This was my first time to Kabetogama. I was pleasantly surprised with this lake. I really liked it. Thanks for watching!

Your welcome!

I love these lakes that are in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by nature. I wish I had more time to explore all the lakes up there. We did manage to hit four lakes, which you will see soon. Thanks Wes.

Thanks for the tip! I was hoping for a giant pike there, but didn't find one. I was probably just fishing the wrong spots for them.

Yeah, I had a nice scab on my elbow for the next week. If was a fun trip. I've been trying to get more underwater footage. You'll see more of it in the next couple of videos.

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Holy cow dude! It appears you did some binge watching. I really appreciate all the support. I hope you enjoyed all the videos.

@@GoMidwestFishing yeah i did>>>>>>LOL catching up on some past videos. You really have a great channel.......definitely one of the best ones out there. Keep doing what your doing. great format and editing. with the under water footage and arerial footage, and reviews. If you and Reggie ever get up to the Blackduck area (north of Bemidji) next summer look me up. we'll chase some fish!!!!!!!!!

@@walleyebass I will let you know when I head up your way. Its only a matter of time. Thanks for the great comment. It really does help to hear that kind of stuff. As you know, KZfaq isn't always kind to us.

Awesome. Thanks for the info!

I was just going to tell you that I uploaded the video with your shout out, but I guess you already saw it. For the underwater footage I attached my gopro to my aqua-vu camera. The aqua can record too but its such low quality I don't like to use it in my videos. I still need to add a stabilizer to it so the camera doesn't shake so much. I will eventually get a system figured out that will work good. As far as the dent goes.. its a good one, but it doesn't leak, so all is good. That's why I buy my toys off craigslist. I don't feel so bad when I bash them up. Thanks again for watching!

Thanks for the comment. I heard Namakan has some great fishing. After going to Kabetogama, I put Namakan on the list of lakes to go to next. It is such a beautiful area by those lakes. I'm curious about the islands your family owned. Did you have a cabin on the island? Did the islands have a name?

@@GoMidwestFishing You will catch tons of smallmouth bass / northern and walleye along the north shoreline trolling with Rapala treble hook floater minnows (silver, gold or blue), or rebels (same colors), working crankbaits along rocky reefs barely showing above water yields nice consistent results for big fish...including walleyes. I'm like you guys....love working bays and reefs and exploring for the active action and constant surprise hits from those 8-12 pound northern and 3-4 pound smallies. Bass Oreno works perfectly for topwater action all day and night but especially well in the last 2 hours of light in those weedy bays and up the Namakan River. That's where your islands are. The very last island at the east end of Namakan was ours and the little island (that's really attached to the mainland) 100 feet south of the big island. No names on the islands but there were two small cabins...one on each. My dad, JK Zawodny homesteaded them in the 50's or 60's around then. We sold both but the last one was sold to a doctor in Minneapolis who I think probably still owns the big one with the house built on the north rock face...looking at the river mouth. Nice walleyes and big fish trolling lures around lady rapids up Namakan...that's as far as where you can take your boat before portaging up to the upper portion then you can portage over Hay rapids and end up by high falls. Great walleye fishing below high falls if you take the time and energy to get there. Two portages...untouched up there. TRUST ME.

@@UKRakaUrbanKickzRecordings wow, thanks for all that info. I cant wait to go check it out.

Thank you.

I love fishing for pike. I'm usually the only one out there targeting them on these walleye lakes. The funny thing was, we still caught walleye while fishing for pike. We did try floating out in the middle with the other boats, but that got boring real quick.

That was a couple weeks ago when the weather was beautiful. It has been high 90's and high humidity this last week, so I feel your pain.

My goal is to fish every lake in the state before I die. Not sure its even possible. How was your little getaway vacation?

@@GoMidwestFishing Short trip to the Catskills was fun- no Montana for me this year. Thanks for asking!

Next week I will upload Ash lake where we dominated the smallmouth bass. We hit four lakes while fishing up there and did well on the smallies. Thanks again for watching.

Hi Chuck. Thanks for watching!

I know! As much as I was trying to say it right, it kept slipping out the wrong way. I didn't even notice until I started editing this video. By then it was too late. That loon gave us some excitement. I was actually getting worried that we might hook it. I appreciate the comment Phillip.

That's awesome! Sorry for the late reply, I took a month off. You won't find much of anything but wilderness up there. June 17th is a perfect time to go. If you stay at the campground, it is very rustic but very beautiful. I have not stayed at the resorts up there, but you will have more amenities if you do. There is a small gas station a few miles away that you can get supplies at. Overall, it a place to get away from it all. I loved it. The lake has nice water and good fishing.

Thanks for the great info. I will have to check into that permit thing... I didn't realize one was needed. I assume because its a national park? I know I can't fly a drone there.

@@GoMidwestFishing ya I doubt you could get into trouble it’s a user permit I think the catch is you can’t be doing it for profit without a license / been making a point to do more pike fishing used to be a top 10MN lake not sure now

@@kabbythedog9409 I appreciate the heads up.

There are so many great spots to fish there, you can't go wrong. I use the Sportsman connection guide book to find the best spots to fish. Weedlines, rock piles, and transition zones are always a good place to start. Good luck out there!

I appreciate all the great info. Love the bass boat comment!

Thanks

That was definitely a ripper!!!

Haha.. I had to listen to that several times to hear what you were talking about. I believe that was Reggie zipping his tackle box, but who knows, call it what you will.