 floating welcome back to the channel fishing freaks got a real just basic vlog for you today doing just basic things what we do are actually this is a little something different preparations for New Zealand are going on we're still keeping it real we're doing our family thing getting prepped doing something every day training with Amy I wanted to cut on the camera because Steph said this morning she's like I'm gonna pull out some crappie we're gonna make some crappie and I was like oh what kind of what are we doing we're gonna do that Frank's Red Hot she's like no we're gonna do something different I was like different what don't be messing with my crappies now we always do Frank's Red Hot so I like to mix it up a little bit so we're doing some egg wash with we're both fans of flour based like a nice crispy yeah instead of like a whole bunch of cornmeal there is some cornmeal in here but it's mainly flour and we're using some of this we've never used it before tell them tell them what this is Cosmo is like a world champion steak maker and barbecuer he's a champion of foods delicious foods off the grill and other things he's got a bunch of this stuff and he's got different spices rubs sauces like stuff to rub down your steaks your favorite meats basically he made some fish I brought him some crappie the other day up at the Guggen HQ and he used some of this stuff on it was awesome SPG salt pepper and garlic it's basically all this yeah salt pepper garlic I asked the same dumb question I was like SPG oh man it was like salt pepper garlic oh oh I sound like it you know what you don't have to use much did you already add some in here I did that's when you see some my peppery flakes in there I see some peppery flakes like how much did you add what do you what are you thinking like a couple tablespoons a couple taste but yeah I don't know I might dash it just a hair more you said a little goes a long way I want to feel the flavor yeah standard tater fries that's pretty much I love those those are my those are my phrase faves and then Steph you know she's got to add something green in the mix something green yeah this is Amy's new thing she she grabbed the hold of your legs especially when I'm cooking and Stephanie stepped on her finger finger and it was it was heart breaking but you know she's like a little puppy dog she's like always want to be running your feet it makes me really want to mop our floors oh my gosh yeah oh it's always scary scariness okay back to the fishes deliciousness is let's everybody the process you got this oil hot yet we're going cast iron look at that that looks like a beautiful placid lake right there ready for top water so we don't want to touch that it's very hot grease committee saving is that you tested sprinkle salt in it well no it's the flower so if it like if it boils or if it bubbles up then you know it's ready that's a good little trick I just learned something right there yeah so what did you order you're always ordering yes so so preparations every day for the New Zealand it's always a joke that like the woman in the household is always ordering things in this situation well buddy seems to be this photo is like first day we're going in 17k and then you know make sure you got your trekking poles I'm like 70k what 17,000 feet what do we do like oh my gosh that's I need oxygen or something going all the way up there I don't know they're been on a mountain hunt so I asked him what 70,000 feet is like no 17 kilometers which is long waits but it's not 17,000 feet I'm probably die my liver would probably fail at 17,000 already like okay you better hydrate you better eat you better I would be praying for you but anyway it's something like that every day it's like you know we're not gonna have food for this many days we gotta have this like make sure you bring this you know once you're up there you're kind of screwed so you can't really go to your local Walmart and get some stuff so anyways yes I'm ordering things from Amazon it's nothing crazy but there are some things that I just got that I'm gonna show you guys after we get this fish done show you the preparations because we're getting close okay so step one in this process egg wash you put it in an egg wash that's a couple of eggs just kind of swirled up we call that scrambled whisked using a whisk and then you're putting in a hundred percent flour mixture just with the spices actually there is some cornmeal I just said it was more flour it looks all flour right whatever it means right there behind you look at these dagum beefy crappies though I'm kind of glad that you got off water early today because I was hungry yeah so I was planning on since you were you had these and I didn't know I was like well maybe we don't have enough it's gonna be enough I was like oh go out there try to catch some white bass but as soon as I got out there the lake was flooded and for one of the first times ever I got my bow and I was like I didn't bring a single camera I don't have anything you left all your cameras here I left every single camera all I had was an iPhone and I was like well this ain't happening I don't really go next you should do an iPhone blog an iPhone blog yeah why because it's like back to the OG days I never I've never done that I know but it's like you know on YouTube you can say my iPhone vlog I like rear heads up trying to get those views OSG try to get them views I'm trying to get that iPhone SEO in there nobody else baby that's my pinky toe and I broke it the other day so don't squeeze that yes y'all I this toe right here it's got some sort of little fracture happening I've been training like every day and I was running as a 11 pound pack I waited afterwards but it felt like a lot when I was running my feet got a little tired after a mile three or four and I I straight up jammed my my toe right into a rock I've broken it a couple times on those runs it's just a little hairline fracture but it definitely hurt definitely hurt you don't really need it don't really engage it too much the stickiness does happen when you get into the fish game but it's all worth it it is all worth it when you look at your mouth yes how thick that is that is a thick old croppy gosh I'm gonna go out and fish for those again that was so much fun like this is our last batch you want to go croppy fishing is that what you said I miss croppy fishing with you that's my favorite fishing you know what it is about time and someone actually commented about this the other day it's about time for us to go out to Old Lake Sam Rayburn out there at ET about the month of May they start really moving offshore and that's when they group up and we can catch them even Amy can catch them yeah and you weren't having it it got a little hot it got about 85 degrees and you were time before was it okay we've been croppy fishing multiple times it's just been so long since we've fished babe like I made remember the last time that we ever went with it like when we did a gender reveal it might have been it might have been a little Amy she's gonna get out there one of these days and you're gonna catch a little blue girl or white bass that was my first fish are you surprised probably not that's how you know that's how you know magic drop that's kind of a big drop all you need is a little drop all right stick them in they're ready coming in hot in the girl blah blah blah blah it doesn't seem that hot and how do we know they're done when they float when they're magical floaters when they become golden chrispies he's got a bunch of stores he sells it stuff just about everywhere spices are sold I think I'm not really sure first batch coming in hot and ready floating floating in golden brown those are the two criteria that you need second batch is always better you think so yeah there's a little bit more flavor in the grease that point there's a happy medium it's like the second batch is the best the third and fourth they start getting a little nasty this is way more than you and I will eat anyway so when I get back from New Zealand I think we did we gotta do it we gotta do it yeah we gotta go crappy fishing it's time to restock because that's our last batch that means we need a babysitter and you will be babysat all golden chrispies have been extracted from the grease they are delectably golden and that is like fast food quality fast food quality grr yeah here you mean country kitchen quality hey there you go I just mean like the batter you know how like Kentucky Fried Chicken gets their batter like just right um yeah I haven't ate Kentucky Fried Chicken in a while I tell you what some Popeyes though it's gonna say you like some Popeyes I like Chick-fil-A really like if we could put Chick-fil-A on that I might I might just have a heart attack and and just keel over and just never eat anything else the rest of your life be pretty locked into the right there let these crispies cool off and then we're going to give them a little taste test you're letting me taste the first bite yeah you taste it first bite with the SPG go for the extra crispy side careful now that's a big bite how hot is it the crispiness is on point analyze analyzing calculating I do taste the garlic I taste the garlic more than I taste the pepper but it's good okay well I'm just gonna I'm just gonna do a little sprinkle here just gonna go for a manual sprinkle she grabs her uh grab your hair all the time pretty funny I'm glad I don't have long hair golden crispy it's okay don't have that don't have that zang like they normally do I think it was the way they were fried how about your friend you can fry them next time I mean I get I give it an eight I'm gonna eat them all go get it wrong I'm gonna probably kind of sore though I like a little bit more crispiness just do you think it has anything to do with the egg it might have been the egg are you sure it's not anything to do with because it was frozen previously the other ones we always do fresh well it's nothing's ever as good as yeah fresh but they are good y'all there's a little bit of flour flour bubble here still very good though I would highly recommend uh this right here if y'all are uh frequent fish cookers bay it on there and then eat it so I ended up devouring all the rest of the crappie they were actually delicious like the more I eat the more I enjoyed them so if you're like yourself a little traditional style fish I highly recommend that they've also got another one that's like uh like vinegar like salt and vinegar I think would be pretty good as well uh you know Steph mentioned that I I'm getting stuff like every day and that's because I'm I'm preparing I'm preparing for a journey that I've I've never been on I'm only going on research and what my friends are telling me I've never done anything like it so I've got to get stuff anyways some of the things I got in today I'll show I'll show you guys I'll share with you I got with this um it's called a X brew it's basically a pour over system for making uh coffee you guys know I love coffee absolutely and I'm going to be taking some free range I I keep um I have two of these and uh I absolutely love these things these are uh gator coffee gators and what they do is they keep your coffee fresh and I'm not taking this this one because it's too big and the other one is way too big but basically these just keep your coffee fresh what's a nice seal on it okay so let me just show you how this works because even up to 3 000 feet when I'm hunting in the mountains I gotta have myself some coffee that's how addicted I am it just gets me going it's part of the outdoor experience for me whether I'm on the water or hunting I like to have me some coffee let's use our other thing that we got as an example these are these are cheap little things it's not like I'm spending a ton of money on these items but uh all this other stuff that's in here in camera gear it has cost me a lot like the trip is not costing me hardly any things I'm going with a friend and just knows people and whatnot but actual gear just to go on things like this is freaking expensive and I'll be doing a total unpacking of that once I get everything figured out weight is going to be an issue so I got a titanium cap make my food so I'm eating dehydrated meals so I'm going to be boiling water and this is also to make coffee so this little doober right here pops out so it's collapsible and then you have your side that you pour your water in and then your coffee just goes right in there and there's a wire mesh filter right there so you don't have to carry any any you know paper filters or anything like that not the paper weighs a whole lot but you know extra best and then I got myself a little bit more variety in the food game I love myself some dumplings I'm a southern boy I love me some doublins I actually did not have enough originally of these and I got a kind of a variety of packed before but uh I just want to switch it out wanting to get a little bit more because I need more I need about uh about 15 16 of these and I went with uh chicken and dumplings get straight up chicken and dumplings in here I'm thinking about having this for breakfast you know I actually like to eat foods like this for breakfast on the regular rather than just doing like oatmeal or cereal or things like that so these little pepies are going to be going in my belly up there in the mornings in the mountains after I have myself my little coffee sesh oh this is why this is going to be my biggest challenge in the outdoors biggest outdoor adventure I've ever done is because the preparation the thought that goes into um this this whole hunt I think it's going to be the best series that we've ever put out on this channel so you all better stay tuned it's going to get saucy and that is going to do it for today's episode y'all just short and sweet I'm going to continue to upload more of these short simple vlogs where I'm just showing you kind of the preparation and what's going on leading up to the big trip so go ahead subscribe right here y'all so you don't miss the upcoming vlogs and the adventure time coming soon I'm getting prepped ready baby and if y'all want Steph's croppy recipe from tonight I'll have it listed down below along with our like life family channel where you could follow along with all the other stuff we do around here this is LFG signing off for outdoor greatness I'll see you on the next one y'all