 Good morning day three it is a mild 18 degrees Fahrenheit out there no wind Everything's pretty calm. The coyotes were really active last night It was cool falling asleep listening to them yipping and barking and talking to each other and probably hunting all night And then this morning when I got out of bed. I actually heard them again Kind of cool thingy here when you're outside. I got some taters going frying in the pan got the coffee for him today I am going to be joined by a couple friends my good buddy Dan from reboot outdoors is coming out and He's he's just like I am he's got pike in the blood He might be a brother from another mother. We don't know you'll see I'll let you guys decide after you watch the video But this guy is a character He's got a great veteran organization one of my absolute favorite veteran organizations out there is Operation reboot outdoors check them out when Dan gets here I'm gonna let him tell you exactly what they're doing what they've been up to lately and just how much they've grown It just makes me feel really good to see How much they've grown since I first met Dan and fished with Dan and fished with his guys and It's just amazing to see their growth and how much hard work that he's put in his family's put in and also All of his volunteers and all of his guys have put in nice That is some nice snow coffee. I'm running low on water I don't usually bring a ton of water out with me if there's fresh snow I melted down Oh couple pots of snow last night to have water for coffee in the morning and have some drinking water too So if you're trying to save on weight Bringing gear in stuff you could bring less water than you're going to consume if you have a heat source and Decent clean snow don't drink the yellow snow whatever you do It's pee anybody else put franks on their red hot on their eggs I put it on eggs potatoes fish Kind of like the taste of it there we have it breakfast served We got some fog today Golden China Well, I guess I used him yesterday too Let him go do work go get eaten. Wow. It's like this crazy freezing fog It's super dense air And the fog's almost frozen It's it's 17 degrees right now. So I don't really Know what's up with that fog those heritage are pretty easy to set You could set them with mittens on if you were wearing mittens We're good to go. That should be a pike should be about a 15 20 pound. Haha sweet Okay, let's go do some exploring new holes All right guys, what I'm doing now is I just drilled a test hole in a spot where I thought might be good and I'm kind of looking for belly or a channel leading into these backwaters And I'm out near the main body of water with this life scope Looking at forward view you could see I'm gonna show you All right, so straight This is straight down. So we're in 30 foot right now And ahead of us 40 foot that way it starts to come up So it's shallower there. So I'm in a pretty good belly here But as I turn it I'm going to rotate it and you can see all those crappy on the screen I'm going to rotate it. It's fallen a little bit And then it falls a decent amount Right behind us. So if I go 30 feet, that's a pretty good that actually drops a little harder there That's why this isn't showing up as clear But you can see that it is deeper over there. So you're looking at like 35 30 feet away And 60 to 70 feet away 40 foot. So I'm going to go out that way about 60 to I'll go out about 60 foot and see if I can find that deeper channel and get us into about 40 foot of water That's a five-out gammakatsu octopus hook Plenty of point showing Running it on steel leader today 10 inch hole eight inch bait And we're only in about 20 here. We're right on the top of that hump So I'm actually setting it down about 15 foot So it's sitting up on top of that hump like an easy target ready to be chewed on What's up What's going on you brought an all-star demon. I forgot brother was your gas. Don't worry about it. I got you a breakfast I'll come back tomorrow. Anyway, so I'll bring it then sweet. How you guys doing good? How you been doing good? How was the ride in? Not bad not as bad as I thought it was gonna be Yeah, we got a side-by-side into another slide. Do you guys get by those trees? All right, or yeah Well, we a broke one of them and then we snapped the branches up. He didn't bring the chains up. We did. Oh, we did We just like we could get through that. Yeah Shut up. There's a rock. You're the first one. I see you take rock back. There's a rock right there I'm like Lay in the line out because he might take all that line back if he's a giant How's he feeling is he big? He's fighting. Yeah, I still feel him. So you got steel leader so you can be a little bit. Is he set you think? Yeah, I think he's set so you could you could horse him a little but if he wants to take it let him take it back down the hole Okay, I got 40 pound floral on mine. Yeah, that's what I usually run, but down here. It don't matter He's taken it a little. Yeah So if I feel him pulling yeah, give it to him Yeah, you can you can keep pulling them until until you can't pull any more And then if you can't pull any more then you let him take it like like he will take it if he wants it Out of your hands. So you kind of keep pulling as much as you can. He took a little line for that thing just going up No, yeah, this could be big Because you haven't even got to the rubber band yet. There's that's where it started He took a pile of line This could be a big fish Yeah, you can't tell yet, right? He's on there though. All right, so straight up with him and usually around the hole They give you a surge so you might have to let him go I mean It's not the big ones. Oh, it's a good one. All right, let him serve. Let him serve Yeah, just let him kind of you're doing a good job. Just like that. Okay. Okay. We're gonna all right now. You can bring him back Bring him back There you go. Thanks Thank you All right now once his head starts you could flop him right on the ice go ahead. Yeah Yeah, baby. Nice. I'll go get my catch bag Over 10 Yeah Yeah, big fat one He had a hell of a fight on him. That's your first pike, right Bob? Congratulations We'll get a weight on him That's monster No, look how fat and healthy that thing is All right, so these are the most the two most important tools right here The teeth are brutal. You do not want to get anywhere near them All right, so there's the hawk. They got some sort of bacteria or something on the tooth So when it punches your skin, your blood don't clot it. Just keep freaking bleeding. Oh really? You don't want he's hissing at you. Yeah, I never heard him do that All right, you could pull that line right out straight up and you're free All right, so let's get a weight on him. You want to weigh him? Yeah, he's over 10. He's always got something big in his belly already. Let me Push on it. That's the fish. I don't think that's yours I don't think you swallow it that quick. Yeah So what we're gonna do is Get away from you 11 29 11 29. Oh, did you see the teeth in that? Okay, cool So you're gonna get his head started he'll go He's got like a big crappy in there. He'll go on his own But I like to like hold their tail and just kind of get him started and then just let him slowly go down He'll usually give you a nice big tail flap So if you grab the tail there, you could kind of feel where you can hold them Yeah, and then just start his nose in so he could breathe As long as you get him past the gill plates, you could hold him all day right there Yeah, and then a little lower and then Yeah, and then just kind of There you go. Yes First friggin double digit bike for you First bike and it doesn't do that friggin awesome. What a fight, huh? Nothing gave you he gave you a hell of a run So you want to keep him coming kind of as fast as you can Okay, like keep as much pressure on him as fast as you can until he says you can't Okay There's not much. No, no, I'll keep him coming. Keep him coming. Just in case one times I'll come right at you Oh, there he is. Yeah, it's a little guy. Bring him right up. Nice. That's a good eater right there. Yeah Nice So that's a pretty good eater size right there. You guys need a catch bag Nothing I just pulled it out. No easy Any size? Yeah Yeah, whoa, holy Whoa He's telling him to treat my daughter and reboot I don't think I caught a fish last year at all My daughter loves it. Is he buried in? nothing more Whoa Oh, so close Oh, you're using jose last time. Yeah Jose is rigged. I ain't been back to the side. Mine's rigged the way right Saving the bait, right? Yeah, I bait wasn't doing that. Yep, it's all yours Get a picture Abe Get a picture Oh, that feels pretty decent Wow Huh Is this a good one? Yeah Pretty good one. I found if you can get it to kind of sit still You know show them it's there then just sit it still they usually come eat like this one See that you can watch them eat too Oh shoot, he was a good one. Do you see him? He was about the same as that last one I just had to get his head. Oh, there you are There he goes. Do you see him? I saw you. You were over here, right? Yeah. Yeah, you're right in front of one's face If that's any better or not, jeez you got a big one coming up. Is he on you? No, he's on me if that's a crappy. Oh god, that's not a crappy Dude I got into something here. I don't know what I got into That's awesome. Whatever. It's a little bigger than a crappie. If it's a crappie we got a state record Holy dragon Mike. Maybe you got my first bass ever out of here Dude There's only three pound test Four pound test brain You almost don't need to touch it. I know it There's gotta be a bass, huh? Well, this is where we caught them before Smallmouth and largemouth. I don't think I've ever caught a smally through the ice all that ball that's right Gotta get you down the canton in the in march when we take my boys out there. This is a monster 35 40 smallmouth on the day This is huge. He's laying on bottom Dude, this thing is We're into something He's had a flag pump well Dude, this is crazy I got that camera going there I got something huge. Really? Yeah, it's um, we just wailed like three or four crappie And then something big came up and just nailed this thing. I've been fighting them for a couple minutes. Nice But I got a light line. I'm trying not to Do anything dumb What could this be? Big largey. I think it's a big largey I'm hoping he tires out sometimes There must have been 150 fish on the screen when we first got here. Oh, really? Yeah, that's a nice All right, he's starting to Gaining on the strain a little bit. He's starting to tire out a little he's Definitely tiring out, but I don't know how much I want to put on him with three pound test It's three pound Chippet. Oh Oh my god Wow Very good run Yeah, there he is right there See him. Yeah, it's gotta be a pike, huh? I would think a pike would be uh, it'd be longer, right? Longer It's running like a pike. It does run. It's not a pickerel. I wouldn't think it's a pickerel. It might be This is crazy. I just want to land this fish. See what it is I'm afraid to touch that drag. Oh, we're at the leader It's a pike and it's big It's big. He didn't like that, huh? Nope. I had him by the eyeball Not the eyeball, but yeah He's over eight It's a freaking giant pike on a crappy stick This might be the new state three pound record if I could land them Happens a break and I need to shove. Yeah He was stuck on the ice there What look at that thing on three pound test No way Are you kidding me using the wrong size size bait? Oh my god guys. Look at that. Just barely hooked Oh my god skin hooked That drag system on that reel Is awesome Guys I just caught the biggest pike I've ever caught on a jig rod On my crappy rod a three pound test. This thing's over 10 pounds easy Wow, look at that monster That's nice. Is that awesome or what? You got your bag with you? Yeah, I'll get a weight and I'll get a measurement on him. Then we'll let him go I mean that thing is like Look at how thick he is. Put your put your rod in front of it. Yeah What a fight Holy Right I was thinking the same thing. He's not super long Fat though. Yeah, he's crazy fat 37 37 37 inches What do you think he goes? He's got to go over 12, right? I'm going 12 and a half. Yeah, right in that range Now, how would you do something about a state record like that? Yes? I don't know. That's a good question That's probably the state record for line class For three pound test. Yeah, he got trapped on me the side of him 12 20 12 37 12 32 38 let's see if it locks 12 34 is what it ended up being Dude, look at that monster He's thoroughly worn out, Abe We're gonna get him back That's right Just barely fit through that hole. I'm almost out of breath. I'm so excited Oh my gosh 12 34 On three pound test. We were just talking that we didn't think they were back to you. No They are apparently well, you know why they're here. Yeah, that's why because all those crap 150 crappie that were here. Yeah He's ready. You guys ready? All right, see you later big gator. Yes. All right, Abe The slimy high five was that awesome. Oh, thank you for being there for me on that Look at that beauty Wow, we're gonna eat good today, aren't we? What do you got cooking over here, Dan? Hot italian sausages peppers onions And Nicole knew you cooked this good. She'd never cook at home Ask these guys why I did this morning cooking breakfast Set off every single fire alarm in the house. Well, I don't wake everybody So you put the onions and peppers on the bottom And this roll holds two hot sausages perfectly There you go. Nice Chow time guys. I am so lucky to be joined by Dan and his friends. We're having a great day out here We chased a bunch of flags early got some pretty good fish on the ice so far And uh, we're looking really looking forward to this afternoon. It's probably the nicest day of the year We're ever gonna have absolutely. This is like spring fishing. It might be spring fishing Yeah, it's like March. We could be down t-shirt weather. Yeah, but Dan is Dan's in charge of reboot outdoors. I'm gonna let him tell you about it I've been lucky enough to be around these guys for these three years now And seeing the growth and the growth is just amazing. They're doing such a good job But I'll turn it over to you. Hey, so I'm Dan the president of operation reboot outdoors and what we do is we pull veterans leos and uh Actors service members are home on leaves out in the woods and on the water Take them out bring them on guided hunting fishing trips for at no cost Our organization has grown pretty pretty good over the last two years. Yeah, we've gotten pretty big and uh It's been a we we what we do is we do outdoor therapy and uh Basically it's just going out with a bunch of guys who have who are like-minded and we have camaraderie And uh, just have a great day on the ice and we were pretty successful Yeah, just about every time when somebody catches a fish Ben rare says when nobody catches a fish Yeah, so that's what we do. That's what reboot's about getting out and Enjoying companies showing each other that we're still here for each other And you know, we're just networking a lot of guys leave here and they become buddies and they have groups of fishing They go out together and they do this on their own That's the ultimate goal is to get them out of their house and show them that they can like stuff And kind of reboot back that's what it is. You know, like when your computer's uh, laggy or your phone's laggy You should reboot it. Yeah, same same idea, but with with nature and veterans and anybody can do it But we just we just call it that way. That's what I always felt when I was sluggish of stuff I would say I need to go out in the woods You know on a fishing trip or a hunting trip and it would just recharge me and reboot me and I showed everybody else what I did like some guys are brand new That come here. They leave here whether they do that or not. They could find other things like music Artwork woodwork, man That's their reboot. It could be different than mine But I show them that you can still enjoy it and kind of encourage them to start doing that and they start feeling better Enjoying life again. That's awesome. Yeah, what's the best way? So like if you're a veteran or or a leo or Yeah, any active service guy if you're feeling down or if you just want to be around some guys or learn the outdoors or It doesn't you know, you don't even have to reach out The best way to do it is it usually happens through word of mouth, but you can hit us up on our website Which is ww operation operation reboot main org and facebook And on instant messenger as well. Just look us up. It's operation reboot outdoors That's it. It's just got obviously two combat boots with the mountains in the background. That's us So that's the best way to do it PM us email us Or give me a call my number is all over the place. I answer my phone for most guys If i'm out doing this stuff, I might get back to you the next day, but I always get back to everybody Awesome and and guys this is the the organization that I really like the best and and support There's so many great organizations out there And if you if you're looking for one to make some donations to or donate your time to Give dan a look and uh and tell him I sent you I think it would make a It goes a long way and it makes a lot of uh Makes a lot of sense to a lot of people and I've been out here personally with the guys and and seen how A day efficient can change their life and It's pretty it's pretty good thing to pass on It looks like it's off to the side. It's only 20 foot deep here. There's a hump Yes, sir. Yeah, nice Now this has got steel so you could horse them. Oh, he didn't take any line, uh You can horse them if you need to good one. I'm not done. Oh, it's not huge, but yeah It was big in the last one. Oh Hello Hello That's all right. You got him my rubber band got you didn't it? Yeah Not bad. He's a little guy same as the other one. Yeah about felt bigger. Yeah that hook I think you can get the hook too. I think it's right there Big one, let it go. Let it go back. Let it go back. Let it go back. Let it that's a that's 18 Ben come over come over That's the biggest part of here. Can you give him some free line? Okay, like free up some line for him in case he has to give Right there. Yeah 30 40 he's 40 inches 20 inches Around 20 inches around fellas by 40 That's a great shot. How's that look? Good? Yeah I felt that shake I felt that thing bouncing off Stinky high fives Nice good job. Thanks guys So the trap set him. Yeah, I saw the trap go sideways I see Dan run. I've never seen Dan run before I said, why'd that trap move to bed? I'm like, why did you move? There's barely any line gone and then all of a sudden I grabbed the line and my Like pulled my hand on my wrist. He's there. He's hooked And then I felt the reel and a reel couldn't wouldn't move. It's it's off this way Nothing He might have came back He just made too decent. Yeah No, he's gonna be he's gonna you're gonna swing and right you're gonna catch him you're gonna catch him keep watching keep Any size oh, yeah, you still haven't got back to where he started either We'll settle for anything That was bigger Watch him turn Floro, so be careful. No, no, no this one's steel to This is my big fish trap too Is it feeling like a good one or just a regular good one? There's your starting point 20 feet from there Don't yod him You're facing him. He's gonna come under you Yeah I saw these over eight it looked it looked like an eight. I only got to see the nose That's so weird that it cracked like that right when he was right We're all standing around the hold You think you think it'd be real big Sorry you're gaining on the same. He's decent That's okay fish to crack the likes like that. That's a good old beacon. That's that's piece of fish Yes, sir Look how fat that thing is good job, bud Gave you a good talk didn't he? Yeah I would buy clothing like that I would definitely buy clothing if I made like that Look at the teeth. Oh my god Dude, did you see those teeth? Look at these teeth. Look at those teeth Look at those. This is the size right here when they have the sharpest teeth Holy look at those teeth those are all razor blades That's when you you want the bigger hook. Look at those teeth. Look at those Wicked there you go slowly Watch that tail when he gets in there How'd it go? Good job fish man. Nice Not super big though. It's not a bad one He's probably close to 11. There's two more there. We got him fired up double Decent Oh, no Brickett broke me off too After I had him Even after that pike. Yeah I've had him oh tiny Catch me that one with my hook in his mouth Aren't they pretty You look like you might have a decent there On screen. He looked all right. Oh, yeah, nice one. He's coming double Oh fat belly You got a good one feels that oh, yeah, nice one Gotta show the camera that one That's almost that's jumbo, isn't it? High float in yellow perch They're still there. That was a good hit. This is a pretty decent one Or he's pretending to be Big ol yellow perch I got a little one on. Should I set? Yeah, I can't resist setting Whoa, he's not that small Nice one. See that big guy laying there? We got to get him. Are you on him? Yeah, you're on him Do you see the release? Get him. Is he a good one? Yeah, he felt good at start. Now he's kind of Be going off I don't think that's the one that was down the big one That was the last one on the screen Not a good one. He was following Oh, nice one. That's a that's a pretty good size crappy right there. Yeah Should I step on my rod my line and pretend I'm fighting up your head? I'm gonna do it Oh, yeah, that's a good one He's doing good luck Really? Yeah, get ready Joe. I don't even need somebody to know I'm gonna try to stop you Oh I'm gonna call her Over here over here How long you been fighting him Danny? Freaking wild bro. He's had like 12-13 runs. This is way past 12-13. I'm getting tired. You sure he's over 10? I'm getting tired I'm talking. Hold on He's still got light. He's still got a lot left in him. Oh my god Oh, that's a skimmer You hook him in the fan It's self hooked it was a self hooked one Somebody had these pools tightened up way too much. Nah. Yeah, he was on here again. Yeah, you all you can thank me It's works This is going over 15 15 easy. I'm like seriously 20th run right now Yes, I'm probably the best. I'm probably the best there is He's there. He's getting close. We're out. We see him Oh my god I'm literally shaking right now. It's not even I'm it's not even that big. I mean it's big big, but I'm worried about this Watch out Johnny. Watch out Huh? You need a leg massage? No I'm so sorry. Oh man. How big is this thing? He's a monster Monster for sure Dan to be using that thigh master tonight The old kegels I think he might be 18-5 Easy easy That ain't even six pounds. I just see him Yeah, I told her we're gonna get another good one What do you think John? 14 14 that's it. No way. He's John's way off three and a half John's way Didn't look like he was that long. Oh, you got a look at him. I yeah, he's fat. He just didn't look like he was that long Yeah I got it. I got it. Just relax. He's just he just he's bigger than 14. I'll put money on it I hope you don't know I thought a lot of 33 inch fashion this he may not be the biggest fish in the Holy look, I saw dead to them. I saw Finn He's got a good fit on him No, he's only 12. That's John Here he comes You grabbing him John? I'm gonna try. Watch out Johnny. We're gonna give me some room He's gonna go again Did you see him? I saw a tail. I didn't get a good luck. Watch. Maybe he comes again. Here he comes again There he is, look at his hand. Grab him, grab him Get him, get him boys, get him Yeah That's how you play a fish boys Nice one. You tell me that's what that's what he ordered 18.5 Hey, is that over 15? Yeah, it's the same one 16.17 Yeah, 16.17 Look at the belly on that So that's about 39 39 incher Do you not hold it? Smile Look at that. That's a monster Jesus, what's that from his tail? See that? Yeah Rubbin She's ready. Later big gator Yeah, big gator All right guys, absolutely amazing day on the water. We caught all the dirtiest fish in the state of Maine All the most wanted list. We got pike, giant pike, giant rock bass, and we got good crappy too And we even nailed some yellow perch. Yeah, how'd you guys do today? What do you think? How was the day for you? I think it was one of the better days in a long time We felt like spring was a gorgeous day the weather and then we We caught what at least five over double digits Easy And then we probably had a over a dozen fish day. I would say for pike. Anyways, that's a great day. Geez, that is a great day All in all the last two days the bite was definitely off I had a feeling either today or tomorrow is going to be hot and we still might be hot tomorrow That's going to be hot tomorrow. Yeah, we got a couple more guys coming out We got a couple guys coming tomorrow. We'll be down here about the same time get set up Before our time And then we'll hammer them again. Cool Well, that's going to do it for these guys. These guys are heading out taking the long long trail ride out I'm going to stay here tonight. Stay tuned if you want to see some camping tonight Otherwise, if you're just here for the fishing peace out Later, thanks guys So I didn't bring a lot of water just because water weighs a lot I brought in two gallons and that doesn't last very long when you're drinking coffee and tea and drinking water And using it to clean up a little bit. So the nice part is with the snow You always got enough water to drink. I never really drink lake or river water just because I just don't trust what's in it, you know fish Poop in it and they also have sex in it and that's pretty gross But also you got beaver and otter and mink and everything in it So I mean you could boil it down and filter it for sure and I'll drink it if I if I need to but when I have snow I take the snow. I pack the pots really Really dense with it and boil them down until I have water Move them to a jug and then I repeat that process a couple times. So I have enough water for a couple days So that is how I am making some drinking water pro tip for you Don't melt or drink the yellow snow Bad one thing I've learned from doing these winter camping trips is make the meals easy, you know, like cooking deer steaks pretty easy Anything that you can do in a pot or a pan is the way I look at it. Soups are always good stews are always good I got For tonight. I got one of these things. Let me see what the other one looks like I got a couple of these things at the Walmart They're for like campers and stuff and they're super light when they pack good But I don't know if they're any good or not. This one is Mountain house and venture meals biscuits and gravy buttermilk biscuits with gravy and pork sausage freeze dried No artificial preservatives or flavors or colors. That sounds pretty darn good It's got two sermons It's ready in 10 minutes. You just add water and there's no extra cleanups. That sounds like A pretty good idea Used before october 2050 Okay, we can do that Open package tear or notch remove and discard oxygen absorber Carefully add a cup and a half Of boiling water. Well, we're not gonna do that. We're just gonna put enough in that we think it's enough Stir it carefully then close the zipper and wait five minutes Stir it again then wait another four minutes. Well, we can try it In the meantime, we might pound some demi more Beef stew. It's always pretty good But yeah, we'll try that. We'll try that tonight. See if it works All right, we're going in in the meantime Open up a can of demi more and dump that into you Just an absolutely amazing day guys. I I'm sitting here just trying to Replay it all through my head and there's just too much my memory card is full And I got a couple memory cards. I got to change out in in in here It was just one of those awesome days where Just about everything came together perfectly and they don't happen often when you're in the hunting or fishing or Trapping or anything outdoors, but when they do they just oh man, you just want to do it every day like that it started with Cody getting his first ever pike and double digits right away 11 and a half He pulled it on one of my traps, which really makes me feel good You know that I showed him how to set it up and and how to set it and And I kind of walked him through the process and he just did a great job, which I don't know there's something about sharing the outdoors and sharing successful outdoors that just Makes it a hundred times better than going out and even doing it by yourself You know, that's enough to call it a great day right there and then Ben catching that absolute slob And danny catching a giant two was just awesome you guys If you don't know danny, which a lot of you probably don't He is just works tirelessly For that organization. He's the president of it. He started it If you're not like I got a chance to fish with him a bunch of times And the vets that come the veterans that come and the leos that Fish with them and even the active guys they see them for like one day and they just realize it's just A really good class act organization and everything's set up for them The traps are set up the baits ready the foods ready the machines are all ready There's just so much work that goes into it And I watched this guy do this day in and day out pretty much year round Raising a family and just doing such a great job and then I never see him pull a fish You know pull a trap himself because he's just He just would rather see somebody else do it You know if he's got veterans he makes sure that every single one of them if he's got three out there or six out there You know, he rotates those guys through so they get a chance at an opportunity to catch a big fish And he seldom ever gets a chance to pull one. I think I fished with them I don't know how many times six times seven times and I've never seen him pull a fish today So till today So it was awesome and it was awesome to see him catch a big one And he was like pretty nervous and nervous and if you veterans are watching this you guys know why is because He gives so much flak to these guys and he he doesn't give them an inch You know and he's hard on them and they like that and you know in a good way He gives it to him and he knows if he messed up and muffed that fish or lost it or Broke her off in the hole that he'd had about 10,000 phone calls and giving him a hard time So he was nervous. I mean you guys go back and watch that clip He was nervous his legs were shaking his hands were even shaking a little bit He was saying some things that you don't normally hear him say and the fish got bigger the fish got smaller And then he landed it, you know, he's back again So I just love the guy and I love the organization and I've seen the good work that That he does and the organization does so It's one that i'm fully behind so seeing him catch that fish I mean, that's a day maker in itself, too There were so many awesome things catching those rock bass again And jigging with Abe for hours today and having success doing it, you know, we caught nice yellows We caught big crappy. We caught those rock bass and Abe is like really into jigging He's a kind of a technical guy and he's just another guy that would just give the shirt off his back for anybody. That's You know that in itself just just fishing next to Abe for a day You know, I consider that an honor In itself, you know and just a blast and how much fun we had And then I hooked that giant pike on three pound test with a little tiny noodle jig rod And I don't know how long I can't wait to watch the footage and see how many minutes that fight was But what a fight that was and I thought it might have been a bass at first Maybe a small pike maybe a pickerel that just kept getting bigger and bigger And I thought I had him worn down a couple times and and I was able to land them I stuck my arm in twice and Just I mean that in itself is just an amazing day And to see these guys get their first fish and Joe caught that that good pike too is just Wow, it's just one of those days where I'm going to go to bed tonight And I know it's an hour After my head hits the pillow I'm still going to be awake, you know rolling these things through my head I hope you guys as viewers get that opportunity to have a day like that Whether it be hunting or fishing or or just introducing somebody to the outdoors because It really makes it all worthwhile. Well, I'm going to drive some dinner into me guys. Thanks a million for For viewing and and commenting and hit that like button and all that stuff It really helps the channel and it helps me and And I just really appreciate you guys, you know, I can't get over how Well, the channel is doing we just passed 20,000 subscribers and it blows me away because It's me with a go pro or two or three go pros Whatever it takes and and just out here just doing my thing and really enjoying it and And and I enjoy sharing it with you guys, you know as much as I enjoy doing it So huge thank you for that and I'm excited again for tomorrow Dan's coming back down Ben's coming back down And I think we have a couple more veterans coming down with them And hopefully we get on some good pike again tomorrow and have half as good a day as we had today It would be a huge success. I don't know about this dinner. This one looks like cat food And the other one looks like dog food. I definitely put in a little too much water out of my measure and eyeball wasn't very good Somebody down south saw that and called it biscuits and gravy They'd probably Have a hat attack There's the dog food Check out what's next Who's gonna grab the fish? Get his head up. Get his head up. Good, good. Yeah What's going on in here in the old smoke shack, Dan? Now we've got some venison burgers going. We've got six deer burgers and six bear burgers going All right Yes, sir This is actually a landmark salmon Nice big scales pretty good eaters who caught me the other day