 Good morning. It is 5 15 a.m. We are looking at a pretty chilly five degrees out there in here is 41 right now. I woke up about an hour ago and Kind of took my time getting out of bed at an hour ago It was 10 degrees outside and 11 degrees inside and I'm pretty cozy in that sleeping bag It's the only thing that might get cold as my head or face So you can a burry my face right in the pillow and a lot of times I'll wear a winter hat to bed last time I last night I forgot to put my winter hat on so I did wake up once from it temps dropping pretty hard It was about 25 or so when I went to sleep as the sun comes up the temp actually drops a lot up here I wouldn't be surprised if we're not looking at five below or so by the time we start setting traps so far No wind fingers crossed. We're supposed to get some rip and wind today You know up in the it's supposed to be blowing mid 30s I guess so we're gonna have to be careful and be strategic where we fish coffee started It's not perking yet. I threw some hash browns in the Pan with a couple links of sausage to some maple sausage So I'm gonna try that and drive that right into me this morning. Maybe throw an egg or two in there, too Start the day off with a good breakfast and I think I'm gonna need it today camp was awesome last night This place is just so cozy once you get it the way you like it and it's pretty much the way I like it right now really looking forward to a good day ice fishing We are gonna probably target brookies a lot of manors call them just trout You know, even though we have lake trout brown trout rainbow trout and brook trout We call the Lakers here tog to go GUE tog and we call the brookies just trout So if somebody says we're gonna go for trout or we're trout fishing that means we're going for brookies Even though you have the other ones you just discard the other ones because the only she's perking Perking pretty had Is the only ones that matter in the state are the brook trout this lake here and Chamberlain You have the chance of catching a five to six pound trout You know, maybe over six I don't know but a lot of my viewers have sent me really good pictures or have told nice stories about Catching their biggest trout ever at a Chamberlain Lake and it was five and a half five pounds So five pound trout is it's a good fish. You're talking over 20 inches Sometimes close to 24 inches or so. That's that's a monster for a brook trout state record main I believe is still holding right at eight pounds or eight pounds two ounces, which Can't even imagine that That might get broken pretty soon at a moose head to be honest with you They've been popping some big ones out of moose head over seven pounds next lake. We go to might actually be moose head lake I'm excited to fish with the boys today. These guys are die-hards and they're really good at ice fishing They know what they're doing they they have the right gear and they have the right mindset to handle a tough situation like this Which is why I really like fishing with them and we hit it off right from the start. So I got She's probably an hour before I got to meet them. I'll take my time eating breakfast I'll pack up all my gear. I don't have the sled pack with the gear. I'm gonna bring yet So I'll pack that up just kind of use my way up to them as the morning goes on I'd say those are both done Let's see what we got for eggs. It doesn't look great in this box. I had a little accident coming out. Oh All right, so can I salvage anything there? No that one That one will salvage This one's cracked. Let's see No, she's a goner That one we could salvage beautiful. We got a couple eggs out of it breakfast is looking good Now I got my regular Frank's red hot which I throw that on just about everything you could wind it right to it But I brought the good stuff this trip. This is I Get this stuff At my buddy's store over in Whitefield that sheeps got general. There's a guy I guess in Whitefield, Maine that makes this It's called Balls Town heat and She's got some heat and a little bit of this goes a long way Bottle of that if you're used to Frank's the last quite a while. So It's made from several different peppers of different heat, I guess So hopefully we can get in there looks like it froze up up in the nozzle Come out Now it's good and smoky That might have been too much actually that I just put on there now I Didn't put a lot on there because it wasn't coming out too good But That'll put some heat to you. All right, let's take a look at what it looks like out there today Okay, I'm all packed up got Temp just dropped down to three. So we're on a pretty steady decline. It's gonna hit some negatives today I'm wearing the Eskimo clothing because it's definitely warmer than the other stuff. I have, you know the If we're gonna get wet I Don't like to wear the wool if I have something like this or a raincoat The bibs are definitely heavier and they're made for colder temperatures than the the clams I was wearing So so far this stuff's been like ultra warm and it's gonna be a cold day I put the rubber boots on they're not as warm as my leather boots Because we might be fishing in slush and if you're standing in slush all day, there's nothing you could do about keeping boots Well other boots dry, so we should be good to go I'm gonna warm up the sled for a little while and head her down like and see the boys I like that What's up? I know better than that We couldn't kick that guy out of here again last night I got my mask figured out. It had a lot of air coming in to it. It wasn't gonna fog up but my face might have froze up Might be a little big for brookies, but we're going for big brookies five pounder That'll be nicely for that eight pound leaker. We're gonna catch it out. I agree Five pounder to eat that like a tic-tac Let's go Brandon Let's go All right guys what we have here. This is This is the state famous Chamberlain parking lot right here. This is where you can leave your campers If you're gonna come up in ice fish and you got access to several different lakes, so Usually this thing's jam-packed full and there's no room and they used to call it the dance was the day that you had to Put your stuff in was the dance because everybody to be lined up out on this logging road And you had to get a number I think it was like first come first serve or might have been a drawing I can't remember and guys would come up and wait till midnight and then the day you were allowed to put them in People would put them in on their camping numbers and you try to get a better spot, but I can't even believe this It's about half empty up here now. So maybe that's indicative of fishing. Maybe there's just better opportunities other parts of the state I don't know but it's not full anymore, but Lot of good times have been had in this parking lot by a lot of lot of good ice fishermen And then in deer season there'll be some campers in here too, but there's no deer up here anymore Which is kind of a shame because they cut all the winter in yards right now Most of the campers up here never leave the woods. So that's why you'll see these Just about all these campers have a have a V roof on them to for the snow because the snow load will get pretty good up here It's it's a little bit different weather situation than it is Pretty tropical ain't it Well, we made it out here guys. It is pretty rugged yet It's blowing hard. We're kind of leeward over here. The other side of the lake's eating a lot more wind But i'm gonna hold this thing till we get it screwed down because we don't want to lose it Mark's over there screwing it down But she is ripping out here guys the ride out. Oh, we must have come 10 12 miles down lake And the ride out was pretty rugged We held her right around 50 50 60 miles an hour. You know, they make a tool you can put in your drill I know Brandon's wife if you're watching this Christmas, you don't have to wait till Christmas. I know what he needs Wow, look at the lake down there, huh? She's awful What do you think fellas, I don't melt the dust off your beaver Joe Sweet we are set up. That's about six and a half foot deep there. It's not a bad range for brookies I got it set about halfway down right in the middle of the water column fishing smelt today pretty good size smelt Uh, I want to get one shallow or i'm afraid of Dinging my blades out, but I wouldn't mind getting one ultra shallow and then a couple deeper You know fish these brookies out to 12 15 foot That's usually the lucky trap It's got the main flag on it Let's see what we got for depth here Okay, I got this one set this one I got the shore or the water or the rocks and they'll drive bait right into there So I usually fish brookies pretty shallow. You can get more numbers shallow now as far as the big one goes I don't know if you're gonna get a The giant in a foot and a half two foot of water, but you might so that's why I like to set it So where's we got five lines? I'll jig we might one of us will put four I might put four I might do five But I'll I'll be able to switch different depths and try it out I'll probably fish these brookies from about two foot to 12 foot. We got about seven and a half there That's what we're using for bait today smelts They're uh, they're real finicky. You got to be careful where you hook them and how long you have them out of the water So I'm not gonna mess around too much I'm good. We are set up I like it. I bet you I got a flag up already. Let's go check. All right. We got a high flyer Yeah First crap us that Oh, what are you in here 20? I just had a chop I think on mine Right throws up like a water Yeah, hold an ice now. I think she'll make some ice tonight. Yeah Well, we got a flag but we can't see what's going on because Because of that big unless he's wrapped up it's big It's real big. It's What it's got to be on a log Yeah, but there's a fish there too. Oh, yeah, he's fighting against that log I don't want to break it I think it's a brookie wrapped up on a log doing it. Yeah, he's actually moving Oh, it's right here. There's a stick right here. See it. Okay. Uh, can you grab that skimmer? My hook my lines on this side of it. Let me know if you want the letter down or It worked that way find the end. Yeah, if we can get to the end of it I can give you some more slack Hate to reach down there on a day like today. No, I might end up doing it Can you scoop that junk out of there? Just so I could see what's going on I don't know if there's a fish still on it though Just so we could see what's going on We could we could poke a couple holes. Good thing. There's not a lot of ice You're an animal Let me know if you want me to let out some line I'm letting out a lot of line There you go Stick still are we on an end of the stick? I can see Can you just break the stick? Oh Nice brookie. All right, let's get the brookie back down. Well, we got that over there. Hey, let me oh Oh my god, look how big is this stick? I want to get that brookie in the water. Yeah Yeah, let's let's work on unraveling them A day like today, it's way too cold to keep him out. Yep. Yep. Good on the hand though. Man that flag just went up too Oh, yeah, I just came out there. Look. He had a you've got a mess going That's why it's important to have a pretty good line Yeah, he's right. He's got a wrap right there Thanks for reaching in there, bro. You gotta get them Yeah, we don't want to break off and have them tied to that line forever I left my four sips in the shack. You got anything? Nope. All right, I can get it right here Wrap right there. So we're unwrapped at least. We got a fish right here That was quite a stick up on Yeah, dude, don't mess around today. It's too cold. Thanks for reaching down there. Got that fish. It's all better. Yeah Nice brookie. Let's take a quick look at him He's got to be Pretty good size Yeah, that's about the one I had too. Yep, we're gonna get him back down He's probably what 17 or so All of that But I'm going to try to either get that hook out or just cut it. Let's take a quick look Probably just cut it All right There he is. It's too cold to keep him out long guys. So Take a quick look at him. Get him right back down There you go. Nice. All right. Awesome. Thanks bud. Appreciate it. Couldn't have done it without you Yeah, that that would have been a strong one. Joe that coffee's hotter than copper at Scrappy eyes Jesus I'm gonna burn your lips. What do you got here for a coffee cup? Oh makeshift. Yeah, well Tarty cup Yeah You got some dumpsters over here. Oh boy. We don't go nowhere without Mr. I'm driving a couple sugar crescents into you. Oh, yeah There's more coffee there fellas It's not the worst coffee After them chili dogs, this would be like a tom We didn't have to push for space today Pretty sure we got lake for ourselves The whole thing pretty bad when you don't even see the warden out here That's when you know it's cold I feel better right now the last time I was at Alice Brooke Cameron. Yeah, all right. You look a little better, so What happened that day? Oh year ago. I caught the hung dog flew up in two years ago. That was two February's ago I rented a snow pro shack from Rob over in Nugents. I said, Jesus conditions will be decent. I had my 20 I had my sled like yours I have never towed anything so hard in my life They was 30 inches of slush on this lake in places and I had a buddy of mine, Dave McCurdy He's 350 plus I had him on the back of the sled You could get that thing going 30 and you'd get in one of them slush pockets And you'd be just right at the point you'd have to look at the ground to see if you were moving and she'd Dig again and go again I towed up from Nugents to Alice Brooke right here quite a ways Then what happened? Got the sweats Joe and I had to go home Yeah, I went back to the camp I was sitting down on the porch my boxer shorts hurling over the railing Dave McCurdy come up over the stairs. He's like, oh my god. He's gonna die I 28 below Just in your boxes. Oh, yeah, right on the porch probably the last pair of boxes at that point too. Yeah All right, she back up. Let's see what's going on here. That one took some line this time We can't even get to our bait will that get in there? I got an axe if we need it Okay It's sharp. Be careful get in there Any any small bigger the better Thanks, buddy Oh, is it is he on it? Is it is the line going? Great to look all we're about to find out. Oh, okay We you get I think you got a flag up Brandon. Yeah, I got one Some weight there What's you feeling mark? There's some weight there. I don't know if he's just come back on it or what What was this one that big China big China? Yeah That excited me that took some line Peel that jack trap totally gone. Holy cow. Look at all that camera. Wow The west grand boys know how to work as a team. I'll tell you that she's got steady weight Steady's good Ain't the shiner, right? I know he set the hook himself You got jerk is cramp. Yeah, yeah Your fingers cold good tough Nothing made it to T loss didn't it? Yeah, I'm pretty sure he's happy with new district now Any fight Probably big bass Oh Burbett probably a 10 pound probably probably is burbett could be I've seen a million cusk nuggets for lunch. Oh my god I've never tried cats. It's the greatest fish ever to eat. Oh, Joe must have some planko or something. Oh, yeah, I do Look, I can't remember how many ads are on that jack trap. I guess so You're almost full right now It's gotta be close I'm putting on tight too, you know It is frozen so Oh, it just went past the hole That's for real I know if it's ice lines that way Fight like a mermaid Is that a brookie? Nice pretty fish though It's one of the least dark lakers That's a pretty fish You kiss nice fish Nice one buddy. Like a yeah, he's four pounder probably Nice thick fish. Nice job, bud. Good job. I'll give you a slimy high five Nice. All right, Mark's on the board. You want to like her today For that 10 inch hole from there to the eight. Oh, yeah, I like that way better Definitely. Oh, she's turning. She turned? I don't see you. I just know the hole I thought you were gonna have a lot of lines Oh, he just went with it. Yeah Don't ball with that You feel going That's a job Yeah, mountain drone Ooh, what you got? State record, Jeff State record That'd be awesome I think it's a ways away Holy cow Gaining Old trout All right The brookie Let's clean the ain't it pretty got some nice colors. Yeah, I still got record smallest one the trip so far though. Do you? Yeah, quick look at them. There you go. Yeah, you're good. You're good We got three trip flags up right now. Yeah, we do Mark's got another one. Look at that trap rickett. There's no one There's no one. Oh my god Lay it right down. It's on you right now It's not on bottom. Brookie? No, Laker. Yeah, was this one of them big shyness Huge. Biggest shot in the bucket That's a good thing Heavy dead weight Good Head shaker. There's no two pounder. I'll tell you that much You think you'll burn in you want me to get my scoop? I'm I'm telling you I'm still 100 yards away from this fish Another flag over there Yeah, he's got a flag. I got a flag over there One do a time. We'll get through them. Yeah, I'll be all right. That's why I put a new battery in It marks didn't come to life till it got to the hole, right? Make it a hole, man Once you get them off the bottom You got it. You want to come to the side or are you good? Oh my god, don't horse them. Don't horse them Yeah monster Oh camera. I didn't mean to leave you hanging buddy. Look at the size of this hook. I caught this fish Yeah That is a stave And that was all one of them great big pike shiners. Yeah and that little tiny number six guy That's why we weren't scared of that bait y'all. No Oh, what a toad He's got to be over seven, right? Oh, yeah all day, ain't he? Oh, yeah, I got a measuring device Yeah, if you want to get it lying Are you keeping them or I'm gonna like to have a couple pictures real quick. Of course. Yeah You gotta give us give us your hooting and hollering if you want. They've never heard you so quiet Look at that He's 29 29 incha Good job, buddy Are you okay? Are your fingers good? No, I just don't Guys it's so cold out here with the wind Cameron's doing a good job keeping that fish in the water So we can get a picture So it doesn't freeze Yeah, sure You put some rubbers on and he looked good when you come by the hole. Oh my god. I thought he's 20 when he went by But we'll take a double digit I'm saying eight and a half. We've got two more flags to go. I know it That's got a huge shiner on it that one there too Hold them up for a picture if you want ready Joe. Yeah, and then one with this Got it Oh His holds is way excellent though See you later big gator Nice one, dude That makes it all worth it on a cold day right there. We should have got two flags Yeah, we got two more. Which one we're going to next max? All right another flag. This was a great big shiner. Oh, yeah Something it's right there Oh Whoa, baby. I got a cask Cask nuggets. Oh my god. I cannot even believe I got a cask on that shiner Whoo She running had Oh my gosh That's the first one we've got to see do that Wow, think I ought to give him a heck that's a brookie. Yeah Yeah Yeah, oh feels pretty decent Whoa, oh another stick even this is oh, oh, oh is it coming right out of here? I lose it Oh, man, it might just pop off on that stick No, it's back It might be It's a brookie. It's a nice brookie. Yeah Another like 17 inches Um, actually this one's a little smaller. Can we get it or should I just cut it? Stop If we can't get it, sorry Yep All right, let's show the camera Oh, what a beauty that might be the prettiest one you have. That's a pretty trope Good job, buddy. Thanks That helps to check your traps I literally just reset that and and I raised it up earlier I checked the second one got the first one looked back and the second one was already up So I've always been a super firm believer of that. Anyway, just for shaking up your bait. Yep Something watches that you put it back down Yep, and it livens up your bait if your bait's just laying there acting dead Yeah So I I was low on this one when I set it originally I got like six foot of water here and I was down pretty low. I just raised it up to like three foot And that's when that brookie took it So I don't know if you just saw it or just me messing with it was enough Imagine Can't even see the hole Like I bet you it's right underneath this stick Nothing Yeah, so now she's on sport mode. Okay hit it back one more time for sport. Oh, if that shows regular They hit it back one more time for eco. Okay, then we'll be saving all fuel saving a lot of fuel There's a lot less snappy and idols down a little bit different too because it's pretty snappy. Oh, yeah You could lift them skis right up. No problem. That's why I wanted that freaking turbo Man, it's good. It was pretty cold out here this morning. I know it tomorrow's gonna be brutal Yeah, we got a flag up over here Uh, whoever's got the flag mark. I think it's you with one way in Oh, you got hot dogs ready No, no, thanks. I'm gonna As always I'm thinking about a cup of coffee about an hour from now Oh, you got the weather all printed out. Oh, thank you. Do you want a hot dog? You want a cup of coffee? Get near somebody. Yeah, get near us. Yeah, that's not a bad idea. Well, I gotta go watch him catch this five pound brookie That's the lucky one too Doing anything I don't know if you can't hear it The wine's I think there's something on Yep, there's one Man, it just went up. I literally watched it. It took some wine. Good head shakes Whoa Yeah, keep them right in the water That's a pretty sick. Is that a keeper? What do you think? What do you guys think? Oh, it's definitely a keeper. Well, I mean It's gotta be 19 20 It's a legal key 19 That's a few Joe. What do you say? That's your call. Yeah, throw him back. Yeah, he hasn't been out of the water long or anything. He's pooped all over you Let's take a quick look at him or you That's good. Good release. Good solid fish. Nice fish Joe. Thanks, buddy. 19 inches and he was fat He was fat. Really? That's a staven brookie. Yeah, that's three pound brookie. Yeah, he was probably close three pounds That was a brookie worth coming out of the shack for, huh? Nice, glad I came over. Yeah, me too What do you got going on over there? A few hot dogs The old Jordan red hot dogs That's what we call Lewis's lobster. Yeah Can't beat them. Now they cost more Lewis's lobsters than regular lobsters. Yeah, really The old brookie is a little warm She don't want to turn down much She'll cook pretty quick. Yeah, cold burn hot dog. Just fight about ice fishing. Yeah I'll be alright. Did you get your deer this year? No No, that's why we're eating hot dogs. Yeah, I missed one. My boy did though. That's good Yeah, nine years old. Got his first bar. Oh, nice. Yeah, what do you get? Nice little five pointer. Nice Great. We've been hunting at a camp for two three days and uh, the girl at the Pine tree store in Grand Lake stream hooked us up laying down there eating in town. Nice. Yeah Yeah Helped us out. That's awesome. Nine years old and already got a deer. Yep Yep shot it with my grandfather's 44 mag. Perfect. Yeah, you're pretty excited We've had him he was seven years old He was up in Long Lake with a derby me, Brandon, dad, my uncle, cousin And uh, 17 below that boy's over there. He pretty hardcore. Holy cow. We had the shacks stuff, but Crazy kid loves it. That's good I mean if you don't you got a long winner That boy's caught some fish That boy's caught big fish and a lot of grown men I imagine We went we took him to Long Lake one time. We went up Brandon cam calling He had a uh five pound salmon of Long Lake. Wow five week fly rod Wow, that boy had quite a package right there. I must have been a freak. Yeah What are you gonna say about still better than kyle's cooking What happened? I lost track of time I just tried to warm them up. I had them perfect. Oh man. Oh man You know the worst spot I put my roll on it too. I forgot about that I'd take that in one if I was using it. I don't care which one Nice one buddy. Good Laker. Let's get him back Nice one Brandon update. We got jeez. How many fish we had now fellas? Two berbett. I got two brookies and a berbett. I got three brookies and a berbett So that's four. You got three. That's seven. Brandon's got Two fish nine. Mark's got two. He's got three. He's got two lakers. I got two lakers and a brookie. Yeah, what'd I say? I had two brookies. I had a small brookie and then the brookie you got on video You know guys on a day like today It's really a lot of people aren't motivated to check their bait clean the holes And move traps, but that's why we're having such a productive day is we're out there checking our stuff And every time you check a bait, you know, you lift it up and it makes it active again And you know, I had one smelt that was up above my reel Smelt can do some really ugly stuff to your floral carbon And then I reset it within 10 minutes called a nice brookie So we're checking our gear, which is huge and you know, a lot of people on a day That's super cold. I've seen people not check their stuff till night and they got a chip through an inch and a half ice And uh, don't have any bait on so if you're gonna be out here battling the element You might as well catch some fish, right? Yeah That's one of the reasons why I like fishing with these these guys. They might look ugly and be rough as all But they could catch fish and they can fish with the best of them and I don't fish anybody Nice one swallow it You got a couple more flags You don't mind if we cut those fish first, do you? You don't mind if we catch those fish, do you? What's happening? Is it Kyle? Yeah, Joe? Good to see you again This is this is tropical compared to what we're getting tomorrow Any weight That looks like a decent Oh decent one Oh, yeah He swallowed I get you He swallowed You want a leg up for dinner? No, look at the lice on it. Yep, what is it? Much of the lice Five right there six. There you go. Got some hook back Nice 20, 23 inch Oh, 25 on this one. This is the drop off here. Do you mind if we get one more? We're probably the only first failure today, aren't we? No, it's the only thing saving you. I know what It snows up quick, but it's Who's is this one? You more? Oh my god, there's no line last. I think just went up to These togemen coming in numbers like like nothing for an hour four flags You guys left that flag up, right? That's my flag. Yeah, mine's up too. It needs bait Anything else off the fish? Well, let's see what that spool looks like before you get started Uh, there was a bunch of line on it. Make sure you go the right way. Hey, don't show them those fish I'm actually just talking about eating them. I'm gonna try one. I've never tried it of you That's what I said, I was worried about him being mushy But I'm gonna use them I'm gonna use them for pike bait Any size? It's been a cold, miserable day, but we've caught a lot of fish We'd know You got a message started What a brookie That's kind of a pretty one, huh? Yeah, let's get a quick look at him before you send them back. Uh, that's good Yeah, he's Nice looking fish ain't that hard. I think we're good now, right? Maybe for a minute As long as our inside ones are not freaking thumb thaw though Well, you want to see some paperwork? Yeah, I got the 20 day Yeah, because I 20 day registration because I my town office was closed I picked it up I picked it up, uh Let's see Saturday That's my other sled It's unbelievable. I've never had a new anything in my life. There's the 20 day Yeah, and that's my trailer So I didn't even get a chance to use it that I that I came right up here yesterday and yesterday was the first time it ran Does it Another buddy of ours just picked his up I figured if I'm gonna hang out with all these rich guys, I better look at the park, too We saw he pulling you out of the slush no more. I know Well, that's gonna conclude the fishing part of the day It is dropping like a rock. We have negative nine degrees Mercury and then 20 to 35 mile an hour winds So that makes the The real feel pretty cold But we made it we had an awesome day of fishing put some really nice fish on the ice and uh, yeah Don't have a lot to show for a couple of casts We are gonna Header back. We got what we got about 10 12 mile rides We're eight all day About a Eight back to the ranch and then we're gonna I'm gonna unload a few things I'm gonna run back to my ranch get it squared away and make sure the eaters going before I try that at eight at night And then I'm gonna come back and have some dinner with the boys So that's the plan guys Stay tuned for the moose loin and then what else are we gonna have? Scallops, costa nuggets and some Texas toast All right, I am back to my ranch Back to my tent I'm gonna have dinner with the boys But I wanted to come back here first and change into some dry socks My boots got wet from the inside today from sweating And I really should have had another pair of socks in my tote sled in the snowmobile So I'm gonna throw another pair in tonight just so they're always in there Uh, I would have been nice just to the head dry socks about midday I would have changed them out I wanted to come back here make sure my heaters working tonight's like a critical night It could be dangerous if things aren't if everything's not working well So I wanted to make sure that my tent didn't blow away That my heater's going that everything's in order not wet and everything's dry So that I can sneak back out have dinner with the boys and then come all the way back in Then things will be set up and ready to go and and ready for a nice safe night It's going to get really cold tonight. I wouldn't be surprised if it hits 20 below zero tonight We saw like negative nine today with 20 to 30 mile an hour winds the wind has died down Which is a really good thing So I'm going to get changed into some dry clothes get my eskimo bibs starting to dry out So they're ready to go for tomorrow put my clams on for the ride back and forth And uh, should be dry and warm for that ride As warm as I can be Well, we ain't having cusk nuggets tonight those things are frozen rocks solid 100 all the way through to the core I thought I'd be able to fillet them up take the back straps out of them but I just hit them with a knife and they They're rock solid and they're kind of twisted too. So rather than force it and cut my finger or something down I'm gonna have to try to thaw them out to eat them or Have to eat them when I get home It's eight down in the lake. Eight blows here. Oh, yeah. I yeah Feels like it she's gonna be raw and she she's dropping The coyotes were howling. I don't think they're howling to talk to each other. I think they were complaining Turn the heat back on Imagine living out there Sleeping out there at night. Oh my god. Oh, yeah, not pleasant. It's like you Yeah, we actually do yeah, look at the size lens go What you got there Brandon? Oh my word Joe, this this is the nightcap right here A little onion Foremost burgers We're gonna smother them with a little bacon and cheese Then we had about can't have hot tack I think we'll all be sleeping good night Irene. Oh, yeah, I remember you see I got them scattered everywhere Well, thanks a bunch guys for dinner. That was as good as it gets right there. Oh, man. Delicious and the appetizers Look at that rig That's a load of logs right there. Yes. Oh Those weren't cut up here back 12 feet. Those are too big to be cut up here There were some big axe handles that Yeah, not much Brandon's preheating his bed, I think It's cold out here fellas I've got water already froze up each made it back. It's pretty chilly in here. We're at 10 below zero right now on the mercury That's pretty chilly. It's probably I don't think it's much warmer in here to be honest with you I'm gonna get the coffee ready so everything's pretty well ready in the morning for just a push button and We'll go from there. The boys are gonna come down meet me down here in the morning We're gonna do some lake trout fishing and it's gonna be pretty brutal cold. It's 10 below right now. I gotta believe by morning. It's gonna be closer to 20 below Then if it blows windy at all tomorrow, we got some trouble So we'll just be careful be smart All right guys, that's gonna do it for today. It's just an amazing day We had some incredible fish catches. They say that a 19 inch brookie You know probably in that three pound range is a really good fish Brandon caught that nice tog and mark caught Five pretty solid tog. We probably averaged over four pounds each on those and Cameron caught three brookies off camera And he had a great day too. He caught one of his better better brookies that he's ever caught so All in all pretty awesome day for tough weather day The game warden came out and checked us. That was pretty cool Had a couple really good conversations with him He said we were the only people on this whole chain of lakes today Because the weather was so rotten So that kind of makes you feel a little bit better about You know, I don't know if it does or not I don't know how that makes you feel but I'm getting ready for for bed. I got hot cup of tea over here. I'm probably gonna Hammer on that expecting some serious cold temps tonight. I usually just shut the heater off I might leave it on for a little while We'll see how it goes if I can get snuggled in that bed. It'll snug and warmed up But I went out and got another blanket to throw on top. I didn't need it But last night but with tonight I'd rather have it not need it than need it not have it because it's gonna It's gonna be cold. We'll see what the number finally is. Um, it's exciting a little bit to be honest with you To see how cold it's actually gonna get and it's a challenge to kind of push my comfort level and And also to push myself into some new areas. It'll be interesting to see how cold it gets and hopefully I feel good When you guys are doing this like the like I get pretty snuggled into my sleeping bag I get snugged in there pretty good. The only thing I can't keep my head in there because it just Doesn't feel right breathing in there and the air is not great Exposed as my face and my head So a lot of times I'll wear a hooded sweatshirt on a super cold night and pull the hood over or I'll have like a a wool hat or a winter hat like that And hopefully that stays on all night if it doesn't you usually wake up with a cold head and put the hat back on But I'm gonna read a little bit again tonight before bed. This one Is called spiked boots. It's uh, it's all about north country main login History and this is the same author that wrote that one. I really liked the author's names robert e pike And he wrote a really good one called tall trees tough man And it was about these very lakes and the log drives and the trains Which i'm hoping to show you guys later in the week that are landlocked in between these lakes And some really cool stuff. So a lot of the stuff i'm reading in this book currently Also has to do with this body of water. So kind of cool Just being on the body of water and reading about the history of it, you know in the middle 1800s early 1800s Even into the 1900s with log drives and the login history So i'm going to read that for a little while. I don't think i'm going to make it very long I'm pretty worn out and these really cold days when you're outside in them You know windy days take a lot at you when you're ice fishing usually knocks you out at night And then the cold days can really knock it at you too. So That and a really good full belly with the boys. That was one heck of a dinner tonight I don't think I'll last very long, but i'm going to read a little bit and then Next time you see me, hopefully you'll be in the morning. Thanks for tuning in guys Check out next episode to see what happens tomorrow on the coldest day of the year It's not a drop in the ground That's what happens when you throw boiling water into the air at negative 22 degrees Uh-oh, that's not good. That's not good. He's solo. Oh Were they right behind you? That's not good Can't mess around on a day like today. I just got to put my jacket on You want to run back and see what's up? Yeah, that matters. All right, if you're not if you don't come back here in 10 minutes I'll come find you Were you hammering? All right, if you're not back, I'll what I'll do is I'll just put my jacket on I'll follow you Because we can't freak around with this type of leather if somebody's hurt Every second counts Brandon just ran back to see where the boys are. They were right behind them two legs back. So Something must be wrong or they met up with somebody so he headed right back I'm gonna head out behind them to see if everybody's okay. See if I could help make sure nothing's wrong