-Puddle Lake- Expedition (part 3 of 9): The Early Bird, New Camp & BushCrafts
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Date: 2021-05-17
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Ontario
Wow the most impressive display of bushcraft skills I have ever seen! That butter knife was absolutely sublime. 10/10. Where can I find your etsy store? : P
I liked the part about opening the fish stomachs up, sometimes you find some really unexpected things. Anything from mice and frogs, jigs, fish youd think are too big to be eaten like finding a walleye inside of a pike. Often times I just think fish are opportunistic feeders and when the bite is on they will hit pretty well anything with the right look or action. Although there can be times where the bite is super tough and they will only take a certain size minnow, or type of fly.
Looking forward to more uploads and thank you sharing. Editing, filming while fishing and then dealing with youtube is quite a bit of work. I can imagine sorting through the footage takes awhile as well. Thumbs up!
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Wow the most impressive display of bushcraft skills I have ever seen! That butter knife was absolutely sublime. 10/10. Where can I find your etsy store? : P
I liked the part about opening the fish stomachs up, sometimes you find some really unexpected things. Anything from mice and frogs, jigs, fish youd think are too big to be eaten like finding a walleye inside of a pike. Often times I just think fish are opportunistic feeders and when the bite is on they will hit pretty well anything with the right look or action. Although there can be times where the bite is super tough and they will only take a certain size minnow, or type of fly.
Looking forward to more uploads and thank you sharing. Editing, filming while fishing and then dealing with youtube is quite a bit of work. I can imagine sorting through the footage takes awhile as well. Thumbs up!
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Adrea
As always, I've thoroughly enjoyed your post, and I've learned many things from your work. If I may offer a small bit of advice in return: I noticed that, when you paddle, you tend to swap sides repeatedly. You may want to look into utilizing the J-stroke (not to be confused with the rudder- or -goon--stroke, which uses the other side of the paddle) or the box-stroke (also called the silent- or, formerly, Indian-stroke. Both of these strokes will offer quiet paddling, save energy and leave the bottom of your canoe less wet than the switch-and-back you use currently.
I could go into detail about how each stroke is performed, but more skilled folk than I have already posted a number of videos here on YouTube; I just thought I'd drop the suggestion. :)
Thanks again for some great videos!
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As always, I've thoroughly enjoyed your post, and I've learned many things from your work. If I may offer a small bit of advice in return: I noticed that, when you paddle, you tend to swap sides repeatedly. You may want to look into utilizing the J-stroke (not to be confused with the rudder- or -goon--stroke, which uses the other side of the paddle) or the box-stroke (also called the silent- or, formerly, Indian-stroke. Both of these strokes will offer quiet paddling, save energy and leave the bottom of your canoe less wet than the switch-and-back you use currently.
I could go into detail about how each stroke is performed, but more skilled folk than I have already posted a number of videos here on YouTube; I just thought I'd drop the suggestion. :)
Thanks again for some great videos!
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Dan
I like your varied topics, content and editing. The vivacious spring bird chorus in the background goes hand in hand with good trout fishing. Hopefully puddle lake (was) is not too greatly affected by the previous camper/fisher folk? Maybe 2-3 years ago? The last hard-core wilderness still seems to be north of the forestry roads of like -51 latitude.
In one lake I've been surprised to find the trout feeding rather heavily on frogs under the ice in late winter. I thought frogs just sat dormant under some lake bottom sediment in winter? I too have seen the crayfish and perch in Speck stomachs.
As for best fishing times, this past spring I could not catch specks in a clear lake on a bright sunny afternoon, but then after 7pm I got 2 in just 20 minutes. Still learning.
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I like your varied topics, content and editing. The vivacious spring bird chorus in the background goes hand in hand with good trout fishing. Hopefully puddle lake (was) is not too greatly affected by the previous camper/fisher folk? Maybe 2-3 years ago? The last hard-core wilderness still seems to be north of the forestry roads of like -51 latitude.
In one lake I've been surprised to find the trout feeding rather heavily on frogs under the ice in late winter. I thought frogs just sat dormant under some lake bottom sediment in winter? I too have seen the crayfish and perch in Speck stomachs.
As for best fishing times, this past spring I could not catch specks in a clear lake on a bright sunny afternoon, but then after 7pm I got 2 in just 20 minutes. Still learning.
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One
I don't really have a great excuse for missing the morning bite in this episode, but at least Jayson can say that he pulled fire watch duty after we thought we had put out our runaway campfire (and a hot spot DID ignite later in the night and he caught it before it grew. It was a good fireplace lesson for me: if you are using an uprooted tree for a fire pit like we did, make sure that the roots are holding a lot of mineral soil. Compare our two fires from our first camp site to our second camp site - the first one had a BIT of mineral soil and although it made a nice reflector it was dangerously dry and flammable (and caught fire. The second campfire had a LOT of mineral soil and was much smaller, therefore a much safer fire pit.
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I don't really have a great excuse for missing the morning bite in this episode, but at least Jayson can say that he pulled fire watch duty after we thought we had put out our runaway campfire (and a hot spot DID ignite later in the night and he caught it before it grew. It was a good fireplace lesson for me: if you are using an uprooted tree for a fire pit like we did, make sure that the roots are holding a lot of mineral soil. Compare our two fires from our first camp site to our second camp site - the first one had a BIT of mineral soil and although it made a nice reflector it was dangerously dry and flammable (and caught fire. The second campfire had a LOT of mineral soil and was much smaller, therefore a much safer fire pit.
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Martina
gotta admit that is a perfect campsite. i seriously like finding that running water like that. that's cool. maybe you guys will revisit this place and site in the future. really beauty of a place. i certainly wouldn't have minded experiencing it myself. absolutely beautiful and your early morn solo b-fast fishing that was so nice too. your limit before b-fast. that's nice. / thumbed up.
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gotta admit that is a perfect campsite. i seriously like finding that running water like that. that's cool. maybe you guys will revisit this place and site in the future. really beauty of a place. i certainly wouldn't have minded experiencing it myself. absolutely beautiful and your early morn solo b-fast fishing that was so nice too. your limit before b-fast. that's nice. / thumbed up.
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Rob
I liked when you said -you've seen me do this, like, 10, 000 times- while you were buttering the brook trout on the tin foil with a stick. Such an exaggeration from a scientific mind demonstrates how our analysis can melt in the presence of people we love. (I also really like the stomach contents)
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I liked when you said -you've seen me do this, like, 10, 000 times- while you were buttering the brook trout on the tin foil with a stick. Such an exaggeration from a scientific mind demonstrates how our analysis can melt in the presence of people we love. (I also really like the stomach contents)
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Mai
thank a lot for sharing your videos. it feels so relaxing in that lake. and that fish looks very tasty. i never taste that fish in my life. and i dont know if its availlable in my country. im from Philippines and the weather is not so cold compare in your place.
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thank a lot for sharing your videos. it feels so relaxing in that lake. and that fish looks very tasty. i never taste that fish in my life. and i dont know if its availlable in my country. im from Philippines and the weather is not so cold compare in your place.
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Lumberjack333
Man I love the bush fork/butter knife/who needs a bush spoon. Hilarious, so many times I have thought the same thing, I like the bush spatula personally lol. (Split piece of wood in the form of cedar shake)
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Man I love the bush fork/butter knife/who needs a bush spoon. Hilarious, so many times I have thought the same thing, I like the bush spatula personally lol. (Split piece of wood in the form of cedar shake)
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motionstku
Man. Really a nice series. I like the way you filmed the stuff. It feels. -real-. Hope u know what I mean: ) Going over to part 4 now. Thanks for your work! And thanks for sharing your knowledge!
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Man. Really a nice series. I like the way you filmed the stuff. It feels. -real-. Hope u know what I mean: ) Going over to part 4 now. Thanks for your work! And thanks for sharing your knowledge!
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