I Spent 5 Days in Alaska - Sockeye Salmon, Trout & Bears!

Five days, Alaska, and three things we

came here for. Salmon, trout, and brown

bears. A few of my best friends from

high school and I flew all the way to

Alaska. And this trip turned into one

we'll be talking about for the rest of

our lives. From landing on remote waters

in a float plane to chasing beautiful

and tasty sockeye salmon in a crystal

clear river, every single day brought

something different. But the fishing

isn't the only reason this place is

unforgettable. Brown bears were

everywhere. We watched them swimming

across rivers, feeding on the side of

the road, and at times they got a whole

lot closer than we expected. Throughout

the week, we're catching salmon,

targeting beautiful trout, hiking into a

remote alpine lake, cooking fresh

salmon, and soaking in some of the most

incredible scenery I've ever

experienced. This is 5 days in Alaska,

and it might just be the greatest

fishing trip I've ever been on. All

right, guys. Got the truck loaded down.

We have one small issue. It's actually

not a small issue, it's a huge issue. I

can't find my passport and I just have a

stateisssued ID. Last night I started

looking for my passport and I don't know

what I've done with it. I have no idea.

So, apparently there's some way TSA can

still let me through through some like

background check thing. I I don't know.

We're going to go try it. Um I've got to

drive like 3 hours to Cincinnati and I'm

the one driving. So, all my buddies

we're about to go meet up now. We're

going to throw all their stuff in here

and take off. But I may not even get to

go. So,

okay. So, these guys will probably be a

little shy at first. I don't know. I'm a

little nervous to have them on camera.

These are my high school buddies. It's

like the first trip we've really all

taken together since high school. I

guess it's been over 10 years. And heck,

I may not even get to go on a trip with

them. But y'all might learn something.

You may not need an ID to actually fly.

What's up?

>> Appreciate you giving us a ride.

>> Oh yeah, be able to go.

>> What's up, boys?

>> We made it.

not seem like a 4-hour drive. No,

that's just how it's going to roll.

>> About to find out if I get on the plane

or not. All right, so before I check my

bag, I'm going to go to TSA and see if

they'll let me through. Wish me luck,

boys.

>> Let's go. Good luck. Make it happen.

Let's go.

>> All right, good to go.

That good.

>> Very good.

About to board the plane.

just landed in Minneapolis.

>> Thank you.

>> Last flight to Alaska.

>> Almost there.

All right, we made it to Anchorage.

Waiting on the rest of the guys to get

off the plane. Hopefully they made it.

Check out the moose.

That's a 10T three bear.

What did you order?

>> Chai tea latte.

>> Chai tea latte. Let Brandon order. Two

pumps vanilla.

>> Sweet green cocoa vanilla. Like

>> 5,000 g of sugar. Got her. All

right, we're going to grab our pistols

and then we can get on our road.

>> This is the whip.

It's cold. Look at this.

>> Wake up, Dylan.

>> All right, guys. So, we made it to the

lodge where we're going to be fishing

out of. We are in Kenai, Alaska. Right,

>> Cooper Landing Landing.

>> Sorry, Cooper Landing. Let me know where

we're at. We just woke up. Dylan was

sleeping in the floor.

>> Nice and cozy. We're going to grab some

waiters now.

>> Whatever size uh shoe you need, grab and

then grab some of these back here. Grab

me a medium.

>> Medium. All right. Perfect.

>> They fit.

>> Oh, yeah. Looking good.

>> Got our waiters. We're going straight to

the river. Straight to the river.

There's our boy. There's old Jackie.

>> All right. That's one of the boats we're

taking out. That's a Willies boat.

>> Let's fish. Let's do it.

>> He's already got the hater blockers on.

All right, Cody. What are we going to be

fishing for today?

>> Sai Dylan, come show me which what's

what here on the

>> I think this might be your largemouth

bass right here.

>> What's up, man?

>> How you doing, bud? Brandon Winky.

>> Brandon, nice to meet you. Dylan, nice

to meet you.

>> All right,

>> we're gonna tell them all the wrong

names, but Dylan just can't. He can't do

it. I'm sorry. I told you all the name.

Kirk Price.

>> Kirk Price.

>> There's a Yeah, there's a red pull tab

there that's going to inflate you. Okay.

>> Okay. Don't confuse the buckle and the

pull tab there.

>> All right. We're going to be in two

separate boats. So, what are we going to

be fishing for this morning? Oh, we are

going to start with some sakai salmon.

It's

>> pretty cold this morning. At least while

we're moving.

>> Did we make it? So, we're going to be

trolling first. How long you think we're

going to do that? Just until the sun

gets high.

>> We'll give it a couple hours.

>> Couple hours of trolling.

>> But the big thing is do not set the

hook. Okay.

>> Yeah. So, they're going to get pinned.

Bump. You just let that thing bite. I'm

going be in gear and out of gear. We're

just going to be working these

downstream. So, they're going to go bump

bump. That's not a bite. It's just going

to be wobb.

When it goes, it's going to get pinned.

Bump bump bump. We might hit a couple

little trout or something in here. Um,

>> what's this lure called?

>> That's just a mag lib. A quick fish some

people might call it. There's a dolly. I

know it's a little salmon right here.

>> We're already seeing them. So, we

landed, hopped in our van, drove

straight to the water, and started

fishing. Pretty crazy.

>> Right to it.

>> Right to it. Not messing around. And now

we're hanging out with Jack. If we don't

catch any fish, it'll be Jack's fault.

>> Always.

>> If we catch a monster, it'll be my

doing.

>> That's right.

>> I'm going to switch it up. No luck

trolling.

>> So, we going to get over there on the

bank.

>> Yeah,

>> man. If it's my boat, I just rammed it

in there. So, we're going to get on the

bank over there. We're going to do a

little bit different technique that I've

never done before. There's bald eagles

everywhere. Look at that one sitting on

a limb down there. Earlier, one flew by

us and had a fish in its mouth.

>> All right. All we got is a weight and a

bear hook on the end. All right. All

we're doing when we want line, we just

grab and pull from the reel. We're going

to use the weight carry itself over.

It's going to land right in front of us.

You're going to feel it pump

hard right through right back in.

>> You got one. Oh,

dude. That was awesome.

>> Now, this fish is not hooked correctly.

We can see because it's

doing that.

>> And so, when that happens, we're just

going to hold the reel and it's going to

pop off.

>> Okay.

>> So, that fish was snagged. We have to

get them in the mouth. All right.

>> All right.

Bump. Bump. Sweet.

>> You got another one. Dang.

>> That one felt.

>> Ah.

>> All right. They're coming by really

close. I can see them here. You flip.

Make sure you pull all the way to the

bank.

>> Was there one on

>> Horrible?

>> You're all right.

>> All right.

>> Sweep.

>> Sweep harder than that though, right?

>> Sweep harder than that.

>> Okay. So when you flip, find the weight.

One, two, three. Hard sweep. There you

go. Low hard sweep all the way back.

That's it. There you go. Land a little

downstream. A little more downstream.

>> One, two, three.

>> We got one here.

>> We'll slip by you.

>> There we go.

>> Good net. Good job, Hunter. That's like

his first cast. All right, so hunter's

on the board. We're all just lined up

down the bank. Slowed down since, but

apparently they kind of come in waves,

so you never know. It's pretty crazy.

Definitely a different style of fishing.

We just got a sinker on a swivel and a

clip going down to a snail knot and a

hook. We're just trying to grab him in

the mouth. Here we go.

>> Hunter's got another one. Slide into the

bank a little.

Dude, this guy, they aren't big.

Hunter's got one on again. Number three.

This guy's cheating here. Just take it

nice and easy. Maybe I can hook one

here. We can't We can't keep them unless

they're hooked in the mouth. And that

one is right in the tail.

>> Come on, Hunter. Got to be a little bit

more ethical.

>> Got one on.

>> Keep reeling. Easy.

>> Okay,

>> LIFT STRAIGHT.

>> THERE WE GO. OH, MAN. I just lost one,

too. Didn't even get it on video. It

happened so quick. Yeah, perfect. Hooked

right in the mouth. And that is a sckeye

salmon. We're going to beat it. Easy

enough. All right, we got three on the

stringer. He's in the first two. Hunter

caught.

>> There you go. Nice. Whoa. Whoa.

Hunter's got one on. I'm going to keep

casting cuz they're running right now.

>> Tomorrow I'll let you go, John.

Should be able.

>> There we go.

>> Oh, son.

>> No, no, no, no, NO. THAT'S OH, IT GOT

OFF. YOU SPOKEN into existence. Ah, just

lost a good one, man. Okay, we're going

to make a move. I think we're going to

hop in the boat, go downstream a little

bit, try another one. Kind of slow down,

but we still got some dinner for

tonight. Yeah, I think that biggest one.

Oh, there's mine.

>> Yeah.

It ain't.

Yeah, I got a big one, didn't I?

>> No, I think I got the biggest one. Good

work, Cody. Good work, man. Good job,

man.

>> Participation counts. Pretty good. You

want one? I can touch my food. I ain't

touching fish.

>> So, the other guys are down here. Oh,

son. They got a stringer full. They've

been smacking them down here being quiet

about it.

>> I don't know. They go,

>> do they?

>> Y'all been smacking them. Did you catch

one?

>> No way.

>> Biggest fish I've ever caught in my

life.

>> I'm going to get in between y'all. All

right, we'll see if we can catch one.

That's a new spot. They've been wearing

them out down here, man. I can tell I

got somebody else's rod. This just feels

different after you've been casting the

same rod forever. going on.

Let me see it. Let me see it. Oh, son.

That's a healthy one right there. That's

big, dude. Hunter can't be stopped. This

guy's the best sockeye fisherman I've

ever been around. I'm just I'm just glad

I'm on the board, unlike some people.

It's starting to get competitive. Got

one on. It's found. Dang. Found up.

They're still in here.

Hooked it low. Got to be in the mouth.

Patrick's got one on.

Tell me when to keep it low.

>> Yeah. Finally bag one.

>> Good job, Pat. They're in here right

now, boys. That's the damage we got. How

many we catch?

>> Five. Is there more down there?

>> There's more down there. All right. So,

next we're going to do some trout

fishing. But first, we got to get the

sock eye blade out. Have some big

fililelets on them. The biggest one here

on the stringer, it's got more of the

hooked upper. The bigger they get, the

more they develop that

>> you get when you caught that same fish

in 2 weeks. You have a big green head.

>> Really? So, these these turn red within

two weeks.

>> Uh, 3 weeks, let's call it.

>> These fish will look entirely different.

So, that's crazy.

Man, that's some beautiful meat. Oh,

son. That's as fresh as it gets. Right

on the banks of the Kenai.

>> The seagulls are swarming.

>> More and more

>> out here. They don't have that option.

>> I think the plan is tonight to eat

those.

>> There's definitely more.

>> We ain't going to eat all of them.

>> I don't I'm not sure who that is.

>> Okay. I know

>> how much line you say to get out.

>> Keep going. Just leave that bottom of

the water. Keep bite back in. Excellent.

Very nice. Make sure it's just roll.

That's a fish. Yep.

>> No, that's bottom.

>> That's all right. Just on the bottom

though, man. That was right back in

though. That's a good set.

>> That's awesome,

>> Brandon. That's a fish.

>> Yeah.

>> Okay, giant. Let him run. Hand off the

reel. Off. Let it go. All right, you

boys reel in. Reel reel. Now, get ready

for him to take off. Get ready to get

that hand off the reel.

>> Okay, get off. There you go. Let it run.

>> He's coming back. He's coming back,

dude.

>> Nice and easy. Nice one.

>> As he comes, you're going to take it

back. He ain't ready.

>> Oh,

>> it's not a small fish. You got to keep

that thing tight.

>> All right. Slow and steady. You're just

going to take another sit through your

hands. Slow. Up. Up. Up. Up. Up. Up. Up.

Up. Up. Up. Not quite. Oh. Back down.

>> I got off.

>> Oh my gosh.

>> That's all right. So, and that's hard.

If he goes the other way, right down.

>> That's all right.

>> Well done, brother.

>> Yeah, that was fun.

>> Is that your biggest rainbow ever?

>> For sure.

>> And then Nice. Good fish.

>> Another one.

>> Got a boy.

>> Right there.

>> Let's go.

>> Spin that rod. There you go. Let him go.

DROP THE ROD TIP.

>> OH,

all right. That's him. Yep. Strip. Strip

again. Strip again. Get tight. I'm

bending that rod. All right,

>> Brandon, pick it up. Fire again.

>> Let me come to this side.

>> Yep.

>> Big lift. Big lip.

>> There we go.

>> Sweet. Can I get a pick with it real

quick?

>> Absolutely perfect.

>> Look at that beautiful bag.

>> There you go.

>> Well done. That's what we want.

>> Keep him from hitting the boat.

>> That's a hook set.

>> You got one.

>> Get tight.

>> That's Cody.

>> We got to catch a fish, Cody.

>> Long cast right in here. There you go.

Let that run.

>> There he is.

>> Eat him.

>> Get on him.

>> Dylan's hooked up.

>> You called that one, Jack.

>> So, if we're drifting and we set to the

right, we're pulling everything out of

his mouth. Right. So, just straight to

your face. Knock yourself in the face

every time.

>> Oh, Jesus.

>> I said, he's still there. the board fish

on the fly already.

>> First one. You went from the biggest to

the smallest. There we go.

>> Or hold that angle.

>> Let's double up here.

>> Oh, that's a nice trout. I just saw it

again. It's just been one after another.

I can barely get my line in the water.

Y'all setting a hook.

>> Slowly, slowly, slowly, SLOWLY.

>> LET'S GO.

>> There's nothing better than that.

>> They're perfect. Perfect.

>> All right, look at me.

>> Head towards the camera. The fish. The

fish is head towards the camera.

>> Turn it.

>> There he is.

>> We're good. We're going to leave that

you guys in. Pressure to the left.

>> Oh, he's got one hooked right here.

>> Oh, no.

>> There you go. Double.

>> Oh, I lost him. Another fish in the

boat.

>> Hey, sir.

>> We should have had a double, but I was

watching Pat and watching the dudes on

the bank catch one.

>> Fish.

>> Yep.

>> Tripped. More pressure. That's it.

That's the pressure we want.

>> Sweet. Just caught my first dolly.

Sweet. That's a small one.

>> Yeah.

>> Yep. Still

>> good to let him swim.

>> YEAH.

>> OH,

>> that is exciting.

>> Go.

>> There you go.

>> That is a big boy. Let him swim right

out your hand.

>> Beautiful fish. What?

>> Yeah.

>> Drop it. Drop it. Drop the pressure.

There you go.

>> Good work.

>> There you go.

>> Perfect. Perfect. Perfect.

>> On that.

>> It's a nice bag.

>> Yeah, that's not bad.

>> It's not a bad hole.

>> It was fun. Yeah. You have a good time?

>> Yeah. Where do we got to take Isaka?

Let's take him to uh Salmon Run Lodge.

>> Feel that. How much do you think that

weighs? That's got to be at least 20 lb.

>> Yes,

>> all right. Going to grab something to

eat. What's to eat, Cody?

>> We're going to go down into town.

There's uh pizza place down there. Some

Mexican restaurants.

>> What up?

>> Let's go eat some food. The outfit is

just It's awesome, man.

>> What about him, brother?

>> I like it.

>> This is going bang right here.

pizza.

>> All right, so we just stopped on the

side of the road cuz there's a bunch of

people pulled off here and it looks like

they're looking at something. So, we're

going to walk back here and see what it

is.

>> So, I'm going to put a quick pause on

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See it?

>> Yeah, let's keep it.

>> All right, going to get the fish squared

away.

>> All right, we're looking for our cabin.

What's our number, Cody?

>> Riverfront. That's it right there.

>> That's the name. Oh, we're Riverfront.

>> Oh, dude, this place is sweet.

>> Yeah, it's a really nice place.

>> You're going to have so much fun here.

We made it and we're so tired. So, we

got to see a brown bear on the side of

the road. We got the meat dropped off.

We got groceries. Now, we're going to go

check out our room.

>> We're moving in the right direction.

>> We're staying at the riverfront cabin.

>> I want the upstairs.

>> No,

>> this is me

>> right here. I think I'm find this.

We're finally at our cabin on the river

where we're going to be staying. Super

nice. Looks like they got a fire pit and

they got a dock down there. I wish there

weren't so many trees here. You could

actually see the river. We're staying

right on it which is pretty cool. It's

5:00 here and uh we are exhausted just

to roll in and start fishing all day.

We're just going to hang out here for

the evening. probably go to bed

eventually and then we're getting up at

like 1:30 1:45 a.m. and heading to some

other river and going to try to catch

some more sakai.

>> Good morning. What we doing this

morning, honey?

>> Going fishing, man.

>> River, baby.

>> Dylan's already got his glasses on.

Let's roll. Let's go. Angle. Looks like

we're going to be in a drift boat this

morning. A little bit different than

yesterday. It's 3:30 in the morning.

Parking lot's full. There's people

everywhere. Dylan's well rested. Go

catch some salmon, boys. All right,

guys. This is John. I haven't introduced

him yet.

>> Hi. It's early. So, Jack, that was our

guide yesterday.

>> Is in the other drift boat with the

other guys. Today, I got Hunter and

Dylan with me.

Let's roll.

All right. Looks like we made it to the

bank. We're going to be fishing. This

river has a lot more people on it than

what we experienced yesterday. So

everybody's trying to get out and catch

the sckeye. I don't think their clocks

work the same here in Alaska. Like we

got up at 1:45

and there was people probably been on

the river all night fishing.

>> If Ron doesn't catch one today, he's

going to swim across the river.

Got one on.

He's foul hooked. That's why he felt

like that.

>> I didn't I didn't I never hooked one

like that yesterday. All right. On the

board. Just couldn't keep that one cuz I

didn't hook him right.

>> Got one on.

>> Pat on the board. That's two already.

Come on, Dylan. Get us one. We're off to

a good start. Is that Brandon's got one

on down there? Let's go, Brandon. Get in

the net.

>> I got I got to get to fishing. They're

running.

>> YEAH, THEY GOT IT.

WOO! All right, that's three. You got

one, Cody?

Get ready. They're coming. Brandon just

caught another one down there. Cody's

hooked up and Hunter, they're running

right now.

>> All right, lift up.

>> Oh, good net.

>> That's a good one.

>> Nice. That is a pretty fish. Well,

that's a good start.

>> Another one on.

>> Sweet. Smacking them now, son.

>> It's heating up.

>> Got another one on.

>> Smoking them, son. Four total. Had to

return one.

>> Got another one on.

coming at you.

>> Yeah. Nice mouth hook.

>> Yeah,

>> man. Can you miss him and go right back

to that spot and then get him

>> cuz I swear I thought

>> you can.

>> I definitely did it there.

>> You like hit him and then he kind of

slide back.

>> Yeah.

>> And I went right back to the same spot

and got him the second time. Thought I

failed him. Wearing him out. All right.

Well, we got the snack on.

Little peanut butter and jelly on the

bank.

Hey,

>> I got it. I got it.

Brandon's got one on. Front tip down,

Brandon. Woo! Son.

All right. Ready? Oh, he didn't like

that.

Yes,

that's a nice one. Say a on three. A

>> All right. Cody said he spotted fish.

We're getting back in the action.

Watch that rod right there.

And some rocks. That is a nice one. Good

job, John. Get it out there a little

bit.

Oh. Oh,

>> good work. Brandon's got another one on.

Get the net. I'm going to keep casting.

There we go.

Finally.

That is literally the first one I've

touched here.

>> Stay where you are. Reel on the bender

rod.

>> Reel, reel, reel.

Woo!

>> Finally got Brandon out of the way for

two seconds. They got by him. Oh,

perfect. Right in the mouth.

Here we go. Dylan down. Down. Down.

Walk back.

>> In the net. In the net. It's been a good

day, boys. How many keepers we got? 20.

It's pretty good.

>> It's been fun. Hold them up, boys.

>> Yeah. Pat.

>> All right. Going to get these cleaned

up.

Oh, we got it.

Y, boys.

>> What' you think? It's fun. Had a good

time. Got some good fish. So, instead of

leaving the scraps right here where

they'll where the birds will eat a lot

of them, but where other people are

fishing and stuff and drawing in stuff

like bears, they wait till they get in

the middle of the water and then dump

them.

>> Take a picture with this.

There's bald eagles everywhere.

How many you think we've seen?

>> A lot. Too many to count, man. It's

going to get really

>> 30.

>> 20 in the past. Did a half a mile.

>> That was a bald eagle eating a fish.

Probably one somebody's cleaned and

threw the scraps out.

Good work, Pat.

>> Yes, sir. Good day.

>> What a day, man.

>> We're back. Let's roll, boys. Biscuits

and gravy.

>> Biscuits and gravy.

>> Nice to meet y'all.

>> Serious. Appreciate

>> it. Thank you. kind of early and then uh

11:00

>> weigh in the fish.

>> What do we have yesterday? 36 and 12, I

think.

>> Oh, we're over. We're over.

>> Look at that.

>> 44.9.

>> Looking good.

out there.

>> What are you taking?

>> Good morning, guys. All right, so I

guess this is day four of the trip. Not

much went on yesterday after we got

home. We just kind of hung out in the

living room. This morning, we're

supposed to go fishing via float plan,

but I don't know what's going to happen.

You can see up there there's fog really

low and it's raining and that's probably

not a good combination for flying.

Regardless, we're in Alaska staying on

the river. I'm sure there's something we

can get into.

>> Hunter's getting some coffee.

>> Yes, sir. Where do you say we're going?

>> Mackie Lake

>> if we can. Ready to go. Yeah, hopefully.

Cold plate service and got a briefing

this morning. Told us it was going to

clear up around 9 or 10:00, but as you

can see, there's usually a mountain

right there.

>> So, it's just white.

>> Yeah, it's just white

>> and it ain't snow.

>> They told us it was going to be 300 ft

scattered. That looks like 300 ft

overcast to me.

>> Cody's an air traffic controller. He was

an air traffic controller here. That's

why we're here. So, if anybody knows,

>> we'll see what happens.

>> This guy.

>> All right. Everybody's got waiters. Here

you go, buddy.

>> Put it in the ignition, man. I got a

coffee. Thanks.

>> Here we go. I'll even start for you.

>> Yeah. Loading up.

>> Here we go.

>> Three bears.

>> It's three bears, gents.

Got to grab some food for today. Three

Bears Alaska. They got any rotisseries?

>> Yeah. Macaroni salad. They got wraps,

too. We need silverware,

>> dude. There they are. There's the otter.

Jet A, baby. Let's go.

>> Can I park in front of this? I'll just

go over here.

>> Oh, what a beautiful day to be found.

>> Yeah, dude. Volcanoes fly.

>> This is going to be awesome.

>> Here we go. I hope we don't need

waiters.

>> Let's roll.

>> Getting on the plane.

Are you?

>> Yep.

>> Everybody get buckled up.

>> Yep. Go, boys.

>> Go. Go.

I think we're about to land.

Hold on.

That was smooth.

Look at the flow.

That was smooth. That was smooth.

Right on up.

Getting our gear on a boat,

>> dude. They're catching them. Oh,

someone's fighting a fish up there. Oh,

yeah. We can see a bear up here.

This looks like the spot to be fishing.

There's a bear up here asleep, but there

just too many people here. We're going

to go to another spot. You would think

taking a float plane in

>> in the middle of nowhere.

>> You wouldn't run into people.

>> And here we are,

>> but it's packed full.

>> I mean, it looks like the Fourth of July

had a fish stuck in a prop. He said,

>> "Jump back there. Try to get on video."

You know, there's a ton of fish when

you're getting them stuck in your prop.

I can see where all these dirt spots

have come up.

>> Yeah, water change. That's fish probably

moving and stirring up the bottom.

>> Got you a spin rod back, Brandon. That's

why it's all

>> back in his element, man.

>> What we're going to do is cast it out.

Cover ground. Right. And then once it's

out there, I'm going to reel slow with

my tip lower to the water. Any bump I

feel along the way, set the hook firmly

straight up.

>> Let's get him, Hunter. First cast, no

pressure. Put one in.

>> Set it.

It's bad luck to catch one of the first

cast in your life. Brandon's ready.

>> All right, Brandon. Pressure's on.

>> Cody's out. Patrick, let's see it.

>> Cody.

>> Oh yeah.

>> Yeah. This is what we're here for.

>> Hunter's on. Rip and drag. THERE WE GO.

OH, give it a rip. Go ahead, buddy.

>> So, there's that many fish. We're just

>> Yeah. fishing with a bare hook trying to

run into them.

>> That in fact was not the cast.

Hopefully, this redo.

>> Yep. There it is. There it is.

>> Right.

>> Man, you can feel it again. Right.

>> There's a double.

>> He's going to have his work cut out for

him netting all these fish.

suicide.

>> Yeah.

>> So, that's a male. These are the same.

These are Sakai salmon what we we've

been catching on this trip. But this

one's got the hook nose. They're turning

pink. So, they're not good to eat,

right?

>> Correct. Yeah. See how the belly is

getting kind of orange and got the black

down there? When you go if you were to

fillet this, it would be like almost

bleached white. Not good to eat.

>> Not good.

>> Yep.

>> Double up. Double up. Triple up.

in the mouth.

>> The mouth is way too red.

>> Double

said, "Come on."

>> Yeah.

>> 14 or 15. 16.

>> There's 16, baby.

>> So, man, we're struggling to get them in

a boat. Yeah. Avoid that.

>> Could this be the one? Spit it.

>> Yep. There he is.

>> OH, YEAH.

>> OH, DOUBLE.

>> Coming up to you. That's a good size

one.

>> Oh, I want a pick with that one.

>> Going back in. Yep.

>> All right, Patrick. Waiting on you.

>> Trying, buddy.

>> Been smacking them.

>> Oh, man. Y'all want any sushi?

>> There you go, Pat.

>> That's a red one.

>> Oh, yeah.

>> There you go.

>> Oh my gosh.

>> That's awesome.

>> That is a sweet one. All right, back to

the spicy crab roll.

>> 45.

>> And uh

>> you see with the salmon on my hands, it

kind of gives it a little flavor.

>> What we got there?

>> There you go, Cody.

>> Yeah.

>> Get out the way, Cody.

Get him man.

>> Beauty.

>> Yeah.

>> Yep.

>> Yeah.

>> Yep.

>> This side of the boat.

>> They run towards you. You got to be got

to keep some pressure. Yeah.

>> That's a right.

>> Nice fish. Sweet.

>> We're going to move spots real quick.

Brandon's digging into the Jolly Rancher

ropes. What do you got over there,

Hunter?

>> Corn nuts.

>> Corn nuts.

>> Got some jerky, Dylan. Boy,

>> going back in this little cut. You can

see the ones that are back here.

>> Are these spawned out or spawning?

>> Not spawning yet cuz they need gravel.

They're going to keep going up.

>> Okay, they're super red.

>> All right, Morgan, will you count down

for us? Okay. Five, four, three, two,

one.

>> That was early.

>> No, it was not. Hunter crossed me.

Hunter cross.

>> Turmoil.

>> NO,

>> IT'S GOT TO HEY, HE'S GOT TO BE It's got

to be in the net.

>> Oh, no. Let me get OUT OF THE WAY.

>> Tried to

hunter wins. I was doing air hack. No,

that was a good attempt, dude, to go

over.

>> All right, we're starting now.

>> Here we go.

>> 26.

>> There it is, Brandon.

>> Get him, man.

>> Yeah.

>> Double up.

>> Get him, Otter.

>> Get in the boat.

>> You got double.

>> We got double trouble.

The double net.

>> This guy's a pro.

>> Break open the summer sausage.

>> You want a piece?

>> 7.4.

>> M. It is good. That's

>> how it is. Wolverine creek. Not too hot.

>> There you go.

>> Oh,

>> we might have a keeper.

>> Dude, we might have a keeper.

No.

>> Close.

>> Bang. In the net. Here we go, Pat. Put

it in the boat. There we go.

>> Got him.

>> No way. We got three on.

>> There's another one.

>> All three.

>> That would be 39.

>> Good job, Pat. Get him in. Boom.

>> Dude, they're a good one. Let's go.

>> They're in the pocket.

>> That's a nice fish,

>> man. That is a nice one.

>> Yes. Yes.

>> Hold that one up.

>> Yeah. You got to get a pig of that one.

>> Oh, that's a pretty one.

Hold him up. Got him. Big hook jaw.

Brandon's got one on

this fish. Yeah.

>> B

double up.

>> Come on. Let's get that triple freaking

hard. Oh, this is a fish, boy.

Doubled up. Oh, it's angler back here.

>> Brandon's fighting the fish of his life.

>> This is a big fish.

>> Really? Oh, son.

>> Oh, you dirty dog.

>> There you go. That is a pig.

>> Good work.

>> Get him, Pat.

>> Trying to get him back out here.

>> Get him, Hunter. Grab him. Get him. Get

him.

>> Yes.

>> That's a pretty one. Hold him up, man.

>> Another one.

>> Oh gosh, he popped it.

>> He's in the line. Oh my god,

>> dude. This guy is doing something

different. I cannot get hooked up. I

ain't even getting hit.

>> That's awesome. Right.

>> We got a keeper.

>> Good job, Brandon.

>> Wow.

>> Throw right in that cut. I just saw one

back there.

>> Oh,

they're there.

There he is.

>> Good job, honey. There's There's quite a

few in there. I can see them.

>> 49.

>> All right. This next one's 50.

>> Yep.

>> Uh-huh.

>> 56 fish on the day. Good work, boys.

We're going to go fry one up now.

Great day on the water, baby. Oh my god.

>> He's under the water right now.

>> There he is. Oh my god. God.

Is there anything?

No.

You're like one.

It just splashed water on me.

>> That thing was I mean you could have

reached out and smacked it on a nut.

>> It splashed water back on the head.

>> Got splashed by a brown bear. That was

awesome. We got two cubs in the tree

right here. This bear's just diving for

sock.

>> She's off to the left just a little bit.

>> That was amazing.

>> She's back over there on the bank. Don't

get much cooler than that.

Time to cook some up.

Got the Weber. Okay, we'll kind of see.

Yeah, black and Saskatchewan rub. This

is my favorite on salmon. And then from

there, I got smokehouse maple. It's a

hot honey jalapeno. Smells good. I

haven't tried it, though. Let's try that

one in your favorite.

>> I agree. Let's do the hot and your

favorite.

>> I'm kind of curious to see what it

tastes like. I just hadn't done it yet.

Last two days we said we're going to

cook and we haven't. So, making up for

it right now. I'm doing it on the boat.

Thanks to Brandon. He got the only

keeper. About 10 minutes. Yes. Eating it

up.

>> It's going to smell good shortly.

>> Oh yeah.

>> Looking good. Smells

legit. Go ahead, Dylan. Try it out.

>> Hot black first.

>> Tell us how it is. Give us a rating.

>> A little warm, dude. Very good.

>> The blacken one is good.

>> It's so good.

>> It's good. and fry it. And that blacken

is phenomenal.

>> Make like a poke bowl. So good. It's

really good.

>> The blacken that's just a trigger brand

seasoning, too. So it's

>> Here she comes.

>> She already

>> here comes the rain. Heading back to the

plane and gonna hop on it.

What a day. Good angling, boys.

>> Good angling.

>> Here we go.

Wow, it's crazy. Flat over a glacier.

Woo.

You all right? I

>> was awesome.

>> Yeah.

>> Picked up a hat. That was a ton of fun.

Good morning, guys. So, we got back from

fishing yesterday and uh guys, we're

just crashing when we get home. The time

change has messed with us hard. 4 hours

behind what we normally are. And then

the day before, we got up at 1:00 a.m.

to go fishing. We're out on the water

like 3 something, but as soon as we get

back, we're just going to sleep and uh

taking advantage of any normal sleep we

can get right now. But, just wanted to

show y'all where we're staying. Our

house is up there. And uh they got this

sweet dock right here you can walk out

on, go out on the water. And of course,

you can see behind me there, the views

are crazy. We're supposed to be halibet

fishing this morning. That was like one

of the big things I wanted to do and I

don't know it's going to happen because

it's windy, it's raining, and the

water's probably going to be too rough

for us to pull it off. I don't know for

sure. Find out shortly. The sckeye

salmon we had yesterday on the boat was

delicious. Like that's real salmon right

there. Like to get into a little bit

more of that tonight. All right, let's

roll. Got the van loaded down. There you

go, Dylan. Ready to roll, baby. Where

are we heading to, Cody?

>> We are heading to Seward.

>> Setting up a 45 for left hand downwind.

>> All right, we made it to Seward, Alaska.

Guys, it's 524 a gallon here. Woo! We're

going to the Alaska Sea Life Center. No,

the halibit got cancelled today. So,

we're going to get out of the rain and

go check out what we got going on in

here.

Oh my gosh, that water is cold. What's

the temperature of the water?

>> Um, the water stays between 40 and 50°

all year round. Uh, we pump it in from

the bay.

>> Oh, dude, look at

right there.

That is sweet.

It's still going.

We got flounder. Pacific cod. Voila.

There's the flounder. The orange one's a

perch.

>> Pacific Ocean perch.

>> Oh yeah. Good job, Brandon.

>> Surprised you knew that. So the seals

and the sea lions, I guess they're here

because there was there's something

wrong with them. They were born with a

problem or something like that and they

bring them here. So they're not like out

capturing these and then bringing them

in just for us to look at. That's what

we should be catching today. But Cody

canceled the trip.

>> Thanks.

>> Now we get to look at them in a tank.

We're supposed to be eating them

tonight. That sign back there says they

weigh up to 2500 lb.

That looks like that must be the female

>> or it's a younger male. Want

to go grab some food now. Eating at the

Sea Salt Alaskan Grill and Bar. What we

got?

>> We got some shrimp and what' you say it

was, Cody? Dirty fries.

Thank you.

>> We got some for lunch. Really good.

>> I don't know how much we need. Do we

need 10 lbs?

>> We're going to run into the Safeway,

grab some more stuff for our dinner

tonight. We're going to fry up some

sock. They going to get some crab legs.

All right. The grocery store didn't have

any. We're going to try another little

seafood market here. Captain Jack's fish

processing. Oh, you can bring your own

fish here.

>> So, we've been catching sock salmon.

That's $23 a pound. It's big money fish.

>> If you want candies,

>> we're going to get 10 lbs of snow crab.

A little bit more affordable. They They

ain't kings, but they'll do.

>> Y'all going to get ice cream?

Russian River.

>> Russian River fishing time.

>> Thank you.

>> Let's go catch some fish.

>> Got all the rods rigged up. We're going

unguided this time. Hey, man.

>> We're headed to the Russian River. What

am I?

>> Okay. Well, Cody Cody's been there

before. Bringing out the big guns for

this trip. It's going to get dangerous

in bear country. Don't know if y'all can

see that or not, but I got my 10 mm. So,

we ain't been wearing guns this whole

video. Apparently, it's not been

necessary, but where we're going to now,

we're going to the Russian River. Is

that correct? And there's bears. There

are some bears in here due to the amount

of salmon that are in the water.

>> There's signs up a guy got attacked on

the stairs on your way down into where

you fish. I guess Rain and I are going

with the spin reels. Going back to our

roots.

>> Dylan. All right.

>> See, look. There's the river. Oh,

they're down there fishing. We got a

bear up here on the river already.

We ain't been in water like this yet.

It's been raining today, too. So, the

water should be up. So, I didn't get the

bear on video, but it was somewhere

right here on this bank. We were walking

through the woods. We're all just

spreading out here on the river. Dylan's

got a sckeye set up on there, and the

rest of us are going to trout fish for a

little bit. Might switch over to Sakai,

though. This is the Russian River.

Hunter's on the board. Trout on the

bead. Just retied him. He got hung up.

So, we know it works. I'll hold your rod

for you, buddy. You need a pair of

pliers? Nice little rainbow it looks

like. Nice job. All right, Brandon's

hooked up on the net. Oh, in the net.

Dylan's got a big ONE UP IN THE NET.

YES,

that's a big bow. That's a big rainbow.

Oh, the colors on it are beautiful, too.

That's a stud.

Can I get a pick?

There he goes.

Dude, right here.

>> That was awesome. I've switched to sock

eye fishing, but we're just kind of

waiting to spot some. We haven't spotted

any yet, so I've just been kind of

hanging back watching the boys trout

fish.

Rain's got one on, son. Pressure's all

on Hunter to get in the net. Lift it up.

He put it in the net. Good job, man.

Right here.

Good net job, Hunter.

>> The pressure is always on the net, man.

BEAUTY.

This is where the Russian River meets

the Kenai River. There's people down

here flossing, which is what we've been

doing to catch a sckeye. I mean, I bet

you there's 50 or more people all the

way down the bank right here. And check

this out. I ain't never seen this in any

other place but Alaska. These are

cleaning stations down there. So after

you get done catching fish, you can take

them right there and clean them all out.

It's pretty convenient. Pour in the rain

again.

We spotted some saw eyes, but they got

away. All right, that was fun. We're

going to go grab some dinner. Actually

make some dinner. Got some salmon, snow

crab legs. Should be good.

It's

>> all right. Dylan got

>> dealing with big fish for the day. Going

into the cabin. They're going to go get

some butter and some other stuff at the

gas station. We're going to get in here

and start preparing. Dylan got smoked.

Let me see that next. Smoked by

mosquito.

>> Be mosquito.

>> A lot of the salmon you get in the store

has dye in it to make it look like that.

That right there, folks, is all natural.

You got to thaw it out. Unfortunately,

it is froze, but it's going to be fresh

still yet. Couple days old. Not as fresh

as it was yesterday on the boat.

37.

>> Looking good. Looking good. Got the

salmon fried up. More crab legs rolling.

Doing good, Brandon.

>> Thank you, Brandon.

>> Good morning, guys. Getting the van

loaded up. We're not done yet, though.

But we got to be out of the cabin by

10:00 a.m. Loaded up in the van. We got

some rods. All spin reels. Where are we

going, Dylan?

>> Frater Lake.

>> Nope. Crescent Lake. We're going to

Crescent Lake. It's a six milei hike in.

There's gring in there. We're going to

take some jigs. See if we can catch

some. It's going to be fun. Full speed

ahead to Crater Lake.

>> Making a quick stop at a knife store.

>> All the tattoos. He's got meaty meaty

hands. When he first started making

knives.

>> Yeah, I uh I hung out with him a few

times when I was up. Show it off,

hunter. What'd you get?

>> Half Usyk, half doll sheep horn.

>> Half Usyk.

>> Yeah, I think it's warrus.

>> You're not kidding.

>> Pretty sure.

>> Doll sheep and walrus. That's a crazy

combination. Let's go fish.

>> Uh, that front pouch 6 and 1/2 miles.

Patrick's got on boat shoes. Brandon's

got on boat shoes. Hunter's got on

sneakers. And he's

>> going to be thirsty.

>> He's carrying a a jug of water.

Come on,

>> Cody. You said the last time you're in

here, you saw a bear.

>> Yeah. Yeah, we

>> brown bear or black bear.

>> Saw a brown bear.

>> Brown bear.

>> Dog sniff it out up about 20 yards up

ahead of us.

>> We got Dylan in the front.

>> He's got a Glock on him. I got mine

secured. I wear mine a little bit lower

cuz a lot of times I got binos and stuff

on. So, I got this one rigged up low.

But I actually like carrying it in that

area even without a chest rig on.

Dylan's hiding in the bushes. He's going

to jump out and scare him. He's right

there. Hey, I'm going to film it. I'm

going to film it. Dylan went around

there poop. He said hopefully we don't

interrupt him.

Y'all

have been got

that good stuff, Dylan. They jumped

hard.

It's been raining for about 10 minutes

now. I was trying to get back in here

quick. That way I'd have more time to

fish. But I'm going have to stop and put

my rain jacket on cuz it's coming down.

Blue skies up ahead. 1.2 mi in. Gained

to 814 ft. 34 minutes. There's a bear

track. And look at the claws. I've never

seen a track like that. It's not a very

big bear. I mean, our hands about the

same size, but the claws are, you know,

you can see them there. Good thing we

got Dylan.

So, the goal of this trip is to reach

the furthest lake, which is 6 and 1/2

miles. I don't know if it's going to

happen or not. The pace we're going and

me and the guys don't have the best

attire on for this type of hike either,

and it's raining. We're still going to

give it our best. So, there's another

lake up here that's at the 2 and 1/2

mile mark. We may just stop and fish it.

This vegetation in here is so thick.

Look at this.

Up until you get to that mountain up

there. It's just a wall of whatever

these are.

There it is. Still got a good ways to go

to go, but at least we can see it now.

Wow.

This is

not where I want to run into a bear. You

can't see anything in here. This is

definitely sketchy.

No way.

There is a canoe here. There's a canoe.

Oh, son. Well, I'm getting out there.

This canoe seen better days.

I can hear the rest of the guys coming.

Hey, take the first left. I'm going to

wait. I don't want to take it out there

by myself cuz the wind is strong. I'll

just end up taking off that direction. I

can hear them coming, but I don't know

if they're going to take this path that

I took. So, I think they passed me up

cuz they should be here by now. The rain

is really, really set in. As you can

see, I'm going to get in the canoe

and go floating. See if I can find them.

This is so cool. Hike all the way back

in here. Find a canoe waiting on you.

Got life vest. Might as well throw it on

if it's here. I'm out here by myself and

it's freezing cold. If I got in the

water, it probably wouldn't be good.

Check out that paddle.

I really need to get with the guys cuz

this is not the lure that I want. Like a

little nad rig paddle tail thingy.

I'm thinking if they pass me, they

should be down here on the right. I'm

sure there's another trail that pops out

maybe around these trees. There they

are. They don't see me yet.

Ohoy.

Bet you didn't expect me to come around

a turn with this bad boy. Had to bargain

for it.

>> Got one on.

>> First bow.

>> Pouring miserable rain. It was worth the

hype.

>> Freezing cold. Beautiful fish.

Last day heroics. We're all just

standing here on the bank. Last day

heroics. Pulled off the miracle. Pulled

it off. You said you even literally

threw that cast. You said going to

launch out there and hope for a miracle.

Fish really aren't biting. Any bites,

Hunter?

>> No. My feet are cold.

>> He's He's got to be freezing.

>> Hey, I got the fish fever bad, man. Pat,

you throw in the towel? No, I'm letting

Cody riv it for a minute.

>> T on a rooster.

>> Putting on a rooster tail,

>> man. Minus the tail. A little salmon egg

pattern. Maybe something like that. I

doubt these uh these natives up here

have ever saw a salmon egg before in

their life. But Hunter and I are going

to get in the canoe. Just a couple dudes

angling.

We're out here.

Look at the loon. It just dove down. Oh,

that's sweet. Just went right under us.

There he is coming back right.

>> Oh yeah, you can see him down there.

Look at him go. He's got to be diving

for trout. Here comes the sun. It's not

the best canoe, but it's it's better

than the one we brought.

>> Cody said the canoe's sagging. Taking on

some damage back here next to Hunter.

Cody just hooked up. We're going to go

back. There we go. On what color? Pink

and white.

That's good.

>> Oh yeah.

>> Beautiful rainbow.

caught it on the pink and white D2 jig.

>> What?

>> He was just sitting out there, too.

>> Little bit of adversity.

>> He wasn't even

>> that came out.

>> All right, so we grabbed some glasses.

Hunter's going to be on the ore. I'm

going to see if we can catch some more

trout. Got my glasses on now. So, this

water is ultra clear and this leader I'm

using is pretty heavy. I wish it was a

about a 4 lb 2 lb leader just because

the water is ultra clear. The sun's out.

We're feeling good now.

Got one on.

Oh, it spit it.

Roll it.

Whoa.

Rainbow.

Going to turn him back.

Oh yeah.

Landed in the boat.

>> That thing is beautiful. Let's get him

back. Oh, he's ready to go back. I think

we're going to end it on that one. The

guys are hauling for us and ready to go.

Thank you for paddling me.

>> Oh yeah, man. That was awesome.

>> That was great.

I mean, look at this out here.

Back to the jungle with Hunter. Dude,

the mosquitoes are about to be out bad.

Just after we started drying off, we got

to push through this vegetation and get

soaked. What up, boys?

>> Dead. Hunter, did

>> you push him, man? He fell. Let's go,

boys. Got some pizza calling our name.

>> Everywhere.

>> Come on, man. Dude, you're dumping that

all over.

>> Hurry up, G. LUMIS.

>> We're getting destroyed by mosquitoes.

It quit raining. It's getting muggy.

Let's go get some pizza. All right, so

we made it home safe and sound. Had a

great time with my buddies. We didn't

end up making it to the lake that we

were trying to get to there at the very

end. We stopped at a lake short just

because it started pouring the rain on

us and no one really felt like doing

another four miles in. That was going to

be a 12 mile round trip, so we cut it

short at like the 2 and 1 half mile

mark. Still caught some rainbows though,

but overall the trip was a blast and it

was just good being with my buddies

catching up again. Hope y'all enjoyed

that one. See you in the next one.