 Good morning night number five in the books. It is a little bit after 4 a.m. This morning We're looking at 22 degrees Fahrenheit. No end at all doesn't sound like it's snowing or Raining which is a good thing Today is gonna be the last day of this trip. I hate to even say that because I'm so comfortable out here And I'm having so much fun and every flag you get is the potential of catching the biggest fish of your life Even possibly the state record Great Northern Pike. I started to pick up I got my sleeping bag rolled up and got quite a few things gathered and picked up Because we have rain coming into tonight and for the next two days It's gonna be all rain and if I don't get out today I probably won't be able to get out and the ice is definitely gonna go to the heck That being said today will be the last day. We're gonna try to go for like a Almost full day maybe three-quarters day full of fish and I I haven't hit a big pike yet after like three three fifteen so if we can make it to that that would be great and Periodically over the course of the day. I will start stowing stuff and putting stuff together and and getting stuff ready to go I'm up a little bit earlier than normal because I'm gonna go out and get the kids and Bring them in. I got a good buddy of mine Jack is coming in You may have recognized Jack from a couple other videos I have where he does really stupid things, which just reminds me of me not too many years ago So that's kind of why I like hanging out with them and the kids just got the passion for fishing He loves fishing he goes hard at it no matter what species it is And he really likes to target giant bass during the summer which is something that I used to do a lot too So I see a lot of potential in them and I think it'd be a lot of fun to bring them out here He had asked me if he could bring one of his good buddies out. Well, I haven't met and after swearing them to secrecy I agreed to bring them out now his buddy Lance has I think his personal best is a seven-pound pike So we're really hoping we get into some bites today and Lance is able to break his his previous biggest pike He's ever caught through the ice and you know you get him on like a double digit and he'll be hooked for life So don't know what Jack's personal best is I think he popped a really good one out of sabatus like over 40 inches once so we'll have to ask Jack when he gets in but I'm gonna be hitting the trail with a snowmobile Dropping my sled off behind it the tow sled Going all the way out getting those guys. It'll give me a good chance to see how the trail looks too So I know what I'm up against for getting all this gear out of here today, too Primarily we're gonna target pike today with the tip-ups live bait dead bait Jack's got some huge bait He wants to try out We'll also do some jigging today I know Jack loves to jig and anytime around somebody who loves to jig and loves electronics Then it just drives me on to do more of that, too So it's fun to do that. We'll see if I can get those guys on a couple rock bass if I left any and Definitely get them on some crappy and maybe we'll go out and venture out on some big yellow perch, too Thanks for tuning into this series guys It has been an absolute blast for me if I didn't have rain coming for the next couple days I would definitely be staying as it's go time today because if you don't get out of here today You'll never get out of here because it's good We're gonna lose all our snow and probably a good portion of the ice, too. It's gonna get really dangerous It's been a little sketchy anyway, but it'll get dangerous after today So it's definitely got to get out of here today or else you're in deep trouble for breakfast this morning Not really that hungry this morning. I ate a lot yesterday, you know and Danny comes out and cooks lunch like that He cooks two meals for every person so I had two burgers yesterday for lunch Which I don't usually hammer on a lunch when a mice fish in I'm just gonna cook up a whole pan Follow what was left over for peppers onions and potatoes and I'm probably not gonna eat that now But it's cooked up ready to go for later in the day and I'll just heat it up whenever I get hungry They also left a breakfast burrito that they brought in yesterday, too So I got that too so what I'm ready for breakfast I'll eat that but I got the coffee perking right now. It's sounding like it's just about ready So I'll drive a couple cups of that into me and unhook the toast sled from the snowmobile and fire up the old 370 and head out there and pick the boys up Jack brought some pretty interesting bait. He's got a lot of dead bait, but look at this baby that he's got So on a 1575 on the bumpboard 1.55 pounds So we're gonna weigh with it in the mouth on the pike, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, he was trying to eat it So it's part of them. What kind of brook trout is it? This is actually a landlock salmon. Okay Yeah, nice big scales Pretty good eaters we caught him the other day nice You might have to let this guy run a little bit when he bites the hat Oh, yeah, that's what I got to try was just like that everything uncut angling told me. Yeah We're fishing for pike Crappy and rock bass. Oh my and Today I am joined by one of my good buddies Jack who's very crazy He's not afraid to break stuff including his body for a good video. Oh, yeah, and Jack brought along his buddy Lance. Yeah, Lance is Looking for his PB pike on the invasives list, which he's got a break eight pounds Jack's got one forty inches so that's gonna be tough to break his forties He didn't have a scale, but it's probably between 17 and 21 pounds So I hope he breaks that one. I really hope Lance gets a chance to break his and We're gonna go whole hoppin for pan fish too. Yeah, time to back in. Oh, there's a good one We think is he eat or is he borderline? It's an eater down south, but I don't know about here. What do you it's your food? I got some people in town that wants them that throw that one back. That's like borderline Nice should I record crappy for the video? It's it's up to you But yeah, feel free guys use that live scope use that mark them There's a camera on the mark him if you want it Oh is he borderline or is he throw her back? Huh, it's 11. Is this a southern slab what is 11 the board for the I don't know What do you guys think southern slab is he's ten of the three quarters? He's going back He hasn't moved but he's run so what we're gonna do is we're gonna wait about We're gonna give him a little time. He's off to the side pretty hard so you're gonna get on this side and this is Octopus hooks with with steel so you can give a really good hook set You can muscle them a little bit now if he's big and he gets near the hole They do crazy stuff around just let it go through your hands Okay, don't let it get wrapped and when you're bringing them in you want to keep tension on him He might come at you throw it to the side lay it out So that way he might take it all back plus some okay. Yeah, so I think right now you can You can yeah, all right, so he's running so now you can give him a yank Go ahead and give me a yank pretty hard set that hook. It's a five off. You got him. Yeah, now lay it out to the side Yep, lay it to the side and you stand on this side keep fighting against them. Is he still there? Yeah, well keep coming keep going cuz he's probably coming at you. Okay, and then you're gonna have a surprise I keep throwing it out. Yep. All right, so you where you started. I Don't think he's a big one may just be bait not keep coming Fast enough he takes it let him go You got one way up that guy's gotta eat here he comes here he comes That avoid that avoid Pretty good one up looks like it. Oh, yeah. That's a good one. That's a nice one Lance. Yeah. Yeah, that's over 12 Mingo, I got I got the little brother. Yeah Yeah, show that to the camera Nice one Lance Nothing yeah, that's a little bit bigger. That's probably That's big for here I don't blame you Another big and it's good size. This does this looks like a pickle. Oh my gosh. I can see get him get him Oh Dude, I think that's a pike on me. You could take that one. Yeah Yeah, and this is steel you give them hell See there. Yep. All right. So come a little close to the hole Lay it down. It does not feel big. Okay. Keep it coming fast Is it bait? No, no, it's fish. It's just small. No, it's a big one. No, it's small Yeah, it hasn't stopped. Yeah Oh, there you go, there you go. Oh my gosh, that was insane. Was that awesome or what? Is a good one? No. No. He's chubby. I hope I didn't take all the ones. I mean that's still probably 11. Yeah, 11 plus inches And they came in hot. Jack, they're coming to you Yeah, these aren't the droids we're looking for but they're fun There's one coming over to you Jack Look how pretty they are. These are like the Canadians. Look at the stripes on that, Jack So close to tripling up I mean people would kill for these They're all seven stripers. Yeah, what the hell? It's so many stripes. Oh Wow, how many is that there? Seven but that's almost a double eight. They got a lot of doubles here Look at that one coming. Oh, he's coming to you. That's a good one. What? How do you miss that? That's a really good one, too I'm gonna catch this little brother We could throw these back. I was just strong. Yeah, that's a good. That's a gem ball. Look at the belly on that sucker. Yeah Oh, I missed one. Wow They followed you all the way up to the top. Did they really? Yeah Yeah, we should get some weights on these big ones This one feels okay Yeah, that's a gem ball You could you could keep these and eat them if you want Really? Yeah. Oh, they're wicked good eating. Really? Oh my god Yeah, they do It was already launched. Sorry I'd already launched it Yeah, throw that one to it. I'm the only one that likes a clean hole. Oh Did they just leave there was like crazy? I didn't know they were that crazy. Oh, yeah, they're nuts Dang it. They just left. You gotta have a bait down there and keep them active Actually, I think I was a little a little late. So it was just stripes on my thing. Yeah, they were already gone striper. Oh, did you? Well, there's been eight and then I had the double. But yeah, that's weird If so many more stripes and they come back one over up over by Jack. That's a pretty good one I think. Oh, yeah. See it. Oh, there's a little one on. Oh, I gotta get the bigger one. He's coming. They're racing Oh, they're coming. Oh, get down there. Get down there. A lot of them coming in though Got him. I think he's decent I think he's all right. Yeah, that's a jumbo. You got a jumbo, too? Look at the size of this one. It's not even that big. Oh, that's why. Do you believe that? No No, it came off flung up in the air. Oh, really? Back down hooked them in the fin Yeah, that'll fight. That's insane That guy went straight down. Now five others came in Perch fishing is fun ain't it boys? It is. They're way more aggressive. Perch, trappy pike, tog are the only things I put through the ice, honestly And tog is, I respect tog, but I don't really get the chance to fish for you. Now you're gonna catch one because there's two Oh, no. Oh, no. Ripped it right out of his mouth. No Dang it. You got him. Jack, double up. Nice. Yep. Mine's bigger. This one. Oh, we took him. Another one? Yeah, came right up off the bottom Well, thanks for bringing him in for us, Lance. We'll catch him. No problemo. Oh, geez, that feels all right Wow. Oh, look at this one come up through. This actually doesn't feel too bad. These are big, big shakes. Yeah Oh, there's two more It's a smallmouth or No, no, we get them bigger That was a good one. What? You guys want to catch a 20 pound Pike or you want to keep wailing on these? We tripled up. No, I like this third week You can stay here Triple, can we quad up? Can we quad up? Yep, we can quad up guys. Quad, quad Oh, this is a good one Yumbo, what do you think Jim? Going on out here. We are wailing the tiger trout. Really? Yeah Look at this jumbo. Who fished out here before? Me Not for a pike just coming out here and tiger trout fishing This one feels pretty good. Yeah, back that trap up for me. Yep, you got it He's either got a lot of fighting him or he's good I think you got a good one. That's a good one Yeah, but I can hate pulling straight out. Get that in my bag. I'll grab them if you Yeah, I'll grab them What are the eight, ten pounder? Ten pounder? Probably a little better than ten maybe. Yeah Where's he? I'll get right behind the gill Nice one. Yeah, he's over 10. That'll work 12 and a half 12 and a half? Yeah, that's a good one Almost Tina It's built for our shorter days. Yeah, they're thick in here. Nice fish. He's gonna go There's a good one down there. Oh, that felt awesome Big head shakes, big jumbo yellows Double up, double up. Jack, who's the odd man out? Yeah, nice one, dude Couple jumbos for you Odd man out gets his hole trashed Oh, you get you? Yeah, that might be the biggest, huh? I'm glad you guys like doing this. Oh, yeah, I love doing this The best way to fish in my opinion. Yeah, if I could catch a bite. This feels like really good That looks like a good one. Really nice jumbo Not many stripes on that one. That's a normal one. No, yeah, it's not Feel like the other one has the same size but had eight Shots at the camera Kellen For getting stabbed again Ouch, I got a boy Jackson About time. Yeah, I know. First one I've seen him catch First fish we've ever seen. Yeah, how many stripes that guy got? Oh, that's a good one, Jack. How many stripes? That's insane. He better weigh that one. Do you think so? That might be the pig of the day for this one One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight stripes Don't throw. I wouldn't even weigh if it only had eight stripes. Yeah, that's what I'm gonna do I like that. He catches and throws them in the hole He catches and throws them in his and I don't have to worry because he don't catch them Got him. Got him. Oh, there's a big one down there. Get that big one That's a good one That's pretty close Talk about poaching. Jack, talk about poaching, huh? Yeah, there's a little bit of real estate there Jack, you got one. Sat, sat. Oh, you missed them. Oh, maybe he's coming to me instead He just missed them. I don't even know where my jig is This is the one you missed. He came right over to me Anymore What's the phone number for Operation Game Thief? There is a nice one down there. A really nice perch Oh, I can see myself on lifescope now, too. They call it a jumbo Oh, you got them. I think I got them. Is this the big one? Oh, it's always seven stripes. Oh seven stripes. No good I know we got Rick Man over here. Three, four, five, six, seven If you could splash them slush in with it Yeah, yeah So you guys like this perch, Jerkin, huh? Oh, yeah Nice It's fun catching fish. It is fun. Did you feel that ice just break under your feet? Oh, yeah, a little bit We had a good one the other day. Did you? Oh my god. We were all like actually now. There's 10 on the screen There's 10 on the screen. This will be our first triple Me, too Oh, I got one. We got a triple Yeah, they were on them long enough. No Oh, oh, you both lost yours. Oh man. And here I am catching jumbos. Oh, that's a nice one. That is a big one Big ol yellow patch Man, that's a lot of stripes. It's too bad. We caught so many here. I'd keep taking some of these home Two, three, four, five, six, seven, 12 Yep Yeah You didn't see it I didn't see it. Uh, you'll see them I'll slow them all up for you. I agree One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, 12 Isn't that how you guys learn? Oh, yeah There's still a bunch down there on the bottom. You got to get to them. What happened to our triple you guys both let me down Yeah That feels all right. Oh, we got a double or triple? Come on. Come on, Lance. Don't let us down I got mine, Jack Nice, mine's bigger Bigger than what bigger than yours. Well, only yeah No, no, that's fine. Check it Lance, you're letting us down all day long. Gary wouldn't put up with that. No, he would Josh doesn't do that to Gary. I'm gonna catch one in three seconds. Boom. Yeah All right, there's the first one. Who's doubling up Come on, man, man up Look at this Am I gonna have to do the double myself? All right, Lance Nice, Lance. I'll come off this time. Get him. Come on Oh, that's a good one. Nice one, Lance Jack, there's no bottom of that hole Oh, look at that. Triple? Triple. Because I threw it in the wrong hole. Yeah Go ahead and we might get a quad. We might get a quad here guys. Here we go quad Do you see the the V? Oh my god. Isn't that beautiful? Yeah They got like a V It's the V's see the V. Oh, yeah, isn't that awesome? That's pretty These these are just such pretty yellows. Look at all the V's on that side. Holy cow That's the most V's I've ever caught one two three four Five six V's never noticed that six V's Seven seven V's on this one Good one. Oh, yeah, nice jumbo You guys didn't do anything Jack. Do you have one way up high? Uh-huh Way up there too, and he's still hasn't eaten. You know what? He just turned the game to me Snake yeah, mr. Steel your perch. Oh, I missed him Ah Oh, yeah Got him that's yours. This one was yours, buddy Oh, got him He's got 11 V's 10 on the re-entry I stole your perch This is crappy Yep Look at that crappy Womp womp womp Any stripes 11 who gets this one? Oh, sorry, dude Well, you didn't catch it you could have shot that fish So feel for him right and if he's there give him a yank. Oh, he's oh, man. No. Oh, man Looking up at us at the pool Come on Lance be there. Oh boy. He did take some wine Yeah Oh, there we go. That's a little bigger. Watch your foot. Watch your foot. Whoa. Here we go I need line. He needs a line. I need line big time Okay Now you've got steel definitely the biggest one that there was don't start weighing them till he's on the ice. Okay. Hey It ain't nothing he's doing Good one. Yeah, so just lay that line right down buddy. Oh, yeah You got some good that you're at the start get a little closer to get over the hole Yep, and keep keep him on the other side of the hole from you Now if he makes a run at the hole, let him go. Oh, it's a giant. It's a slob. Let him go Let him go. Let him go. Let him go. Let him go. Let him go. We'll do that a lot. Okay. Yeah, that's a good one Watch your deck. Yeah, you're on Yep, so you're just as soon as you get his nose. We can get him out. Okay So you're gonna keep doing that. You're doing a good job Yes, if he freaks out near the hole, you got to let him go All right now bring him up. Yes, sir New PB Yeah Nice one. Look how fat that guy is. Yeah. Well, he's got three shiners Jim, you got your scale? Holy That a boy. Watch your thumb if you're anywhere near your skills That's awesome Nice, what do you think lambs? I love it. That's your new PB. It is PB. Yeah, he's over eight for sure. I like black fishing No doubt 12 13 Yeah 14 Nice 14 pounder. Whoo, man Yeah, 36 and a quarter, 36 and a quarter Something like that. Yep. Did you get a picture? Yeah, look at that one. That's it looks like a pig on that. It isn't good That's what we want. So it is a pig. All right. Now you're gonna let him go. It's been out a little while So you're gonna hold the tail. Okay. Yeah, just put him right down and unhook that Going unhook it over the hole Hold the tail or you can grip the tail. Really good. Grip the tail first. Grip the tail first. Yep Put his head under and you're not gonna flush him up and back and forth. That's bad for a fish Just kind of hold him. Let him get a couple breaths right about there. Go a little lower Wait right there. Wait right there. Okay. I'll give it a second or two. You feel any power? Nope, nothing There he goes. There he goes. There he goes. Slowly just pick your hand off. Let's see if he waves goodbye Yep, nice. That's awesome. Then you say see you later big gator. See you later big gator That was awesome. All right, fly me high fives. Appreciate it. All right guys. I hate to even leave it all But it's getting late in the afternoon and I'm starting to pack up to get the first load out of here and then I'll come back and get the tent the floor the heater And the bake cooler and get that out of here with one With just one sled right now. I'm hooked up tandem Got a small load back here Decent load right there and there's the old 370 2001 panther power panther power But we're looking pretty good Shouldn't be too long a turnaround trip and then I'll come back in and get the rest of it All pretty easy in in the second load Putting up with the boys here. They're heading on their way. Do you guys have fun today? Had an awesome time. Yep Wicked good. Thanks for taking me to your spot. Joe. It's a freaking awesome spot. Nice. Good. I'm glad you guys had a good time I'm glad you got a pb jack Slate a ton of fish with a jig rod had a great day had some good opportunities, right? When you're big fish jack jack knows when you're big fish fishing, you don't always get a lot of flags It just happens. I had bait the size of the pan fish bigger bigger bigger than most of the pan fish we were catching so I knew I probably was gonna get a flag, but it'll be worth it once I do. All right. She looks ready Oh man, that's gonna do it for this trip guys I'd love to stay out here the kid in me would have stayed And I would have got stuck out here and bad things would have happened losing ice Not being able to get out till the next snow, which is who knows when Uh trail starting to get pretty soft as it is then we're gonna get a couple days of rain So gotta do it getting smatter in my old age. We'll see But thanks a ton for tuning in guys. I hope you enjoyed it. You know these uh These invasive species have been here a very very long time the pike have been here 50 years And you know people have lived and died and they're the lifetime of these pike They're here to stay. It's an awesome fishery. It's it's a great Asset to the state of Maine. It brings in a ton of money And they're in warm water fisheries for the most part. They're not hurting the trout or salmon populations If you're really worried about the trout and salmon populations start Looking at conservation around the lake the land and keeping the phosphorus out of the lakes and Maybe building less camps and lawns going down to the water and And uh getting good clean water for the trout and salmon because that's where they're hurt hurting the most The crappy are like a super bonus for the state. The state still doesn't know it yet the rock bass I guess we could do without those but they're here. They came down through new Hampshire I guess luckily they haven't spread outside of this body of water and the funny thing is Every single game warden I've ever seen fishing On their day off is fishing for pike and every single biologist that I've seen fishing on their day off Is either for crappy and then in one instance they came behind me and tried to catch some rock bass After I'd caught them and they'd heard about it. So they're panfishing and it's just it's kind of ironic where They spend so much time and money stocking these these hatchery brook trout and And uh salmon and all the ones that I know of spend their time fishing for pike and for crappy And that's not knocking them because that's what I do too, you know Like I do enjoy catching brook trout and especially your natives or your great big ones And I like catching salmon too But it's a lot of fun going out and trying to trick these panfishing to bite and Really just trying to catch a fish bigger in your legs. So Thanks again for tuning in guys. As always feel free to leave a comment in the comment section I get back to everybody. I don't know how many youtube channels do that or not But I always get back to every comment and if I don't get back to yours I either missed it or if it was really bad. I had to delete it, you know, everything's positive on this channel We try to keep things positive. Thanks again for tuning in guys till the next trip Rock bass, baby There it is. Yes, sir