 Two years in a row. This time with the yes sir. Haha, you caught that. We're free. Yeah, last year, what happened? I got a little nervous. You had your windshield wipers on and the border agent decided to give you a hard time. Shut down the vehicle, sir. This is a brave man right here. He's driven 1200 and how many miles? 80. 1280 miles. I asked him why he'd do it. I'm sure every one of you is asking why. Because we don't have it above. We don't have a kayak. We're just gear. Just tons of gear. We got tons of fishing gear. Well, we have tons of fishing gear and I like the drive. It's beautiful. I've done it three years in a row and it's kind of a fine me time. It's an exploration. A expedition of your soul. Really, I just want to test the Titan and see if it would work. Okay. Well, I tried to go epic. You went mechanical on me. Old Titan. It's got over 200,000 miles on it. Still kicking strong. I've been trying to convince him to get another truck. Let us know in the comments. What's he got to go with? It's gonna be a Ford, Tundra. What should he go with? He was going to get a new truck right now. What's the buzz out there? You gotta ask the fishing freaks because they study trucks. I really do need their advice on the truck. He's got a 14 foot hobby kayak. That's the other thing. So, bed's key. Snops. That's your tradition here. Snops. The lodge owner. He likes some cheap nasty snops that no one else buys except him. There's a little local store and he's not cheap though. It takes it all. Yeah. They're taking advantage of the American's here. Here at the cabin. The cabin me and dad have been staying at for the last three years here. We stay here with the Van Hefty family. They're a father son team as well. Actually, father son's son team. Textbook, Canadian wilderness. That's it. Possum lodge, baby. Standing next to a giant green evergreen. I guess that would be the birds trees behind me. The loons in the background. It's delicious up here. What's not so delicious is this little oatmeal flaxseed blueberry thing in a meeting. Oh, it's tree approved. Currently, I'm just getting my first sips of coffee of the morning. Me and dad are going to go get after it today. We've got tons of tackle way too much for four or five days of fishing but I'm excited to fish some new rods. I have not fished yet. I'm going to show you guys those. Of course, we have the old familiar LFG series. That's in there for mainly throwing moving baits for smallmouth and then some pike but are you excited dad? Absolutely. There's a long drive up here but worth it to fish with you. That's awfully kind of you to say. You did drive a a long long ways to be here. The grass here so nice, so green and luscious. I'm going to go ahead and link the other videos from from up here that I've done in the past. The smallmouth fishing challenge with my dad was one of my favorite videos we've ever done. It's time to just go have fun with dad. It's Father's Day week. We're going to go and soak that up. So, let's get out of the water. Let's enjoy some fish. I can't wait to smell a big brown smalley. She didn't recommend this by the way. This is something I bought and I ran it by her. It's good. I'm going to get it done in a pinch. Rainy Lake Lodge. This is a Birch Point area. Hey, where we're running? I don't know. I don't really know. Let's take a look at the lake y'all. Come on down. Let's check this out. Gosh. Dang. Beautiful. I live in a tree house. I've got trees all around me. It still does not compare to this. The amount of undergrowth and nature that grows up from all areas is incredible. It's like, gosh, dang avatar out here. For example, I don't even know what these are. Up through the birches. Look at the colors in that birch. It's astounding. It's like being on a golf course or something except it's it's right by the lake. It's the yard. And you ever see those like log cabin type homes or anything like that? They have those beautiful stones and stuff on them. This is what that is except it's around the whole lake. Check that out. Good Lord did a good job when he was building this place y'all. The smallmouth, pike, walleye. That's what everybody comes up here for is the walleye. You wouldn't think there'd be much grass in here but there's grass everywhere. You can see some reeds right here. There's little lily pads. There's laid over grass, pond weeds, all in the shallows. And you know what? You would not think there'd be any mosquitoes or bugs up here because it's so cold. But let me tell you, it's swampy like Louisiana up here. Just a little milder and there's skaters everywhere. And there seems to be a lot of fishermen this year. I think this lake got voted like one of the best smallmouth fisheries in North America. LFD, I know you're excited. I am my pump, man. He's a good guy. Dale. Dale's a good guy. This year's a new game. We've got an actual boat. It's a dingy with a 60 horse. And I think it's got a trolling motor, right? Fishing might be so good you don't need a trolling motor up here. Hey, Dale. Yeah. Is that the boat have a trolling motor? Yeah. All right. We're in business. Is that supposed to be a half-rack deer or was that full at some point? I love all these old red barns down here. Those ain't no high-powered skaters out there, y'all. This is the land of the lones. There's our vessel. Ready for blast off. Dale has hooked us up with his his personal vessel. It's a guide boat. One of the other boats was down. So, it looks like we're getting the big unit today, boys. So, I have some new rods I'm going to use, but I'm not going to say a word about them until I use them. Put a little green turd on it. The small mouths just love the green turds up here. You're going to be seeing and hearing that a lot in this video. I'm assuming. Dad, are you ready to put some green turds on and get some bronze back? Goodness. When you rub your hands together like that, that usually means something. That usually means it's about to be on. Give it a go. Give it a go, yeah. Oh, yeah. She's in neutral there again. Yeah. Hey, hey. Oh, he's a burner. Oh, yeah. Oh, oh. Oh, yeah, boys. Put your harnesses on. Oh my gosh. I do see a skidder over here. There she blows amongst all the lones. There's the unicorn. Yeah, that's for another video. Don't show them yet yet. We're going to do all this for a light challenge. What's your name? Um, Landon. Landon. Landon from Minnesota. Yep. Up here rocking that make-ever-cast-count shirt. I spotted you from up the hill. Yeah. I know that shirt. I know those guys. All right. One, two, three. Right to get you. Give them a sniff when you catch them. Got the mallard behind the boat there, eh? Got my coffee. Met some fishing freaks this morning. Just feel right at home in Canada. Good to go. Well, should we just go right here and catch them or what? Right there? Remember? Remember when we caught them right there? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I say we go right here. I say we show off a little bit and catch them right by the ramp. Like, oh yeah, boys. Oh yeah, it's on. Kind of like this windy bank. I think you could operate that troll motor. I don't know about me. Play like a champion. Make every cast count. Play like a champion. Gotta check things when you're in the outdoors. Something needs to be checked right now and it's called the trolling motor apparatus. Yeah. It's working. Yep. Okay. Ready to fish? Got a fishing lure. There's only one thing left to do and that's give it a dangle. LFD's running the troll motor for the first time in 18 years. It's good. I love it. Look at these big old pelicans. First piece of grass has been caught. Nailed it. Gonna get myself a tube buell. Oh yeah. Oh my gosh. I like this rig. Can't wait to jack one in the face. Twenty pound braid. Gotta wrangle that bull in. I go. I think I had one there. Got him. Yep. I do have him. He was up there and then he came back and tagged it again. Feels so good on this ride. Oh man. The brown ones they do exist. Just a little guy. Look at that. Yeah. It's beautiful. It's a beautiful sight. First one of the trip dad. Yeah. Nice. What a beautiful. I think it deserves a sniff. Gosh. They are thick and feisty though. Gotta love them. Got to love them baby. The ice has been broken. Yeah. That one was up there in the shallows. On that tube guys. I got these from Winston's store. His old store. He had a bunch of stuff in. You got one too? I do. Oh yeah. Dad's hooked. It's on. That's a little better one there. Oh that's a good one. LFD he's he's he's on the tour game. Troll the motor and catching a fish at the same time. That's a good fish. That's fun. Oh it is a mountain. It's beautiful. Yes. There you go. Don't forget about that troll motor now. That's a better fish. That's how we break the ice up here in Canada. Here you want me to give this fish for you? Yeah. Thank you. There you go. Look at that dandy. Give it a sniff. You know what's crazy? Look how tiny that mouth is. Look how big the body is. That's just insane. Love you. That fish was a little beat up so I'm going to go ahead and say that they have done a little spawning already. I'm proud of you dad. You're doing good things. Boat control is an important part of bass fishing. Yeah and I'm not very good at it. You're not good at it but I'm giving you a chance to wear myself out. Understand and learn. So right back there there was a sandy spot. That's why it was a like a little pea gravel sandy transition and we're spawning. Here's back there. Oh there's another one. Oh he smoked it. That might be a pike. Nope it's a small one. Oh it's a pike. Yeah. Oh it's a pike. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. There we go boys. Yeah we're going to need the bogey grips for this guy. Oh how did I not break off? That is just like last year when I had that lando. Oh gosh those things. Oh they'll rip you apart. Whoo. Oh I kind of like this little unit here. I didn't get my line. Look at those teeth. My gosh. Just don't don't chomp down on me sir. Whoo. I'll tell you what they stink. They stink so bad. Okay. Here's what I like about these bogey grips. You just do that right there. Happy days. Happy days boys. First smallmouth first pike has been has been caught. God I love this place. Yeah I know it's great. It's phenomenal. I'm telling you what this this jackhammer rod fantastic. It's made for this right here. I think this is the medium. Yeah seven-foot medium. Super super sensitive and light. The reel as well. This is the 2000 size reel and I put 20 pound braid on it and I got it's 10 pound fluorocarbon leader. Little green turds. I love them. Oh I had him. There's our boys. We're hung in rocks though. Did you get yours? I still haven't got mine. I need a little need a little navigational help here pops. Where is it? It's over here. Time to go to another hole. Our friends are here. Okay it's fired up. Let's go to another fishing hole. What do you say there pops? Let's do it. It's a good unit for the 60 horsey army. All right y'all the first fish has been caught. We're feeling good. It's time to go to another area. I think we're going to actually had a long ways. This is going to be a long trek. Some place I've never been to on this lake but hopefully it has some more pea gravel like we just had back there. That's why those small mouths were we're sitting there. Yeah we already caught some. Got the first slimer knocked out. You want to hop in with them dad? LFD is going to exit the vessel. It's going to be better for everybody. It's a windy day. This is a tiny boat. They've got a real nice boat with a 250 on it. So he's going to get in there. They're going to run faster. I'm going to run faster. We'll get there eventually. Water is 66 degrees Fahrenheit in case you're wondering. All right. I mean Big Ted just pulled you in there like a pro. Made it easy on you. This is going to be a rough ride though. All their stuff is going to be scattered about. It's not like a bass boat. And quite honestly it's pretty cool down on this lake. You feel the coolness coming off the water. Okay now that we're in here. I'll tell you guys this is hard to film and do all the stuff at the same time. Go ahead and hit like but we're going to get all played now. Here we go. That is a perfect walleye. Oh baby. Oh smally. Look at them go. Gosh. That is a nice one. Look at that rod work. So good. Yatzik. He just dabbled it hard. Love these fish. Absolutely love them. Back to back walleye smallies. I love this place. Tube is performing right here. This is how we're going to end the video baby. All right sweet baby. We'll see you again on another episode one day. Be a nice five pounder one day. See ya. How can you love it anymore? It's so good up here. I've never been to any of the cities but out on the lake out on this lake rainy lake it is pristine. It almost looks like the trees and everything in the background is being color corrected but it's not. It's like you just turn the contrast up in life here. It's awesome. This is our first day and the smallmouth fishing is hot already. It's like we just left off from where we were last year running the same patterns. New areas but same patterns and this is absolutely my new favorite smallmouth rig for fishing the tubes, for fishing the net rig, other little finesse stuff. This is perfect for up here. Last year I had a few spinning rods. I was kind of limited to what I brought. I didn't bring really high end stuff either because I was in a kayak. I didn't want to damage any of my stuff even though an airline broke it. Broke a lot of my rods here before. I'm in love with this jackhammer series from favorite. I'm going to leave the link down below where you guys can check it out. I'm using the reel and rod combo. This is the seven foot medium. Super sensitive. Detecting the bite is phenomenal. Balance is great and the reel is good too. It's a 2,000 size reel. I put 20 pound braid on there with 10 pound flurro and there's my two about one eighth ounce. KVD striking jig head and that tube right there. It is about to blow away out here y'all. Literally the camera is about to blow over and I am going to see you on the next episode. It's going to be a little bit calmer. Until then me and dad are going to do a little bit more fishing. I'm going to catch another one on this sweet new combo that I love so much and I'll see you guys on the future.