Well that makes I had it happen to me not once but twice here in New York one time in the spring we are steelhead fishing me and my body and we put steelhead on the Stringer in the f****** bald eagle came right down and grab it right off the Stringer luckily he couldn't get it off the Stringer and then the second time I was ice fishing and it was a perch and it wasn't an eagle I think it was a red tail hawk or some kind of Hawk came down and grab the perch off the ice but he was smart and he grabbed the biggest 1 haha
Yes! I love seeing you guys come to my state and fish! Heck in Das Boat S2 you came to my town! And now your enjoying our hard water like a true Minnesotan! Just great to see!
Really does seem more like hunting than fishing. Especially that panicked whisper he gives to Janis: "Pike pike!" Like when your treestand buddy nudges you to give you a heads up.
I love that MeatEater exposed us to Janis and Cal, them and Steve are the hunters/anglers I use to describe the type of conservationists and outdoorsman we should all strive to be.
As somebody who has never been super keen on fishing, and having more whitetails under my belt than fish kept, this may have just persuaded me to try a different version of fishing. 👌
Do they fold in half? Most holes seem to be 8" and that seems to be the freshwater size for them, might not get through the hole in most cases when just checking for a spot.
Great episode my papa always told me thats how he got threw the depression spear fishing with a 10 pound lead ball on handle end just had to drop mo throw. He always said it was the easiest way to fish
According to the numbers Wisconsin has 1/3 of its 1.4 million anglers ice fish. On the other hand Minnesota says 10% of its 1.5 million anglers ice fish. so that would mean Wisconsin has more ice fishers. plus Wisconsin has 15,000 plus lakes compared to Minnesota/s 10,000 lakes. but ice fishing is fun anywhere you got some hard water.
If it is, as far as I know whitefish have a sort of nocturnal migratory behavior in spawn. We target them at night, and you won't see much of anyone out going for them. Pike are practically garbage. Ignoring the fact that you are slowly poisoning yourself with the high mercury levels in them, they are boney and annoying to filet as you have to Y them out. Whitefish are a delicacy up here, especially smoked.
THIS IS A TRUE STORY. The events depicted in this video took place in Minnesota. At the request of the deer, the names have been changed. Out of respect for the fish, the rest has been told exactly as it occurred. -Janis Chronicles
Jeezus i wanna ice fish so damn bad just found out that my state has it WA state but don't really know enough anyone from WA wanna teach ill do the hard work if i can just get alittle learning in ? Thanx everyone at meat eater the content is amazing
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it’s really not difficult man. the biggest thing is making sure you’re safe & the ice is safe. always carry ice picks with you and wear them around your neck just in case you go in. if you can find a local pond, that’d be your best bet starting out. just pick up some ice rods and jigs and an auger. if you don’t want to break the bank, get a manual auger you crank by hand. it’s a ton of work and a pain in the ass, but way cheaper than an electric or gas powered auger.
Thanx guy's either you of you guy's in WA State i got a cabin in northeast WA If you guys wanna help a fella learn your invited i will watch and take your guy's advice and hopefully i can do some hardwater fishing
@@jaimehernandez7435 i’m about a thousand miles away from WA, lol. but there’s really not much to it man. the biggest thing is being safe. make sure you’ve got safe ice and the tools to get yourself out of a bad situation if it happens. if you try it out and decide to get serious about ice fishing, then you can get better gear and a vexilar or something like that.
That's much later than the whitefish spawn I believe. I was spearing the spawning run in AK, and we were wading and stalking them as they worked upstream to their spawns. If they were on their way early October in AK, and the water was just freezing, I'd say you guys down in MN, in that deep of a freeze, you're catching resident whitefish, or the stragglers that got lost on their way back from spawn. Nowhere near the actual spawn period though. If it is in their spawn window, and they are behaving differently than AK Whitefish
He said regulations are "one over 26 inches" so you just have to pay closer attention and pass up any additional fish that look bigger than that if you do get one. Obviously a little easier when you're fishing with a rod and reel. They're intended to allow you to keep a trophy, but increase harvest of smaller more abundant fish that are stunting the population. It's similar to duck limits where you can only have so many hens.
Love you, love your show, gotta say tho, wearing that fur hat you bear a pretty fair likeness of Conan O'Brien, might consider a different hat, or the game won't fear you, just saying ^.^
Janis guides Rinella on how to hunt.. Rinella is decent but Janis is a master.. there has been many a story at Zero Point Zero during filming of Steven getting frustrated and moping by a tree while Janis gives him a pep talk wipes his tears with a kleenex and show him where his errors were so they can finish an episode.
