, oh man he just had it on jerk bait, I mean maybe I should tie on a jerk bait again, they seem to be hitting it good, oh hooked up, last 10 minutes of competition we're hooked up baby, something big, it's going out, oh it's going out, it's got to be a pike, this could be the deal sealer right here, it's either a pike or a big old walleye, thinking it might be a giant walleye, here you want me to take your rod for you, this is my PB walleye, oh yeah, yeah I got the net right here, we're good, this is my PB walleye, that's a nice one, scoop them up, there we go, there's a fatty, look at that, 24 inches, 24 inch walleye, pretty sweet, thought I had it right there boys, felt solid but hey my PB walleye pretty cool, so we haven't gotten a pike over that 30 inch mark, pretty hard to do on light line but the last 10 minutes of this competition we were going to attempt to try to get a bigger one on the wall, on the line by trolling so we got a couple crankbaits, we're going to go back to this island that had some deeper water where we saw some bigger walleye and I caught my biggest one that's leading right now and we're going to troll there, 10 minute troll and here's the stipulation to the competition, if you do break off you automatically lose, that's going to put me in a bad position but we're going to keep things spicy, I'm going to give dad a chance, it's father's day, last time he lost competition up here he had to eat a live earthworm, a night crawler and he did it but anyway I'm giving you a second chance dad, yeah the night crawler was not good so I really shouldn't because you broke my rod today, such a, anyways, chartreuse and blue recon, dad's got some, some I don't know, some shad colored medium sized crank just like my depth so cast them out, oh yeah boys, oh we're hitting the bottom, we're bottom bouncing, dad's going with the loose drag method, I'm going with tight drag, is your hope there that if one gets it maybe you don't break them off immediately, that's right, if you have a chance, yeah okay, yeah if one of those big ones hits it and just snaps the line, I am seeing fish underneath this big like crazy, oh I got it, I got fish on, oh fish on, come on baby, feels very heavy, I got horsepower fighting against it, I've got one too, you have one too, nope sorry, she's not a jumper, she's not a jumper, oh boy, oh boy what have we got here, it's a pike, it's a good one, oh come on baby, break off, let's go, let's go, oh no, oh go, oh shoot, he got a net, oh I gotta get him with the, I gotta get him with the thing, he's too big for the net, oh we almost jumped to the boat right there, there we go, just a hair shy of 27, it's a pretty good one there boys, it's not gonna, we're not gonna set any records with that one but you know what, we're still in the lead, let's let this guy go, see you snotty, we got five minutes left in the competition, we're gonna go back by Rackley Island over here where we saw some big ones and we're gonna finish off the troll, I'm liking my chances right now but if I break off, it's done, it's done, all right, a little loose, all right, so far, Recon is doing his job, come on, begging, I want a drag ripper, are you doing pump action or are you just straight retrieved, straight holding it, I'm on the beer drinking retrieve, man it would suck to lose by like an inch you know, I know, that's right I'm behind one inch, a hot shot just doesn't sound good, yeah there might be some extras in there too, Ted, Ted said he had some special things, oh my, oh he's got bumped, he's got bumped, we're getting into him too right here, oh they're covering the screen, they're covering the screen, come on, come on, come on, oh I guess what pop, ten, wait a minute, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, official like a referee whistle, dad, eating some nasty stuff, I got a bite, no you did not, I am not kidding, you're never gonna get him with that, I know, I need to tighten it down, hey I think this fish was almost before the countdown, we may have to go to the, oh is it a pike though, I don't know what it is, look at that, it's heavy, oh my god look at that, oh it is a big one, oh my, oh he's got the line, he's gonna get off, oh my gosh it is a big one, oh, oh he's gonna get off, oh my gosh this is for all the marbles, he literally hit this fish, oh I just got off, I believe that just happened, we were literally about to just reel in, and he hooks up, hey dad, you know what, when you slung, when you slung that pike in and broke my rod tip, that's the, that's the karma, right there, popping off right there, instead of breaking off the lure just pops out, LFG for the dope, oh yeah, let's head back to the cabin for that consequence, sir, hey, fair game, fair competition, fair comp, good game, enjoyed our snot rocket, light line challenge, but you know, it's time to pay up, this is phase one of LFD's punishment, he's got to mow the ditch for the push mower, since he broke my rod tip, my gold series rod tip, by the way, now we're going in here to work on phase two, phase two is not looking so good for dad, we've got ourselves a glass, we're gonna hook him up, sriracha, a little cherry, some bojess, I don't know how you say this, but I had some the other day and it cleared my upper nasal cavity out, some olives, then we spice it up a little bit, little tea does, a little brown water, finish it off one of these beautiful cherries on top, that's gonna be great, hot shot, the hot shot, it's time, I don't know if I'm ready or not, what do you got in it, oh here it is, I know you're a man of spicy concoctions, what's in here, I know you like a little brown water, now there's a couple little Easter eggs, little extra nuggets in there for you, you can choose to maybe have your cherry now or have it after as a dessert, it's all in there, the thing is you gotta just kind of gulp this thing in it, we can't babysit it, you know what I mean, what do you got on that, all right so here's the deal, okay I get the privilege to come up here in Ted's cabin and Steve's cabin and it's a great experience, but there's one thing about it, I have to compete with my son who's a really good fisherman on these contests, last time I ate a damn worm, a live one, it was about that long, this year I got some type of concoction that looks like it might sterilize me, but to be fair I gave you multiple second chances really to come back and you didn't, so now let's do it, hey but I almost came back, there it is, wow that's strong, I'm impressed, I am impressed, oh my god, what happened, oh was it too much horseradish in there, oh that horseradish got burnt in red, whew, oh my goodness, well whatever that stuff was that lit me up the other night, that was, I put like two tablespoons in there, oh the olive was good, he took that like a champ, he did, I knew it wouldn't be that bad for him, he loves spicy stuff, hope you enjoyed watching today's competition, stay tuned, we got more fishing to do up here north of the wall, you know what to do, 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