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It's the Terrible at Fishing radio show on Gold

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Country Radio. Here's your fishing expert and

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host, Michael Ruffino. Welcome back to Terrible

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at Fishing. What a week I've had. And we had

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free fishing weekend last weekend. And I really

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hope that everybody enjoyed that. Let me tell

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you something about Free Fishing Weekend. It

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happens a few times a year, and Lake of the Woods

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really capitalizes on it. This last weekend was

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the happiest day of the year, which was Saturday.

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They had a children's fishing event for which

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they put big old trout inside a pool for the

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six and under and those with special needs. and

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then they screened off or netted off part of

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the marina and put the rest of the fish in there.

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And of course later in the afternoon, anything

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that wasn't caught gets released into the lake

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there. And we'll go over stocking schedules in

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the second portion of tonight's broadcast. But

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if you were there, You witnessed an amazing thing.

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Over 700 children. And that is a record for Lake

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of the Woods. Over 700 children. Now, that's

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not just 700 smiles. That's mom and dad smiling.

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That's grandma and grandpa smiling. And strangers

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are smiling. You're doing it more than once.

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You see, there is nothing more joyous or memory

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-producing than seeing a child catch a big fish.

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It is something if their long -term memory is

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kicking in. they'll remember the rest of their

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lives. It is definitely something that adults

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will remember for the rest of their lives. Not

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only did they catch, but they cleaned it, cooked

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it. I mean, it was magic. And I hate to use that

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word because I don't really believe in magic,

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but in the wonderment, you know, the impressive

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definition of that word. I hope you witnessed

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it last weekend. I really do, and you would have

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really enjoyed it, no doubt about it. So that

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was Lake of the Woods, and Lake of the Woods

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is a great destination for anybody right now

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to go fish. Water is warming up. Bass is starting

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to get a little excited. The trout are there.

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It's really a great, great time for pan fishing,

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trout fishing, salmon fishing, bass fishing,

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even cat fishing. I mean, you go to the southern

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end, you know, catfish are all over those lily

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pad, that soft bottom back there. It is pretty

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good. And, you know, lily padding. I just love

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that stuff, you know drop a Senko right in between

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you know BAM Now something else that is kind

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of crazy and I told you this last week that I

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was thinking about getting a E -bike an electric

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bike and it's a pedal assist and I was a little

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worried still am I guess but about my balance

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issues. And because I can't drive, I can't, you

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know, I'm kind of stuck at home. But now that

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my e -bike came on Monday, and after putting

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it together, and if you go to Terrible at Fishing,

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you'll be able to see some of this on YouTube.

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Go to Terrible at Fishing on YouTube. You'll

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see which bike I got. It comes from a company

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called Berkta. I know, never heard of it. But,

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when I, I want to, you know, divulge a little

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bit here into biking. I called manufacturers

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and those that got back to me and those that

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answered their phones were put on my short list

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to buy from. There was quite a few. Most did

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not. Most did not call me back or answer their

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phones. And that worries me because I'm big on

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customer service. And so I purchased a Birkdale

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bike. This is an e -bike with two motors, one

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at the front wheel, one at the back wheel. It's

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all -wheel drive because I'm a big guy and I

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live on the hill, all right, above downtown.

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So if you ever looked at 2nd Street, 3rd Street,

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etc., those are really, really steep streets.

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And if you're going to pull a 300 pound man up

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that grade, you better have some power. So the

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bike arrives, I put it together. It looks like

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a motorcycles what it looks like I mean, it's

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a lot bigger than I thought and it's what they

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call a fat bike which kind of fits a fat guy

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and So it's got fat tires four inch wide tires

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and that is You know why they call it a fat bike.

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It's got a very big battery on it So I can it's

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a long -range bike so I could take it to fishing

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holes So this is the first time on it scared

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the critter out of me. I mean it just this thing

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launches like you ain't never seen anything launch

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and but the cool thing about it is that I could

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choose between the two motors or both motors

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and the two motors are different sizes so I could

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choose relaxed, fast, and rocket ship. And if

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you watch some of the videos I've been posting

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on my YouTube channel, you'll see that I'm learning

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it. And even though I'm still scared, I'm getting

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less scared. And once I get comfortable about

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riding this bike, I will take it fishing. Now

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I'll be out on the coast this past this next

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week and we're going to go to Lincoln. So, maybe

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I'll be able to figure out some fishing over

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there, and maybe do some deep sea fishing. I

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haven't gone deep sea fishing in eons. So, we'll

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see what I can do. And so, we won't be freshwater

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fishing this next week, maybe over the weekend,

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I don't know. But, it's going to be quite challenging.

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I've got to fit the bike for my fishing rods

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and fishing gear. So we're starting a new playlist

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on terrible fishing called Bike Fishing. Yeah,

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bike fishing, because evidently that's a thing.

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People take their bikes to go fishing, which

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is what I'm going to do. Who would have guessed?

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I'm always behind. Always behind. So there's

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a new playlist called Bike Fishing. I put all

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the bike stuff there. And we'll cross over. I

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have multiple playlists on certain things. And

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you'll be able to see how I'm fitting my bike

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and where's the spots that I like to fish and

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spots I'd like to discover around Klamath Falls.

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and Lost River is one of those good spots. Sprague

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River is another good spot. The Williamson's,

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etc, etc, etc. It'll be interesting. This will

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be, this is my new adventure. I'm learning how

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to ride this thing, and I've got all the safety

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gear, and because, you know, just like anybody

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who rides a bike, you fall down every once in

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a while. And being in my 60s, We just don't want

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to break a bone. I recently broke a bone, but

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that was on the water. I broke my sternum. I

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don't even know what a sternum was. Sounds like

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something you put a motor on. But that's what's,

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you know, that's what's coming. That's what's

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coming. Now the beautiful thing is, is that the

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bass are waking up. And not only are they waking

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up, they're post -spawn. And this is really exciting

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because as we go through the next segment, all

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these fishing reports, or stocking schedules,

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you're going to find that Hyatt Reservoir is

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really kicking up really well right now. As well

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as Howard's Prairie. And Four Mile, I've gotten

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scattered reports from Four Mile. But Lake of

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the Woods is good. I mean, just take the family.

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Have fun. Good pizza at the marina. Fish Lake

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is doing very, very well. Willow Lake doing very,

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very well. I mean, to be honest, there's a lot

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of really good places. You're going to you're

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going to you're going to have the best year on

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lakes Gerber Willow Valley Thompson kicking it

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and It's just going to be one of those great

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years now rivers are just There their maximum

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capacity. It's really tough to fish a river right

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now so But you can do it, you know but they're

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at full flow right now. So their CFM or cubic

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feet per minute are just massive. So you're going

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to be fishing fast, fishing light, and hopefully

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be catching some really good stuff. Now we're

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also getting pretty good reports over at Rocky

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Point and Harriman's and you know you fish between

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Rocky Point and Harriman's right along that shoreline.

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There are huge, huge fish there. And you can,

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if you know how to do it, this time of year fly

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fishing would probably be working the best. If

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you're using spinning gear, go very light and

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go very small in a fly design. So you can actually

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fly fish with the spinning gear. So what you

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do is you put a slide bobber on it. You know,

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like a bubble bobber, but this time you're not

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going to put water in it. And you're going to

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put that bubble bobber on your line, and you're

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going to put a barrel connector on it. And then

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you're going to give yourself five feet or so

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of really light line with a fly on it. What ends

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up happening is that when you cast that, the

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bubble bobber will stay on top of the water and

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the fly will will continue out and the line will

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pull through the bubble bobber and You're basically

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fly -fishing is what you're doing. You're basically

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fly -fishing with a spinning gear. I don't know.

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I don't know it's called You know Mock fly -fishing.

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I don't know We'll call it mock fly fishing,

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but you could do it. I've done it and it works

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It really works and you can so everybody can

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catch fish over there, but I will tell you They

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are big and old for a reason. These are smart

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smart fish and Yes, you can catch 10 15 pounders

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up there. These are these are personal best fish

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so between rocky point and Harriman's You can

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have a great time. You can do some shore fishing,

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but, you know, take a kayak or a float or something.

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And there's a channel there that's about 8 or

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10 feet deep. That's where they are. You'll look

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over your boat. You'll look down there. There's

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like 50 of them. And they're massive. They're

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like sharks. And you're thinking to yourself,

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how come I ain't got one on a hook yet? Because

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they're smart. They're smart fish. So, I'd give

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that a shot for y 'all. I mean, it's not that

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far away. And, you know, between, you know, Harriman

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is a great place to have lunch. And I've never

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eaten at Rocky Point, but, you know, they got

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a restaurant, too. But, you know, you got a public

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launch right there, you know, and it's real simple,

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easy access. And, you know, it's beautiful. they

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even got the kayak um trails there you know so

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have fun i mean really have fun so that's kind

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of my my input about some of the fishing that's

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going on right now i want you all to stay tuned

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because we're gonna go over the stocking schedule

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in this next segment so take care and we'll see

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Go country radio on Friday night. Terrible at

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fishing, but it feels just right. Welcome back

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to Terrible at Fishing, everybody. We're gonna

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go over the stocking reports. It seems like,

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you know, ODFW's website's got some hiccups at

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the moment, but I think I got it working. So

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let's look. at a few of the lakes that we have

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simple access to. And let's see what we got here.

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That's not right. So yeah, they're having a few

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issues at the moment. So we're gonna see what

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we can get here. And Okay, Lake of the Woods.

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You know that they're stocking pretty regularly

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at Lake of the Woods. So, on the 23rd to the

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27th, Lake of the Woods is getting 300 trophy

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trout added. 300 trophies on that one. So, again,

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you want to sort of keep an eye on that. You

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know that last week they got, well, actually

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on the 16th through the 20th, they've got 670

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legals and 300 trophies. So this next week they're

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getting 670 and 300. The following week they're

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getting 300 trophies. Lake of the Woods is getting

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a lot of fish. Now Four Mile next week is getting

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2 ,000 fish, 1 ,000 legals, 1 ,000 trophies.

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So that is going to be really good. If you haven't

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gone to Forum, I'll give them a shot. And Lake

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The Woods, you know, last week they got the 1270

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for the children's event and about a third of

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those were dumped into the lake on Saturday.

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So that's what you're looking at right now. I

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see anything else I see in this. Alright, we're

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going to go to Southwest. Oh my goodness! Southwest?

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You know, there's a lake called Lake in the Woods.

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I don't even know where that is. Evidently, somewhere.

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Alright, we got Fish Lake. Now, Fish Lake, last

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week they got 2 ,500 Legals. So, they got a lot

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of good ones there. Metco Pond. So Medco Pond

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this next week is getting 1 ,100 legals. Remember,

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I keep talking about Medco Pond. It's a great

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place to have a nice day with the family. Lost

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Creek Reservoir. Lost Creek Reservoir next week

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is going to get a slew of legals. 10 ,000 legals

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and 1 ,500 trophies. So, that's Lost Creek Reservoir

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next week. It's got 10 ,000 Legals and 1 ,500

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trophies. That's substantial. That's substantial

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right there. Alright, let's go to another zone

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now. Lost Creek. I would also suggest, too, that

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you would try out Emigrant Lake. Emigrant Lake

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is really peaking up right now, you know, for

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not just bass, but again, it is probably the

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best crappie lake you could go pan fishing in.

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They got big, big crappie in that lake, and abundant,

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too. that's probably one of the best lakes that

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you could go ahead and go ahead and work. I love

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that lake. You know, it's over in Ashland and

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it's got a lot of launch areas, a good dam you

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can just have a good time at. So, all right,

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we're going to go to our map now. Maps, maps,

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maps. Gotta love maps. Alright, we're going to

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go to our maps. Again, I would want you guys

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to visit some of these other places that you

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don't normally go like Hyatts and Howard's Prairie.

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Hyatts and Howard's Prairie are two great, great

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reservoirs that are working really well right

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now. Especially Hyatt. I think everybody forgot

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about it. Because remember during the drought,

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the Hyatt Reservoir went bone dry. I mean, if

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you looked it up on the map, it would have said,

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Missing on it. I know. A whole lake missing.

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Well, it's back. And it is, it is busted. they've

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put so many fish to revitalize that lake. And

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you're talking good fish because when it went

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dry all the ucky fish died. So Hyatt Reservoir

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is a really good spot to hit. Also, you know,

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I've also enjoyed fishing a very small lake over

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in Medford. It's called Agate. Agate Lake is

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just a tiny little reservoir. And Agate Lake

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is a good spot for panfish and some bass. Now,

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remember going over to Willow Lake. If you go

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to Willow Lake, which is just past Fish Lake

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to the right, and Willow Lake itself, if you

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want the bass, work the West Bank. Work the West

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Bank. It works really, really well. As for emigrant,

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I found the best panfishing over an emigrant

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is right there's a there's a ramp that has the

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skullers, you know, the really long skinny row

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boats and They launch right at that ramp and

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if you go in front of that ramp by about 500

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yards Oh my goodness, you'd be catching every

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drop you're going to be catching, you know, some

00:23:08.490 --> 00:23:13.329
really nice panfish. Really nice panfish. So

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that's Emigrant Lake. And I would, yeah, I'll

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be hitting that baby. I mean, I mean, if I could

00:23:22.029 --> 00:23:27.609
drive, I can't drive. My bike won't go that far.

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You know what drives you nuts when you love something

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so much and you can't partake in it? So I'll

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be over at Lincoln. We never stayed at Lincoln.

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And so we're going to be over there. And hopefully,

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you know, I can catch a boat out of Newport or

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someplace. Or if Lincoln's got a boat, I don't

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know. Never been there. And maybe I can get out

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there and see what I can do. and do some recording,

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put it on my terrible at fishing, and have a

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good time out there. I don't know what y 'all,

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you know, for any of you that have been out there,

00:24:17.069 --> 00:24:21.430
I'm still new to the Oregon coast. I really am.

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I don't know the Oregon coast to save my life.

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And I was born and raised in California, so Southern

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Cal Guy, Santa Barbara. I mean, that's where

00:24:31.289 --> 00:24:35.079
I was born and raised. near Santa Barbara. You

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:37.940
all probably never heard of Lompoc, but Lompoc

00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:43.359
is a little town. But I would try some of these

00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:49.319
spots. You know, there's one spot you will see

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:54.880
me at because I could take my bike there. It's

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over on Lost River and it's called Crystal Springs

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Park. This is where the dam is at for Lost River

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and it's where Crystal Springs Road goes over

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it and this particular you know body of water

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here from the dam up really good fishing especially

00:25:17.269 --> 00:25:21.869
for the bass so I'll be taking my bike over there

00:25:21.869 --> 00:25:25.130
and be doing a lot of fishing over on the Lost

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River and Lost River's got a lot of really good

00:25:29.569 --> 00:25:33.200
fishing so I would give that you know Again,

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:38.059
good spot. Easy shore fishing too. Really good

00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:41.099
shore fishing. Agate Lake is a great shore fishing

00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:45.519
lake too, man. You don't need a boat there. Also

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:51.160
Willow Lake, Agate Lake, and Crystal Springs.

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Those are great shore fishing lakes. Really good

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shore fishing lakes. If you go to Rocky Point

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at that boat ramp, there is a dock there, a fishing

00:26:04.910 --> 00:26:09.690
dock, and turn directly to your right 90 degrees.

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If you go directly to your right at 90 degrees

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and then cast forward, that right there is a

00:26:17.410 --> 00:26:20.630
really good hole. There's a hole out there about,

00:26:20.630 --> 00:26:24.150
I don't know, 50 feet, and the trout like to

00:26:24.150 --> 00:26:26.930
like to sit in there, and you can probably catch

00:26:26.930 --> 00:26:34.299
a nice trout on that area right there. Then,

00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:39.819
if you want, you could just head up past Rocky

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:44.279
Point into the river area and see if you can't

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:48.019
get something right out of the river. Some really

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:51.980
good spots up there. Really good spots. So, and

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:55.599
then if you can get a boat, go to the mouth of

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:58.519
the Williamsons. You know, that's a really good

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spot. You could float the river between Waterwheel

00:27:02.990 --> 00:27:07.069
RV Park put in there and pull out at Sportsman's

00:27:07.069 --> 00:27:11.890
River Retreat. There is a bend, you know, as

00:27:11.890 --> 00:27:16.130
it goes north and then it bends south. That bend

00:27:16.130 --> 00:27:19.819
is spectacular. spectacular on the North Shore

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:22.839
for catching some red bands and some panfish.

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:25.980
It is really a good spot. The red bands love

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:28.579
that spot and you'll be surprised at what you

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:32.599
catch there. Wood River also is really, really

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:36.660
good for the brown trout. Again, brown trout

00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:40.740
on the wood are epic. And then the Sprague River.

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:44.000
I've never fished the Sprague, but I'm hearing

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:46.400
good things about it. I'm going to have to do

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:48.940
that this year, although it's all a matter of

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:52.039
being able to get there this year for me. So

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:54.119
we're going to be working. I'll be working the

00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:58.839
coast, maybe do some ocean fishing, but you guys

00:27:58.839 --> 00:28:01.599
will be working the local lakes. And as I learned

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:09.319
my bike, an electric bike is kind of scary. It

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:15.269
kind of goes when it wants to, and I pedal. because

00:28:15.269 --> 00:28:18.990
I have to get thinner, but it is really, really,

00:28:18.990 --> 00:28:22.069
really, really, really, really intimidating for

00:28:22.069 --> 00:28:24.589
an old guy who hasn't ridden a bike in ages.

00:28:24.690 --> 00:28:29.230
I did rent a bike from Zax a couple years ago,

00:28:29.730 --> 00:28:34.549
and I didn't like it at all. You know, those

00:28:34.549 --> 00:28:38.589
$7 ,000 treks? I don't like them at all. But

00:28:38.589 --> 00:28:42.269
I didn't fall, and I didn't hit any trees. And

00:28:42.269 --> 00:28:46.980
so, good for me, right? I'm probably going to

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:50.380
make that up in this bike. But I want to thank

00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:52.940
you guys once again for tuning in to Terrible

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:56.460
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00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:08.880
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00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:12.660
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00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:17.400
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00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:27.319
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00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:32.500
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00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:36.019
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00:29:40.100 --> 00:29:42.220
He's probably not terrible at fishing. That's

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:47.160
me He's got my truck while his is in the shop,

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:50.460
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00:29:55.420 --> 00:30:00.700
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00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:04.180
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