30:40 You can choose to read it or not as you please!

To answer your question I would never wish you to slog anywhere or diminish your enjoyment one bit of any of the trips you undertake, one of your many talented attributes is your decision making and again due to conditions associated with both the weather and trail conditions you were right to stay on a lake that was producing some wonderful hard fighting lake trout. Well done Jon, also your comment about the trashed campsite was heartfelt, it really does worry me sometimes what our species is heading towards when people can leave their crap like that in such a beautiful and pristine eco-system.

Thanks for cleaning up after the slobs. Never understood that mentality.

One of the best parts I find watching you videos is how much compassion and kindness you show to the planet and all living things on it including cleaning up others litter , that's awesome. Need more people like yo that actually care and have a heart, 2 thumbs up to all your videos

As one gets older, a pleasant relaxing journey is sometimes preferable to rushing through for the sake of a longer trip. Enjoyed the fishing and the "Chill" factor on this video. 👍

Paddling around a point into a shallow weedy bay and ending up 20 yards from a bull moose was one of the high lights of my Canadian adventures. It was exciting , yet scary at the same time..What a truly majestic animal. Your love and care for the wild life and environment around you is really awesome to see..

This past year, the cinematography of your films has jumped to the next level! Thank you Jonathan for focusing on your craft!

Moments of peace (and lessons in fish cleaning, trail following, canoe landing, moral choices as fisherman, litter responsibility, ecology tips, etc.) reach all open hearts. Thank you. You honor the planet with your videos.

You do such a great job at videography. You capture some very spectacular, stunning moments. It's really to bad other campers don't see what a beautiful country it is that they live in, or are visiting, and respect it like you do. You shouldn't have to clean up others trash. Thank you for doing your part. I admire your love for the outdoors and your respect for conservation. You are truly a class act my friend. This world needs more folks like you.

Oooooh the floating camera shot for the win! Checkmate...

I much prefer the wide, beautiful lake shots than the bushwhacking and portaging. Both are wonderful to watch, as I still feel like I'm actually up north with you in the wilderness, of course. Glad to see you've gotten out again! You do a beautiful job of telling a story.

Jon, you are so compassionate towards the wilderness around you and right fully so. There should be more people like you, and everyone did their part,we wouldn't have to clean up after them. Thanks for that. I'm glad to see you are ready for full speed ahead for another season full of adventures. I wish I was your age again and had the means of social media and the internet. I would have lived life differently. Thanks again for your videos. Stay safe.

I am presently riding my bicycle across Canada so I have not had much time for watching. But I have to say it was nice to have this beauty to watch on my day off! Cheers

All thumbs 👍 and one more 👍 for the trout

You woke my dogs up when you yelled RRIIIICCCOOOLLLLAAAAAAA 😂😆

Right there with you on that one. The amount of trash I've found / cleaned in the back country is astonishing. It's really a shame. It's a privilege to be able and stay on this land and roam it freely as we do.

Enjoyable trip catching lake trout, you made the right decision leaving behind the smaller spot. Also discovering this channel has been an absolute blessing!

yes! a video that I possibly have not watched yet, making Saturday better

I think that you made the right choice by choosing the big lake over the others. Keep up the good work and your first class photography.

In answer to your 'slog vs stay' question, you did exactly as i would have wanted to see. You trudged through to see what was at the other end, weighed your options and shared your thoughts with us, then returned to paradise. Your thinking process helps us all weigh our options. Sometimes I think we feel compelled to keep pushing, but seeing the mighty Jon backtrack might make it easier for me to do the same down the road in a similar situation. Btw, I just did a weekend road trip from London to Thunder & back (left Thursday & was home Saturday night) to pick up my canoe I bought a couple months ago. I have fished & camped Capreol to Shining Tree to Chapleau and all areas in between extensively, but Superior is on another level. Breath-taking. You are a lucky man to have that in your back yard & I look forward to more of your adventures.

I'm thinking, maybe, that I'd like a Lost Lakes "thanks buddy" T-shirt. 🙂👍🚣‍♂️🐟

I've missed your relaxing videos. I'm glad you are finally able to get back out in the wilderness. Thanks for always making me feel like I'm there.

I remember long ago I found a canoe hunting put it in water leaked like crazy so took it home made a beautiful flower garden with it

Once again, you amaze me. Glad you made the decision to stay and camp at that great site. It is like stopping to smell the flowers! You earned the right to fish and be amazed! I get to enjoy it because you did. That garbage and stuff left behind is unfortunately another disgusting display of bad humans! Imagine the crappy life they lead to think they can destroy such beauty for all others. Thanks you Jon!

I truly enjoy seeing you enjoying the beauty of a single lake. There is excitement in adventure, but truly taking in a location and appreciating its beauty is just as exciting and peaceful

Enjoyed watching you catch fish on the large lake. Glad you made that choice to fish there!! So peaceful looking, thank you for making these video's.

To your question, when you are bushwhacking, pushing the limits, searching for that unmolested paradise, there is an element that pulls the viewer in that is unique. What will you find, how beautiful will it be, how difficult the challenges, how great the reward? But even on your least strenuous trip you capture the sublime nature of the places you go and it is mesmerizing. Which type of trip do we prefer? So my answer is no answer. Both extremes of your travels are captivating. Whatever the content you create we're hooked. Excuse the pun.

Catching up on your adventures, and the answer to your question is definitely catching and eating fish. I'm a bit of a savage🤣🤣.

Really love that you just held the sapling out of the way instead of removing it!

Echo location 😂👍 Finally had a chance to watch. Very good

Much preferred this video compared to the constant moving without taking time to enjoy one spot at length, thanks!

Good choice there John! Taking it a bit slower, and enjoying a good fishing lake!!! Nicely filmed again...

Huge fan here Jon . Thank u for the conservationist approach to sharing our lovely planet & taking a moment to pick up others mess (garbage) . Leaders lead by example & you are 100%👍 👍🎯🇨🇦🎣

I like the choice you made. Too many canoe fisherman run through a half dozen lakes like they're on a time trial or something, and looking for a particular fish and not catching anything. And if they'd stayed with one lake that kept hitting they would not only have caught more fish, but they would have been able to completely take in the views that lake had to offer. Nice video, and no attitude. I really like the no attitude.

I prefer the relaxing journey. Thanks for the video.

Fun trip ...that drone shot at 19:17 with the sun peaking over....nicely done!

Bless you for cleaning that mess. You are an angel ❤

I'm heartened to know my family aren't the only ones who find yelling RICOLA funny. 🤣 Gorgeous video and lovely trip. It's good to have you back out there again. Have fun!

Nice to see you slow down and enjoy a beautiful place without rushing through… amazing fishing!

Love to see both that's fishing and adventuring. You will win some you lose some but it's what you love to do so you take it. Keep up the great work thank you.

Hubby and I enjoyed watching this one. As for our preference to watching you bushwhack or enjoy the larger lake and fishing, we were happy that you made the choice you did. The thunderstorm was amazing. And if you had gone on to those other smaller lakes, you would have missed seeing the moose in the morning. Thanks for another great video.

Youve surpassed Robinet, in my mind. ATB

Sometimes I like watching you slog it out. But I like the wide views of the lake and fishing. I like watching you cook as well! Great video man

Got my Amok Draumr 5.0 👏 Cannot wait to give it a try

“I can’t make progress because trout keep biting”. Amen.

I think you made the right decision Jon Jon! When the trout bite is hot, you stay plain and simple! 🎣 I think I speak for everyone watching…we are here for you and Erin and get just as much enjoyment out of painful slogs as relaxing fishing trips. Such a different experience from the first trip around. That’s the amazing thing about these wild place…they never seem to change but the adventure always does! Thanks for sharing man!🍻

Hi Jon. You asked for comments, I think you made the right choice for the video staying on that beautiful lake catching as many lake trout as humanly possible. Great conservation selection for one to eat. Again thanks for cleaning up after slobs. Keep the great videos coming.

you did the right thing staying. usually dont leave fish to find fish! you have great faith living your passion. stay strong my friend!

I loved seeing you on the open water with the beautiful scenery, not to mention catching all those fish!

I jus recently started watching your adventuring…thank you both fo living these stories and sharing…❤smiles

Three days in paradise! Thank you for the holiday treat.

No slogging! It is a pleasure to watch you enjoying yourself and nature. On the opposite scale, the litter and trashing of camp sites never fails to boggle my mind. I just don't get it and never will so conservation officers would be great but I would not want to do that job fearing for safety. I was struck by how useful the double blade paddle is espcially in such a tough head wind. What a difference/game changer in those conditions Jon. 👍 Thanks as always! 🙏💜B

While enjoy the slogs, you enjoy a nice day. It's been a rough week so this was the prefect thing to relax to

Hi Jon: Even with the wind, that is one beautiful lake that would be hard , for me, to leave. The hidden treasures beyond would have to be spectacular. However there is the lure of discovery. That morning scene calls for the Group of Seven. Thanks so much. Stay safe Brian 81

Excellent episode again jon. Sorry bout the garbage. I’m with ya on the littering. As far as the exploring I know it’s tough work doing that…if you feel the need to and are rested…I personally enjoy the scenery, fishing,wildlife and you photography. The shot in the morning after the blustery day before was stunning. Almost brought me to tears. Thank goodness there are such beautiful places to enjoy. Please folks don’t litter…ever..take it with you! Thanks for another wonderful episode that I know I will be watching again and again. Timothy.

Catching, eating, but most of all the beautiful country!

Glad you played it safe and got to eat some amazing fish

Thanks for including and commenting on how you clean the fish etc before cooking it. Helpful for me since I plan to have a self-caught/self-cleaned and self-cooked trout dinner before 2021 ends.

I'd rather see you having fun and fishing and camping , especially with Erin. Bushwhacking is good is small amounts if it takes us to a special place or is part of a journey. Enjoy your comments about camping and fishing and on this video's about how to cook fish and all the tips on all the camp issues. Your great to watch. Thanks

Thanks for cleaning the trash! Everytime I go out I bring back more garbage than I bring in. Nothing more frustrating than garbage in nature!

having an enjoyable trip is my vote

Wow love that lake. The cliffs and surrounding large hills make it very special. It was nice to see you enjoying the great campsite and fishing for a change, rather than slogging thru portages. The allure of a good brook trout lake is hard to resist. As always, love your videos and commentary. Thanks for taking us along again. Can’t wait for the border to open up again.

I thought that last video scene was a clever parting shot. Another throughly enjoyable video.

This was fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

great video as always. I do love the bush whacking videos for the adventure, but I also love the camp life videos and being on a lake that is easier to access and just enjoying the catch and cook living.

I enjoy all your videos bud, but seeing you enjoy a trip and taking it easy is great!

Just ordered a copy of the book - Desert Solitaire - looks good! Love the trash pick up, good man.

One of your early ones, pre-Erin… Don’t think I’ve seen this one… I met two guys, father and son from London England fishing on my home river recently. The lower Niagara River . For the past 4 years they’ve flown from London, just to fish from shore around Toronto, now Niagara. I’m in contact with them now, and have sent them your videos. They are blown away by the thought of it. The reality of how good it can actually be. I think I’ll be doing a trip with them 2024…

Wonderful filming! I prefer this vs the slogging. I would love to see you bring a small group and do trail maintenance/ creation plus some campsite maintenance. Be the change you want in the world.

That paragraf there says it all. When I was a child we had a small cabin in the mountains. We asked dad if he could go together with the others who had cabins there as well, to create a dirt road up to these cabins. Our dad said: "Yes, he could, but he wouldn't", because that hour struggle to get to the cabin, was as important to getting to the cabin, as it was to be at the cabin. After awhile we got use to walking for an hour to the cabin, that it became not just a trip to the cabin, but also all the scenary, smells and sounds on the way. If he made a road, we would've missed all that, just for comfort. So as an adult now, I see these "cabins" here in norway, where people have made dirt roads all the way up to the door of their "cabins", well it's no longer those old traditional cabins any more, it's villa's and mansions up in our mountains and in nature and that pisses me off so much. We are getting more and more detached from our surrondings that we are no longer apart of it all. Sorry for coming off so negativ.

You never fail to amaze with your ability to film, narrate, and edit these videos sir! I think when the trip is this short, staying on one lake and campsite was the best choice, plus such great fishing and wildlife sightings! Fun as it is to watch you portage through the bush as part of your trips, think that is better suited to when you are out for a longer period of time. As for paying higher taxes or fishing and hunting license fees, for improved protection services? Until I watched a reality series called 'North Woods Law', I would have said no. Then I saw the efforts being made by those conservation officers to provide better protection and preservation of nature. So yeah, if the money was well spent, it would be acceptable.

Probably stays warmer there in the fall. Great idea thanks Brian 81

You’ve got these guys everywhere around the globe we have plenty of them at Loch Lomond in Scotland even with a Ranger service looking after the National Park they leave tents,sleeping bags you name it they leave it ,it’s a throw away society but I love your video with these wild lakes and good trout in them brilliant 👍🎣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 stay safe

To answer the slogging question, I’d rather watch ya slog it out! That’s what I’m here for haha. Hope you go back to that little brook trout pond, would love to watch that video.

Good choice skipping the little pond off the crazy bushwhack for the much more scenic and laker filled lake! Some crazy winds though!!

I hear you on the trashing of wilderness, beginning of the month I did 3 days down the Manistee river in Michigan, came upon a DRIVE in site with garbage all in the fire pit including a dirty diaper!?!!? I was outraged, who does that when you have access with a car when you leave that mess behind!?! Thanks for the wonderful views in this video!

I love watching your videos , you two are awesome. ❤

Enjoy your content, great adventure!!! Good to see you enjoy the big lake, catch and cook!!!😀🍻

I love that you use barbless hooks. So much better for the fish. Great videos. I’m jealous.

Stunning footage John! And it was definitely lovely to see you have an enjoyable time catching lots of fish instead of slogging through the woods😆. Keep up the great adventures😊

3:45 That smile! I know you were having fun there!

I don't live in Canada but thank you for picking up other people's crap. My husband and I covered the back of his truck bed with people's litter on our camp road a couple months ago. It makes me sad and angry all at the same time. You're an upstanding individual. We have a thing when we're camping, leave the campsite better than it was found and leave a little wood for the next people in case they have had a long day and get in late. Great video and trip.

Great video ! It reminded me of our ADK trip last year with the dogs on a white capped day. Nice work on the videos! Top notch

go to those lakes in another video. This one is great

Pleasant relaxing trip is best!

Wow the wind the scenery love the view. And hey ya bring it in pack your crap out ya.

Well done, enjoyed it along with you . Thank you for sharing.

What an amazing fishing hole. With that many Lakers you might think theyd be looking s little racey. They all look healthy. Must be a lot of feed for them in that lake. Perfect conditions there for some monster lake trout. Dont be afraid to fish a big bait. All the monster lake trout I've caught have come on big baits. I'm talking 10" suckers, or similar size lures. Great video. Thanks

I like both the slogging videos and the relaxed pace videos. I do enjoy seeing all the remote lakes and scenery!

If you decided to slog to those other lakes and leave behind that gem of a lake with Laker fishing that most can only dream about you would have disappointed us all. You’ll always be The Backcountry Angler.

I'm sure you made a lot of ppl smile with this video. Priceless! Thanks again for sharing Jon.

Keep it cleaner than you found it has always been my motto, also, great vid! Thanks!

Beautiful trip! Amazing video!

Absolutely brilliant fish processing tips. I learned something(s)!! TY

You're showcasing well the beautiful landscape that Ontario has to offer! Well done! BTW I live in Alberta and use the eastern slopes of the Rockies lots and this actually causes me to want to explore Ontario a bit! Big brookies are cool but so is the landscape. All you need to do to kill quick is stick a knife in the gils and bleed it out, it dies quickly and with no pain, remove the guts and the fish tastes better. Also if you tip your trout upside down they'll settle down and you won't have to put the big squeeze on them. Thanks dude!!

Amazing views! Well done once again.

John that looks like the best place and the best time to crack open a beer…

Awesome lake and lakers! I enjoyed all the fish you were catching, made it look easy!

Haha, watched it again... it was that good!

Thanks for collecting the trash, can't believe some people. Boggles the mind indeed. Great video!