 All right get the snow and ice off the quilt of the tent that way when it melts because of the heat inside It doesn't melt right down through and and make drips so One thing about these huts is Even though they're insulated. They are not waterproof. They're no good at all in the rain. They're like a sav So if you think it's gonna rain or be heavy snow I usually throw a tarp over the top of the whole thing and tie it down good morning. It is day three. I Slept with ease on last night Didn't even notice Wow All right, what are we looking at today today? It is Five degrees outside so warmed up pretty good last night. It was just about ten below zero when I fell asleep And now it's five. It's quarter of five in the morning inside. It is a brisk 38 degrees That's what the heater running on low all night got the coffee pot started this morning. I Think it snowed last night. I haven't looked outside yet, but just going by hearing some Hearing that little slide off the the roof a couple times over the night Makes me think that we got a dusting and usually when it warms up It's it's because it snowed so I'm guessing we got an inch or so or maybe just a dust in a snow It's a lot warmer than it was yesterday morning, so I'm looking to have a great day today We're gonna have some coffee this morning some breakfast and kind of ease our way out into the day again 38 degrees is not crazy warm for inside this tent But it's a lot warmer than it is outside far as sleeping goes. I was really comfortable last night My friends bought me this Cabela sleeping bag. That's really thick You know, it's got to be almost two inches thick and it's good for the cold And then I threw a couple wool blankets on top of that just for added weight and to help Hold some heat in got a man size cot underneath that my sleeping bag over the cot I brought some foam for this trip just because my my air pad ran out of air, so The foam seems to be working pretty well It's not as thick as like a sleeping mat or an air pad, but it adds to that comfort level So sleeping has been comfortable super quiet outside, which helps even more. I got thinking last night I could have shut the heater off and just dealt with a little bit more cold if I wanted to conserve on propane But I brought a decent amount of propane for this trip keeping the heater on keeps a lot of the stuff from freezing Not everything, you know My water jugs still froze that were in the corner the first night and some of the food cans froze to if you're Strategic about where you put stuff. It'll freeze less, you know, if you're running the heat Hey, nice little snowmobile ride this morning. I just did a pilot hole out here when I got off the shore There was good seven eight inches ice, you know a big fear of mine this whole trip is falling through any time it is But especially after the report I got from the Rangers and a lot of thin ice conditions They said somebody fell through with a snowmobile the next lake up where I've been fishing I've been on pretty good ice near the shore, but I want to go a little deeper today So I'm gonna start checking some offshore spots for some Kogan whitefish Plague up. I just jigged this hole and there was some activity down there But I kind of messed it up. I think when I was getting the sonar together and making a bunch of noise But before I left it I left a trap with a Shiner down there and There was some fish around So let's see what it is. It doesn't feel very big Not even fighting right now Took out a lot of line Little tog maybe. Oh whitefish All right Hook just popped right out. So they got to be 16 inches to keep I've never eaten a whitefish. I'm really hoping he makes it So I'm gonna get a measurement on him real quick Oh my goodness. Does he make it? Does he make it? It's gonna be so close. I gotta put this down It is so close 16 and a half cool Got my first keeper whitefish 16 and a half inches That's exciting. Yes 16 and a half inches. I'm finally gonna taste whitefish. I'm excited We'll dispatch him and get this reset up. It's too whitefish down there All over that bait He's on it. He's got it. He's got it. Watch that line. See that line moving Flag's just about to go up What? How awesome is that? Does he still have it? Oh my god, that is so awesome That was incredible. Let's cut this one. Another whitey Wow, that was awesome Easy now boy easy That was awesome. There were two of them down there. Are we gonna get him right back down? He's pretty close to a keeper. I bet if not a keeper Let's drop that middle right back down see if we can catch the other one. It's still on That was cool watching that line move to the side. I've never seen that before So what about ten seconds before the flag went up? He was on there and he was doing like a big pendulum pendulum swing before he could trip the flag Pretty cool That's what I use now to mark my line. It's just a little piece of a rubber band It seems to stay put and if you need to change depth you can just slide it down one way or another With the electronics, I don't bother sounding anymore because you could see exactly where your line is You can see where your weight is where your bait is See it's cool because you can see my nylon line Then you can see my weight then you could see the bait underneath it and my swivel up here And we're down in 30 almost 31 foot of water Couple fish coming in hot on the bait. He's on it Let's look and see if that line moves. Oh, he's all over it. There's a school of them About five or six white fish down there I'm gonna get the jigging rod in the hole next to it. It does not feel very big. Oh, they're whitey little guy Alright whitey on the jig rod He didn't eat the minnow. I wonder if they already stripped that minnow off that hook There you go That was awesome, right? They're getting smaller Well, man, they were active. They really like that jig going instead of the instead of the Shiner Man, that's fun. Nothing on the screen right now. I gotta pull that out and see if that Shiner is still on there Another white fish Put him back to get bigger That's why You can't out fish a Shiner with a jig Got him Jigged another keeper white fish Wasn't recording though. That was awesome. That one fought pretty good. He's probably 16 and a half Put him back. There's three or four more down there. He hit way up top big white fish Nice one another keeper Wow, that guy stayed with it all the way from the bottom That was crazy. It's kind of hard to hold on That school looked about all the same size. All right, that's another keeper right there folks big white fish for for me That one's probably pushing 17 but we're gonna get him right back down hit something there pretty good Might be a Laker. I don't know I was uh Keeping my trap up around 25 foot over 40 foot This joker came flying in smoke this thing came in like a white fish. That's the weird part Not one heck of a fight Oh What a run I can't even see him on the screen now. He's gone We got to work him back Oh, here he comes. All right. He's down in 20 foot of water right now About 20 feet away man, there he is Still 20 foot deep. I can't seem to lift him any I'm started. I don't even know what the heck this thing is There he goes again. I really want to catch this fish Alrighty's 15 18 We're at the leader Now we're back off the leader Man this thing is kicking my butt He is going crazy It's big whatever it is He's back down into 35 foot I'm trying to keep him off the bottom This is a big fish This is a giant whatever it is man Oh boy, do I want to catch this thing? There he goes. He's coming up Got him back up to 25 He's just still spooling He looks long on the screen. Lo most looks like two fish on the screen, but This is my first big one on the On the panoptic, so I don't know I can't see a damn thing down that hole Getting close Getting close. Oh, it's a big Laker. It's a nice Laker Oh There he goes again It's a Laker Oh, what do you do? He just rolled. He just rolled. Okay All right, we're gonna try to get him over here and land him This is what I came out the deep water for folks. Oh nice Laker Been a while since I caught one that big Get started get started Come on All right Nice Nice lake trout All right Let's pop that hook out of him What a fight that was He's probably in the Four pound range. I'm guessing We'll get a quick measure on him and send him back down the hole That sure was a lot of fun A lot different than those white fish I was catching this morning, which I'm very happy to catch 25 inches I'm guessing he's gonna be just under four It's hard to judge trout when you're a bass guy 3.94. So just under four pounds. He's bleeding. So if we're gonna get him back down, there he goes All right 3.94 pounds That's not huge, but When you're catching a lot of little stuff like, uh You know 12 15 inch trout and, uh 10 to 17 inch White fish when you hit a two footer like that That gives you a good fight like that. It really makes your day and Fish like that could make your whole trip. So Pretty fun. I'm gonna I'm gonna get back down there and try it again I was I was just watching the pan optics. I I saw a school of smelt over here So I was jigging. Oh 20 feet up off the bottom And out of nowhere out of like Maybe he was 15 foot deep. He came flying down just jumped on that thing and uh Then you got to see the whole fight. So let's try it again Got him I reeled right up for it I don't know what it is yet. It feels like a white fish It's not as big as that last one. I know that That's pretty good size and starting to get bigger now Man, I reeled it put it right in that thing's face. It's gotta be a lake trout Put it right in his face and he jumped on it Lakers get a little funny around the hole and try to end this thing before it turns into a big fight Yeah, that's another decent Laker Got you sucker, got you you rat face sucker. Don't you move? Look at that another another nice toad Look how dark these things are man That's crazy how dark they are It's got like red fins on it Nice nice nice We are into some deep fish Oh sweet Just let him go down You can watch him on the screen. There he goes Sweet another one I like this deep water fish and it's it's we're in the 40 foot range But I've been brook trout fish in the last couple days because it's fun to catch and eat native Maine brook trout, but That's done in super shallow water So I figured I'd come out here and just see what's out here because it's not really known for For its deep water fish This area where I'm in right now So I figured I'd come out and look and see if I could catch a toad or catch a white fish and so far It's been a great day had a handful of white fish probably six or seven and and uh two or three over the keeper size and Two pretty nice toad right now How's it going? Are you filming or are you filming? Yeah Yeah, shoot No, they're they're probably gonna come tonight Yeah All right How much how's it going good slushy. I just saw them two guys you talked to good Yeah, that's the out there too, but is there ice? Yeah, they told me they told me there's no ice The first night when you went on your seven inches. Did you guys fish today? What's up? How you doing buddy? What are you guys doing? Good to see you. That's been a fun day so far. Let me tell you nice fun in a good way Yeah, good boy. That's a nice toad sled. Okay. I'm back. It's nighttime day three ran into some buddies of mine That's pretty awesome. They're up for two days of fishing. We're gonna go brook trout fishing I'm gonna join them tomorrow. They're sleeping at camper. Oh 15 miles or so from here We're gonna all meet up in the morning to see what we could do about putting some high numbers of brook trout And see if we can catch a big brook trout. So all in all today was just an excellent day I went out deep got to use the Garmin pan optics learned a lot on that Put it to good use to catch a couple of lake trout quite a few white fish Got my first keeper white fish, which I'm excited to eat that baby sitting right there I got a thought out because it's uh, it froze up Temperature right now is as mild as I've seen yet. It's 20 degrees above zero Which is pretty awesome. Not sure what tomorrow's gonna bring, but it's the first night. It hasn't been zero or below As soon as darkness hits. So I'm really excited about that and that's about it I'm gonna cook up cook up that white fish first Finish up Jeff's moose that I ate half of a package last night A good friend of mine Jeff Osborne I'll put a link right here in a card somewhere to his moose hunt of the moose that I'm eating It was an awesome hunt second big one. He shot with a bow and arrow and this hunt was really cool He's got a youtube video on it. If you like that kind of stuff check him out and definitely subscribe to his channel too