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ROGER CORMIER: All right.
This is a nice one.
What a way to start it out.
Look at the size of this small mouth.
Gotcha, yeah!
That's it right there.
Hi folks, I'm Roger Cormierrrh
bass like this but also, walleyes,
northern pike, crappies, a few muskies.
This isn't a giant small mouth but a good way
to start off the show.
I'm in the Crane Lake area of northern Minnesota.
This is on the western edge of the boundary waters up in the
Arrowhead region of northern Minnesota,
a great place to fish.
I'm going to talk about the fish in today's segment and
also talk about vacation plans for fisherman and families in
Northern Minnesota in the Crane Lake area.
This should be a fun segment.
Let's let that one go, about a,
inch small mouth.
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I'm trying out a couple of new rapalas in this segment today.
I've got the Clackin' Rap here,
number seven Clackin' Rap and the Clackin' Minnow.
These are real loud rattling baits.
They've got a rattling chamber in them and I'm trying a
couple of go to colors up here in Northern Minnesota.
They're kind of a crawdad orange pattern.
I'm going to throw some of these for bass today.
We have a hot south wind blowing today.
The nice thing about coming up to Crane Lake in the boundary
waters is there's tons of islands and bays and
backwaters where you can go and tuck out of the wind.
So I'm actually looking for calm areas that are on the
north shore that are facing away on the lea side of this wind.
It's a lot more comfortable to fish in those conditions and
the bass are crawling all over these banks anyway.
I've gone to heavier line than I use to fish with.
pound test line for jerk
baits and top water lures for fishing these big small mouth.
I mean you've got the potential up here for 19 and
inch class small
you can fish them on light line but when you're catching
numbers of fish that heavier line lasts a little bit longer.
I like to spool up with Suffix Pro Mix or Sage,
both real durable lines but that heavier pound test is
There we go!
Get that Clackin' Minnow and that's that orange pattern.
I was talking about that crawdad pattern.
I'm going to fling him in here.
Ewe!
Look at this bass.
What a giant!
And this is what Crane Lake is known for right here,
trophy small mouth bass potential.
If you do have a GPS mapping chip technology in your boat
that you're bringing up to the Crane Lake area,
make sure you get the Lake Master Chip.
It's deadly accurate for all the waters up here in the
Crane Lake area.
That runs down to a jig that at one point had a craw
imitator on it but it looks like he popped that off when I
set the hook on him.
It also looks like he's been caught before.
You know the Crane Lake area is truly a destination if
you're interesting in exploring the outdoors,
your family is into fishing and experiencing the outdoors.
Voyageur's National Park, a wilderness setting.
Beautiful pristine islands up here.
All the pine trees up here, of course,
and d some great fishing on a number of different lakes.
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Whatever level of experience you're looking for,
whatever price point, the Crane Lake area has it all.
Oh, and there he goes.
A quick release.
We don't have to worry about the hooks.
That's a good thing if we want to let those fish go anyway.
You know the fishing up here is really good for the small
mouth as I'm showing you here today but this is also a great
fishery for big northern pike.
pound class
northern pike and you'll catch those either trolling the
shorelines or casting like we're doing for the bass today.
You'll catch them right along with the bass.
Great walleye fishing up here.
Shallow water in the springtime and then during the
summer you're fishing them on the reefs.
Another great thing about the Crane Lake area and Voyageur's
National Park, although some areas of Minnesota in the
boundary waters have motor restrictions,
Crane Lake is not one of those spots.
You can bring any horsepower boat up here and run the
Minnesota Canada boundary waters,
Voyageur's National Park without having to worry about minimum
or maximum motor restrictions or canoe only areas.
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Another bass, this one's on that wacky style worm.
Now he spit the worm.
This is another great way to catch small mouth up here.
pounds,
So I'll just lift him right up.
Here's a hook and there's a bass,
another solid fish.
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Crane Lake has something for everyone.
Great fishing, a pristine wildness setting in Voyageur's