 I don't want to catch a pike. What? Whoa, whoa, whoa. I don't like pike. That was his fish. He just dropped down. No, no, no. That's a pike chasing this fish. Yeah, it is. That's a giant. It's chasing the blue eel. Oh my god. Get him. Get him. Get him. Oh. Oh, you're out. He missed. Dude, that was. What's going to miss? No, it wasn't an Alex. What is up, guys? Joe Holland here. I am coming to you from so far away from home. A couple of days ago, I went out to go ice fishing. We lost all our ice. So I threw my stuff in the truck, jumped in, made a couple of text phone calls. My good buddy Alex here, my new good buddy Cody, and I'm in the state of Minnesota of all places. It was a 26-hour drive just to get to where I was, plus another three and a half hour drive last night. And we're out here, and we are smashing the pan fish. I'm having the time of my life. We don't have blue gill at home. So this is like amazing to me. I got a couple just under nine inches, which I think are pretty big. I thought the four or five inches were big, but these guys told me go set some goals a little bit higher. But if you haven't seen Alex YouTube, check it out. It's one of my favorite ice fishing channels. There's nobody working harder right now to grow their channel than he is. And it's got a ton of great information for the consumer and for the ice fisherman. So if you're looking to get into a life scope, he could tell you where to piece it together and get the best deal. He made an amazing one for a Black Friday sale that must have taken so much time. Guys in the YouTube industry know how much hard work he's putting in. Cody's missing fish over here like a bandit. That's like the only fish he's missed all day. He's been icing like crazy. Cody runs a guide service up here in, what would you say, Northwest Minnesota? Yeah, Northwest. Nice, he's got a good one. Otter Hill County. Got it, I think County. Crappy? That's what I'm leaning towards. It's called Chill Guide Service or Sea Hill Guide Service as they pronounce it in Maine. But if you guys want to get on fish, call Cody. Cody, what's the best way to reach it? Through the internet or phone number? Facebook, chillguidenservice.com. Facebook's the best way to get a hold of me. Personal, business. We keep it pretty active. Something that we like to do is every week we have a weekly report. Nice. And he's on the fish and he's a teaching guide. He's not just gonna bring you to the lake and say, go catch the fish. He's actually gonna teach you how to do it. And he's very strong on conservation too. So we hit it off right off the bat. These guys are, they're ball busters too. They're sarcastic. So we're all hitting it off. We kind of rode Alex pretty hard at the beginning because he forgot to set his drag. This is his first ice too. And he forgot to set his drag. So we rode him a little hard on one. He's been fishing for like a half hour. Yeah, we didn't tell him either. It was like, I'd set the hook as hard as I could and it's like, they're just getting off. Well, the drag, I could pull it out with one pinky finger, not even trying. So you weren't even touching those fish. No, I wasn't. They were laughing. They were just taking the plastic and running with it. But he's actually in a year round pan fish tournament right now and he's had three or four entries. So we're looking for some gills over nine inches. We'll see what happens. Alex, tell us a little bit about your channel. Introduce my viewers to your channel. Yeah, how's it going? Alex Tim, my name is Alex Tim. I'm Alex Tim on YouTube as well. Check it out. Essentially what the channel is for is for guys that are looking to get the most out of the gear in the tech they already have or if they're looking to get some new stuff. I do fishing videos one a week. Ice fishing is my primary. But I do open water kayak fishing as well. Awesome. And mostly in Minnesota? You're traveling five states? Mostly Minnesota. Yup. We're the land of a lot of lakes. I just missed one. No, we got something big in our school. That might be a walleye. I think that's the pike. That might be a walleye. Oh, he got him. He's up, he's up, he's up. Not that hard. That's what happens here. That's going to go on the blooper reel. Yeah, they're not far away, are they? Life's scope, it's awesome. Oh, they moved again on us. So they went here, there, probably just set the horse up right in the middle or whatever. Yeah. Got him. All right, first fish. Feels like a little traffic. Nope, it's a banner. Yup. All right, that's the biggest blue I've ever caught. So we're going to hopefully change that really quickly. Got a bad little blue. You throwing right back down? I hope it holds. So you said go easy on him? Yeah. This one feels a little better. That one's up the beggar. I'm just going to take him real easy. Yep. Nice. All right. Nice little guy right there. He felt that his mouth was open. Yes. But not a bad way to start right there, huh? What's he, about 8, 10? I'm thinking 10 and a half, a lot of fish. Yeah, that's my biggest one, yeah. Good one there, guys. What's up, buddy? Good morning. You're 15 fish behind. I know. And he's missed twice already. I missed twice while you were walking out, maybe three times. Well, I am really tired. That's no excuse. That was lifting it. You see that? Yup. I'm iced up. This isn't a big fish. I'm just iced up. How's it going, Drew? What did you say? I just left at the Walmart. I got a bed in my truck. So. Oh, dang, nice. That's not a bad one there. That one's got a little bit different color to them. Hey, hi, I'm out. Oh, that's a good one. No, it is. We can say that we're in Otter Tail County. There's so many lakes up here. Yup. When you reel one in, take your time, or else we're going to start getting them to be, uh. We're so deep. Something that's hard to teach. Here we go, dropping the first line down to the ice season. Here we go. I got something coming up bottom. Look at this first drop. Gold Google I jig with a little blood worm plastic. Here we go. Bet you I get one. Nice. We'll take them. Hi, huh? Cody does. Looks like a crappie up top. Yup, that's why I'm trying a pyre. I caught a 13, 13 inch crappie. Yup. Yeah. And it was, they all came in at like 20 feet. They were all high. And there was a nice pot of them. Come over. Come and play. How was your first drop, Alex? This is it. Nice. Right here. Nice. Good luck. I'm not coming up until there's a fish on it. Well, it shouldn't take long. I'm real up for those higher marks. Yeah, that's one right here. He's coming to check it out. Actually, it's your knee. No contact. Right. Looks like it's a freeze, so what? He's coming to me now, that one you just had. You got it on the drop. My jig is so small. It's huge, yeah. I think that's the same fish you and I both educated. It comes from down on the bottom. What do you guys have on? Four mil. I got like a little flat spoon. I guess you'd call it, right? Got any meat on it? I had a. Her arm, but I don't think I have it anymore. You got anything on the plexi spike, though? No, that's what I'm using. Oh, there you go. Yeah. I'll put a piece of meat on it. There's a couple on the screen now. They're coming in. They just kind of roam out here all day. Is this like a big basin? Yeah, it's a basin. To the north of us, we have the main lake flat with the weed lines. And it goes really, really shallow to about 10 feet and then drops off to 20, 25 almost instantly. And then behind us is a sunken island that comes up to about four feet. Cool. So they kind of roam in between here. And there's lots of food. And I've had the best luck with a little bit bigger presentation on this lake. Jigging for the higher marks. There's your bite. You got it? Set it. Oh, now he wasn't on? He was on. He nibbled twice. He did. Well, I've got a little dangler on there right now for plastic. So they're just, I think, trying to suck it in right now. OK, the crappies are over here. Little guy. Must have been all off in a minute. I never even felt the bite. Pretty, though. That's a metro fish right there. That one? Yeah. Will people eat that size, or is that too small? Oh, yeah. That's a bigger mark. Oh, who's got that one up top? Yours truly, here. Nice. Kenneth Bundt. He just turned around. Kenneth Bundt. He hit me from below. I looked over and my line was slack. What was it? That one I caught earlier, I was, like, a foot slack. John Morchales? Yep. Right here? Oh, you got another one coming up. These got to be crappy, right? Like ten inches? We're going to find out. Just like a bigger bluegill, but. Oh, really? Up that high? Oh, yeah, that's screaming bluegill. Yeah, but it's got the dive of a bluegill. How could you guys tell? I can tell by the spinning. OK, yeah. This bluegill, when they hit it, when they fight, they go in big circles. OK. Transducer wrappers. Yeah. Yeah. Poor mill with a. Oh, nice. I think, I think. Oh, you know, I think he just got off. He was on for a second, or at least he had the plastic. I have no idea where my baby is. You are. You got that bite. Oh, so I was left to where I was looking. Doesn't feel doesn't feel tiny. Didn't look big on the screen, but he's getting bigger as he comes up. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, that's not a bad. Yeah, that might be my best ever. What just flew up on the bottom there? And you have the bump board if you want to measure. Yeah, what was that on 8 and 1 quarter? I just want to know where I stand. You got to set it somewhere, right? Yeah. Would you guys believe? 7 and 3 quarter. 8 and 3 quarters. 8 and 3 quarter. Oh, my mom. Nice. That's a good fish. That's actually a really good fish. Is it? Yes, that's a really good fish. Cool, here. I'll get a little picture of them. You should. Just throw it in the, oh, right in there? Yeah. I guess anytime you get your thumb in there, I'll spread it out. Anything over 8 inches in my book is a really nice bluegill. Yeah. You start breaking 9, and that's good. All right, there he is, guys. My biggest bluegill ever. 8 and 3 quarters. We'll take it. A little close-up over here. 8 and 3 quarters. I'll take it. We're going for 9. That's the goal now. There he is. All the cameras. Nice. They'll, like, a caught one will take the other ones away. So if you throw it down somebody else's hole. He got off. If you throw it down somebody else's hole, you're trying to mess with them. So it's a bigger one, and it's off to the left. You might need a tougher rod for this one. I think I might. I got one right here. I'm too deep. I got a couple outside. I got, like, 10 tougher rods if you need some. Yeah, I think it's just too deep for this rod, because by the time I'm pulling it up, it's just so gentle. Yeah. And I'm using all fluoro, so. Either that or you got to just harder hook sets. That could be. Because it seems like you've had a bunch of bites. I'm just waiting for the right one. Yeah, that's a good one. Quality, not quantity. There we go. That felt better. I want to yank this guy out, but I'm going as slow as I can. That's a nicer one. I'm going as slow as I can, so we don't barrel him. You've got a big mouth, because he's a crappie. Crappie! All right. That's a good size one. Is it? Oh, yeah. Cool. All right, got crappie, guys. Nice fish. That's probably 9-10 inch, maybe. You might be on the smaller side. Really? Yeah, that's bigger than you think. That looks at least 12 to me. I should have measured that first a little bit. On the board, he's right at 12. He's a hair shy. I can't call him a 12. Turn him at rolls, we can roll up. It was like a 16th shy at 12, so time to move. If we're not getting some new ones. Look at him coming in. If we're not getting 12s, we've got to move. Because what's a good size crappie for you? 18. Holy smooth. These are all babies out here, then, for you. If we're on 12s, we move. Oh, yeah. Like 12s are eaters, 12 to 15. Oh, my gosh. You got a big one, Alex. That's a good one, sir. And he's on you right now. Set it, set it, set it. He ate up, huh? Yep. That feels pretty decent. Yep, that's why. Yeah, he ate up. That was a complete visual. I'm going to give him a little bit of respect, because he's 12 again. That's a 12 for him. From my point of view, I saw your line go slack. Oh, did it? And you kept jigging. Yeah, it was still slack, so that's a nice crappie. That's another in that 12 ballpark right there. Those are the perfect eaters for this area. I try not to. Oh, yes, he's 12 and a quarter. So they're growing. All right, guys, I'm in Minnesota, whacking pan fish. There's a 12 inch, 12 and a quarter inch crappie. Boy, and he's making. That's a good one. You want a measurement? He's 12. 12 plus? He's been caught before. His top lip just got it right there. All right, enough crappie. I'm going to switch over to bluegill, OK? You guys don't mind if I switch to bluegill, do you? All right. Look at that. Just like that. All you had to do was say it all out. Call the switch, and I'm going to get the boat. We adjusted the plastic to a different part of the hook. And I think that's going to make. Because I don't catch many of these, so I'm going to measure everything until I can get the feel of it. I don't know where this ruler out, but I'm just curious. So this one is an eight and an eighth inch. Eight and an eighth. Bluegill, I imagine that'd be a good eater there. Eight to nine inch to me is the perfect eaters. Anything over nine I release. If you like that kind of thing, right? Yeah. Over nine, OK. Over nine I release. And what gets a pass for crappie in the state? I don't keep anything over 13. Nice. Gil? I'm thinking so. Holy screen. We are lit. Yes. Yes we are. Oh, there's a little guy. There's not enough for Alex yet. There's a little guy coming in. There's not enough yet. I don't think there's enough for me to catch one. The cool thing about live scope is you could actually get it away from a smaller fish. So if you have three coming and there's one donk, you could actually pull it away. I'm about to shut my screen off. Mine's not working because it's just too many fish. Yep. And the live scope's just, I mean. I mean, you can't, yeah. That's a pretty one. Look at that fork tail, huh? Yeah, that is interesting. The elusive fork tail bluegill. Doubled up. This one's taken drag. Oh, I got to look at it. Oh, it's crappie. Yeah. I got a fish. You got one? Oh, I got a fish. It looks decent, too. No, this is a nibble rod. No. I think it, yeah. No, don't even say that. I'll touch one. No. No. That was awful. Doubled up. This has got some tug to it. Holy smokes. I think it's because I'm in between you guys. That's why I'm going. You're in a tough spot, dude. You're in a tough spot. Another nice crap. You weren't going to tell you, but we cut your hook off. Yeah, what the heck's going on? So all these hits you've been getting? Sorry, dude. We may have cut your hook off. Green looks like it has small pucks. They're chicken pucks. I've seen this before. The guy that catches the least usually catches the biggest. So we're going to wear these out for you, okay? Anything cute? Yeah. You don't mind us wearing out this hole, right? Get them. Get it done. This guy's spinning. Holy, he did the bluegill spin for me. Counting is definitely not a thing in Minnesota if you're on the fish. Unless you're Alex. Yeah, I know my count. I'm good. Please. Oh, he does, okay. Getting all the misses out of the way. Inch behind you, son. Yeah, right behind it, unless that took him. Yep, he did. Okay. We'll see him on one. Let's go. Let's try this rod over here. No. Dude, I've already caught 15 fish on this one. Oh, you good? You sure? Oh, yeah. I'm gonna give it, I'm gonna give it until 9.20 a.m. and then I'm gonna put some live bait on, put a waxy on. Did you bring chiners? I have crappie middles and fat heads. I didn't get chiners. This is without bait. I'm also not a plastic fisherman, but I'm trying it. Yeah. And I think it's one of those things that you have to like learn and get the confidence in before you're good at it. There he is. What's going on? You start with your tip in this position to give you more backbone on that hook set. Yep. Like set from a lot lower position. Oh, got it, got it, got it. You know what I mean? Way lower if you can. That's why I'm trying to place down. Let's see where his and mine is right now. Yeah. And rather than lift your arms up, snap that baby up. Because here he comes. There's your bite. Is he on him? No. There is his bite. No. Oh, I had a bite. There's your bite. Nothing. Nothing. I might need to drop my camera down just to see what the heck's going on. Yeah, do it. But I don't, like they must not be getting the hook because they keep. How long is the tail on it? Oh. Are you sticking? No, they should be getting that. Because they're swallowing the spoon. Defective hook. Could be. Or I'm pulling too hard. I don't think that's possible. No, you're not pulling too hard. You're not pulling too hard. There's no way. Look at this. This feels decent. This feels decent. I'm hoping that's a gill. It's doing a circle on me. It's doing a circle. It is a gill. Not hearing that. Oh, that's fat, man. Look at that beauty. Look at the gill on him. So blue gills will get a double forehead from time to time too. Oh really? That's a sign of a big mature one. A double forehead, that's awesome. I know a few guys that have double foreheads. Oh, double chin. Yeah, the double chin's a little more common, but the double forehead. Oh, gotcha. The double forehead is, you wanna watch out for those guys. Waxes are red. Waxes are red. I think we got a pike going through. See him right there? You want me to smack him? That'd be a small pike, but I guess, right? All right, guys. See all the school left? Yeah. You got a nice gill. Nice gill there, guys. Oh, he's got like, he's messing his front jaw. Yep, but you can see all his foreheads starting to come up. I love those because they got the bands, the purple bands coming along the side. Oh yeah, what a beautiful fish. Back home, we don't have these, so I'm gonna, I'll get them on camera. But that's all I got. I figured out the problem. What? You still have your. No, look at this. Oh, my drink. Were you dragging? All right, this one's eight and a half, but he's like, probably the fattest one I've gotten. Yeah. No wonder why I'm setting the damn book and they're just like, whee, see you later. Yeah, that's not a good idea. No. You guys are sportsmen in here in Minnesota. You give them a chance. You have no drag. You know, this is my first time on the ice. You gotta get all these little kinks out, right? That is the beauty of first ice. That's the absolute beauty of first ice is you learn everything that you need to fix for the, as you go into the year. It's like I've never done it before. It's like, what am I doing here? Now watch, I'll hook up. Am I going too fast on this guy? Nope, nope. Because he kind of like just came over. Yeah, the little ones. So we had something bigger come through. Definitely chased out the snow. Yeah, if this thing records Alex Coddick coming through camera, it went from me down to Alex to bottom and then left out by you. Oh, no way. Could it be with a wall ice cap? It would have been either a wall or a northern. Gotcha. I've never caught a wall on the ice. We get them occasionally in this spot, but we're kind of not the prime time. I'll catch it. I'm coming back though. Look at the school. Isn't that cool? I love love school. Here's your bite. Set it, set it, set it. Alex. No, he's not. He's on it. No, he's not. Outta boy. There we go. You want to double them up? Do it. Triple them up. So it's important to have your drag set. There's a decent. Don't look at their fish. Look at my small one. First fish of the 2022-2023 ice season. I can't even thumb it. That's how big it is. Ice. That's a big one though. Good job dude. All right. I'll give you a fist bump for that. Good job. Crack the egg. There was a learning curve there. I think like the stupidest thing you can do, you know, it's all right. I remember why first day fishing. Me too. Takes me back. Do you guys find that they travel in the same size or no, or is it just a mix? Cause we've been popping like eight and a halfs and then fives. They kind of group all together. The real little ones tend to stay really shallow. I'm not saying that you can't catch a big one up shallow, but when you get out deep, you turn into food. I'll size my presentation a little bit. Welcome to the team at least. Ready? You're no skunk. Oh, sorry, I was... Sorry, I got a giant over here. No, it's a little guy. It's a little guy, but I had half a set going when I was fist bumping. That was actually not bad. Not a decent. Now color on them guys, does that mean anything different? There's a couple different species, but there's the point. See him? Oh, I want him. He came up. No, he went past your camera. Sorry. Oh, I want him so bad. I should set it. Are you allowed two lines here? You are allowed two lines. I should set a trap for him. If you got tip ups, we can do tip ups. We're here on two lines per person in the state of Minnesota. Yep, you're gonna get picked at. Look at that. Oh, I just did an Alex. I have my finger on the hat. Did you hear that? Yeah, that's pretty cool. Watch him come up. Isn't that cool? Perch, witch, something flying up here. This feels like a little deal. Oh, you had him. I saw you moved him. Yeah, he was small. He's small. Oh, this one's pale. Yeah. Man, I love how different every single one of these are. So, so your perch get mad. They look at how pretty that is. That is so cool. Now, look at that. Our bass, our largemouth bass feed a lot bluegill. Oh, really? Okay. And they will manage the bluegills by bass regulations on a lot of lakes. Meaning? Bigger bass will eat the smaller bluegills. Yeah. And then that will result in more natural, bigger bluegill populations. Okay. Whoa, whoa, what's that mark under you? I think it's two fish, just sadly. Are you sure? I think there's two. I'm trying to get there as quickly as I can. I think there's a mega involved. Look at that. They're off to the right. Look at that. There's the pike. See him coming in. Yeah, I'm gonna drop down to him. Here you go. Let's get him out of here for the day. I'm on his face. I'm on his face. Come on. You are right in front of him. Bite it. I'm on his face. Where'd he go? I'm coming down. I'll get him. We've got the better mark, I think, there for me. I got it, guys. Don't worry about it. I didn't get the pike. Mine's a bluegill. Mine is, too. Oh, mine's a brownie. Yeah. Oh, my God. That's why. What? Outside? I hooked him in the mouth. Look at this. Well, that's a pike down there. Yeah. That's what we were talking about. I was trying to catch him. Decent pike, it looked like. He's still there. Couple feet. I should put, like, a rattle trap on for him. It's interesting that they're not all, like, getting the heck out of his way. So, you know what? He looks like a two footer, right? I would expect him to be about 18 to 22 inch. I mean, respectable, not huge. But he's probably not going to be eating these seven, eight inch bluegills. No. I'm on him pretty hard. I'm trying to catch him. Because if you catch him, he's gone. Like, if I catch him, he'll leave us alone. I've got to believe, right? I caught mine on this round. Locks in here, that's awesome. I set the hook, and I loose. Get away from me. He's chasing something. Yeah, but he's going the way from you guys. That's under my hold. So, the last year, I was digging with a three pound test. And I got a 13 pound pike on that rod right there. Yeah, I set the hook last night. I just loosened the drag. And he didn't even know he was hooked. Oh, really? You got lucky. And the live scope came out of the same hole. And I'm like, OK, now we can start fighting him. Easy, easy. Don't whore some. Do not whore some up. We're fishing deep enough. You do not want to whore some. And then do you give them all a little squeeze when you take the hook out, or just? No. Oh, this is too small for you to reel up. There's actually, look, there's still a fish on me. Look. So you can't get your drag on that one? Could this be a perch? This is a better fish. Look at how small it says. That's the record. Oh my god. That takes skill. That takes skill. That's bait. Yeah, no, that takes skill. Can't use this bait here though. You can't? No. Game fish can't be used, this bait. There you go. That's OK. Woo! I need a little bit. That one I just caught didn't prove that though. OK. All right, that one does. Cross his eyeballs. Oh, the little one's coming in too fast. Yeah, that had to. This one's not the worst, but he's definitely half the size of that one I was shooting for. Now he knows he's hooked. Oh, it's a crappy. Sweet. To where it used to be. We are making some good ice today. Population looks awesome. You just got to get your size back. Ooh, that's a good mark. Yep, we're getting there. Yeah, population looks good. You're just trying to get your size up a little bit. Yep, and we didn't have, so last year, we... I think you got me. Oh, shoot. I got you. Sorry, keep going. I'll just quit reeling in. Yeah, I'll stop and let you get him. That's a good one. That's a good one. So does he get the assist then? I think in the tournament, I actually get the assist. Yeah, on that one. That's a good one. That's a nine here. Do you need the bump board or the rule? No, I'm going to do my bump board that I got. Yeah, if he's going to take pictures, it's probably best just use that one down there. And I got a shot of the camera off. Nice size bluegill on the Acme Mickey jig. This is brand new this year. Had a little plastic on it, an HIT plastic, handcrafted injection tackle. We'll leave a link to them down below, but let's see what size this guy is here. Almost nine, eight and three-quarter. We'll enter into the fish down at the tournament. That's our biggest. Yep. Is it too late for me to get in this tournament? No, I didn't think you'd get in. How much does it cost? 10 bucks. Really, that's it? Oh, yeah, a lot of them are off. It's all season. Goes to the end of March. Oh, so I need 11. It's Stringer of Crappy, Stringer of Bluegill, Stringer of Perch. I won't do it. Whoever has the best Stringer of 10 fish wins. And then there's the Grand Slam, which is the largest of all three combined. They get 40% of the pot. I don't remember how to do this. That was an up-bite. Did you see that, Cody? I did not. You knocked the slack up. It still feels a little gilly, but ah. Yeah, it looks like a gilly. Yeah, it is. It's fun. Dude, this is a blast. I'm having so much fun. This definitely beats a sharp stick in the eye. Oh, here comes a bass or a wally. 8 and 3 quarter. You got something bigger coming in on the bottom of your side. It's either a mega-crappy or a bass. I'm trying to get down as quick as I can. He had a nice movement to them. I found with that live scope, there's that one little patch where they do show up really big. Oh, or whatever you want. He's going for Alex, right? What is that? Oh, we did a criss-cross and the bites? Slabbed you. No, the big one's still there. I know. He went right underneath me. Oh, he slapped you. I got one looking. Alex, get him. Oh, I got the other one coming. I got the dink. I'll get that dink out of the way. There we go. I'm on a decent now. It's not the droid we're looking for, but I hope your camera catches the boons. It does. Oh, yeah, it does. It's not Christmas yet. That's all that matters. That had a little mean. That one looks a little bit bigger. I'll let him come up slow. What's he looking like? Is he looking gilly? He's looking gilly. This could be my PB. This could be the one. This could be the droid I've been looking for. Oh, it's got a big black dot on his side. What does that mean? That's just the blue go. Yeah. That's a nice blue. Yeah, we'll take him. Big fatty. Doubled up. Doubled up! We got a thumbnail image right here. This guy's got an eyeball popping. Yeah, this is not going to be used as a thumbnail. We got to put these on first. I'm going to photoshop something different here. We fish will drop a number for you. Our fish are Alex's fish. Alex, this is going to be a long video, dude. We might not get all the coordinates. Hey, I'll catch the biggest today. Don't worry. He will, too. I'll just keep catching these sevens. They're fun. That looks like a decent mark. He's not fighting. He's pulling, but he's not really fighting. Doubled up. The whole guy a little bit further away than I was hoping, but I was trying to keep it away so we didn't get the circles wrapped in it. Oh, there we go. I can see myself now. I'm going to say that's why I probably couldn't catch too many earlier, is I just couldn't see myself on the live scope. Problem was. We do have evidence. We had multiple cameras. It looks bigger. I'm going to go easy with him just in case, but it feels bigger. It's like the hardest thing to do to slow it down. There's the circles. There's the circles. He's seven plus. Doesn't have the meat behind him. Oh, look how wide he is, huh? That's awesome, dude. Pretty colors. Man, thanks for putting me on these fish, guys. This is so much fun. We've got to welcome you to Minnesota the right way. You definitely did. This is a lot better welcome than I had at the boat once the other day when I found all that trash. There it's a different. Smaller one. Yeah, but it's a smaller cousin to him. Their mouth is a little bit different. Double up. There we go. Double up. Look at them swim. I'm slacking. They're each other in the water. I'm slacking a little. Yeah, mine might go down the hole real quick. Here we go. Get them, Alex. Get them, Alex. Oh, yeah. We're pulling her up nice and slow. Get that suspense going. Could this be my PB? My PB is a nine and a half. This is not bigger than that, but it is fat. And it's a little bit. I choked it. Your tool's right here. Oh, I got it. It's lip a ball. Look at this fish. Just a beauty. Beautiful fish. All right, let's see what size it is, though. What's it just? We're doing up. My guess is eight and a half. I don't know if this is a glower or not. It is. Eight and a half. Here's a text school. OK, doubled up. Doubled up. I think you're going to get me on size, although mine's getting bigger as it comes up. Your mark's a lot bigger than mine. It's beautiful. Oh, twins. Twins. Look at that. Twinning. I haven't even used it yet. I know. Cody did. Drill platforms, wasn't it? How was it? How was it, yeah. Dang it. I got one ordered. I'm just wondering where the heck it's at. I think it's like a pound heavier than the Strike Master 24. No, it's 17. Oh, then it's 16 and a half pounds, they said. Yeah, and I think the Strike Master 24 is 14.8 or something, 14.7. See, Cody's an awesome guy, because every time he catches a good one, I get one a half inch bigger. That's so nice of him. So smart. Well done, Cody. Not here just for my good looks, guys. I don't use my drill anymore. I stopped. See, I got the 40-volt and that doubled up. That made me want to stick with the auger heads. I ran the, oh, that's a good one. Look at that guy. You too? Oh, you got me. You got me, I'm the top dorsal. Yeah, he's got a little bit of a growth. This is a longer fish. Hey. I think you got me. I don't know, maybe. Nice, doubled up. I'd be like, take her down a notch, dude. Well, I had nothing to hide. Then he found out it was a catch or release tournament. How do you like that? Then we show it a little. Oh, man, if you ever painted a picture. Look at the northern. See the northern? Is he on you? Right there. Yeah, did he come up after you? Yep. That's a walleye. No, that's a northern. That's a walleye. I've never seen a walleye. I'm just saying that. I'm excited. Look at him over here with my Mickey. Oh, he's following. You got him on? He's coming. Oh, here, I'll pull up. Here we go. Here he goes. Here we go. Don't move it, don't move it. Get it. No, I have to. I've got plastic on. No, just let him. Did he just bite? I'm coming into the page. That's my natural. He's backing up. Joe just entered the chat. God dang it, Joe. Joe just entered the chat. Look, Joe. Oh, no, he's on you hard. This could be a tool to be. No, not in here. I would not drop it below him. I did, now he's gone. Yeah, you don't ever want to drop below a fish. Especially a pike because their eyes are up. Yeah. Well, I don't want to catch a pike. Why? Whoa, whoa, whoa. I don't like pike. That was his fish. No, no, no. That's a pike chasing this fish. Yeah, it is. That's a giant. It's chasing the blue. Dude, that's a big pike. That would have been awesome. That was not small. All right. Pike or muskie. You're going to want that footage? Yeah. That was sick. Definitely want that footage. He's coming along. Oh, yeah, he's coming back. I changed baits. I should put a tip up. He just killed our school. Yeah, he did. Let's see if he wants this good. Have you caught a loon on yours yet? No, and I never want to. No, like on your live school? Live school. Oh, yeah, open water all the time. Yeah. What's this? Oh, yeah. Is he still chasing it? That or he's chasing after muskie? Look at us all like, hey. Dude, you can see it's fins. Look at that tail. If we have. That's a wall. No, no, no. Get my hopes up. I should set a trap now with a flag. This is some of the best live-skilled footage you're going to see right here. You're not kidding. Whatever. I think that was a muskie. There's muskie in this light. Because the other pike didn't scare the school away. Gosh, I'm going to put a dead stick down somewhere with a minnow on it. That thing would have taken it. I've got traps. Or what you guys call a tip. We can put a dead stick, guy. Should I go get? Should I go get? Whoa, it's not like there's fish down there that work. I know. Now's a good time. Yeah, I know. The only fish down there is your camera. Nice. I don't know if we caught that on camera, but crack right here. Underneath my energy drinks, they're way in too much today. Boom, right to his hole. Did the fish come back? Yeah, they're slowly coming back in. OK, do you want to mess around with this or no? Let's do it. I see a pike, actually, at the top of the screen. Yep. What depth does that pike at? 10 to 12 right now. I didn't bring, like, pike leaders, but who cares? Yeah. If he breaks us off, he breaks us off. Boy, he doesn't look massive. No, he's probably two to three bones. Let me just catch this fish, and then I'll come help you. I'll be in an hour. Got a little puffin' ball. It's good. It's a nice guy. What is it? A bluegill. Nice gill. Not like going on the board? Oh, yeah. Beauty. Here we go. We got the bluegill. Nice size one we're going to get on the board here. But this is what I'm using for a jig today. This is the Acme Mickey Jig, brand new this year, with a handcrafted injection tackle plastic. I'll link it all down below so you can check it out. Oh, and we got Cody in the back. Oh, loaded up already, too. A thick and croppy. I think he's using some of the same branded plastics as me. Yeah, I got a hardbait on right now, though. Got another 8 and 1 half right here. Woo! Maybe? Can you squeeze the ticket in half? There we go. She barely touches. Look at this one. There, she's touching. She's touching. I'll get an end of the camera here for you. There we go. Holy crappie. Yeah. Woo! Look at that thing. You got to get a measure on that. Fill that on here. Let's check this out. Cody with a beast of a crappie. Sheesh. I'd say show it to Joe, but he's used to catching 18s. We're at 13. Yeah, 13. Nice. Nice. You want a picture with it? Good. All right. You're going to come. It sounds like I could be back in here. Yeah! You got a 13. 13? Yeah, bud. Nice. I said we should show Joe, but he's used to catching 18s. So not 18, but 15. So dang. Ready for a release? Do it, yeah. Yeah. Send her back. Bye. Look, it'll clear that ices of the camera. Nice catch. Flags. Any flags? Still down. Oh, nope. Flag up. For real? Flags up. Sweet. This is all you, buddy. All right. I'm just going to get this fist packed down. Do you need to get a camera? Yeah. Which camera? Whatever. Which one do I want? Do you have a camera ready, Alex? Yeah, we're going to grab this one. OK. Got a flag up. Sorry, I just saw the trap. This is the main trap. Up. You ready to go? Is it rolling? It is not. It's just barely tripped, but that doesn't mean he's not on it. So I'll help you out with the trap. He's off to the side. That's probably crappy. So I'll take the trap up for you. All right. You're going to get the line. And if you feel any weight on it, give them a little set of hooks and just bring them in. Nothing? Oh, there we go. It's just a little hook set. It's just a brook trap. There you go. You got them. Little crappie. Is this your first one on a jack trap? Yep. Nice. First fish on a jack trap. Is it gill? It looks like a gill. It's a blue gill. It's nice. It ate a fat-ed. How often do you see a tiny little blue gill on a fat-ed? This thing is fat. Look at that. Woo! Nice. Nice. Good job, buddy. That's fine. If you just put it on there. It's just kind of fun out of them. Watch the camera, but I'm just being lazy because we're having so much fun catching fish. Like I don't ever want to stop. Yeah, I just used it actually a little bit ago. Yeah, it's worth it. I got something decent. You should reel this one in for your tournament. That looks like a blue gill. Yeah. It's a good one. Nice, that's a nice one. Yeah, that's why I went away for a minute. Life goes to Jamaica, you get a nice auger. I love this guy. What do you think? Oh, jeez, not even eight and a half. Oh, was that on the right note? Yeah, I thought it was bigger. It looked bigger. Yeah, I need smaller hands. OK. It's a good problem to have. Oh, some drag over there. Yeah, it should come with like 50% to 60% charge. You guys need anything? No. What? I know. I watched it. Who's got it? It's not me this time. I'm good. This is all you. Show us how it's done. No, no, no. Yes. No, no, no. Cody. I'm not in the tournament. That one, I'll take that one. This one's you. Here, I'll hold the camera. This is going to be stubborn. Are you going? OK, go. All right, it's all you, bud. All right, I got it. It is rolling. It's a good crappie. It's a good crappie. Got some weight? This got some weight. Better than that bluegill or that pumpkin seed earlier. He's way up, too. Way up. Oh, nice crappie. Yeah, bud. There we go. Yeah. Here we go. Good land. Nice. Thanks for the assist, Cody. That's a good one. That's a good 14. 13. All right, guys, that is going to do it for us. Absolutely awesome day on the hardwater first day fishing with Alex. This was Alex's first day out of the year, and it's going to be one I think is going to be memorable for the rest of his life. My first day fishing with Cody, too. I hope to fish with these guys again next time I come out this way, and I hope that maybe they get a chance to come out my way.