 Good morning folks. It is day four of this winter camping Ice fishing excursion today is gonna be a pretty exciting day for me because it's no longer solo today I'm gonna meet up with a bunch of friends of mine and we're gonna try to put up some big numbers of brook trout probably catch a lot of chub and Hopefully catch a couple big Brookies too. Last night I had to run the batteries out for the Garmin and for the GoPro and also for the ice auger to my Generator, which is at my truck. So it's about I don't know 10 12 miles away But you're not allowed to have generators on this waterway. It's considered the aligash waterway So you're not allowed to have water a generator on the water on the ice or even in the wood the generator ram Till ran out of gas usually that little Honda goes for 10 hours or so The chargers only need to go for four or five hours, but I wasn't going out at midnight Especially since I lost the headlight on by snowmobile for some reason so for a headlight now For the rest of this trip, I hold this out with my other hand. It's pretty bright So what I'm gonna do this morning is meet and breakfast. It's it's a little bit before 5 30 I got breakfast going right now. I'm gonna get all my stuff packed up ready to go for the trip I'm gonna take the snowmobile out with my trusty headlamp my new spotlight Go get my batteries come back in get my gear and then run down and meet up with a voice one of my best friends Stevie has a face fished and like a 100 years, I think so today's gonna be his first day back ice fishing Hopefully we get Stevie on some good fish and give him a great day on the water It is pretty mild this morning, too. I forgot to mention that earlier. It is double digits, baby We're at 10.9 degrees. That's uh, that's the warmest I've seen yet So I am super excited for you guys to meet these guys today Introduce the YouTube world to she's some huge huge characters guys that I'm honored to call my friends So you got Stevie Stevie and I played college ball together. He went on to play Some minor league ball for the New York Yankees I hate to say it but one of the greatest hitters ever to come out of the state of Maine He hit like I don't know 24 I think 24 homers in a 40 game season and he's got records that are still standing today His brother Mike is just a top-notch great guy Super super fun to be around all the time whether it's fishing hunting or just hanging out Stevie's cousin Toby is also another great guy hunting trapping fishing Just consummate outdoors when these guys are great guys Everybody's comes from a little bit different walk of life Even though they're all from Nellanocket and then the last but not least is cat Curt could be a youtube star wait till you meet this guy You're never gonna meet another guy like Curt And then Curt says there's still a fish on there And look what we got a big old native rookie What a beautiful trout As soon as you get up out of the hole it's like there's still a fish on there I'm far from the biggest, heaviest thing I've ever caught Stay tuned cool still here let's see how we did on the batteries Nice four barbs good I'm gonna guess that's charged too Cool let's uh get everything unhooked throw the generator back in the truck Ready to roll it's snowing pretty good right now Everything shut off here and I'm about to go see if I can find the boys let's go Made it in gonna have to check ice conditions Even though my buddies beat down the trail yesterday Probably gonna throw a couple traps in while I'm waiting for them There's no telling what time they get here I think Stevie was gonna meet them around 6 30 at the camper And they were gonna sled all the way in on logging trails So could be here at 7 he could be early they could be late Who knows and you never know up here with what kind of trouble you can get into So that being said I'm gonna set some traps And hopefully get a brookie on the ice before they get here When Stevie gets here I'm gonna dedicate most of my day to him catching fish Here we are I'm super stoked let's catch a brookie All right there's the jack trap What I switched over to guys is this rubber band for a hook keeper That way you're not jamming your hook into your line or the hook popping free Then when I'm not using it I just slide it up here And then at the end of the day it's right there When I need it you got some serious slash Man plenty of ice that's not a factor All right I got this contraption set up and look back and my first flag is already up So let's go find out what it is Oh is that open water She's tripped but she ain't running A lot of times a brookie will just sit to the side Let's see if we're into the chubs or into the brookies We're into nothing What is going on here Yeah that's a hole in the ice Wicked There's like 10 inches of ice right there 8 inches 8 to 10 in that range And this is a hole With water just bellowing up drew This is where all the slosh is coming from in this in this pocket Is the the water level must be rising Coming down through the waterway And it's pushing up on the ice so hard it popped through right here I'm not going to get much closer than that Might want to avoid those Chubber I tripped the flag Oh yeah there's something there Got him Oh he's fighting pretty good Ah just a big chub Big dumb chub Oh she is bowling She's turning small real small Another chub Not much left on this bait She's already hooked For some reason it's not stripping Oh that's no chub That is no chub sir That's no chub there We are on the board folks Brookie All right Yes sir Look at that brook trout We're going to throw him back Nice Oh my other flag's up Oh man This is going to be a busy busy day There's something on there Oh did it just pop off? No he's fighting pretty good now Wow big chub Not much for bait You made it I didn't know if you guys were going to make it Why? Noon It is not a noon It must be 830 Steve got there at 6 we're like Oh but Stevie I knew he'd be early He was dude we got up at 4 I said good for you Well I've been here since I don't know an hour or so And I've been trying to set a third trap and I can't This one keeps going off This and that fishing rod down there I got a rod on a trap Oh chub I got one Brookie and like I don't know how many chubs I'm keeping everyone Throwing them right in the sled Yeah but it wasn't too bad for slush We never drilled over Oh we got like inch and a half No we got like easy eight inches Yeah Where you guys want to set up over there where it's dry Yeah probably Yeah just as long as you stay out of this Where you want to set up Slushy job It's real bad here there's a hole See that hole There's a hole right there that's just gushing water out of it This one right here Yeah They made it Yeah so that's this this is all coming out of that hole So we might want to set up where you guys normally do up there What are you doing baby? Yeah good to see you Joe Get any luck so far Look at that I've not It doesn't even have bait it's just a chunk of a shiner I've not been able to set that third one Yeah I have this one and that one I got one Brookie and like I don't know it doesn't jab Stevie go get it Go get it Hey watch out for that hole right there Right here Right there Yeah Look at all the slush huh Yeah it's all coming out of that I thought you were going to have the slush off through that hole I tried I've been drilling holes to drain it but it keeps putting water off What a slush hole huh So this is like How much ice is right here? About an inch and a half No there's like 10 inches 8 10 There's enough that you don't even think Yeah I mean that's open That's open yeah It's a hole That's what I saw yesterday Yeah do you see there's a bunch of them Yeah there is They must be putting water in or something One of them looked like an otter came out of There was a hole in it that's coming out Yeah A bat Right right See it pumping the water right at it See it moving We should all get looking close to it This is all yours Stevie You got about an 8 inch chub Sitting on the other end of that Going Take it You know one brookie so far Yeah 12 inches I threw it back I didn't Oh it's I don't want to get my hands cold It's all wrapped up Get your hands cold You know you're not supposed to set them around the reel like Well that way they don't run fast Oh that's true You got a good hook set right on it All right this is Stevie's first fish in 11 years That's what I'm using to show them that bait Oh it mangled That's six chubs in on one shiner Oh really? Yeah I'm going to throw a new shiner on it eventually I did that with a crawler one time 79 chub Oh my freaking water Right there Yeah I remember that I think we're going to have a good chub day What a gorgeous day Yo is it real fleshy out there further? I'm out Oh we got enough crawlers Oh yeah I brought crawlers up but at first night it was 16 below And I left them outside So they're frigging Yeah I'll sell them to you for $4 a dozen I don't even want one You guys want a hand? No Want a shovel? Does that mean you're going to come flat for us? Yeah it's going to wrap up There's a good fish there All right you grab the rod Oh man it's a good fish All right now you All right now he's spooling He is spooling Yeah all right so You're going to have to set the hook And just reel them in Got them? Yeah Big one? I don't know I never caught one on a rally before I think it's a decent fish Wow he's spooled some line huh I haven't seen him yet Yeah he feels like this is just heavy The big chub Look at the size of that chub Oh my god Chubs Chubs Look at the size of that one Stevie That's a good one That's keeper Two pounder Oh man They don't get a lot bigger do they? No Oh here are the flags up This is how it's been all morning Stevie just got a two pounder Really? Nice Steve Chub Ah really? Yeah got it on the jig rod It was fighting like crazy Oh there you go There you go you bumped that There was some weight there Yes sir? Head shake Shakey shakey like a little rascal Took a chub adieu? But it's uh got some weight so Oh nice It's fighting like a trout Oh good But it's a chub Oh chubba Here goes Stevie That's a trout Chubby trout He's a head shaker Oh He took some line he's gonna hurry Slow down boy Wow That looks trouty It's a trout It's a trout No it's not Chub It's a white trout We don't want no chubs I might move this trap So we don't have to wear our Swimmies to get to it later If the water keeps coming in How high is the water mama? What's that? Three foot high and rising How high is the water Stevie? He said it's two foot high and rising I don't even know the reference Oh you don't know the Johnny Cash song? No Five foot high and rising I never heard that Come on Not that way but it's not moving Oh something's still there It's not strong enough to spool that line off That's some of it I don't know if that's the bait moving or what She's I'd be surprised I think it's swimming right through the bait No it's a trout Oh that was funny I don't think he's gonna keep Eight ten incher Oh jeez did you set that off? No unless it was a wind flag Nope it's going Not even a wind flag I guess they don't mind the dead bait huh? Is he home? He's home Bigger one Oh nice Yep Oh yeah look at it He's all fired up That one's pretty Oh good he's off Oh no he's not Well it is nice and colorful isn't it? Yeah Three out of five up right now Any action over here toad? Yeah he's got something out Chub I've been piling him up over there Chub hole He went down in the old job huh? Good spooling ya Spooling ya Cost him any fish here I got a little groove I was gonna say that Got enough rope there I didn't get a sign of any trouble Oh yeah Now we just spit it out Hey there's another one out right there That one is Oh that's us Another chub? Yep Currant made us some breakfast sandwiches Holy bacon Bacon on there? Oh my goodness look at all that bacon on there Good night Irene after that I think I got a hook set on him this time You got him? Yeah What'd you do? Missing or something? He came right up Like I was setting the trap down And I still had my hand on the spool And he uh I could feel tension on it So I lifted the trap up And he came up the hole and wiggled off That's a nice trout Yeah Wow look at how pretty that one is Holy cow One of my customers Take him That wants one Kill him Did he go 20? This is my uh he didn't go 20 He's on there Let's see 13 and a Quarter That's the perfect spot That's a good one Yep Perfect fish to keep in the slot Spoiling like a boss You got a fishing license? No it's not either You got a fishing license? No Do I need one? No go ahead I didn't think we needed one in Maine I'm a resident That thing took a lot along Wow how long's it been up? Take it Take it You ready? Look at that That's what we get in Maine right there Broke trout Keep it right Green peppers and onions Got some sausage coming here What's going on with that beer? That's frozen We need to get that thing I think Mike left him outside last night Oh yeah it is My fault Throw him like under the bus Both coolers What was the question though? If those are done Oh what do you think Joe? If those are done Tell us YouTube More? Anytime Anytime that's what they said I don't think you could What do you got cook? What do you got for cooking? I got this maple sausage deer sausage and andouille deer sausage We'll put them on some bonds I got bonds over here How do we tell the difference? So me and Mike And we were on our way back We chased up the west bridge bridge And Mike said Oh I'm going to jump off the bridge He said jump off too And I'm like Out this guy So Mike's like Oh yeah be fine be fine He's like All I want you to do Is if I don't come up Please Come save me Me being a nice friend I am I'm like Yeah right Okay So he jumps off No I don't I flip Oh whatever you do So He's down man I'm staying on the end I'm like He's not coming out He's still right under the surface of the water So I'm like What the hell So I waited And I'm like How long did you hold your breath you think? As long as I could So I jump off He comes up Gotcha I was so upset Oh I was angry That yeah Oh yeah Yeah don't like heights And here you go And then there's Flo We're cranking right down through I'm like Jesus Christ He's like Ah gotcha As he's climbing up the rocks I'm like I'm really sorry man I'm really sorry But I'm not I am but I'm not I am but I'm not That looks like tan line to you Does that look tan to you? Looks big Tan? No it's not tan Who said it was tan? Jack Traff himself So he told me they were caring for you to catch fish go Says you ain't catching them on that lake Move to the next one I got worms I got worms I thought we were gonna call it What's your elastic for Joe? Is that your real wrap? Yep That was a poor growing up We couldn't buy real wrap So have you used He goes We were so poor growing up We didn't have hills We do have to sit in the sled and just do this Just gonna push each other Back and forth Here we go Here we go Oh my god Oh my god Oh my god Hold Hold Toad Wow It's the one you got down Is it big Mike? Nah it doesn't feel too big It's a sucker It has to You're right The suckers are coming to life We got a sucker run going Yeah we do I'm right here Oh come on You feel that? Yeah she's on there Oh my goodness Oh man Not it up Not it up Yeah wrap it right around your wrist Bob The oddball species are turning on How big they have to be They don't have to They don't They're cheap whatever Do you want to go in back Or what do you want to do Go fucking from one off Wow Be good for the frying pan Be good for the flyers I do Yeah it's cool The wind's not dying down though isn't it No she's ripping Coming right down the lake Yeah North west Right off those mountains What are you going to do That's weird Must be a storm roll on it Yeah it's big You think? Not supposed to be No But these mountains decide The weatherman doesn't They make their own out of it I sure do I said I only know what's wrong with it I don't even care I said all I know is you grab a touch She goes Cut Cut He was in front of me actually the guy And all of a sudden With no brake light No nothing It was just skid sideways I'm like Well that ain't good I mean we were really like Ten miles and out Like coming down onto You know we were going down a trail like that We were in the woods just I don't know Let go That's weird So I brought it home So now I'm going to sell you a sled again We blew it up Sorry Like what am I going to do What'd that guy say when you won the race The old guy Is he some drunk Are you alright Yeah Sleeper I got a sleeper Oh do you What'd you put on it The 550 fan Coward I bought it on BJ And it was the same Sled as this one Oh god So he crashed into Adam What And busted the coward up So he put this gray one on it With a wrap But I didn't really like that So I found a cow and I'm like And same color Told the guys yeah 80 bucks So I'll come down and get it somewhere in Herman And we're down to got it Put it on the sled I said look at this one Get a sleeper What does that mean They said You don't even need to know So now you pull up See ya Alright made it back Sorry about the lighting folks That was a pretty long snowmobile ride One of my lights The batteries are starting to die on them And it's so so cold We are in single digits Right around zero And the wind's ripping now Over 30 miles an hour So wind chill is really really dangerous out there I'm super glad to have made it all the way back I split up from the boys Maybe 10 miles or so ago And drove straight into that headwind Through all the slush Trusty snowmobile made it back So happy about that Just fired up the heater Gonna fire up some dinner pretty soon And settle in for the night Unpack a bunch of stuff that I took out today And try to get a thought out So I can do some more fishing tomorrow