I DON'T KNOW IF IT MATTERS
HOW HOW OLD YOU ARE, PANFISH
CAN BRING THE KID OUT IN YA.
WE'RE WITHIN TEN MILES
OF WALKER, MINNESOTA.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF LAKES
AROUND HERE, LITTLE LAKES
THAT ARE BACK IN THE WOODS
THAT HAVE SOME BIG PANFISH.
NO MATTER HOW OLD YOU GET,
NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES
YOU DO IT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
CAN EVER GET TIRED OF WATCHING
A BIG BLUEGILL OR A BIG CRAPPIE
PULL UNDER A FLOAT.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
>> WHAT WE'RE REALLY INTO HERE,
A BUNCH OF THESE LITTLE LAKES
THAT ARE AROUND LEECH LAKE
THAT ARE UNDERUTILIZED REALLY,
WE USE THEM WHEN THE WIND
COMES UP AND WE LIKE
TO ENCOURAGE THE - OOH!
(GRUNTS) ENCOURAGE
THE PARENTS...
THIS IS BIGGER YET.
>> THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
>> YEAH.
ENCOURAGE THE PARENTS TO BRING
THEIR KIDS IN TO THESE THINGS,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE BIG LAKES
ARE SO WINDY OR THERE'S A THREAT
LOOK AT THE COLOR
ON THAT BEAUTIFUL FISH.
GET HIM UP HERE FOR YA.
THEY'RE FULL OF FISH.
THEY'RE UNDER-FISHED.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK
AT THE LANDINGS MANY TIMES
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOOD.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT GREAT,
TO KEEP THE PEOPLE GOING.
>> SMALL LAKES,
BIG FISHING OPPORTUNITIES.
>> BIG FISHING OPPORTUNITIES.
FULL OF BASS, FULL OF BLUEGILLS,
CRAPPIES, AND YOU JUST
CAN'T GO WRONG.
THESE BLUEGILLS IN HERE,
MANY TIMES JASON,
WILL GET UP TO ABOUT 11.
THEY'RE REALLY SOME BIG,
BIG ONES.
AND WE LET THEM GO.
AND OF COURSE, WE WANT
THE PEOPLE TO TAKE THE NINES
IF WE CAN, EIGHTS,
AND THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE.
>> OH YEAH, THERE YOU GO, AL.
>> THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
>> REEL UP HERE
AND I'LL GIVE YOU A HAND.
>> OKAY.
THAT'S A NICE FISH.
GET OUT OF THERE.
>> OH, ISN'T THAT GORGEOUS?
>> COMING AT YA, PRETTY ONE TOO.
>> THERE.
>> THERE WE GO.
>> LOOK AT THAT.
>> NICE.
THAT'S WHAT I LIKE.
>> THAT'S A BIG FISH.
>> BOY, THEY ARE PRETTY FISH,
AREN'T THEY?
>> OH.
(CHUCKLES) LOOK AT THAT.
>> OH, FAT.
>> THERE, LOOK AT THAT.
JUST A HANDFUL.
JUST A GORGEOUS FISH
RIGHT THERE, LOOK AT THAT.
JUST A HANDFUL.
>> GEEZ, THOSE ARE NICE FISH.
>> OH.
(GRUNTS)
>> GET OUT OF THERE.
THAT'S A DANDY.
>> YEAH, THAT IS A DANDY.
>> OH, MAN.
>> LIFT HIM UP.
>> HA!
OH.
LOOK AT THAT COLOR.
LOOK AT THAT COLOR.
>> THAT IS A GORGEOUS FISH.
>> OH, PRETTY, PRETTY, PRETTY.
THAT DOWN THERE IS A DANDY TOO.
OH MAN.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE
THE NEXT FRONTIER OF FISHING IS
THAT WE'VE CONVINCED
MUSKIE ANGLERS AND BASS ANGLERS
AND WALLEYE ANGLERS THE
IMPORTANCE OF CATCH AND RELEASE.
IT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT
TO RELEASE SOME OF THESE
BIG PANFISH IN SOME
OF THESE BODIES OF WATER.
>> MORE AND MORE PEOPLE
WANT THEM RELEASED NOW, JASON.
>> YOU SEE NINE, TEN INCH
BLUEGILLS, PEOPLE KEEP
A BUNCH, PRETTY SOON YOU'VE GOT
SEVEN, EIGHT, SIX INCH FISH.
PEOPLE KEEP THOSE BIG FISH
AND DON'T RELEASE THEM,
YOU'RE GONNA SEE
THE SIZE DROP OFF.
>> IT TAKES SO LONG FOR THEM
TO GET THAT SIZE.
>> WATER TEMPERATURE'S
75 DEGREES AND WE'VE BEEN
JUST GOING ALONG HERE.
AND YOU'LL SEE ALL KINDS
OF PADS, DOLLAR WEED
AND CABBAGE.
WE'VE BEEN JUST PITCHING THESE
BOBBERS ON THE EDGE OF IT HERE
AND WE FOUND SOME FISH RELATING
TO THESE WEEDS WHERE
YOU'D EXPECT THEM, BUT THEN WE
CAME ACROSS AND AREA HERE
WHERE YOU CAN JUST SEE
ALL THESE BEDS.
AND SOME OF THESE FISH ARE
STILL HANGING OUT ON THE BEDS
AND THOSE FISH
THAT YOU'RE FINDING,
THOSE ARE THE BIG MALES,
THOSE BIG BULLS.
THOSE TALL, DARK FISH,
THOSE ARE THE FISH THAT GUARD
THE NEST.
THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT
TO RELEASE THOSE FISH.
>> I HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU
IN REGARD TO
THE OLD FASHIONED WAY,
BECAUSE MEAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT,
IT SEEMED TO BE, I TELL
THESE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME.
AND NOW THAT'S NOT
THAT IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, I GIVE
THE YOUNG GENERATION CREDIT.
OVER THE TIME, WE GOT A CHANCE
TO SEE YOU DON'T HAVE TO KEEP
ALL THOSE FISH.
LET 'EM GO, ESPECIALLY
THE BIG FEMALES.
OR LIKE MANY TIMES
IN THE PUMPKIN SEEDS,
THEY'RE SO PRETTY,
YOU HATE TO GIVE IT UP.
SO THE TIMES HAVE CHANGED
AND IT'S TO EVERYBODY'S BENEFIT
BECAUSE THERE WILL BE MORE FISH.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
>> OH.
>> THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
>> COME OUT OF THERE.
OH, COME ON, THERE YOU GO.
>> LILY PAD.
>> BASS WOULD WRAP YOU UP
ON THE STUMPS.
>> OH YEAH.
>> BOY, LOOK AT THAT.
JUST A CHUNK OF A FISH.
(CHUCKLING) JUST LOVE
THAT SHAPE ON THEM.
THEY JUST GET TALL.
JUST A TALL FISH.
KEEP THOSE FORCEPS HANDY.
JUST A BLACK FLY,
JUST THAT TRIMMED DOWN
CRAPPIE SCRUB FROM KALIN'S.
NORMALLY THESE HAVE
TWO PADDLETAILS.
I JUST TRIMMED ONE OFF
AND JUST TRIMMED IT DOWN
SO IT SINKS A LITTLE FASTER.
BUT JUST A GREAT PANFISH JIG
RIGHT THERE.
BOY, ISN'T THAT JUST
A GORGEOUS FISH RIGHT THERE.
LOOK AT THAT.
JUST GET THE BLACK ON THE EDGE
OF THE SCALES.
THEY'RE JUST BEAUTIFUL.
>> MAN, THEY GOT A BIG
BLACK SPOT ON THAT FIN THERE.
>> SEE THIS WIND BLOWING,
WE'RE ONLY ABOUT MAYBE SIX MILES
FROM LEECH LAKE
AS THE CROW FLIES.
AND YOU COULD GO OUT ON LEECH
LAKE TODAY, BUT I CAN GUARANTEE
WE'RE HAVING A LOT MORE FUN
BACK HERE TUCKED OUT
OF THIS WIND.
THIS WHOLE SETUP WAS BASICALLY
JUST DESIGNED TO LOOK AND FIND
BLUEGILLS BECAUSE
HERE'S THE DEAL,
TO CATCH BLUEGILLS,
YOU HAVE TO FIND THEM.
WE'RE JUST USING
A STANDARD SLIP BOBBER.
THERE'S A BOBBER STOP.
JUST A COLORED SPLIT SHOT.
BELOW THAT, THAT BLACK ANT
HAIR JIG WITH THAT PIECE OF
KALIN'S CRAPPIE SCRUB ON THERE.
BUT WE'RE BASICALLY JUST
CASTING IT OUT.
WE'RE SETTING IT ANYWHERE,
DEPENDING ON HOW DEEP
THE WATER IS, BUT WE'RE SETTING
THAT BOBBER STOP MAYBE TWO
TO THREE FEET AND WE'RE JUST
WORKING THESE OPEN POCKETS
AND JUST TWITCHING IT BACK.
WE'RE JUST CASTING AND REELING,
BUT YOU CAN REALLY COVER
A LOT OF WATER.
AND SO A LOT OF TIMES, PEOPLE
THINK OF SLIP BOBBER FISHING
AS ANCHORING,
SITTING IN ONE SPOT,
AND THAT'LL WORK.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND
FISH AND YOU'LL FISH LAKES
THAT MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T SPENT
A LOT OF TIME ON, THIS ENABLES
YOU TO FIND FISH IN A HURRY.
YOU CAN BREAK DOWN
THE WATER FAST.
OH YEAH, OH YEAH.
A BLUEGILL PULLS OUT DRAG.
YOU GOTTA LOVE THAT.
>> YEAH, YOU GOT THAT RIGHT.
>> GET OUT OF YOUR WAY HERE.
OH YEAH, THAT'S A DANDY.
(CHUCKLES)
>> OH.
HOLY MOLY.
THERE WE GO, OH!
(GRUNTS) TERRIBLE, ISN'T IT?
PRETTY, PRETTY, PRETTY.
>> OH, HERE I GOT HIM.
>> THAT ONE'S PULLING.
>> BOY, DO THEY DIG.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
>> WHOA.
>> YOU GOT ONE TOO?
>> OH YEAH.
>> THIS IS A BIG ONE HERE.
OH WOW, AL.
(CHUCKLES)
>> DIFFERENT COLORATION.
>> YEAH, I JUST SEE A BIG,
DARK BODY IN THE WATER.
>> I LOVE THAT CIRCLE,
CIRCLE. YEAH.
OOH, YEAH.
>> THAT IS A DANDY, RIGHT THERE.
THAT IS A DANDY.
LOOK AT THAT.
>> THAT'S A NICE ONE, JASE.
>> THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.
>> THOSE ARE BULLS.
>> OH YEAH, LOOK AT THERE.
THERE'S A NICE ONE.
>> OOH, YEAH.
BIG FISH.
LOOK AT THAT.
>> LOOK HOW TALL THEY ARE.
>> DARK BACK.
>> JUST BEAUTIFUL.
LOOK HOW THICK THEY ARE.
THAT'S PROBABLY
A NINE INCH FISH.
JUST A GORGEOUS,
GORGEOUS BLUEGILL.
FUN STUFF.
YOU KNOW, I TELL YOU WHAT,
OVER THE YEARS, I DON'T KNOW
HOW MANY WALLEYE SHOWS
WE'VE DONE AND ALL THE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF SPECIES, BUT BY FAR,
SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR SHOWS
WE'VE EVER DONE IN THE PAST
ARE FOR SUNFISH, BLUEGILLS.
EVERYBODY LOVES PANFISH,
IT SEEMS LIKE.
>> I MEAN, I LIKE VERY SPECIES,
BUT I THINK THEY FIGHT
JUST AS HARD AS ANYTHING.
THEY'RE PRETTY,
THEY'RE A FUN CHALLENGE.
YOU CAN FISH THEM MANY WAYS.
YOU KNOW, I REALLY LIKE TO FISH
THEM WITH THE FLY ROD ALSO.
YOU CAN TAKE KIDS.
IT'S ACTION ALL THE TIME.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE THING
THAT I LIKE ABOUT THE BEST.
PLUS, THERE'S NO BETTER
TABLE FARE.
>> YOU KNOW, THAT SEVEN INCH,
EIGHT INCH BLUEGILL, THAT'S
JUST A PERFECT EATING FISH.
>> PERFECT SIZE, YEP.
>> YOU DON'T NEED
A LOT OF THEM.
SEVEN, EIGHT FISH WILL GIVE YOU
A MEAL FIT FOR A KING.
>> WE FILLETED FIVE CRAPPIES,
TEN SUNFISH, TEN PERCH AND
LAID THE FILLETS SIDE BY SIDE,
WELL, THAT WILL FEED A FAMILY
LIKE YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE.
>> GOT HIM.
>> YEAH.
>> CUT RIGHT THERE.
>> YEAH, GOING THROUGH
THOSE PADS.
>> OH YEAH, HERE,
I'LL NET THAT ONE.
>> OH GEEZ, THAT IS
A PRETTY ONE.
IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT ABOUT
THE LAKES, FIRST OF ALL,
CHECK WITH THE LOCAL FISHERIES
OR THE FORESTRY.
THEY'LL HAVE MAPS AND TELL YOU
ABOUT THE LAKES.
BUT I'D GO TO THE FISHERIES
AND THEY'LL TELL YOU HOW
TO GET TO THEM AND WHAT SPECIES
YOU CAN FISH, IF THERE'S
ANY RULES OR REGULATIONS ABOUT
HORSEPOWER GOING INTO THEM.
SO IT'S EASY TO FIND
ACCESS TO IT.
>> A LOT OF THESE LAKES ARE
UNDEVELOPED.
THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL LAKES,
THEY'RE JUST LAKES
BACK IN THE WOODS
THAT NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE
KNOW ABOUT,
BUT TREMENDOUS FISHING.
>> IT GIVES THESE KIDS
A WILDLIFE EXPERIENCE.
THEY DON'T GET A CHANCE TO SEE
DEER COMING DOWN, LOONS ALL
OVER THE PLACE, YOU KNOW,
EAGLES FLYING BY ALL THE TIME.
SO THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS
TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
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