 All right, good morning, good morning. We got a little bit after 5.30, we're looking at 29 degrees, so it's pretty mild outside. Inside I ran one burner on that stove last night on the propane oven, the new wave, and it was about 35, 36 in here, so didn't really do much. I'm not 100% sure of that thing yet, but I want to test it out a little bit more. I want to put a damper in there, maybe we've got a bunch of crows, we've got a murder going overhead, and I also want to get it up off the floor a little higher and maybe put it on a metal box or on a sheet of metal to try to reflect some of that heat around. I don't know, it just doesn't seem like it's throwing enough heat for the propane that it uses, but coffee's all perked, got that going here, hotter than heck, breakfast all ready to roll. Now I got some sauces to put on it today, got a gold standby ketchup for the eggs, got some Franks, could put that stuff on everything, that never goes wrong with Franks. You can put that on, it's not really hot, it says hot sauce, but we'll put it on this egg over here and on a few potatoes and then might try this stuff out. This is sriracha sauce, a couple viewers said try that on your eggs, so I'll try it on anything. Let's give it a go. First off, you got to figure out the cap. I don't know how much to put on. Let's try that much. Let's see if that's something even. It's not bad, looks like that heater went out. Not sure what that's all about, but the heater went out. That's not good. This is done. I'm going to drive that cup of coffee right into me and fire up the snowmobile, get dressed the rest of the way and go out and pick up my buddy Sean. Sean's going to come in and fish with me for the day. We're doing a multi-species day, so it'd be cool to catch some yellow perch, some big ones. Maybe some rock bass, that'd be pretty cool. Definitely going to set some jack traps for pike, hopefully get a big pike topside and after that, never know what you're going to catch out here. Definitely going to go for some crappie too, so we'll have some catching cook. We'll have some eats for a catching cook. Nice, that'll warm you up. We're out here, Sean's setting down first for pike. Look at the size of that, baby. You caught brook trout smaller than that. Oh for sure. About a 10 inch, 9 incher. That guy goes up, we're going to have something. But they're in here big enough. First trip out. Go big or go home, right? It's only one way to do it. We get a couple jack traps, give them a whirl. 31. Being old. We get a 31 4 inch reel. This is the first Arctic chard one ever made. No way. A sample rod for myself. They don't catch much. But they're about to. We got some action guys. We got the first high flyer of the day, first high flyer of the year for Sean. He's got, this one's the mega shiner, so maybe it pulled it out of the band, but I doubt it. That band was on there pretty tight. I don't think it really tucked it over hard. He's off to the side. I mean that could be the bait. We got some, we got some activity chugging away. Such a hard call. What do you guys think at home? Yank it? It's not spinning, but it is off to the side. Or do you wait and let him chew? Going a little bit more. I'd turn the reel at least. I like to turn the reel. He says it looks fishy. Trouble is you're gonna feel for a fish and you're gonna feel a big shiner. Well whatever's eating that shiner I think we're gonna tell the difference. Yeah, I doubt this one's a yellow perch. No, that shiner do the yellow perch. I think it's a massive. Yellow perch comes in and see what's up in the shiner bite something. We should take a real hard run. I know that's what I'm waiting for too. I love to see in that. I hope I got enough battery on this thing. That's not a shiner, right? Can't be. No. Do you stop to eat or do you change directions? He's coming around, isn't he? We're gonna take him. Yeah. Got him? Negative. No. Got anything? 25? Not a giant. Little guy. What? Big bait. Wasted that beautiful bait on that guy. Oh my gosh. Can't even believe it. They do got big mouths. Yeah. Big intentions too. Big aspirations. Yeah. Oh yeah, he's easy to get. He didn't get that bait very deep. I got to catch a bag right here. Yeah. We're happy to get a flag and happy to get a fish topside. First fish. One for one. 2024 season for me right there. Beautiful. We're not gonna complain. Nope. See you later buddy. There we go. All right, I got a high flyer. I got to go quick because this is our last battery in this that we had in the snowmobile. Way off to the side. Nothing yet. Nothing yet. Up high. It's still nothing. It feels like just bait. Took a mile. Nothing to set into yet. Went for a run. Sure did. This is the marker. Yeah. Nothing. Chew it? Oh my Jewish. Chew it. And he put the hook back into it. New hook I'm trying out. What is it? I don't know. It was like on Clarence, a pack of warehouse, so I grabbed it. Wait for your reason. Yeah. I could have got you closer if you didn't want to leave your chair. Wow, it's already iced up. Not really straight down, but not really what it looks like. She took a crank though, didn't it? Oh yeah. That's a fish. He's not too proud of it yet, guys. Oh my God. Where are you? We're keeping him. Holy gosh. What is he doing? Oh man. I got the catch bag if you need it. Right here. Yeah. Look over the hole. That's a staven yellow. Look how fatty it is. We might be jigging over here. Take a bucket of that. I'm going to eat. Look at that thing. Look at the belly. He likes to eat. Yeah. And he's still trying to eat. Look at that thing. He's baiting. He's trying to eat. Half his size. Oh man. Yeah. Maybe that's what happened on that other flag you had. Could be. Is there something really there? Still on there? Another perch hole. Or same perch hole, right? That's amazing. It's amazing he can get down that big bait. Oh, he needs it. I'll let him. You want him? Yeah. What should we do? Keep chasing them things or? Your call. Go big. Bigger bait. You probably won't get them. It's bad. You can get bigger perch. That's pretty good ride back here, but I wouldn't want very rough terrain. You wouldn't want to go much faster? Get real dangerous. Well, so far guys, we're up to four species. You haven't seen the other ones yet because we just started jigging. I didn't have time to set up the camera and got a white perch. Oh yeah, they're not going to grab that one. They'll take every scale off it. They'll eat the tie balls and it snows, but they won't eat that thing. They'll take a wicked perch to get the hat. And if it's a live-shiner, they usually can get away long enough. But I've pulled them up at the end of the day and they don't have a scale left on them and their nose is all chewed. The eyes are chewed. Four guys? Yeah. It's just 500 perch just chewing at them. They're stuck on a hook and terrorized. I had a hit while I was scooping that out. I got a high flier on my pinky. Pretty aggressive. I got a flag. Do you? I'll come pick you up, John. After I catch this crappy. You always get a flag when you find the fish and they start biting. Do you want some of these to keep? No, I'm not going to keep any. I just didn't throw these down while the school was here. Want me to hold this out? No, throw it down. Well, I'm going to go get that flag. I'll be back to catch some more of these if you can. Guys, we got a flag. And it's my new pink trap. Let's go get it. First, we got to go get Sean. We got Sean. We're ready. You're going to do it. You're going to do it, right? I was excited. Oh, definitely. No bait. No bait. Quick run. No bait. Big pike. You got one? Dang it. Yeah, we'll go a little slower then with the chair, especially over the bumpy stuff. I can't remember what I had on this one, but no matter. Let's feed them the corn. I tried something. They want a bite over there. I like that switcher. Is that a good one? This average, I'm going to say, this could be a 12. Nice. I unhooked him right there. He's right there laying in the hole. Yeah, if I had to. I got a scoop. No, my hole's not big enough. Yeah, he's laying right there. Can you see him? Oh, man. Here, I'll give you a consolation prize if you want. Thanks. Well, you know, I'll be back. Pinky's back out. You got a good one? Yeah. Any bigger ones? I mean, they're good. They're greedy. This one looked bigger on the screen. Yeah. He had one that got off the meters. Off in the hole facing up, you know? Yeah. And I dropped my jig right down in his mouth. No way. It's a pretty fish right there. I'll go down when I bring this one up this way. Got him on a castmaster rattle master. I might keep this one. This one looked bigger. So it's either a white perch or a really nice crappy. I think it's a white perch. He's thumping. Yeah, he's going around the hole like a whitey. Look at the tip. Just thump, thump, thump, thump. Dude, we could have got a hold of a small one. That one's a big yellow. Oh, my. Yumbo. It's about every yellow perch we've seen except that little baby one. They all look like that. They're all over Sean. There you go. Yellow. Is that harder? Oh, nice. Well, we're going to see a third time this time. Whoa. Might need a little backup over here. That feels good. Oh, I turned it. I got to keep up with it. Whoa. Wow. I hope it's as good as it's feeling. Just turned again. I'm probably burned in. Coming right at us. I hope. I hope. Good head shake there. Good head shake. Bottom macker. We got a pretty decent one. I hope. You got a little smaller. Funny how they do that. Look at his lip. Turned right down. That's the funniest lip I've ever seen. It's like a duckbill. Duckbill. Duckbill's pycopus. It's like he broke his face. Yeah, look at that lip. Old Duckbill's pycopus. Or platypus. These jaws are all messed up. Yeah, he's got serious problems. Man, that thing gave me a fight. I thought I had a good one. All that drag he's got on his face. Yeah. I wonder if it was. He got the bait back. That is the weirdest jaw I've ever seen. I'll show the guys one more time. Look at that jaw. That's a face only a mother could love. He's got a face for radio. Really? It took him three tries to get in his mouth. Yeah. Poor guy. See you later, little gator. Nice. That doesn't sound like Perch. I think you put a good shine around him, didn't you? Yeah. Be there, baby. That looked like it snubbed you up a little bit. You don't want to move. For real? Good fish? It feels decent. He came around. Oh, yeah. Nice. Pike in that same 6 to 10, 5 to 10 pound range. Yeah, nice. Good hook. That went pretty long. About 32 inches. Yeah. Oh, is it? Yeah, it could be something over there. Oh, yeah. Good turn. Big old yellow Perch. No, stripped you. No telling. Why isn't it sinking? The wind's keeping it from sinking. That's why it wasn't sinking. Big old yellow Perch came up and ate it. Some big yellows here. Oh, nice yellow. That's a jumbo. That's a jumbo. Your flag probably less than 10 seconds. We can give it a count now. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Dude, this is fun to sack. No life scope. Just blind jigging next to you. Big old yellow Perch. Wow. Wow. Each one's getting bigger and bigger. I'm going to have to measure him for that tournament. There's a bunch more holes here. I don't have dig holes. Oh, there's dig holes there too. He's got to go 12, doesn't he? Mouth shut, bum. Oh, yeah. He goes 12. Oh, Pinchdale. 12? Sweet, I could use them. They're big ones out there. Depends where you are. Wild West. I think 12's probably considered a jumbo anywhere you are. There's another one. This did not turn in jumbo. He's getting a little bigger. Throw him back. I'm protecting your honor over here, your trap. That one felt decent too. Why is it always the big ends? Oh, he was running with it. Run in with the gang. At least they're leaving your trap alone for a minute. Another good one. 11 plus. His stomach's coming out. Stop sinking. So that means... That means it's in his mouth. This is crazy. Wow. That's a meaty man. There's more in that box right there. I figured you were giving your hands a chance to warm up. I am. It's pretty brutal. I'm going to stand on this side so the wind is at my back. Oh, stop sinking. Maybe not. Yeah, you just pick and choose which ones you want. They have different prizes, different entries amount for entries and stuff. So there's one... I'm in that Stone Cold Crappy Classic ends this week. Then there's one of those. That's a big one. I don't think he's going to survive the week. International Ice Fishing Championship or something. That's the one with every species. It's pretty cool. I'll show you the leaderboard. This is unreal. Not one I might throw back. You hate throwing back a yellow because they usually take the school with them. But... If you're not going to eat it, throw it. It doesn't. I don't know if that thing is broke or what, but I've been trying to figure it out. I'm working on it. There's more point there than I've ever seen going in Brandon's. I don't know if it needs a damper or what, but it just doesn't throw any heat in here. It seems like we might be just throwing it all out of the pipe. What do you think? Oh yeah, don't touch that pipe. Just a test. I'm only laughing because I did it. I burnt my fingerprints right off his hand. That was hot. If you touch it, it doesn't feel hot. It's like, oh yeah, we're going to melt your fingers. What's up, guys? We've come in for lunch. We're going to drive a couple of Louis Lobsters into us right there. Sean says he can drive about two of them into them, so I'm going to match them on that. We're going to have four, but... Yeah, we got four. Four. And then we got these things that come from the ocean. I guess the ocean floor. We're going to do those in some butter lunch where you're going to... We're going to do something nice and warm, right? Yeah, with a few scallops. Lucky living in Maine, we got some awesome scallops. Oh, man, they are so good. It's hard to, you can't, like, eat a lot of them. It's a heck of a lunch right there, guys. That'd probably cost something in a restaurant. Yeah, they're wicked. They are rich. They'll definitely throw them away. The other day, just raw. Yep. How was it? It's got thin sliver. Yeah. Sushi. All right, I think we've already found hot dogs. There's two... two buns that have grilled really good. Take those. See if they're hot enough for you. Yeah. There's a plate right there if you want to. Wow! Wow! Ha ha ha ha ha! Shaw poor Shaw. Burning himself pretty good today. That was my other hand, too. He got both hands. Oh, man. All right, there's some cat... There's some cat stuff here. Four red frags if you want it, or both. There's sriracha sauce, too. Wow. Stuff's real hot, isn't it? I don't think it was too bad. It was yummy sriracha. It didn't seem that... Slippery. Yeah. Try this stuff. Yeah, let me know how it is. It didn't seem like matcha on my eggs this morning. Oh, scallops are starting to smell pretty darn good. Is that all? Would you recommend it? Over ketchup? It's not. I don't even know how to describe it. It's not good. It's good. It's not hot. I'm going to call it spicy. Yeah, I wonder if it's because it's creamy. It's why it's not hot. It's good. It's real good. Does it taste like a tomato base or pepper base? No. Tomato. I'm going to try one. That's for you, scallops. Whenever you're ready, dig in. Either take a bunch or take them one at a time We got some wicked scallops here guys that melt in your mouth. They're just freaking good here in Maine. Fresh. They're dragging right now. Yeah, they're fresh. They taste just like the ocean floor. That's good, isn't it? I didn't do anything to them. I just threw some butter in the pan. You don't need to. That's pretty darn good lunch right there. Some Louis Lobsters and some scallops. A little bit of Lobsters and scallops. A little bit. Two Lobsters each. Ooh. About a dozen scallops each. We're going to have full bellies. Warmed up. I got some hot coffee stone with thermos. We're keeping an eye on our flags right now. And in the afternoon, hopefully we catch a couple of fish and stay awake. Full belly like that. It's hard to stay awake sometimes. I'm super pumped to get Sean on the ice for his first time. We always have a good time fishing. Whether we catch them, whether we don't. We only have three pikes on the top side already. Three pretty solid fish. Yeah. A bunch of crappies. A bunch of crappies. Some staven yellow perch. Yeah, and a couple of white perch. Yeah, it's more about a good time than the fish. We catch nothing. It'd be just about the same. Yeah, that's true. They're a bonus. The fish are a bonus. And when you guys go into hunting or fishing or whatever it is with that attitude, Sean's always got that attitude too. It just makes for a great day. If you just try to have a great day and make a great day, then you get birds, you get fish, you get deer, whatever. It's just a bonus. Being able to do it and get out is the best part. Put your time in. They'll come eventually. You're not going to get them every time. Yeah, I think a lot of youngsters run into that problem where they don't put the time in. You can't get frustrated. That sauce wasn't bad on a hot dog. It gave just a little kick at the end with that creamy sriracha, if I'm saying that right. I wouldn't put it on scallops. I hear your phone. It's pocket. He's having pocket problems. You guys ever had this problem? This is the first time he's ever worn Eskimo bibs. He's got brand new pairs. They're awesome. I think they're the legends. I'm very impressed. The trouble he's having is he's got too many pockets. I can hear it, Reagan. I know. But, yep, I've always run the car. I think this is the first time I've ever been ice fishing. I've had my knees wet. I know. It's usually wicked up. Well, she's off the side pretty good. We've got three lunch flags. They didn't eat fast enough. Nothing on there or else he's come back. That's twice he's taken. Whoa! He's on there. Wow, big head shakes. Wow. Sitting like a log. There was nothing there. Just stopped. Yeah, did you see that? Wow, we might have something here, folks. All right, we're at our leader. It's just weight right now. No fight. It's coming in easy now. Maybe it's not that big. Oh, it's pretty big. It's one of the bigger ones. One of the day. I got steel on this one. Yeah, that's a nice one. Yeah! Whoo! What a big. Nice. Lunch for everybody. Sweet. It's right there. Get your bump board. I know, I got to remember to enter this guy. I forgot the last one. That's big. Look at that. Wicked fatty. He's got my two other baits in his mouth. Come on over here today. It's right there if I could just get him there. Got it. Pretty easy when you get the right tools. Alrighty, I'm going to put him on a bump board, guys. He's got to go 30 plus, right? Did you say 32? I sure did. Yeah. The guy's pretty good. Alright. Alright guys, there he is. 8'9". Going back. I'm going to free the fighter. See you later, big gator. Oh, nice one. Alright, thanks buddy. Slime it. I'll reset this after. Whereas we got those other two flags. Let's go get those. What's up again? Nothing yet. Feels awful yellow perchy. Nope. That could have been a pike though. Yeah. Yellow perchy. You're next one. We've already caught a pile of yellow perch over there. But you did get your pike there. Tough to tell. We're not going to be complacent. Could go either way. Could go either way, folks. Next one from John. John's got a flag on the extra pole, Robert. You've got three perch out of it? Two perch out of it? The funniest thing that happened last time we fished here is Donnie wanted to help out and pick up your trap for you. And he wound it on backwards. And I caught him. Yeah. Luckily you caught him. He sabotaged me. He tried his best. We missed Donnie. I don't know what to say. Not having him out here this year. I know. Eating donuts. Missed that. Anything promising? Going this way pretty hard. I like that. Nothing. I ran into him here a minute. I hope so. Hopefully he turned back. Look at that eagle. Still nothing. Nope. Up high and dry. Wow, he took a run, didn't he? Hope he's still on there. Oh my perched. That's perch and pike. Alright guys, we're on the yellows again. John and I are about to put a little beat down on them. The school is a lot bigger than I thought it was. When you hook one. They'll hook them out. Look, there's one up in the hole. See it? Is that you? This one's fighting pretty good. Wow, that's a jumbo. Look at them all go. They're on you, I think. They're close to you. Look at them on you. Lift up. Try to keep it above them. There you go. Just hold it right there. What are you using? Trouble hook or single hook? Single hook. Now if they all disappear, then we know we got a pike in the chat. There you go. That looks like a pretty good one. Another jumbo. I got a good one. This one's pretty good. Look at the school coming up. I'll eat that one. Look at them. Isn't that awesome? I never had any supply of them down there. Just looking and worked out. Oh, nice one. These are long. Needy. What I first saw though, there's no way it's legal though. Yeah, look into it a little more. Oh my God, look at them swarming you. Yeah, that was awesome. Oh, you got my line. Oh, as long as he doesn't twist up too much. I doubled up. Let's see if we can make a mess. Yep. I was trying not to catch this one because I thought he was small. But he's fighting pretty good. The one with him was way bigger. But this might not be too bad. Look at that school. He jumped out of the hole. It's amazing the school's staying with us throwing him back like this. We know there's no pike around. Nice. Good fighter. Yep. Whoa. That's a jumbo. Whoa, what's he got on him? I don't know. That's coming outside of him. Look at that school. That one might be this one, huh? Yeah. Oh, fatty. Is this not awesome or what? Look, same thing. Yeah, I watched that guy eat. Did you see that? That was so cool. Nice. Yeah. They seem to enjoy it. There's no fat these guys are and they're still eating. This one's got ten stripes. Nice one. They're sharp, aren't they? You don't grab them just right. Yeah. Yeah, you were getting a couple bites, by the way. One up one. Oh, that's a better one. Big golden. I think we can eat that one, right? That's all you want. Doesn't seem like we have a shortage. Yeah, we'll see, man. That one's got a chunk of meat on him. I know. They're in one of these pockets. Good one there. All right, guys. Found the rock bass. Been looking for these guys for a while now. And got one. Got one right here. I ate the rattle master. I just don't happen to be in a tournament that weighs in rock bass. So we're going to weigh him in. Probably eat him, too. But that's the new state record rock bass right there. Let's whack a couple of these, huh? But it's not. It's another rock bass. A decent rock bass. That one feels a little better. This might be the new state record rock bass. Yep, it is. Is that him? You got one? Nice. Shaun's first one ever. Rock bass, we think. No, you got a yellow. I spoke to Zun. Yeah. Your face when I pulled that first one up was like, what? What is that thing? That was funny. That was worth it. Their eyes are so red. Yeah, they're even more red in the summer. Cool looking fish. Yeah, they're pretty cool looking fish. I was shocked at how good they came. We definitely had a species day. What have we put top side? White, yellow. Crappy. Black, yellow. Crappy pike rock bass. No pick roll, no other bass. No trout or salmon. Yeah. I don't know what I got into there. I'm thinking another one. Feels a little better. State record rock bass. Coming up. Oh yeah, that's a corker. Look at how fat that guy is. That's a corker right there, guys. Look at that rock bass. They're hard to catch. You've got to have the state record caliber to catch these things. You've got something coming in. Alright, there's number five. Now I can throw them back after that. Way ahead of my five. Crap, my five. Very good. This rod is one of them. So you'll feel the bite better. Especially if you watch that tip. Alright. But you've got to see that bite. This is tiny. This is tiny. This is tiny, whatever this is. If he's even still on. If he's even still on. We've got a mess. Dude, I want to see how small this is. If he's still on. I don't even think he's still on. Nah, he can't be still on, can he? Oh, how about I tighten my drag? That'll help. Alright, he's still on. But he doesn't mean he's not tiny. Yeah. Watch this tip, ready? Oh. I think it's another yellow. How long is that? This rod? 36. The reel is like a super low gear ratio. Oh, it's a rock bass. Beautiful. Another rock bass. State record. I don't think I could use this one. My smallest one. Yeah, he's eight and a half. Let's see if he goes down. Anything? Lift up. Just a little, see if you got one on. Yeah, you got one on. There you go. Nice. Nice. Yeah, they don't move. They're super lazy fish. This is your first one. This might be a decent one. He's showing up pretty good. Yeah, new state record. That's your first rock bass ever? First. He's the first. He's probably that nine and a quarter. He's decent size. Here, I'll see if you want to eat them. Or do you want to call back? You've got to close them now. At least nine and might make three quarters. Three quarters. Yep, so a new state record. I caught him out of here. I think like 12 or 13. All right, so Sean and I are doing a last last hour trap check. Making sure we got bait and good bait on. And I just checked this one, picking it up and as I was holding it, it got wailed right out of my hand. You didn't even get to check it. So here, I'll give you this. There he goes. One roller. I think he's sitting there chewing on it. I don't think this is a big one. Let's find now. That was a pretty hard hit. Oh, is he still on it? He's got good head shakes. I don't think he's huge, oh, big head shakes. Normally I don't park this close, but I was doing just the bait check. He's running out of room. He's pretty decent fish, it feels like. He's bigger than a hammer handle. Nice. What a beauty, huh? He must have been just sitting there looking at that bait. Doesn't look much different than what I thought. All right guys, nice one there. He's pretty heavy. Good, good healthy fish there. That'd be a good candidate right there for size. But we're going to say see you later, a little gator. We're going to watch him go. He got me on the way up too doing that. We'll throw that shiner back. Perch check in. He's running on, I didn't even know it. Spitting up crappy like crazy. See why these white lures are working too good? These little white lures. What? I did not see that happen. I was looking at the fish. I know. So I don't know if it was a pike or a perch. I'm guessing perch. We got a flag. I feel like we'd see it right now on the screen if it was a pike. Oh, I can zoom out, hold on. Wow, it hasn't gone anywhere. It's rolling right now. Is it? Real slow roll. Is that it? It's like coming around over here behind us, see it? It's on bottom. Real rolling perch. Play over here, behind us. You still got them, yeah. You still got them. Yeah, you did. I just saw them going down. Look at that poor thing. Mangled. It's a pretty big perch to get a hold of that. I don't believe I had a pot. No, I think he was just sucking on it. Better one here, I think. That's a beefcake. Holy cow. That one got some shoulders. Might be some different fish moving in. We'll find out. Might be whiteies. Tugging. The tug is my drug. Wow, it's a jumbo. Every one of these has like at least two tails sticking out of their mouth. See that baby crab? Oh, that guy jumped on you. He came to me. Wow, this guy was feisty. Yours was feisty. Nest him. Jump the gun. Come down and hit that other fish. Yeah. That's funny. Nice. Almost had him in the hole. Close. Yeah, you can see your bait now is about about two foot off bottom. This guy's fighting pretty tough. One up, one down. Decent. Oh, yeah. That one's got some shoulders. Yeah. I think it's a blimp. Nice. Oh, you got to show that one to the camera. That's the blimpiest one yet. Oh, they're going to puke it. Yeah, there's juke and baby crappy. It's got so full. Call her a piece. We'd be doing all right. You find out. Come back out this week. First thing this morning. Say they've been here all day, but it looks about great. Yeah, no kidding. Screen record. You get that all set up? Yep, to my phone. I bring another phone to record too. There's one coming from the left doesn't look terrible. See if I can catch him. These guys look pretty good size. Yeah. They feel pretty good. They're whites or yellows. Yeah. A little bit bigger than you. We got a flag. It looks like a tiny one hit you. A little bit better perch. Bevels are hitting your bait. It's hitting your lure. That's a long one. Does he have an engine too? Yeah, I wouldn't. If I was fishing for a dollar of fish. But I'm about done on these perch. What about you? When you get done, go warm up. Build a fire or something. Shoot some guns. Play some golf. Go wax and crappy. This one's fighting a little strong. Wow. Got a tugger here. This must be the one that tripped your flag. He's a jumbo. Wow, that's a jumbo dude. He's puking it out. The biggest one I think yet. For me. I just lifted a monstrous school. They're coming up almost into the hole. Look at them all. It's nuts. It's nuts dude. There's got to be a thousand here. I don't know why I just dropped down again. I'm pretty much tired of catching these. I know. Alright, this is my last one. Last one, I promise. I've got warm hands. I'll take a little break here. That was a shinier. I should have put these on the beginning. Oh yeah, you could have fished with those. Why did I drop down again? I'm in like habit right now. Can't stop. Addicted to the perch dig. This funny challenge. I don't know why, but I just want a jig crappy in perch. Really? Case. 2800 for that old guy tomorrow. If it's windy like this. That's another staver. How are these guys still eating? The ones we hook, you throw them back. Are they down? You don't think they're going to come? Oh, they're not biting again. No, no. These are all new fish. There's no chance that they'd be back in like five minutes to do it again. No. They go right to the bottom and cry. Yeah, it could happen, but it's not. Candice was jealous. My new bebs made me order her a pair. Really? This is just crazy. This is what Wayne was talking about. It is every drop. It's the same way for crappy. That's a pretty one. It's amazing there's like crap. Dude, you got to look at this school now. Look at that. That's sick. You got it down there? No, your other one? Yeah. Less than five seconds. Fine. Once you get down there. About 16 inches. Right. That's by far the most we've had yet. You got one swimming with your jig. I think. I think it's about six of them. Yeah, they were swimming with it. No, I think. But see this one is a shinier. That one right there is not a baby crappy. Everything else they've puked up baby crappy. That's a big one. That's another 12. I want to get another cup of coffee, but I can't stop. It's hard to stop when you get to fish every single drop. Yeah. Tag a buddy who can't catch a fish on this screen. Chubs. We're tagging you. I had one on. Wow, that's a big one. It's over 12 I bet. It's still cold enough to make ice in the guides. It's colder now than what I got here this morning I think. I mean realistically, if we were hammering as hard as we can like this, how many you think we could catch in a day? Oh. I mean like over 500, right? I would think. A piece. Yeah. I mean you're talking one. I'm getting one as quick as I can draw. There you go. He's too small. I mean you're talking minimum of like two minutes between them. Oh yeah, minimum. He's got like tiny eyes, but his body's huge. So fat. That's crazy. I couldn't feel my jig because you had it halfway down his gut. Keep him going. It's funny because their eyes aren't that big, but you get them out and they're just so stout. He's confused. These are awesome though. They're just so much fun to catch. This one's super stout. Doubled up. This one. Oh you got a good one? It would have been. He's still on it. You're dragging it around. You can see your swivel's moving. He's puking up some bigger stuff. It's amazing any fish survives this big. This big in here, you know. How are you guys lurking? I don't know, must be good at hiding. Hiding award winner, 2024. Just think this is just one little... One spot. There's a billion fish in here. I'd come here. That's a fat one. Oh man. One more for me. That's it. One more. 50 fish later. One more and that's it. One. Oh he's heavy. Oh gosh. I don't expect to not catch first. See you guys then. I bring everything you have and sell it. At that very... Yeah. Brother stuff and pick up bait for them. You know what boys? Best thing we can do right now is load this whole tank in your truck. Yeah. Some majestic out there. This is beautiful. Is that it? It is. One keepers four left. Guys, we are picking up. It's getting near the end of the day for us. The sun has long set in. I got one more. You got one more right there. Sean has not had anything to drink today. Contrary to popular belief, he was looking for his last trap and it was right there. I hid it on him. Yeah, but we are telling stories and telling lies and having a great time. It's been an absolutely awesome day. We got five pike topside so far and 100 yellow perch topside and some rock bass and some white perch and some crappie. So multi-multi-species day. A lot of fun. Plenty of fish action. All sorts of action all day for a cold day with some weather moving in. We are hoping for a 20 pounder. Yeah, anytime we come out for pike fishing we are always hoping for something in the teens like a 20 or an 11 or something like that. Or in between. A lot of it is just poor management by the state telling people they got to kill them or to kill them rather than just let them go if you are not going to eat them and let them grow because it sure is fun catching big fish and Sean sees people every day that spend a lot of money and time chasing big fish and wanting to catch that fish of a lifetime. Finally, I got to go try myself. Yeah, first day on the ice for him this year. It is end of ice season for some people already and he is just getting out so that is the way it is when you work in that business and that time of year and stuff like that. We are getting close to game on. Later in the season, Sean usually gets a good trip with me to Moose Head said the other day it is not too far off I am going to disappear for about three weeks. Yeah, but yeah if you guys hopefully you guys enjoyed the fishing part of this stay tuned. We got a pretty good snowmobile ride out of here and then you guys are going to get the camping part of it with me. I got a lot of fish to clean up we ended up keeping like 25 fish and I am going to fillet those with a battery fillet knife and then I am also going to vacuum seal them with a battery vacuum sealer and get them ready for myself or someone else to eat in the future so stay tuned We are going to get some work cut out there It is sled just falling to the bottom We tried to fill it out but yeah wow she is beautiful out right now one of my favorite parts of the day it has always been her sweet because it is the end of the day but if we are lucky we will have it tomorrow I just can't take my eyes off that sky over there it is so gorgeous This is the trap I found I found this trap right here You used all this trap? Yeah I have used it for a day now and caught a fish on it first fish of the day for me If that was your trap let me know in the comments reach out and I will get it back to you It doesn't quite fit me with the pink line and the pink wood It is a great luck for him It was pretty funny when I was setting up this morning We should have got a picture for the website Here Actually you got your phone You want a picture? Okay I am back I had a great day with Sean I got a half a bucket of fish to clean tonight Multi species What do we have? Yellow perch Crappy I think I have some white perch in there and some rock bass Clean some up Get them filleted and vacuum sealed and might even eat a few tonight We will see what is for dinner tonight Here we go I bought a new electric fillet knife This one is the XPS from Bass Pro Shops Cabela It has a decent amount of power I think it is going to be a winner Let's get going on these babies I don't get it perfect every time But I tried Crappy Filleted All vacuum sealed I am going to send that home with my buddy CJ CJ is going to join me to fish tomorrow He has never had rock bass before That is excellent The Crappy and the perch are either going to go home or go to Donny That is some good quality vitals I am going to put them outside in the snow bank and keep them cold They will probably freeze tonight We are at 18 degrees out there They will freeze up I really like in this battery powered vacuum sealer Battery knife It is pretty good I do a decent job with it I know there is a lot better fillet guys out there than me but it makes for pretty easy work It has started to heat up towards the end Maybe you will keep an eye on how many I do It is pretty sweet having these lithium batteries They hold a great charge That is all there is It is a removable battery in this pack back so you can get extras for that That one is a removable battery for the fillet knife I do have an extra one of those as well Not sure what I am going to do for dinner tonight If you guys have made it this far stay tuned we will figure it out Maybe just a cup of soup a bowl of soup or something and a couple pieces of toast Staying good lunch Big lunch today A lot of people ask how I stay clean We are not too stinky on these trips You clean and fish or you are gutting birds or deer or moose Still not getting a shower anytime soon I just use baby wipes You can get scented or unscented and heat them up near your nearest heat source It is kind of a pleasure But you can clean all your areas with those things You can get your face, arms, hands and your privates and stay pretty clean and feeling pretty fresh for 7, 10, whatever however many days it is You can get the shower out here on the ice while you are camping If you do it is probably not good I think for dinner tonight we are just going to do a saucepan full of soup and some toast So we are cooking with style tonight We are having some creamy chicken noodle Probably should have just got regular chicken noodle but this is what we got See if it is any good I always like cream of chicken or cream of mushroom soup So I am hoping it is along those same lines This stuff is really good That is Borealis Brad's made right there This is the Waldeboro Mane and this is the rosemary bread It makes tremendous toast and sandwiches They do a great job making bread there I think I am going to have a couple pieces of that and I am going to take the heel and throw a little butter on that and eat it while I am waiting for everything to cook and warm up All right there is dinner Pretty easy, quick and easy dinner tonight Nice hearty The toast is going right in there That is pretty good gear right there The ice is really talking tonight It is going to be Hopefully it does not talk all night Keep me up, but it is pretty loud Making ice A lot of shifting ice I would be a little bit more scared but we are on a solid 14 inches So pretty good to go Ever since I grew this beard out my shirts stay really clean Some serious ice movement right there I actually feel it go up or down It is not half bad I would stick with a regular Campbell's chicken noodle soup Can't go wrong with that All right, drove that right into me pretty hard One of the hardest things for me in the winter and especially during ice fishing season is to stay hydrated I don't think coffee is much of a hydrator So I never drink enough water or a Gatorade or anything like that I got to force myself to drink because you can get some cramped muscles and not feeling good if you are dehydrated It does take it out of you the dry cold and just being out there all day outside can take quite a bit of the water out of you So I got to force myself to drink We are looking at 17 degrees right now It is a little bit after 9, 20 p.m. Going to get cleaned up, brush my teeth Clean up Take a little dirty shower and call it a night and get after it tomorrow Really appreciate you guys tuning in If you like this kind of stuff Let me know in the comments and make sure you hit that subscribe button and like the video if you are so inclined Really appreciate all the support Really looking forward to the rest of this trip guys