 Good morning. It's day four. We are looking at a little bit before 5 a.m. It's hovering right around 10 below zero It got a little chilly last night. It at midnight it hit 20 below and then I looked again at two in the morning It was 17 below four in the morning. It was 15 below So it's working its way up a little bit. We might get out of the negatives today Got the coffee all perk gonna have a real small breakfast this morning just another one of those blueberry muffins in the fry pan With some butter. I put a big breakfast to me But we feels like just a couple hours ago. We ate a giant breakfast last night for dinner That was pretty excellent if you missed yesterday's episode. It's not the end of that That was about as big of breakfast as I've ever had for dinner today. We are primarily going for brook trout There's always chances for double-digit togue and and I know these guys They travel a long way away from togue fisheries that they live near and they still set up for togue here because they pop Some over 10 pounds and anytime you get a 10 pounder on the ice. I don't care what what species it is It's it's fun to catch something double digit That's our best chance to catch something big is a lake trout But we're also on one of the better brook trout fisheries in the state where you have a chance to catch Something five pounds or or a little bit better I'm sure a lot of you viewers who fished up here at chamberlain lake have caught brookies over four pounds over five pounds like real trophies You know and I know there's a lot of guys that have rep them because or or skin mounts on their walls from chamberlain lake It's hard to come all the way up here and not fish for brookies because that's you know It gives you a chance at a at a monstrous brookie But it's also hard not to go for something over 10 pounds You know and I'm sure there's some 20 pound togue in this body of water You don't you don't hear about them that much, but that doesn't mean they're not in here Nice part about main is you're allowed five lines. So most of us today will be four and one a couple of the guys might be Setting out, you know, they might go three and two Three deep two in or we're the opposite. We got lucky mark's gonna stay another day Maybe two days and get to fish two more days He had a concert planned with his wife or like a jeff dunham concert or something And I guess it got canceled last minute. They were able to text brandon on his Satellite garment that mark didn't have to hurry home for that guessing covids probably running rampant down state down in the In the real world, which is all the better to be up here and Be with a few people that have already had it We're getting joined today by colin and slim at some point today So they might be around by noon and you're gonna see a couple more new snowmobiles and a couple more really good fishermen too We could have a couple decent fish on the ice today if things go well You can hear the wind ripping now. It's kind of Shaking the tent a little bit. It's coming out of the south south southwest a little bit Which is welcome because I've never had really a south wind that made things colder And we could use a Couple degrees higher get into the into the zeros chamberlain runs pretty hard north and south So it's hard to hide from a south or you can kind of get into mudcove or uh get into the arm And hide from it. I guess we got our heart set on the north end So we're gonna go up to the north end to me, you know conditions Are what they are if it's not too brutal Then we make we have really good equipment for it. We have really good clothing for it We have a tent for it with a heater in it. So we're pretty well all set And you just go out and you you do your best and make your best of it like one of my favorite parts of the day is Drinking my first or second cup of coffee and taking some time to myself and just thinking things over, you know current situations past situation future situations and I was thinking For quite a few years. I was down in florida right about now you know worried about 80 95 degree weather And muggy and chasing them big green fish on lake okechobi and A lot of fun doing that, you know, but there, you know, you're you're worried about how hot it's going to be Or how hard the wind's going to blow or if you're going to get mugged and cluelessed in or or shot no katani or You know, there's so there's goods and bads no matter what you're doing You could be up here freezing your tail off or Or fighting the wind or but you just kind of look at your situation you're in and Look at the positives and how awesome it is like I I'm not even worried about corona right up here where we are now, which is one of the biggest Fears in the world right now in the back of everybody's head not worried about getting mugged Not worried about being too hot Not worried about mosquitoes not really worried about a whole heck of a lot up here It's pretty sweet and you know, I could I could spend the next Seven days without seeing another person if I wanted to or I could join the boys and Fish north of here. So they're going to be here another I think four or five days. So I'm going to enjoy my time with them and These guys know what they're doing. They're really good fishermen too. So It's it's fun to fish with people that are die-hard and go hard at it and And have put some pretty big fish on the ice I'm definitely going to spend the next couple days with them real good Buddy of mine might be coming up. I don't know for his first camping trip ever. I'm going to try to find out today, but We might get joined on this trip. I don't know I'm a little worried for him because these are not really good conditions for your first camping trip ever on the ice In the winter if it's not solo, you know with me here that means That it'll be double a gear, you know, I'll have gear if he's missing something and I'll be a pretty good safety net for him So It's not the worst thing, you know, it would be I guess if if he was alone doing it for his first time This far from home Because you wouldn't want to do that if you guys are planning like a winter camping ice fishing trip I shot a really detailed video on things to plan for things to bring and and things to expect One of my best pieces of advice on that is on your first trip Do it close to home. I don't even care if it's in the driveway or in the backyard Or at your local pond or at a farm pond But do it close to home in case you got to abort the mission and things aren't going well Or you forgot something that was integral or or you're just not comfortable It's easy to get to a comfortable situation in a pretty good in a hurry Whereas up here, you know, I got a eight mile snowmobile ride out of here just to get to the truck and then I got like a hour and a half Good hour and a half ride on login roads just to get to a town And then I'm still two hours south on a good day to get to my house So, you know, you don't want to do your first trip on the most rugged one and tackle the beast right away Take the first one or night even and just do it close to home and kind of learn You know feel what you need and where your comfort levels are and what you might be missing And go from there and step it up from there. I did that first I stayed pretty close to home and then my second trip. I tackled the bear and the bear will kick my butt The bear won that trip. I'll throw a link to that video But that's the one where I got I woke up in the morning. There was four inches of slush right inside the tent and it was not good Not good below zero Buried the sled several times long sled ride out All right, it's uh, it's cold out here with the wind whipping We got some snow coming down doesn't look like it's going to accumulate I'm going to head over and see the boys a little earlier so I could throw some fuel in this thing I don't think I burned much I still got one two three four Four or five buyers, but we might make some good runs today Might make it up to the trains today too. So might as well fill her up and uh Plug in a couple batteries up their way to morning fellas What are you thinking? I think we're gonna rip some lips temperatures up Oh, it's a heat wave this morning. Yeah, we're sitting it right now I think we're sitting at about zero to negative one. Nice awesome Yeah, wind Wind got some teeth You're gonna be surprised right out of the parking lot. It's real nice. What what do you call it? She's blowing sideways It's great sideways It is too Yeah, blowing a sieve out there. Well, we got mark here for bonus day. Yeah bonus day show get canceled We got Texas. She'll figure that out when she watches the video You should be a couple weeks late Yeah, I was going to call you Nope show get canceled honey. I'm fishing. Yeah Wife knows me too well. Yeah That sounds like about a five pound brookie. Yeah, what a bonus day. Yeah, sure. Oh something's gonna something back. Hi tops I was calling a little back Nike Put up white marker to it. You gotta set up Jordan oh, yeah White paint back of everything 69 95 69 95 they're probably on every boat every boat every boat is a wedding Yeah, and uh, they used to go re-pin and bushing them and do a bunch of welding or fair work, you know Any means down that one. I was a kid Wood, salmon pins my father built all of them chainsaw. Yeah, no wonder you build wood a shack and he builds the aluminum one He plays the aluminum one now. They're all plastic. Is there money in it? Everything? Yeah, I seen them down I went camp bellow island once We're close to camp bellow. Are you? Oh, yeah, that's an adoya camp bellow. Yeah with our pen site used to be you look at camp bellow Yeah, go to louis back jib. I was in louis back and look back towards east what that's where that site was That street that big island right there street time. That's where I first saw those salmon pens Yep, there was an old time with it. Well, my grandfather had drill and blast in company And uh, there was another follower in town. Yeah, there was a guy in town who worked for us And uh, of course we had dynamite boxes dynamite always in the trucks going jobs and whatnot But uh, one night he had a bad spell Gonna blow up the whole town It weren't good. There was cops everywhere That was a big deal in a small town I'll tell you right now And he did have enough dynamite to blow us off basically Full of gear ain't she joe Holy cow that thing is spooling like I've never seen before I don't think I've ever seen a trout do that We got it. Whatever it is There's something pretty substantial on it It's not fighting like the trout might be a job Oh, it's trout. Nice trout. What a beauty. Just barely hooked watch this fellas Pop that hook out Just like that get a quick look at him And get him right back. Watch this Look at that. He's perfect Except he's upside down and there or he's going the wrong way Nice That was probably 16 plus I was just over there catching one Whoa, look at that brookie mark. Holy cow. Don't pull it. Yeah, there you go Oh Beauty That's a big one Well, we might get a picture out of it Okay, I got a high fly right here Yeah, you do Oh, she's cooking She was cooking Doesn't feel that big it might be decent It doesn't feel big Another nice brookie Yeah I don't see it. I usually just cut it beauty I just had one on that trap right there Joe when you were way down there. Yeah, I mean what trap Oh, wow How deep you're out on the edge. I'm assuming that was probably Now it's just Mark just caught a staver Back to back caucus. What's going pretty good? I don't believe that was you That one took a while What a brookie What a brookie What a brookie That's gotta be your biggest, huh? Oh by far Joe. He's 19 plus Look how fat he is Yeah, keep him. He's died anyway That's a nice trout. Look how fatty is he's heavy. I'm done. Look at the eggs Diner? Yeah Oh, you're gonna numble Chuck Norris The old Chuck Norris chop That trout right there is you gotta be close to 19 ain't he he's short, but he's fat 18 inch Well, look how fatty is I mean, I can't look at the bread on it Almost six inches close So shiner just under the ice, huh? What do you offer depth here? Like a foot or two You know when it popped out I think all of us gasped None of us know it Brandon, where were you? I was in awe Neither one of us was there for That's a fat trout. Yeah, we'll have to get some pictures of him. It's already frozen out Well, like they said, they only live to be five at the oldest. This is gonna be three and a half He might be five. Yeah, right Pretty true All right, we just got set up Yeah, we sure did Joe You got snot sickles in the mid two inch lock Oh my god Oh, yeah, mm-hmm lock damn a little bit of fish slime on this morning No, is it that's a fat bro. I can't wait to see what's in his gut. That's a nice trout. We're fat He's got something lage in there. Oh, yeah, he does that's weird that one didn't take any line really 10 feet, but he was coming around As soon as I felt him I knew it was I had a feeling it was a brookie because you could it was darkness of bad Eyeballs froze right up already That's pretty that is a pretty fish It's davin brook trout. That's a nice trout. So I've been with you for your biggest trout and your biggest toe, yeah Wow Tell us about him bud This is so pretty. All right, you get set that set, didn't you? Yeah, we just set up about 15 20 minutes ago Two nice trout on the eye get back in the shag High flyer We missed brandon's brandon got one earlier as he was setting how big oh man 16 inches nice man it run It almost fooled me Beautiful well guys we are set up finally Uh hard to set them up when you got flags flying. What do we have on the ice already? Five brookies. I got two I got one Five five brookies. Cameron's got a staver. Mark's got a staver. Got some nice fat All of them good fat. Yeah, brandon and I kind of slacken a little bit with just 17 18 inches Whoa big head shake, but no weight big head shakes Nice job Nice trout We're getting them. Oh wicked nice trout. Look at that one. Just pretty Yep See you don't know You can cut it. I know it You got it Yeah, it was pretty pink pink dots on that one. Oh, yeah big head shakes Oh, look at that one boys. Look at that one That's a big brookie. Holy cow. That's a big brookie. Is that the hook right there? There's two hooks down there. There's somebody's Let's get him back. He's about 19 inch or ready Nice good release Don't be a charm mountain tiger trout That is a big fat job. He'll make some good pike bait I'll tell you one thing right now. It's blowing straight sideways. Yeah, she's dirty right there. It's dirty out there Oh, that's a real shake. Oh my gosh. Here we go. This is the one we're after Turn and butter It's making power. Hey, look at this. She's making power That ain't no mountain trout. We got white stuff That's all we want to see in shore here, ain't it? Which way is it heading? Toe What you got big fella? I'm telling you right now. I hope we're seeing a laker. They don't feel like one either That's a brookie. Oh, it's a brookie. Mark, you gonna do the grab? I'm telling you right now, Mike, it's a real one. That's a brookie. You gonna do the L Brandon? I don't know if it's four pounds, but it's coming good right now, but you can feel it ding ding ding ding Took a mile over this game here That's like Heavy head change. I think it's a four pounder, but I think it's a respectful thing. Laker? Brookie There's no baby, is it? Might be the smallest for the day. I don't know all that, man It's a nice brookie. It's not an egg spew on that one No, that's a pretty fish. All right, Bob, you're on the board again. I ain't seen a roll camera That's a good size. Yeah, I get my hook back too. That is all right. You can get your bait back too. Yep, that one's going back down the hole That's a good size, Burbot. Yeah, I think you're right. The lakers have all been going and coming right back onto the hole It seems like a lot of them You get the ebola maca. Hang on. You got a stingy. There he is You know, we ain't lost two smelt all week. You know Oh, there we go. What are we doing? What are we doing here, fish? We on? Oh, yeah. Oh, I just saw it. Nice That was awesome Watched him hit right there It's brookie Just let one go I just caught one off Brookie, you got a laker? That's a nice brookie there. Nice. You guys measure it? 21 inches. Wow. Nice. Yep, been here 10 minutes. That was that one that kept tripping? Yeah, yeah, tripped me That's my fourth flag off of it. 10 minutes? Well, shoot, you can go home now. Yeah What do you think, Brandon? Send him home? Yeah, his old lady said he wanted some bad You got a tax, right? Yeah Beauty, nice one, buddy. Give you a good fight. Yeah, pretty good. Nice. Is that your biggest brookie out of here? Yeah, that's my biggest brookie ever. Nice. Look at the colors on there. Oh, yeah Too bad. It's uh, it's froze up so quick. Right. It was real pretty when we just had a little spot on. Oh, yeah I don't know what causes that, but look at the how pink those things are I hope that shows up for the viewers at home. Just how pretty it is. Right Look at that bass It's Kelly's special, that rattle trap There you go. That's awesome. Just on the 15 and 3 quarter. You can eat it and check cameras. Great big cat. It's cask, isn't it? Yeah Nice Dirty bear in it Coss Nuggets, baby Yeah, with Kyle. Oh, that's right. He's changing diapers What are you cooking up there? Mooseburgers. You can put some of that cheese on there. Well with three slices of cheese I don't need these two. I don't want to have them all the cheese. Oh, rip them in half. That's the point. It's very tall. Mooseburgers. What do you got there, Bob? Awesome. A little bit bloody. Moose sirloin Not done Not done good though I can't see how raw it is. I want to throw it in my mouth And then like a freak How did he hit? Oh, you got a mark That's awesome. I love the head off. That is so cool. Isn't that unbelievable. It's definitely a bourbon. He's got a good That ain't no bourbon. Maybe not. That ain't no bourbon. That's a tone for sure It looks like a bird. Is that thing still peeling along? Oh, yeah, holy cow See he's going nuts telling you It's a leka. It's a leka. Can you see it though? Yeah, he's spun right in it You can play about it if you want. He's coming up Somebody's probably going to have to grab him in the hole. Yeah, he's coming up backwards He's tailed first Oh, it's a decent fish, ain't it? Yeah All right, you got one bud Maybe see what we got here. What was going on? It spun like they split themselves right into it. It looked bad There you go Nice, all right, there you go Wait a sec, this is my favorite, I'd say Decent fish. Only if you only had him by one No, you had him lassoed Let's get a picture of this Nice fish man. Yeah, take him up Nice one Oh, he's fat. Thick. Yeah, he's full too. Good one, bud. Good. Yeah Make him madder Yeah, I see his make him madder. I see the bubbles Might even be making power Oh, yeah, oh, yeah Anyway, yeah I'm not saying it's huge, but it feels like nice one right now Look like it went a little ways. Oh, yeah, I've seen that knot before Well, we know it's good. Nice lake there. Beauty Yep, good old classic jimlin lake tow right there. This is the darkest can be golden belly Going, I think so That was the weapon jigging right there guys. That's a Rattle trap tight bait rip and wrap whatever you want to call it, but that one is a smelt colored It's got the blue chrome and it as you can hear it makes a ton of noise And I like to dip that down there when the fishing's tough and see if you can get some action Call something in and she's I think we caught all three species on that today jigging Well, that's all she wrote for the fishing part of it today. It was Pretty tough conditions, but excellent fishing we caught over 20 fish we got 21 inch brookie 19 inch brookie 19 inch brookie 18 inch brookie And quite a few more I ended up landing six brookies and a fall fish and mark on the jig rod got He got one of every species That he could other than the brookie he got on a trap So he got a really nice brookie on a trap, but he caught a white fish He caught a cask and he caught a tog on the jig stick, which was kind of cool We are packing up now getting ready for eight or 10 mile rundown lake We're gonna be heading right into the wind and snow. So it should be a pretty good ride All right guys, I am back at the ranch today's fishing was fantastic day fours fishing Slim and Collin showed up Collin wailed a big old brook trout. That was pretty great Cameron caught his PB trout ever Awesome awesome stuff. So great day The bite kind of slowed down towards the end of the day, but it was cool to see mark get some fish jigging He'd been going hard with a jig stick for the last couple days the weather's starting to smart in a little bit We're looking at 10 degrees Fahrenheit right now. It's a little bit after 5 p.m I'm going to get changed up changed out of my fishing clothes from today And take care of a few things around camp and then head back and eat some dinner and hang out with the boys Tonight for a good time and then come back here get a sleep in and then get right back at it tomorrow Well, all right, it's 8 p.m Pretty late for me this time of year when i'm on these trips. I'm usually pretty well conked out right around 8 But i'm just getting back from the boys. We had a really good dinner tonight Had some burgers and homemade baked beans Slim's mother makes baked beans I think every trip he said for 20 years. They are good had some more nerves and Had a really fun time hanging out with the boys snowmobile back down here where i'm staying and It's looking pretty good. We got 12 degrees above zero. I guess that first cold snap broke I just heard there's going to be another big cold snap coming this weekend Back down into the 20s below zero again. So we'll see how long We're all staying here. I think Brandon the boys are staying till sunday. I gotta think How long I want to stay we'll see if we can get a couple more big brookies That should be good by me So far trip's going great snowmobile's running great I always got to fight that urge to punch it feed it the corn because you know, you got that power and you want to hit it But you also, you know, I need a little bit more time running that machine and getting used to it Making sure i'm on good safe ice and and good safe runways before I really open her up because You know, especially when i'm alone. There's no There's nobody coming to save me. It's it would be a Recovery mission if if I messed up and got hurt real bad or anything like that Always got to keep that in mind and use some common sense been putting pretty easy on that new snowmobile is just awesome I can't stop smiling when i'm on it. It's just it's tight. It's peppy And it's just perfect for what i'm doing. It's super comfortable and It's awesome. I just been eating slush up all week. I'm staying on a slush lake right now and It just eats it up like there's not even there which is awesome I'd be stuck with my other one digging and having a miserable time if I if I was in my old sled on this stuff Tomorrow, I think we're going to go after brookies again We got the two new the two guys that just came in so we got 10 more lines And we might set up so we can jig some tog out like 25 foot And then most of the sets will be in for brookies. We're trying to catch a brookie, you know anything over Four pounds or 24 inches or five pounds would be pretty awesome So it's a lot to ask for but we're on with the right lake for it chamberland Lake's been known to put out some big ones over the years and We got the right group of guys, so we're going to go after it tomorrow Bro She's just having a really good time Yeah, nice That might be pretty fun to hear that What an absolute awesome It's beautiful