Stormy 7-Day Fishing / Camping Trip with  

Xander captured some different stuff on this trip so check out his channel (his version is coming soon): www.youtube.com/@XanderBudnick Normally I would spread out posts but I'm gonna be away for a while and getting this out now. We have a big trip coming up so if there are no posts for a bit, it means our trip is going as planned :)

The boys are back in town!

I love that you pay such attention to the audio in your videos. No other outdoor channel I've seen lets me hear all the sounds of nature like yours do.

Jon, your willingness to act as loving father-figure by taking a young, wild, uncultured, and struggling Xander with you, and do what you can against incredible odds to help mold the boy into a man, is inspiration to us all. Such selflessness. The world needs more role models like you! 🤣

This video reminds me of that trip we went on together recently :) good stuff my man

Jon, I have been watching your channel since the start. As a fellow Ontarian born guy who cut his chops tripping and adventuring in northern Ontario, you really capture the essence of how incredible and majestic it is. I am now in the Yukon living my outdoors dream life, but your adventure stories and videos really allow me to still see, feel, and experience the place that fueled the desire to explore even further. I have to say your channel has evolved in such a spectacular way!! It’s always been great but I feel like you have really stepped up your editing, narration, videography and just content in general lately, and you’re only getting better! Seriously man thank you for creating such amazing content and delivering it to us!! Truly impressive!

Cheers to the high life! Cheers to the little things! Cheers to the birds and the bees, the cuteness of Minks omg!,the funny😂🤭🤣, the sweet friendship, the beauty, the recovery👏💯 🙏, the peace🕉 and the delicious foods!!😊 🦅

This footage is planet earth level. I can't believe you managed to document so many amazing creatures while keeping your 33 year old son out of trouble, bravo! Hahaha you and Xander are great.

Nothing makes me happier than when my two favorite RU-vidrs collaborate. Great footage as always. Wish I could go with you guys!

My favourite friendship to watch on RU-vid! The boys doing it yet again 👊🏼 great video and amazing shots time and time again!!!!

This is a treat to find upon returning to the grid. Always enjoy when you trip with X. The Clouds! You film them beautifully. I miss them already. I marvel at how your photography continues to find new levels. I’m glad to see your knee is making good progress and looking forward to next.

Since diagnosis of ALS, I’m along with you guys, cheers

Great to see you guys back out there. Jon, the audio in your vids is so good I can run my Merlin bird ID app next to the computer and ID the birds you're hearing. Adds a whole new dimension to Lost Lakes vids...

The two of you guys make the best videos. So relaxing and peaceful thank you very much. Wish that I were forty years younger.

Great video as always. Also the boatmen coming in and giving you a fish, sandwiches and drinks, man .. There is a lot of shit going on in the world, but stuff like that restores hope in humanity. Thank you for sharing Jon!

Just a lovely relaxing beautiful time. Thank you so much love when you guys do these kinds of shows. You two are a lot of fun together, And this was a very lovely journey. Thank you so so much ❤❤

I haven’t watched this episode yet BUT I can tell it’s gonna be epic!!! I can’t wait till my work shift ends..

Xander rocking his new canoe! Patches is gone but not forgotten

Such a genuine exchange between you two at the end. Couldn't help but grin ear to ear. Happy to see you getting back into a full swing with your knee. Thanks as always!

Walleye fishing on Indian lake is phenomenal. Worth the effort.

A very big THANK to you, to your friend for this amazing video! I like especially your narrative speech and your comments and the nice way you invite us watchers to your beautiful video into the trip, and then the sound of rain, loons, the fishing and the silent canoeing along the pristine lake shores, the thunder and your food making and swimming and then the macro close-ups of flowers, insects and blueberries! I really enjoyed all the moments 100%, because I have no chance anymore to exactly all the things you do! Also I imagine the history and the ancient ages when only the American Native people was living and hunting and fishing and surviving in these areas! Wishing you all the blessings as well as to your loved ones and all of your family as well! Greetings from the country of "Fjallraven" ! (Sweden) 🙂💯👍👍👍💝💖💝

Another gorgeous video. Thanks for letting us come along on your beautiful adventure. Never a dull moment with Xander involved. Love that friendship!

Loved Xander Bander’s new name in the intro.

7:52 9:07 love it… it’s like in the movies where when you guys finally get to camp, you take him out and he becomes your dinner. epic.

Jon, Glad to see your knee has healed and you're back to doing what you love! You capture the beauty of your adventures so well. Incredible photography! Always enjoy viewing your trips with Xander as well.

Ah! I'm so happy to see you out with Xander again! I really missed the vibe. 20 minutes in and I've been cackling!

Omg you got your upload out before Xandorf!! Yessssss. So happy to see you guys back together on a trip no matter where it goes!

I'm happy to see you and Xander together again! Your videos take on a special humor when he is around and its a nice treat once in a while. Excellent work as always, I hope it was as enjoyable as it looked.

Its great to see a father taking his errant son out on a trip. Well done John, your tutelage of Xander is both kind and effective. He has come a long way... One day he may even do this sort of thing on his own account.

The last minute or so was wonderful. Especially in 4K. Awesome stuff Jon, thank you so much for sharing!

It’s so rare we get to see such a healthy father and son relationship in media. Good that Xander didn’t get lost when you set him free.

Glad to hear you’re doing better ✌️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

yeaahhh!!!! Lost Lakes is fishin' with Gilligan!!!!! lol

I was recently encouraged, from one of Xanders viewers, to watch your channel. Your natural calming vibe got me hooked instantly. Looking forward to your future videos.

Great trip Jon and glad your knee is none the worse for wear. Always interesting seeing the same trip from 2 different perspectives. Those eagles were were amazing and it was incredible how close you got. Basically great weather for travelling and rain after you were already set up. Can't ask for anything better. Nate

Glad your recovery allows for these trips. You are fortunate.

You guys are hilarious when you get together. Good content 👍

For anyone wondering, the singer at 33:40 is a White Throated Sparrow. Thanks for sharing guys. Great trip and great videography as well!!

It's great to see the different perspectives of the trip. Keep up all the hard work epic videos. Cannot wait to see what's next!

Love the comraderie you and Xander share and the laidback feeling of this trip. Amazing photography as always and just all around fun. Loved it! 😊

What a great camping fishing trip you guys! Beautiful lakes and campsites. The fried fish looked so good! The portage trolley was pretty cool. I'd never seen that before. Really enjoyed the video. Take care.

The dynamic duo strike again!

I love when you two get together. Great content.

These two guys make me have the best time and the company is always a real treat,I’m always grateful for it.

A portage trolley!! Ha, never seen one before. Thanks for including. It was good for a few laughs.

Thanks for taking us with you on the Trip Jon/Xander Great Video - as always :)

Love the duo with you and xander, glad you're back in business

I like the slideshow at the end of the video. And, of course, the bug and berry shots. You do such a nice job of capturing diverse views of the scenery: close ups, drone footage, that high-speed paddling footage in day 5. Well done sir!

The little spot in northern Wisconsin on the Peshtigo River that I go to all the time has a few minks running around. They'll get within a couple feet of you while youre fishing from the shoreline. It's kinda fun watching them dive into the river and climb out on a rock in the middle with a crayfish to munch on. It's a nice little peaceful spot.

Great Video. Those 3 lakes are some of my favorites and I have been there many times if you could not tell by the portage sign. Good to see it is still there... now on to the next adventure.

Sooo peaceful. Love listening to the water and rain. Food always taste better when you’re out in nature. Just thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thank you for the bit of peace you shared.🌈🌻🦅

This was incredible jon! Continuing to raise the bar. So so glad to hear the knee is doing well. As a skinny guy in my 50s, that’s really good to hear!😬😁. Thank you for all your hard work both in the field and on the desktop. Cheers! NQU

Really enjoyed this Jon! especially the macro sequence through to the nighttime timelapse.

Amazing! Brings back such great memories for me! But love to see it form a more overlanding perspective! And the experience you are giving your kids just brings tears of joy to my eyes!

Just beautiful. Thank you for sharing. I love the woods and the water the way you do. Age is keeping me away. Your videos are making my heart sing. Sailing and canoeing was my life.

I am always thankful when I see you have posted a new adventure. Love the budding bromance! I am living vicariously through you….

Considering Xander is like a gibbon on a sugar rush, you did well not to lose him Jon. Makes my day to see you both oot n aboot again. Very exited for future trips, cheers Jon.🍻

No better way to spend a week 😊. Happy to see you mostly recovered and on the portages again. Thanks Jon.

Love you two getting together because I get to watch it again, but from his perspective.

Liked the stills at the end. Love the star shots. Hope your knee heals up. Turning 70 and I know what it is like to not be able to do what you once did. Enjoyed this video as much as one that you do 12 difficult portages in. Give yourself time to heal.

I love seeing you guys out there living the dream, not only the place or the activity but having a great friend to do wilderness trips with is such a privilege. I've been thinking I should make fish sandwiches on my next trip, if I catch a fish and I'm not ready to eat it or it's too big, I'll cook it and pack just the flesh away in a freezer bag for later. With a frozen water bottle it could be kept for up to a couple days no problem, and even heated up again in calzones.

It's always a great video when you two are together. Good stuff.

Thanks for the video, the audio, and if you could only send us the smell of the wilderness and the food........so grateful for the example of your friendship.

This was one awesome video. Great job guys 👍🏻💛🙏🏼

This trip was so beautiful thanks for taking us along. Loved the photos at the end also

Your soundtrack choices are usually great, but the Xander SFX cuts are by far the best! LOL

With a name like XanderBudnick you just gotta love the guy. Love his sense of humor. Great team with Lost Lakes🎉🎉

It's always nice to have someone along to share the experience with. I'm glad your knee held up well. Looking forward to your next adventure! 👍

I love that Xander hops in the water at basically any opportunity 😅

Money's tight. Gas is pricey. I'm so glad I can watch this video from the comfort of my home, but still feel immersed in nature and relaxed as if I'm out there. Just a little escape. Enjoying nature without all the planning and heavy portages lol! Thanks John. Whats the song at 47:58? And 1:02:47?

So incredibly beautiful everywhere you look! The big fat blueberries, yum! Flowers, Eagles, not so much water snake. Those are not the friendliest. Give me a bear or a moose any day over a water snake! Yikes! Growing up in the lakes and swimming all my life in them, thank God, never seen a water snake face to face 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 now pulled my share of little leaches off! 😫😫😫😫😫😫 This was an amazing fishing trip! Wow, really enjoyed it. Great music, again!!!

Well done Jon , you and Xander make a great team , glad to see you back in action , great video .😉

So relaxing and enjoyable...nature, great photography...! Thank you!

Great to see you are recovering well Jon! Awesome Video! Cool Photography! 🏕️👊

Prolly my favorite scene at 59:22. The silence is deafening. I know exactly what you guys were thinking. How did a week fly by so fast? You almost never want it to end. What a great trip.

Okay first of, lol you and Xander are always a hoot together!! 😂 Secondly, daaaamn that eagle was huuge!

Another good John and Xander adventure. Bugs didn't seem too bad. Cutest little mink. Glad your knee is doing so well. 👍

Catching up on all the content from you and Xander. I really do admire your guy's friendship, you guys need to make more content together!!!

Always puts my mind at peace and tranquility. Thank you

100% my favourite video of yours. I'll be rewatching it again for sure.

When we first started to canoe trip, 50 years ago, we did a trip to the Biscotasing area which was only accessible then by train or rough logging roads, and there was no park. Being relatively new to camping we did not take into account the effect of wind on such big lakes so it was a battle. My memories: the vast wilderness, catching a pike, screaming at the wind, and watching a drunk fisherman fall into our canoe at the train station, and finding someone has syphoned the gas out of our car. Quite a mix!😁🛶⛺

Thanks for the pictures of the flowers, they were so beautiful!

I love love love when Xander and you are together 😅😊😂 It has us laughing our heads off. Haha However in this episode Xander I could tell that he wasn't feeling the best. He seemed pretty quiet. He did make it though. Plus you with your knee problem, I'm glad that slowly your feeling better. Thank you for your videos. They are very good. Your photography is spot on and so is your cinematography. Brilliant!!!

@ 18:20 I paused for a second to Read that Memorial and as bad as my eyes were I could read every word twice as a tear(s) rolled down my face, that reminded me of my Dad , A man who raised me from a young age! I have fond memories of him and of the times we had gone fishing ! he never failed in my eyes and I sit here and reminisce , he gave his shirt for so many and taught us many valuable lessons , tho not the Happiest at times , he was a Bear by Nature and a lion at heart ! cold blood running through those Veins and a cast IRON Heart and Stomach! Its almost been a year since past and March to be exact will make it one year ! its truly Amazing how well we can just reflect on life through someone else's Art! God Bless Warren L. Boyd and God bless My Dad , A. Tremblay / Fishing was something that made them truly Happy,, !

Nicely done Jon. I love the micro video of all the birds and insects. Hearing the bumble bees was really cool. The contrast between the sandwich and beer givers and the motor boater no wavers is pretty extreme. You run into all kinds of people on wilderness trips. Great to see you're able to start portaging again. Looking forward to the next big one you've planned, thanks.

When you said you guys would use the rail cart on the way back ....I thought you guys were being sarcastic 😂....then on the way back you literally pull it out of the water and load the boats ! ...made my day that's awesome

Great to see you back on the water with Xander! What a beautiful trip, you captured it well. Looking forward to your next one!

Nice to see you 2 camping 🏕 together again!

That eagle may have had a fish there and didn't want to abandoned it.

that dramatic zooming with demonic music on Xander's face make me laugh so hard 😂.

Just love when you guys hang out together. Do you think about him when he’s gone. Lol. just kidding. 😂 Keep on doing what you’re doing. 🙌

YUS! I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL THE KIDS GO TO BED!❤❤❤ WEVE BEEN WAITING FOR ANOTHER JONDER JOURNEY!

Wonderful trip! Really glad the knee is holding out, great news! I love a good storm, we had one this past weekend with a ton of thunder, lightening and extreme amounts of rain. The only sad part about storms is the damage they can cause, not so fussy on that, especially folks who get hit hard. :( :( Thanks for sharing your trip, looking forward to the next one! :)

Fantastic! Your videos are getting better and better, you and Xander are a good mix. I just got back yesterday from a 6 day trip with my wife and watching your video brought back memories of my trip, thanks.

the shots of wildlife in this video were awesome.........and you two are funny together....😉

Lost! I haven't seen you in forever! Glad to see a newer post (one month ago). Enjoyed this video! Spectacular wilderness! Good to see you! Christian K, NYS.

Thumbs up 100%, numerous cunning stunts with photography, microphone pickups, time laspe on night stars, easy paddling and cammadrie of friends being goofy on a beautifully unscripted laddling adventure!

Xander brings out the best of your editing skills.

Wow just laid down and checked and there you guys were, Yay! Two of my favorite guys to follow. Alright let's do this😂

I like the addition of still photos at the end. Nice music selection too.