3 Days Ice Camping On North America's Largest Frozen Lake - Catch & Cook Lake Trout
Summary
TLDRThe script narrates an adventurous ice fishing trip on Lake Superior, where the protagonist sets up camp, battles harsh weather, and experiences a dramatic tent flip. Despite the challenges, including technical issues with equipment and lost gear, the trip proves successful with the catch of lake trout, offering a mix of excitement, problem-solving, and the rewarding taste of freshly caught fish.
Takeaways
- 🎣 The video begins with the narrator recounting a recent salmon fishing experience on open water.
- 🏕️ The narrator is currently on a trip to go ice fishing on the same lake, with camping gear packed in preparation for a multi-day stay.
- 🌨️ The weather conditions have changed significantly since the last fishing trip, with snow flurries and attention required for safe driving.
- ⛺ The narrator sets up camp on the ice of Lake Superior, despite the challenges of cold temperatures affecting equipment like the fish finder.
- 🥶 The cold weather is a consistent theme, impacting the narrator's activities and the performance of their equipment.
- 🎣 Fishing is successful, with the narrator catching a lake trout early in the trip.
- 🌬️ A strong windstorm occurs, causing the fishing shelter to flip over and lose items, which the narrator has to retrieve from the ice.
- 🍲 Despite the challenges, the narrator remains positive and enjoys cooking and eating the caught fish.
- 🧳 The video concludes with the narrator packing up and reflecting on the memorable and eventful trip.
- 📈 The narrator emphasizes the unpredictability of the weather and conditions on the lake, and the importance of adaptability.
- 🎥 The video is a documentary-style account of a fishing and camping trip, highlighting both the pleasures and the unexpected challenges of outdoor adventures.
Q & A
What type of fish did the speaker catch at the beginning of the video?
-The speaker caught a salmon at the beginning of the video.
Where was the speaker when they caught the salmon?
-The speaker caught the salmon on open water in a boat with their mother.
What was the speaker's plan after catching the salmon?
-The speaker planned to go fishing on the same lake, but through the ice, and camp out on Lake Superior for the next three days.
What was the weather like when the speaker was driving to the lake?
-The weather had changed from the previous day, with snow flurries starting to occur.
How long did it take the speaker to set up their camp on the ice?
-It took the speaker two hours to set up their camp on the ice.
What was the issue with the speaker's fish finder?
-The fish finder did not work properly because the temperature outside was too cold for it.
What type of fish did the speaker primarily target while ice fishing?
-The speaker primarily targeted lake trout while ice fishing.
What happened to the speaker's tent during the windstorm?
-The speaker's tent flipped over and dumped all of their sleeping gear out due to the strong windstorm.
How did the speaker manage to recover their lost sleeping gear?
-The speaker found their lost sleeping gear by spotting it from a distance and carefully walking back to retrieve it, despite the challenging wind conditions.
What did the speaker cook for dinner after the fishing trip?
-The speaker cooked some of the freshly caught lake trout for dinner.
What was the final outcome of the speaker's trip?
-The trip was successful. The speaker caught fish, survived a windstorm without major gear loss, and made it back safely to their truck.
Outlines
🎣 Ice Fishing Adventure Begins
The video starts with the protagonist preparing for an ice fishing adventure on Lake Superior. They have just cooked salmon caught the day before and are now heading to the same lake, but this time through the ice. They have a truck full of camping gear and plan to camp on the ice for the next three days. The weather has changed, with snow flurries starting, and they are cautious while driving. The episode sets the scene for a fishing trip filled with challenges and anticipation.
🏕️ Setting Up Camp on the Ice
Upon reaching the destination, the protagonist faces the challenge of setting up camp on the ice. They have to walk further than expected to find a suitable spot, but eventually set up their shelter. The weather is cooling off, and they are concerned about the cold affecting their equipment, particularly the fish finder. They drill two holes in the ice and start unpacking their gear, setting up a battery-powered light system. The protagonist reflects on the distance they've traveled and the effort of setting up camp, highlighting the remote and challenging nature of their adventure.
🍲 Preparing Meals and Overcoming Obstacles
The protagonist discusses their meal plans, opting for an MRE (Meals Ready to Eat) due to its convenience and the extra calories needed for the physical labor ahead. They face a minor setback when their heater bag fails, but they are prepared with a backup plan. The video also shows them dealing with the cold's effect on their equipment, such as the battery's performance. They successfully set up their camp and are ready for the next day's fishing, despite the challenges of the harsh environment.
🐟 Catching the First Fish and Unexpected Incidents
The fishing begins, and the protagonist is excited to catch a lake trout, which they describe as a great start to their trip. However, they also experience unexpected incidents, such as their tent blowing over due to strong winds. They express their wish to have captured the event on video and the urgency of retrieving their scattered belongings. The paragraph highlights the unpredictability of nature and the adventurer's resilience in facing such challenges.
🌬️ Aftermath of the Windstorm and Cooking Fresh Catch
Following the windstorm, the protagonist faces the aftermath, with their tent and gear scattered. They manage to recover their belongings and reflect on the uniqueness of the situation, something they hadn't experienced in over a decade of ice fishing. Despite the setback, they remain positive and look forward to cooking and enjoying their fresh catch of lake trout for dinner. The paragraph emphasizes the adventurer's adaptability and the rewarding experience of enjoying the fruits of their labor in the midst of a harsh environment.
🌙 Wrapping Up a Memorable Day
The day ends with the protagonist feeling content with their fishing success and the challenges they overcame. They managed to catch several fish and are now preparing to rest after a long day. Despite the difficulties, they express gratitude for the experience and the lessons learned. They also mention their plans for the next day, indicating their readiness to face whatever comes their way. The paragraph concludes with a sense of accomplishment and anticipation for what's to come.
🚗 Successful Mission and Safe Return
The video concludes with the protagonist packing up their gear, having caught fish and survived the unpredictable weather conditions. They reflect on the success of their mission to Lake Superior, expressing satisfaction with their adventure. Despite the 7-hour drive ahead, they are content with their accomplishments and look forward to sharing their experiences. The paragraph encapsulates the spirit of adventure and the joy of overcoming challenges, leaving the viewer with a sense of completion and satisfaction.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Salmon
💡Ice Fishing
💡Camping Gear
💡Lake Superior
💡Weather
💡Fish Finder
💡MRE (Meals Ready to Eat)
💡Windstorm
💡Lake Trout
💡Self-Sufficiency
💡Adventure
Highlights
The speaker caught a salmon the day before and is preparing for an ice fishing trip on the same lake with their mother.
The speaker has a truck packed with camping gear and plans to camp on Lake Superior for three days.
The weather has changed significantly, with snow flurries, which might affect the speaker's travel and fishing plans.
The speaker has set up camp on the ice and is using a fish finder, which initially had trouble working due to the cold temperature.
The speaker drilled two 10-inch holes in the ice and began unpacking their sled to prepare for fishing.
The speaker is using a Smitty sled, which is expected to be helpful during the trip.
The speaker's first catch is a large lake trout, which is a successful start to their fishing adventure.
The speaker's tent flipped over due to strong winds, causing a disruption and the loss of some gear.
Despite the setback, the speaker managed to retrieve their lost gear and continue with their trip.
The speaker plans to cook and eat the lake trout they caught, highlighting the freshness and taste of the fish.
The speaker reflects on the unpredictability of the lake and the unique challenges faced during this trip.
The speaker successfully saved weight by consuming freezer-bagged meals and is looking forward to a more peaceful night.
The speaker concludes the episode by expressing satisfaction with the trip's outcomes and the fish caught.
The speaker emphasizes the importance of dental hygiene, even during camping trips.
The speaker is relieved that the tent incident didn't ruin the trip and is grateful for the positive outcomes.
The speaker shares their strategy for dealing with unexpected events, such as taking deep breaths to stay calm.
The speaker is looking forward to a comfortable second day on the lake, with warmer temperatures predicted.
Transcripts
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that
the salmon you just watched me cook up I
caught yesterday uh on open water in a
boat with my mother oh
yeah wow look at my hair
woo and where we're driving to right now
we're going to be fishing on the same
Lake but through the ice
I've got a truck packed full of camping
gear and I have high hopes of getting up
there with enough daylight tonight where
I can uh set up camp on the
ice the weather's changed a lot from
yesterday and we're starting to have
some snow flurries so I'm going to pay
attention on this drive and try to knock
it out and get there in a timely manner
but my plan is to be camping out on Lake
Superior for the next two nights in a
row and be staying out there for 3
days
turn
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okay welcome back to an episode of I
brought way too much gear uh actually I
brought just the right amount of gear
we're going to be here for 3 days so
packed heavy hopefully the Smitty sled
does some work for
me all right well it's officially fully
dark
outside the funny thing
about the biggest great lake is
that the
walk is a little bit further than I
thought it was been walking for a full
hour show a spot that I thought was
going to take me 20 minutes to get to
but I'm pretty sure we have
everything now I get the house set up
and nice and cozy cuz it's starting to
cool off and quick I'm really sweaty
right
now I just don't want to let that sweat
get Frozen and make me
cold first things first we're going to
see what depth are in here see if the
map's
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accurate transducer to cold it's cooled
off to about 8° out right now and
apparently that's too cold for my fish
finder I've never had that issue before
so here we go working now so 66 ft
here without drawing a bunch of other
holes I don't think I'm going to be able
to find like a crazy Break um I did walk
all the way out to a point that I
thought looked good on a map but it did
say I was supposed to be somewhere
between 60 to 70 ft here and that part
checks out so I'm going to set up here
for the night might end up
moving the house a little bit tomorrow
but I think this is a good starting
spot I need to put my gloves on it's
cold
okay now we have two 10in holes drilled
in the floor La now I can start
unpacking the sled and get it onto the
ice
this is the only battery I brought a
little Dakota lithium just to run some
lights all
right
always
scary get it started the first time but
there be
heat for some reason those things just
don't like working on the
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cold oh
boy all this snow around here is super
hard packed and since my shovel is
almost broken I don't want to lose it
all the way so just going to
use some ice shards
instead batteries do not like
cold we're all set up is it's
officially
two hours since I left the truck so that
wasn't
terrible pretty good actually for how
far I went my app saying I walked
1.7 nautical miles since I left the land
so we'll call it two nautical miles that
was a hike but we're all set up now and
aside from Whole hopping around tomorrow
we're in a very good spot to be able to
catch some fish in the
morning all right there we go all set
up all right so I had high hopes of
having my uh my salmon for dinner but
all the work that I did think I'm just
going to have myself an MRE just because
it comes with so many extra things and I
can really use the calories because what
I just did was a lot of hard work so
we've got some Southwest beef and beans
here and all of the fixing that come
with it got myself some spiced
apples I've always had rough luck with
those heater bags so worst case scenario
I'll just boil it in some water but
we're going to try to make it the
oldfashioned way
first my food is still
cold into the DP
boil he
stink
hey
looks like
chili mhm jalapeno cheese
bread ooh chocolate banana nut muffin
that sounds
awesome oh
oh can't eat that I did bring a little
fan cuz since the Heat's rising up it's
really hot in this area and hopefully
it'll help blow some of that down and
regulate the heat a little more it's a
rechargeable one so hopefully it lasts
the 3 days you can
see got some drippy
boots dripping on stuff
so
this is a water filter um I'm actually
going to be using Lake water for all of
my drinking water because I wanted to
save on water weight so we're going to
pump ourselves some
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water
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and it's cold imagine
that I'm going to be up and atam early
in the morning tomorrow so I'm going to
get some rest it's about 10: p.m. I'm
going to try to wake up at about
5:36
wow just got a rod down it is 7:15 in
the morning roughly 7° fah
outside and the
Sun is just starting to come up on the
lake once this light starts penetra in
the water there going to be more
visibility and hopefully it'll make fish
more
active we just have to wait and see this
being the largest lake it uh it has
every type of freshwater fish in it so
we really could catch anything from
steel head to King Salmon but the most
common fish we're going to catch is a
lake trout so that's what we're going
after
on
on what is
it what is this it's not a lake
drought it's big whatever it
is
oh my gosh it's the biggest freaking
white oh it's a lake tro it is Lake
tro
whoa what a way to
start little
Laker holy cow he's got a big gash in
him look at that crazy there's the first
one of the trip right there nice lake
trout
get him
back oh that was so cool
dude oh it always feels good getting the
goose egg out of the house early only
been jigging for 15 minutes here we've
already got our first fish and there was
two more with it that was
awesome
you know I had to go with some Timmy
Hortons since we're in
Canada
lake
trout oh boy there we go there we
go oh this is a good
fish oh God he's hooked on the floor
that's not
good
no crazy
status Laker Laker we're going to keep
this
one
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oh
number three for
me that fish little
guy all right well I just lost another
fish at the hole um
got caught three fish so far kept two
but I'm starting to get hungry so I
think I'm going to dive into my my
salmon
oniri it's like a disassembled oniri
but sounds like good
lunch
what help if I had a
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spoon
oh my gosh a coming in right
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now literally one on the
screen you
go these fish don't even want to let me
eat in
peace oh
God my T just blew
over oh
no I didn't get any of that on video but
my tent just BW over I thinking like
it's across the
lake
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holy
cow I wish I would have got that on
video that was
insane well I was just going to do an
update earlier and say that it's been
getting a lot windier out but that's
apparent this house literally just
flipped over and dumped all of my
sleeping gear out and it's blown out
onto the shore over there you have no
idea how badly I wish that I had that on
GoPro I uh I shut it off earlier because
I was worried about uh having enough
batteries out here and I wasn't seeing
fish so I shut it off
but I have uh I have the ice steaks and
last night I couldn't get that one to
bite and I gave up just cuz I thought it
wasn't going to get too windy out for me
but turns out that this lake is
unpredictable so now I get to go on an
adventure and see if I can find my
sleeping stuff because without my bag I
am going to be in a bad position
tonight for
sure all right this determines whether
or not a fin this camping trip right
here oh my gosh I see my
stuff all right I need to be very
careful here because it's stuck on a
heave but that ice that's in between can
be absolutely terrible
so
I can't believe that got stuck
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there I found both the things but now I
have a long walk back and a direct
wind so I'm going to try my best not to
lose
them oh
oh I might as well been trying to tow a
sailboat sail back that was
intense I was all the way all the way
down
there just walked back in the wind
holding that stuff it was like trying to
fight me the whole time and I just was
trying so hard not to drop it
cuz I knew i' have to chase chase it
back
again the whole side's basically blowing
in right now this wind is
insane I sweat through every piece of
clothing that I have so tarps off for
now trying to dry it
off and get my bearings back about me oh
my gosh I've never had that happen in 10
plus years of ice
fishing 12 plus years ice fishing that
is a first and I normally don't even
bring steaks for a house like this
because I've never I've never had them
FL flip over like that that's crazy
fishing slowed down a lot um I haven't
caught one since the tent blew
over uh but I want to cook up some lake
trout for dinner tonight because while
they're fresh they're absolutely tasty
so I'm going to go grab
one and clean it inside to defrost a
little
bit we had a high of 30° today and the
wind got up to 30 m
hour so definitely one of the crazier
wind storms that I've been a part of and
even crazier on this
Lake
all right at least the wind has died
down now finally still blown a little
bit you can see cuz this
wall is caved in but definitely not the
30 mph that we were seeing earlier and
we've got some fresh fish for dinner it
was definitely a a great fishing day I
had a lot of
marks and and I think I ended up
with five fish on my lonesome must have
marked at least five more but that's
pretty good for Lake tro
fishing all
right fresh Lake
throat
nice white flaky
meat little bit of
seasoning and it's
delicious I'm starting to find out that
there may have been a few more
casualties than I originally had thought
missing my paper towels I'm missing some
cilantro that I brought with to make
with my Lake troat that's all that I've
noticed so far oh my phone charger
doesn't really help that that's a white
cord so it kind of Blends in with the
snow but um I'm honestly surprised that
the house stopped when it did because it
could have easily
like gotten wind in it and acted like a
parachute and just picked up and sailed
away with how fast the wind was blowing
today so I'm happy that I was able to
get my gear back catch some fish and
stay warm because that could have
gone way more south than it
did
as delicious as it was um I'm a growing
boy I
also would like to save some weight on
the ride home so I'm going to eat a
couple of
these freezer meals freezer bagged
meals
would you trust the freeze-dried pudding
I think it looks
delicious yeah that's
good all right putting on my
face maybe a little
bit okay please no crazy events tonight
now about all crazi out my brain was
kind of in turmoil right right after
that if I'm being completely honest
walking back to go get the stuff I
thought the whole trip was going to be
ruined it was a lot but I'm very happy
with how everything came to be it was a
great day of
fishing I just got to remember that just
take a couple of deep breaths can relax
now kind of just really hoping
that those Stakes are enough to hold it
down because I have never had a house
flip over on me like that and now that I
know that that's
possibility a little scary but it's
completely dark outside
besides for the illumination from the
big moon
tonight day two is just wrapping up and
it was a memorable one for
sure good night Lake
Superior my dental
hygiene usually it's put on the Wayside
on these camping trips not
today all right it's supposed to get up
to a nice 25° out this morning I think
it's around 20 right now it's nice and
comfortable nice and warm in the shack
guessing it's probably about
70° but first
cof
all
right
all right got everything loaded back
into the truck got back safe caught fish
didn't die that's a successful Lake
Superior Mission hopefully you guys
enjoyed this episode I got a 7-hour road
trip before I get home but as always
until next time you already know the
drill just keep on
trucking
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