 What is up guys, what a night that was. The wind was full force, blowing like a sieve, straight sideways. I don't think I've ever seen wind like that before. I know I've never camped in wind like that or done this winter ice camping in wind like that before. At about two o'clock this morning, it started gusting, came out of nowhere, woke me right up and it was blowing probably 40 to 60 miles an hour in that range. I read on the weather station that this county was gonna get some gusts possibly in the 40 and 50s, so it was all of that for a couple hours. It had me a little bit worried. I was just glad this tent just didn't go whoo, lift up, blow away and leave me laying there. It was that rugged that I started wondering about the trees over here. This little tiny point that I set the camp up behind, saved me last night, definitely. It's, I tucked it in behind the north. There wasn't much of a point here, but most of that wind was dead out of the north. If it turns a little west today, which it's supposed to, it could get a little ugly. So I'm gonna go out and double check all my tie downs and my straps. I'm glad they were tied down and strapped last night. And if it comes on again strong like that, it'd be a tough day to fish. It might be just stay in camp and read a book day. But if it does what it's supposed to, it's supposed to blow like 10 to 15, pretty sustained west, northwest. Then I could fish or at least fish out of camp here and set up some tip hops out here and watch for them out the window until it subsides a little bit. So coffee's brilliant. Pretty excited about that. Probably throw a breakfast together and get a good meal in my belly before going out there and fighting the wind. And gonna take a little time this morning to respond to a lot of comments and questions on the YouTube channel and also add a couple of my social media sites too. I wanna give a shout out to a sportsman out there, Pete Dalarma, Mercer Mane, hanging there bud. Really appreciate you tuning in and looking forward to meeting you and talking some fishing. And all you other guys out there that reply into the comment section or ask questions, it really means a lot to me just to have that communication with you guys and it pushes me on. And on days like this where the weather's tough and it's really tough out here fishing, it kinda helps drive me on a little bit. So really appreciate that guys, Pete hanging there bud. I'm really looking forward to hearing some good fishing stories. Holy cow guys, I just went out and drilled a hole and it almost knocked me over the wind. The wind is blowing so hard out there around the corner. I don't know what I'm gonna do. Can't really fish here. There's not enough water right here. I don't know, I think I'm gonna drink a cup of coffee and really think about where and when I'm gonna set today. I'm not gonna rush out there today. It's blowing hard. It's 14 degrees and it's blowing probably 40 miles an hour across that lake. Sitting here and gonna have half that cup of coffee down. I can't stand not having a bait in the water. So I'm gonna go out and set at least one, maybe two. And after I do two, maybe I'll do three. But I'm gonna go get a couple of lines in the water for this early bite. And hopefully the wind doesn't blow the traps out of the hole. Let's go. Oh my God. She's already blown over. Let's see how deep it is first. Gotta do it. All right, we got some depth at least. Six, three for five to the leader. So about eight, nine foot there. All right, Shiner, all right, Shiner. Great big Shiner for crappy. I'll set it right about there. All right, we got one in, we're fishing. That wasn't too bad. It's pretty bad. Looks like it slushed up pretty hard off the point. I have to be careful. Hopefully there's no more slush out here. Nice and here. I'm gonna get some gloves on. I pretty much never wear gloves, but it's a glove type of day. Wind chill is a little bit different than regular cold. I'll poke a couple more holes just to have them for when I get a little more ambition. So with the shovel is I'm putting some snow and building the wall up on the windy side so the hole doesn't get too snowed in. Eventually it will, but rather than have a huge drift right where your trap is, it'll drift a little bit above it. Well, I got my traps in. The feeling of being out here and not fishing is way worse to me than just being a little uncomfortable and dealing with the weather. I got the right equipment for the weather. So that's what we're gonna do right there, folks. We got the traps in, we've got big baits so we shouldn't be messing around with a lot of little fish today. I'm gonna double check all my tie downs. We got a nice little drift going over here. It's amazing this little tiny point right here is what saved me last night. Yeah, that's good. Good, good, good, good. Traps in. Hopefully the snowmobile starts later. It's nice in here. All you gotta do is have a windbreak on a hill like today. Zipper's actually frozen. Best way to get a flag is get busy doing something else. Holy cow. He's ripping out here. That's not too bad. Pretty good size, I guess. Bring him home for Stevie. Stevie's never eaten crappy. We got one, he's probably 11, 12-inch-er. But that'll eat good. I'm gonna probably put a bag of filets together for one of my very best friends who's never had the pleasure of eating crappy before. So it starts there. She's still hailing out there pretty good. Got some breakfast cooked. First time using these griddle tops from this Coleman Hyperflame. I don't know if I like them or not. Had some trouble with the egg sticking and they burn wicked hot, so it's hard to keep them low enough. But first time, I don't know. We'll see. It's hard to beat a fry pan. But there's breakfast for you. About to drive that into me and probably go catch a couple more fish in the meantime. It is blowing like a sieve. The sun's coming up. And flags are popping up too. Let's see what's on the end of this one. This shiner might have been my smallest shiner out of the four that I threw on. Ah, nothing, can you steal it? Oh, get down there. I forgot my dipper. Well, that's all right. Nothing. Well, I'm gonna change the plans a little bit, guys. I'm gonna eat some lunch and probably pull out of here tonight so I could get this film edited and get back on another trip somewhere a little bit more productive. You know, whenever you take shots like this, you never know if it's gonna pan out or not. And this one, yeah, I got some 14 inch crappy, but down home I've been catching 15s and better. You know, so I came up here to try to catch a giant. Didn't happen. Tough, tough weather conditions. That's gonna happen to you sometimes. So I guess it's just getting older. I guess no one went to pull out. Oh, there's a good one. That's just one, that's what we're after. Is that bass? What is this? Whoa, it's a slab. That is a slab. There it is, guys, that's what we're after. Great big one. Let's get a measurement on him. 14 and three quarters, 14 and three quarters. That's a good one. That one's gonna go home with us. Oh, I like the way he came in. That's a beauty. Nice one. Feels good. Another good one. Not bad slobbers. Got him. Well guys, that is gonna do it for this trip. I hate to leave and it's like gorgeous. It's getting super, super cold and we still got a breeze going. Did not catch an 18 incher. Got one, just about 15 inches, which I'm super happy with that and a handful over 14 inches. Really tough conditions. Glad I got that first winter camping ice fishing trip on the ice under my hat, so I'll ready for the next one. There's a couple things I need to do a little bit different. Couple things I forgot at home. I'll have those things for next trip and thanks for tuning in, guys. I'm off to the next one. All right, that's not a bad size. Got the better one. All right.