1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,240 It's the Terrible at Fishing Radio show on Cold Country Radio. 2 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:16,080 Here's your fishing expert and host, Michael Rafino. 3 00:00:16,080 --> 00:00:19,040 Welcome back terrible at fishing everybody. 4 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:23,760 This week's show, I am going to tell you a story. 5 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:30,400 First, we are going to talk about fishing reports. 6 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,120 We are doing very very well. 7 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:34,120 Locally. 8 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,080 Boy, the ice is getting thicker. 9 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:41,440 If you haven't figured it out, it got cold, it got snowy, it got messy. 10 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:47,800 This last week, we have great ice at all of our usual locations. 11 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:54,000 Gerber Lake, Lake of the Woods, Fish Lake, 4 Mile Lake, Diamond Lake, and all these other 12 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,520 wonderful little lakes. 13 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:57,840 Oh my goodness. 14 00:00:57,840 --> 00:00:58,840 Great. 15 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:02,120 Good size trout are being caught at Fish Lake and Diamond Lake. 16 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:05,120 A plethora. 17 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:06,120 It's a big word. 18 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:07,120 Plethora. 19 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:14,200 Fish are being caught at Lake of the Woods and also over at Gerber. 20 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,920 Some of these places, like 4 Mile and Gerber, you're going to need a snowmobile to get 21 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:18,920 to. 22 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:23,240 I just haven't been plowed at last time I looked. 23 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:32,480 So we need to watch your, you know, make sure that your vehicle and your abilities is ready 24 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:34,920 for deep snow. 25 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:35,920 Now and ice. 26 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:37,920 Oh my goodness. 27 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:42,920 So it's story time. 28 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:55,920 Once upon a time, this week, terrible at fishing, thought he would try something he had never 29 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:58,960 done before. 30 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:08,080 That is to go top water and warm water fishing in sub zero weather. 31 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:10,760 And you're thinking, how is that possible? 32 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:11,840 Was this magic? 33 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:13,960 Was there a genie involved? 34 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,880 No. 35 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:22,400 It was just suicidal tendencies evidently. 36 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:27,960 So terrible at fishing with a buddy of his and another buddy of his thought, well, this 37 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:30,240 would be epic. 38 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:36,720 Warm water fishing in sub zero temperatures. 39 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:40,400 So how do you do that? 40 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:49,800 Well the genie out of the bottle created hot springs over in Bonanza in Springs Park. 41 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:53,800 Yes, the water there is warm. 42 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:59,720 Fishies like warm water like bass and panfish, bluegills and stuff like that. 43 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,640 I mean, it's exciting. 44 00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:09,840 And a week ago, they were just teamed up there and they were staged and you could catch them, 45 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,720 you could look and see them. 46 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:18,400 But then old man winter came. 47 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:22,840 Old man winter came. 48 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:31,480 And he huffed and he puffed and he blew the snow in. 49 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:39,080 But seeing that another YouTuber actually had a great day there, terrible at fishing, said 50 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,640 I want to have a great day there too. 51 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:47,560 So he goes ahead and packs it up. 52 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:54,640 He puts a top water box put together, four of his best rods and him and his buddies, they 53 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:57,200 go over to Bonanza. 54 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:01,920 Yes, where is that big valley? 55 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:02,920 I'm not sure. 56 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,440 I think it's Bonanza. 57 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:21,000 And so they go and when he left, it was four degrees here, seven degrees here at his house. 58 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:31,040 When he gets to Bonanza, it's negative 11 degrees. 59 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:33,160 Gets to Bonanza, negative 11. 60 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:34,560 So that's okay. 61 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:39,360 He's got snow suit, but he brought his bait casters. 62 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:42,960 You need your fingertips for your bait casters. 63 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:55,920 So him and his wonderful health and horrible lungs trudge over to the river at the park. 64 00:04:55,920 --> 00:05:04,040 And the springs are bubbling and the steam is rising in the park. 65 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:11,920 You can't even see the other side of the river, which isn't very far by the way, because 66 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:17,360 the steam was so, so dramatic. 67 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:22,600 And the springs are just bubbling all around you. 68 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:24,240 But you know, there's a good sign. 69 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:29,520 There's a good sign besides negative 11 degrees and you know, I can't breathe. 70 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:35,160 And you know, it's really, really, really, really cold. 71 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:39,200 And I have to have my fingertips exposed. 72 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:45,800 My fingertips still haven't recovered. 73 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:47,320 Start casting. 74 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:48,320 Nothing. 75 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:50,440 In another spot. 76 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:51,440 Nothing. 77 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:54,440 In another spot. 78 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:56,160 Nothing. 79 00:05:56,160 --> 00:06:02,000 The water, the mud was icy, but it gave way. 80 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,960 So you're trudging through mud. 81 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:10,320 Fortunately, terrible at fishing is equipped with good boots and snowsuits. 82 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:15,600 But you remember, terrible at fishing has terrible health. 83 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:21,640 And when you breathe in negative 11 degrees of cold, it hurts. 84 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:25,160 More so if you have lung disease. 85 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,040 But he trudges on. 86 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:29,040 He goes down. 87 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:34,960 And then finally, the third part, person to his party shows up and he casts about five 88 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:38,960 minutes into it and he catches himself a large mouth bass. 89 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:46,400 Well, if that doesn't make terrible at fishing, feeling satisfied, it didn't. 90 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:47,640 So he runs down there. 91 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:48,640 In his spot. 92 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:51,840 I need to catch one. 93 00:06:51,840 --> 00:06:52,840 He casts. 94 00:06:52,840 --> 00:06:53,840 Nothing. 95 00:06:53,840 --> 00:06:55,440 He casts again. 96 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:56,440 Nothing. 97 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:57,440 Nothing. 98 00:06:57,440 --> 00:06:59,800 Again and again. 99 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:07,560 It was so cold that one of my fishing lines froze and snapped. 100 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,440 Yeah. 101 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:12,160 Reels were freezing. 102 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:13,660 Guides were frozen. 103 00:07:13,660 --> 00:07:18,400 I had to dip an end of the warm water in order to defrost. 104 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:21,400 It was crazy cold. 105 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:27,840 But we're fishermen and fishermen love danger and challenges. 106 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:29,920 Yes, we will go. 107 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:31,520 We will stay here. 108 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:33,640 We will beat the elements. 109 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:41,480 We will catch a cold and frostbite. 110 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:46,840 Whether it kills us or not. 111 00:07:46,840 --> 00:08:00,760 So after many hours of not catching a thing and trying just about everything, I gave up. 112 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:04,040 I got skunked and I end on dummy. 113 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:09,880 One of my viewers, Connery, he was our third person on our party, the one that caught the 114 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:11,360 bass. 115 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:17,320 The one that gave me this great idea. 116 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:19,440 Last time I got skunked was with Connery. 117 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:24,240 That was the last time I got skunked. 118 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:32,360 So we go for the common denominator. 119 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:41,760 I have never, ever fished in whether that cold in my life. 120 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:44,740 Negative 11 degrees. 121 00:08:44,740 --> 00:08:53,920 After many hours and going to the Mexican restaurant in Bonanza, never eaten there before, which 122 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:54,920 by the way. 123 00:08:54,920 --> 00:09:00,160 Maria, the hostess there, very sweet. 124 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:03,720 And I had the chili colorado. 125 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:04,720 Very good. 126 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:06,520 Usually chili colorados just red. 127 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:07,520 It's not really spicy. 128 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:09,360 They did a good job. 129 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,880 It's a good chili colorado. 130 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:17,240 So that's my food preference, but I just had to hold the coffee cup. 131 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:25,240 While it hurt my fingertips and I just could not get warm. 132 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:36,640 But I got there. 133 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:41,480 It's actually an interesting spot, Springs Park in Bonanza. 134 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:43,000 It is all hot springs. 135 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:44,000 It is warm water. 136 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:45,240 Yes, there's bass there. 137 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:46,600 Not very many at the moment. 138 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:50,200 I think it's because the water had really gone down. 139 00:09:50,200 --> 00:10:02,240 The ice had frozen enough around the river there that it had drawn the water out. 140 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:10,240 So it's a really good spot to fish the Bonanza Springs Park. 141 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:13,720 But I wouldn't recommend it negative 11 degrees. 142 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:18,440 I'd wait till it thaws a bit. 143 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:26,440 I really wanted to catch the warm water fishing in subzero temperature because it's an oxymoron. 144 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:29,760 I'm not saying that about me. 145 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:36,920 I think I'm more in the idiot realm of IQ, not moron. 146 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:43,640 But after that, I'm probably in the moron level of IQ. 147 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:48,080 It was really cold. 148 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:55,640 And my feet were sinking into the mud after it broke through ice. 149 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:57,360 I reached down and touched the water. 150 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:59,000 I said, oh, this is so warm. 151 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:04,120 I wanted to go swimming because I was so cold. 152 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:06,280 The water was so warm. 153 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:09,440 I've never been there before at the Springs Park. 154 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:11,320 Never fished it before. 155 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:13,440 It was a new thing. 156 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:24,480 When I was impressed, disappointed, and frozen, and my legs hurt because of all the leg work 157 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:30,840 I had to go through in order to walk through the snow, which is deep when we went. 158 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:35,280 The mud, deep. 159 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:41,240 And the water was shallow, which means a lot of snagging on rocks. 160 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:44,280 Besides that, it was a wonderful time. 161 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:50,040 In the morning, it was fun to fish for the first time with a buddy of mine and then Connery 162 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:51,040 to come along. 163 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:53,240 And it really was nice. 164 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:58,280 And then Maria over at the Mexican restaurant, I forgot the name of it. 165 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:00,360 It's the only one there. 166 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:01,840 They serve burgers there too, by the way. 167 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:02,840 I didn't have a burger. 168 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:05,840 I had the chili calarado. 169 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:08,720 And Duane had some tacos. 170 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:10,640 And he liked them. 171 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:14,080 So it was good food. 172 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:17,640 I was with Good Company. 173 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:23,880 And I got to embarrass a teenager that I knew because it was their lunch break from their 174 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:25,560 high school. 175 00:12:25,560 --> 00:12:31,520 But Bonanza Springs Park. 176 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:36,640 I'd wait for the snow to melt a little bit, which ain't going to happen soon. 177 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:38,920 But I fished on the coldest day. 178 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:43,040 And I kind of wish I went ice fishing because it's warm in my shelter. 179 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:48,200 I could put that thing up and it's 70, 75 degrees in my shelter. 180 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:49,800 I'm in a t-shirt. 181 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,000 My fingertips are not frozen. 182 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:53,000 It's great. 183 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,000 So ice fishing it is. 184 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,760 I can't do that. 185 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:03,840 I can't do that. 186 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:06,240 But it is a good fishing spot. 187 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:11,520 Because the water is so warm, the warm water fish are going to stay there. 188 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:15,280 Excuse me, especially this time of year. 189 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:24,440 But as the water freezes around that area, it draws the water out of the creek. 190 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:30,640 And when it draws the water out, it makes it shallower, which makes it tougher to fish. 191 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:41,720 So just so you know, that this story had a not so happy ending with pain at the fingertips, 192 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:44,840 although very good food afterwards. 193 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:46,760 And no fish caught. 194 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:48,800 I know. 195 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:51,600 That is the way the fish... 196 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:54,080 I don't get skunked hardly at all. 197 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:55,080 I'm not used to it. 198 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:56,800 I did not want to call it a day. 199 00:13:56,800 --> 00:14:01,600 I was losing sensation. 200 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:04,040 I wasn't even sure if I had a left hand. 201 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:06,960 You know the nice thing about being frozen? 202 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:11,440 You could put a hook right through your finger and would not even feel it. 203 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:16,360 And you can remove it without you even feeling it. 204 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:17,360 That's a good thing about it. 205 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:21,880 The bad thing is, well, you put a hook through yourself. 206 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:23,120 I didn't do that, by the way. 207 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:26,000 Although a few hooks got close. 208 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:27,120 I couldn't feel it. 209 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:32,520 And then when I fell to rod, I couldn't retie a knot. 210 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:37,200 So fortunately I had several rods and I just go to another rod. 211 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:41,120 But try Bonanza Spring Park. 212 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:42,360 Try that warm water area. 213 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:45,600 I mean, the springs are beautiful and the water is gorgeous. 214 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:53,600 So give it a shot and stay tuned because we're going to talk about more about fishing here 215 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,600 this week in the next segment. 216 00:14:56,600 --> 00:15:25,600 Stay tuned after these messages, guys. 217 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:09,160 Alright, welcome back to Terrible At Fishing. 218 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:20,800 It's been, I pre-recorded this week's and I got sick. 219 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:27,400 Me going out when it was negative 11 was a really, really, really unwise thing. 220 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:29,520 I will not say stupid. 221 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:32,480 I will just say unwise. 222 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:41,760 So this weekend, we have the kite festival at Lake of the Woods during free fishing weekend 223 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:42,760 this week. 224 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:46,640 I know this weekend is free fishing weekend. 225 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:54,840 Normally I do my fishing derby during free fishing weekends but because the kite festival 226 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:59,360 it just didn't line up this year. 227 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:08,960 So please excuse my nose blowing. 228 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:16,480 So the kite festival should be beautiful. 229 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:17,480 Always is. 230 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:20,720 And there will be a lot of fishermen out on the ice too. 231 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:23,520 So don't worry about those kites. 232 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:24,760 They'll go around you. 233 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:25,760 Don't worry about it. 234 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:27,720 There's big kites too. 235 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:33,320 But I went head up to Lake of the Woods this weekend as well as other lakes. 236 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:39,640 Lake's doing really well with some tiger trout which you have to put back in Diamond Lake's 237 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:42,040 doing really well if you can get out to Gerber. 238 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:43,920 Great for that. 239 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:51,120 Now like I said in the last segment I fished the hot springs over at Bonanza. 240 00:17:51,120 --> 00:17:56,480 So you can, there are some really interesting things you can do right now when it comes 241 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:58,840 to fishing. 242 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:04,120 And you don't need a license for this weekend Saturday and Sunday. 243 00:18:04,120 --> 00:18:10,200 So get out there tomorrow and just have fun. 244 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:13,520 You know Bonanza is not very far away. 245 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:19,040 If you just want to go to the park there and toss it in the warm water and catch a few 246 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:22,600 fish that would be fun for the kids. 247 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:27,440 They can play in the snow and you can catch some fish. 248 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:34,320 As for Lake of the Woods you can catch some fish and above you are these 50 foot, 80 foot, 249 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:36,360 100 foot kites. 250 00:18:36,360 --> 00:18:47,280 I mean how cool is that for you to enjoy this weekend? 251 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:55,760 I'm sorry. 252 00:18:55,760 --> 00:19:04,560 Yesterday I went to one of my doctor's appointments and this lady was stuck in the middle of the 253 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:07,760 road on the ice in her car. 254 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:16,080 And so I parked my truck and I don't have a push bar on my truck so I'm a big guy. 255 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:19,960 I'm a human push bar. 256 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:27,440 And so I get out and I look at our tires and they are as bald as bald gets. 257 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:31,160 So I push her and get it going. 258 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:34,640 I told her I said you really have to buy some new tires. 259 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:43,440 These tires could pop at any time let alone they have zero traction on this ice. 260 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:51,280 Well hopefully if your vehicle is unsafe you can't afford new tires and don't drive 261 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:53,800 it. 262 00:19:53,800 --> 00:20:03,480 It's just not worth it jeopardizing somebody else's safety because you want to get someplace. 263 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:08,480 So I would call a friend. 264 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:16,600 But yeah it's been something else this week hasn't it? 265 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:23,720 We got all this snow and then hard freeze and this hard freeze really did ice it up. 266 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:31,240 Today we even got some more snow and so it's something else. 267 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:40,880 And now on Tuesday I went to my fly fishing club meeting and it was at the Waffle Hut 268 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:46,000 every Tuesday or every second Tuesday of the month. 269 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:52,040 Second Tuesday Waffle Hut 7 o'clock is the fly fishing club. 270 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:58,400 And they had three master fly tires there this week and they were demonstrating how to 271 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:00,760 tie flies. 272 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:03,760 And everybody had fishing reports. 273 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:15,800 There was somebody from the reclamation group you know they removed the dams. 274 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:25,240 And we have Salmon in Stillhead all the way up to Kino right now in Spencer Creek 182 275 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:30,880 was the uh...cout. 276 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:38,240 So fast the return of Salmon in Stillhead. 277 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:46,320 There's really no good explanation of how these fish came so quick and found their way home. 278 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:51,640 But it is quite remarkable. 279 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:52,920 I was a pessimist. 280 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:57,560 I mean if you go to my channel I was a pessimist. 281 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:01,880 And you know it was all conjecture. 282 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:10,280 And I wasn't you know rather I'm a sort of under promise over deliver type of guy. 283 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:14,440 Well they were over promising. 284 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:22,880 But even now it now it seems like they were under promising because the Salmon is still 285 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:30,960 head are back and some have seen some of them go up to Kino fish ladder. 286 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:43,120 So that puts them you know put some in our front yard really. 287 00:22:43,120 --> 00:22:44,120 Give it. 288 00:22:44,120 --> 00:22:50,520 I mean I don't know just wait another year or what. 289 00:22:50,520 --> 00:23:00,680 But we'll be fishing Stillhead and Salmon in the Yawana fairly soon. 290 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:13,480 And it's crazy that the dam removal has produced such great results so quick. 291 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:17,280 Even biologists are amazed by it. 292 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:24,200 They're just you know well they're tickle pink as in salmon meat. 293 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,600 Tickle pink. 294 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:34,680 And it is why you just got it when you're a fisherman this is exciting. 295 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:40,640 Like I said I was a pessimist and I eat my words and and you know those videos. 296 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:45,720 I leave them up there just to show you how much of a pessimist I was and how wrong I 297 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:46,720 was. 298 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:51,440 And now there are some things I was right on. 299 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:56,280 Not completely an idiot. 300 00:23:56,280 --> 00:24:07,000 But without the the Link River Dam you know they're you know and you see videos and photos 301 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:13,320 of the Link River back in the 1800s and 1900s where it just dried up. 302 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:22,200 So in dry seasons there's no way Salmon or Stillhead can get past Clameth Falls or Link 303 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,440 Villas it was called back then. 304 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:30,480 So we have some pretty exciting times ahead of us everyone. 305 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:38,840 I mean in our front yard in our yard we're going to have you know Chinook salmon and 306 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:44,160 Stillhead soon. 307 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:49,880 If that doesn't get a fisherman excited nothing will. 308 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:50,880 This is going to be fun. 309 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:56,080 Usually I've got to go to the Rogue for that. 310 00:24:56,080 --> 00:25:01,560 But yeah I'm very very very excited. 311 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:04,880 Now next weekend a week from tomorrow. 312 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:11,400 I'm kind of glad I got sick this week because I don't want to be sick next week. 313 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:15,640 But a week from tomorrow the 22nd is my fishing derby. 314 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:20,400 The fishing ice fishing derby at Lake of the Woods. 315 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:25,440 And last time I held it which was two years ago when we had good ice, really good ice. 316 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:29,680 Had about a thousand people show up. 317 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:42,160 And if you're a fisherman in fairly good shape I want you to contact me at terribleatfishing2019 318 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:44,160 at gmail.com. 319 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:50,680 That's terrible at fishing all one word and it's AT you know not the symbol AT. 320 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:53,560 So terrible AT fishing. 321 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:59,280 Terrible at fishing 2019 at gmail.com. 322 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:02,800 And see if you can volunteer to help me. 323 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:11,440 I'm kind of scared because I haven't received any volunteers yet to help me drill holes. 324 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:16,040 And I have augers, power augers. 325 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:22,360 And so we'll get out there and we'll start punching holes for everybody. 326 00:26:22,360 --> 00:26:24,560 And I will feed you. 327 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:25,560 Okay. 328 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:31,040 We'll get you fed and I'll probably get some nice freebies for you. 329 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:34,240 I give a lot of freebies away at the derby. 330 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:40,400 I'm trying to make sure all the kids are taken care of. 331 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:42,880 I have some really nice custom baits. 332 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:48,400 I'd be happy to make you a custom bait for bass fishing. 333 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:51,400 I'm a bass fishing guy as you guys know. 334 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:57,080 I paint and design baits. 335 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:04,560 But I'd be happy to make sure that you guys are taken care of. 336 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:05,560 It's a free event. 337 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:07,160 It's a community event. 338 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:10,000 I just need volunteers. 339 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,920 Just need volunteers to go out there with me. 340 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:17,440 And if you've got a fish finder, great. 341 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:25,400 I do have a fish finder several, but the one for ice fishing is a flasher. 342 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:29,200 And I usually drop it in people's holes to make sure that they know where their bait 343 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:33,360 is and where the fish are so they can catch fish. 344 00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:38,240 And so we go from hole to hole to hole to hole just making sure all the kids are catching 345 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:39,240 fish. 346 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:45,600 And it's just, I mean, it's quite a time. 347 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:51,160 There's nothing more enjoyable than watching a young one catch a fish. 348 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:56,720 Whether it be through the ice or open water or rivers, whatever, it doesn't matter. 349 00:27:56,720 --> 00:28:03,960 Because to that young one, catching a fish is the best moment of their life. 350 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:10,920 And you get to give that to them over and over again. 351 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:17,640 If you've got a snowmobile, bring that up. 352 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:22,920 So I'll be very, very busy during the event. 353 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:30,160 Again, a volunteer is designed to make sure people are smiling. 354 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:36,520 Sorry, guys. 355 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:40,560 That's the whole point is to make sure everybody's happy. 356 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:49,400 And if you can help me put more smiles on people's faces, that would, well, alleviate 357 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,040 a lot of stress. 358 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:59,000 Because there's nothing more stressful than worrying about people's happiness on the ice. 359 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:08,120 So anyway, we also, it's just going to be a fun day, you know, on the 22nd. 360 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:11,480 And it's a fishing derby. 361 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:18,120 I think we'll have some loaner rods for the children and just to use for the day. 362 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:24,880 And they will give away a lot of rods and fishing equipment and maybe some games, some 363 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,280 puzzles, some stuff like that. 364 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:33,000 We'll make sure, I mean, I try to make sure that everybody gets a prize. 365 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:39,760 I haven't been painting as much lately as I usually do, but I've been freezing my tail 366 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:43,160 off, but at the same time enjoying my fishing. 367 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:47,080 And you know, what do you bring to a fishing derby? 368 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:50,640 A chair and a rod. 369 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:52,720 Bring a chair and a rod. 370 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:57,240 And you will, you'll, you're just going to sit by a hole and just start pulling them 371 00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:58,640 up. 372 00:29:58,640 --> 00:29:59,640 That's the fun part. 373 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:05,720 We usually punch the holes on the top of the drop off and usually about a 15, 16 foot 374 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:08,960 depth is our Goldilocks depth. 375 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:17,200 And we perforate the ice all the way down the, the drop off and we get people set up 376 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:19,440 for it. 377 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:21,960 So you'll be surprised. 378 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:30,080 I will make sure as much as I can to get you guys fish. 379 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:39,080 It's the most joyous day that are the children's derby that we have in June. 380 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:47,360 So anyway, I want to thank you guys for stopping in and listening to my show this week. 381 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:53,720 I will see you guys out on the ice soon as I'm healthy enough, but definitely on the 382 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:54,720 22nd. 383 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:56,520 So you guys take care. 384 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:59,800 And this is my Corfino, terrible at fishing. 385 00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:03,280 Please check me out on YouTube, on my YouTube channel. 386 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:07,800 And you will see that I am as terrible and crazy as I said. 387 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:10,360 Thank you. 388 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:16,800 That was terrible at fishing, the radio show with fishing expert Michael Rafino. 389 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:22,240 Check out terrible at fishing on YouTube and tune in next week for the next episode and 390 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:24,600 more great fishing tips. 391 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:47,360 Until then, have a great day.