Nice to get one like that in the morning and big air to boot.

Follows from big fish are highly motivational!

Why we do it! Wind was helpful that day.

We always remark how few ducklings there are up here. There is a reason!

Thanks jdean. Nice when the hard work pays off.

Thanks for watching, Jdean. Good luck with those tigers!

They look great and sure they will catch. My concern is if same soft plastic as the RO tubes that they won't last with too many bites - maybe a good problem to have but up here ton of big (and small) pike wear out all but the toughest rubber lures.

Не турбуйтеся про те, щоб вибрати 160, він ловить велику і маленьку рибу. Я б хотів, щоб вони зробили це ще більше

They are one of the better tasting catfish.

Old Shimanos are like old Toyotas, exterior a little rough but the internals still work good!

Agree with the too long of trailer on the red octobers and nervous about a deep swallow. Prefer the shorter trailer on titan tubes but they just aren't big enough. This fish actually just was in the jaw and water release because totally spent from long hard fight way out.

I usually go straight back over shoulder with a bit more line out to give heavy lures a bit of a swing before going forward in the cast which uses a bit more momentum of lure rather than whip of rod than say with blades. Tubes (with lighter weights), Swimmin' dawgs, Posiedens are not all that heavy to throw compared to bulldawg pounder and bigger medusas, so I limit the heavy stuff on known big fish spots. In general I save shoulder and conserve energy overall by really mixing up lure selection and go to the heavy stuff when in known or high percentage big fish spots, prime times, and tend to use easy throwing lures when prospecting.

We used that word a few times that trip. Thanks for watching.

Thanks for noticing and commenting on that - these fish are super rare so very important to me to get them back healthy.

@@TheAnglingOracle for sure! love the videos!

@@TheAnglingOracleI know it when you said “eh”

Thanks for watching. I use an 8'6" XH Okuma EVX (with Komodo 471 reel) for glide baits, rubber and topwater.

Danke Roger, wir erkunden gerne den See, fangen ein paar Fische (oder finden welche auf dem Eis), trinken ein paar gute Drinks und haben dann etwas Spaß (jeden Abend anders). Die grüne Haube, die Rob trägt, war für den St. Patrick's Day - die Nacht der Whiskyverkostung.

Great looking fish though...