THE QUEST TO CATCH MAINE'S RAREST FISH || For Wild's Sake: The Rare Trout Chronicles | Episode 2
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Join us for episode 2 of For Wild's Sake: The Rare Trout Chronicles, season 1! A series which explores human beings relationship to the natural world, in hopes of gaining a better understanding of how and why we assign value to wild things and places. In a quest to illustrate rare and threatened species of wild native trout in watercolor, artist Chase Bartee and wife Aimee set off on a multi year, cross country adventure of discovery.
We've made it to Big Reed Pond, a 90 acre, deep water sanctuary tucked away in a pristine old growth forest in the middle of the North Maine Woods. Now the real work begins; trying to catch a notoriously hard to find fish with a fly rod. Though the fish are believed to be doing well in this Big Reed, that wasn't always the case. We discover that the population was almost completely lost 2 decades ago after a careless and uniformed angler introduced a non native and invasive species of bait fish. The recovery effort mounted by Maine IDFW was nothing short of miraculous, and today the fish are once again thriving.
But as we find out, saving the fish once may not have been enough, as these rare and precious Blueback Trout (Arctic Charr) are once again facing a great threat, this time from the very people who dedicated their lives to protecting them.
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0:00 Recap
0:48 Intro
01:46 Reclaiming Big Reed
07:00 But How Do You Catch Them?
11:40 Finding The Fish
15:20 We're Not Out Of The Woods Yet
18:47 Difficult Conclusions
20:43 Credits - Auta a dopravní prostředky
![[EP. 1] MAINE ARCTIC CHAR: Fishing for the Rare Blueback Trout of the North Maine Woods](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/VdW1z9-vvLY/mqdefault.jpg)
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Next year you guys should come up to Canada and take a shot at some Aurora Trout/Char, if you really want a rare prize with a cool story.
Your guys filmmaking is beyond anything I've seen! Glad you get to do such big projects. That's the direction I'm heading towards🙏🏼
😎🤘🏼 fully agree on that
Wow. Part of me was like “what exact flies did they use” 😂 but you guys are so much more than that. I am legitimately p****d off and now want to help anyway I can. Thank you for sharing in hopes of making the world a better place, period.
I was born and raised in Maine and have had the great fortune of visiting many of Maines hidden gems. I especially heart felt the comment by the guide that said just being on the water is all that is needed.
Being in the element is priceless, it is difficult to understand the rational of
the Maine government to put these areas and fish at risk. Seems they are oblivious to lessons learned. Great film Thank You
Wow! You guys are phenomenal documentary film makers, this is far higher quality than most CZcamsr’s
Honestly i think this is higher quality than most things on Discovery channel.
@@jimmynoname4089 good call! I agree
Hands down, the best YT channel. I can only imagine the effort it takes to bring these stories to life. Thanks for taking us along
Never expected some Arctic Char to make me emotional of all things
I know what you mean Evan, I think it's more the situation than the fish though.... Think I've got something in my eye.
I have been following Tight Loops from the beginning and as a Mainer this series brings me so much joy
Came for the fishing and stayed for the stories. Awesome production, can't wait to see more.
Well, that's something! You're definitely one of my best inspiration since the beginning, and every time you release a new content I'm like "How do they even do that? Always stepping up?!"
Absolutely loving this series! Not too many fly fishing channels are this good, keep it up!!
“ living the adventures “ through your films. Thank you.
Great piece. Restoration of something precious. A labour of love and chance. Not about catching but celebrating. Thanks very much
Thank you for providing all these that are so special and recalled my respossibility of protecting the wild.
Another well documented video! Thanks for spreading the word on the delicacy of these fisheries. I look forward to each episode that comes out!
As a fisheries biologist here in the UK, with an Arctic charr (some would call it, obsession) passion, the points raised about just the fact they are there in the first place and don't need to targeting or personally fishing for them, strikes a particular chord. Glad they got them back from the edge.
P.S. Glad you spelt charr correctly 😉
We share a passion for Scottish charr!
Love the trout illustrations, they are works of art, same with the words - Mark
Loving the series🤙🏼 As a new fly fisherman and a nature lover, I can’t wait to see what you guys have in store for us all. You both truly have a talent for your work. Coming from California, thanks for all the great videos. Inspired.
Thanks a lot for this new movie, and thanks for your thoughtful vision of nature and so much care! Love d once again how you expressed. Looking forward for more!!
Beautiful story. Thank you from Australia. We are very familiar with non-native species invasion, the carp in particular.
I continue to be amazed by the quality of your work and the clarity of your message. I can't wait for the next episode!
Again…the cinematography and production is like nothing else out there right now covering this way of life and such good conservation effort story. Bravo for covering the efforts to restore and protect what we all here love. Very well done.
This is fly fishing, it isn’t a numbers game but a deeper connection to nature around. These folks aren’t shoving their gear in your face every second or constantly looking for our approval but instead documenting what drives so many of us being the desire to see nature in its purest form with leaving no trace. Conventional tackle may catch more fish but there is no connection like the slow pace and natural imitations of fly fishing. Wonderful video, truly inspiring.
Powerful video document. I have been fortunate enough to stumble into 9 of our blueback lakes/ponds. This has given me a great deal to think about. Thank you!
you guys are doing an amazing job, raising awareness to an issue so often over looked and understood. As an avid fisherman 15 mins from your base and a lifelong summer home in central Maine, i sympathize with your plight and would love to help in any way i can!
Like always, these videos are breathtakingly beautiful, well done, and as perfect as can get. I look forward to each one. Thank you for doing all you can to help those native fish. In the Upper Peninsula, we try to do the same and protect our fisheries. Once again, keep up the amazing work!
I might never get to fish for bluebacks in Maine but just knowing they are there is what is really important.
Amen!
It was such a pleasure (and shock lol) to meet you yesterday Aimee! I can't wait to watch more of your adventures. You inspire us all! If you ever need to plug in or a place to park, shower...27 Center is always available for you two!
As always, extremely high quality movie! I love all your stuff, it's a great blend between fishing, outdoors, artistic, poetic and road trip stuff. Nailed it as always! Thanks for sharing with us 👍
“That experience is really what people remember.” This is the reason to be respectfully to the natural environment. Great video guys. It was really beautifully done. The shot of the white berries against the yellow maple leaf is great. I paused the video just to look at it. You capture moments while telling a story. Thank you.
Maine native and the only fish I haven't caught in these waters are blueback, lake trout and muskie, great and deeply appreciate the video and hope the best for the blueback population!
Lets go! So stoked!
Excellent! A real pleasure to watch.
Another beautiful episode of professional proportion. It has NG quality all over it. Love the artwork too.
Keep it up! So good. I didn’t know y’all were dropping “Planet earth season 5” lol
I hope you guys are as happy and real as your films are totally captivating and technically pleasing . Keep going, please.
This video is much bigger than just fishing. Thank you for sharing!!
Even as a single fly-fisherman, the more I watch, the more I think about my own place in the fishing industry and how even my actions and/or inaction impacts the environment and therefore the sport that I love.
Love! Great job. Looking forward to more!
Great series in so many ways. Thanks for sharing your world.
Thanks for coming to Maine and filming! Excellent video and narrative.
This video, just has the two previous episodes you posted, is the highlight of my week... Your work is just gorgeous !
Merci beaucoup
I dig these videos. And the outro song is pretty sweet.
Beautiful fish
Way to go Chase and Aimee.....
The best comment we have heard yet from one of our guests is "well, fantastic stuff but the soundtrack misses... when you get into Igor's plane there are only two choices: Jimmy Buffett or Jerry Garcia..." HAHAHA.
This is very very well produced and has a message from the heart. Poetry in video format.
I heard you guys are the ones who pushed for less restrictive regulations for this body of water. Can't say for certain but that's what was said. I hope it's not true.
@@er8434 You have much to learn of ecology. I suggest studying what happened in the Kamloops area of BC when they stocked barren lakes. Then you will begin to realize the dynamics of the ensuing generations and their problems.
@@BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists I suggest you read more about this body of water before you starting spouting off. I don't really care what happend at some body of water in western Canada. The proposed/new regs are too liberal at this time. Every body of water is different.
@@BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists You probably aren't even familiar with this body of water outside of this video. Fisheries like this one are extremely rare in the the US. Inland Fisheries didn't put enough thought behind these new regs.
@@er8434 How many habitats have you ever managed? How many have you enhanced? Like I said. You have much to learn.
I agree that you should not be able to keep them, as well as using trebles, but I think being able to use single hook artificials would make it best for all involved, the fish and the fisherman. Great video guys!
Incredible doc. And what a fish and illustration this char!
Such an underrated channel!
You guys are awesome so much looking forward to the next one 👍
Great film! Your videography, imagery and illustrations are simply masterful, but perhaps the most important part of your work is the knowledge and research that you bring to your topic. Your respect for the natural world is so very much needed today, and it's wonderful to see how you and your work reflect that respect. As a photographer, fly-fisher and conservationist, you push all my buttons! Please keep up your great work, and thank you.
Really enjoyed this series. Care deeply about Maine and preserving native species. Plus, our friend Darrell is a handsome chap. ;) Keep ‘em coming!
Amazing as always!!!
Beautiful video, gorgeous char. Thanks for sharing this great video. Best of luck on your continuing journey. Keep the wonderful videos coming.
The timelapse waterfall to pool was such a sweet shot! Great series guys, keep it up!
What a fantastic documentary, wonderful skill telling an important story. Brilliant, thanks from Ireland
What an amazing story! Totally captivating! Great Video series!
Fantastic production quality and story telling!
Great info and awesome film!
Another amazing film! I think you made the right choice naming the pond. It’ll allow the public to hold Maine accountable.
Great stuff. Hope the bluebacks stick around
I'm so grateful to the organizations in my area here in the Adirondacks. " Trout Unlimited" has done a lot in designating certain areas as catch and release, no treble hooks and promoting barbless hooks.
Absolutely. Check out “Trout Power” sometime if you get a chance. They’re doing super cool stuff establishing genetic baselines for various heritage strains of brook trout in the ADKs!!
Stunning and informative. Loving your films
Loving the series and as a Maine angler, thank you for helping to bring public attention to the situation of arctic charr in my state. I am mostly a spin fisherman and do much of my angling for smallmouth bass in central/ southern Maine rivers, but native species need to be protected (even at great cost). There is a place for other sportfish in Maine waters (brown trout, northern pike, bass, etc) as many are just too warm to support wild populations of species like brook trout and charr - but fly fishing only/ catch and release only regulations on places like Big Reed are a good thing and absolutely must stay in place (for the foreseeable future at least). If the fish rebound fantastically then maybe allow a bag limit of one or two but I fear that allowing all artificial lures will not just pose a problem with increased pressure/ likelihood of fish not surviving release after being caught on treble hooks but also that it will increase the chances that someone will do something incredibly stupid and engage in "bucket biology".
This is just awesome. I am back and commenting again because you guys are fantastic. Your story telling is impeccably great! Like wow.
Love it!:)
Nice, super pumped.
Another amazing video! You do an awesome job at story telling. Nice work. Enjoying the series a lot. Thanks for putting in the work!
Educational, enlightening, inspiring,beautiful
Well Done!
You are great!!! Love your movies guys :)
Love love love!!! Great job and thanks for sharing such passion! Darren/Nashville
Wow, what a fantastic episode 2. Very informative and creative, thanks very much for sharing. :) :)
Best Fly fishing content by far just saying!
That right there is what it is all about let’s gooo! Thanks for your hard work you are doing import things! Aimee has a reel knack for those still images!
a beautiful fish.....a real char.....a landlocked jewel.....a canary in the coalmine,,,,,an important indicater species,,
Satisfactory!!….
You guys are incredible. Always just perfect films. I wish the PNW would consider utilizing these strategies to save its fisheries.
Ive watched from that first trip to Montana.
Its amazing how you've both grown into this very cool Journey we are all on with you now. Cant wait for the next one.
As for the political regs, just follow the money 💰. Grrrrr.
Thank you for including us as you Go.
Peace.
P.j. Calif.
world class documentary
You guys make amazing videography. Your work is next level. As a photographer I’m inspired by your work, keep it up 👍
Good luck you two!
You guys are fu*king rockstars. Dope sh*t I love it!
I did my master’s project on a population of introduced Arctic char in Colorado. During that time I researched the distribution of char extensively and thought a lot about the imperiled remnant populations in Maine. Thank you for beautifully sharing part of their story and highlighting their value and plight. I look forward to the rest of this series. It has had an incredible start. Good luck to you both in MT.
How is the CO population doing these days?
Great video I hope it gets 1 billion views
If anyone is going to catch ‘em. You know it’s going to be Amy. She’s like a fish magnet.
it never fails!
so good
Very thoughtful
Great job narrating Steve Rogers
Wow......what an awesome trout species!!
Char
Thank's
I’m hooked 🤩 Great story . The task seemed impossible, certainly wouldn’t happen in my next of the woods ! Loving the content, 1st class 👌Atb Tony 🇮🇪🇮🇪
Such a great video I love this series! I’m gonna need you two too hurry up and get over here to Washington State, and for you to check out the elwha river it had the largest damn removal in the United States and by 2022 natural salmon fishing and steelhead fishing will be aloud!
Well done filmmaking. Good story, camera work, etc. And the illustrations are outstanding.
Thanks for this video. Maine should take a lesson from Lake Sunapee in NH where I live. Sunapee also had an indigenous population of arctic char that were so abundant that the shoals they spawned over each fall turned golden with the color of the fish stacked up. Through overfishing to supply NYC restaurants a hundred years ago and the introduction of lake trout and Atlantic salmon, the remaining population of native char were eventually consumed or cross-bred out of existence. A needless and tragic result from lack of foresight and natural resource management.
I don’t like the concept of loving something to death. Thanks for bringing this fishery problem to light and for naming names.
awesome
Just getting caught up 👍
Awesome series 👏
Thanks for the great effort you put into this
thank YOU! More to come!
This is fucking amazing. This is the content we all need. Especially loving that its East Coast content
I truly love your videos, movies really. The production is far better than anything I’ve seen. Chase’s narration and Aimee’s angling prowess is a blast to watch. I know you’ve probably heard this a thousand times, but how is your production company not called “ChasingAimee” ?!😂😂 I know. I know. You’ve heard it all before. But seriously…. Keep up the amazing work.
This is a wonderful TL production!, it was so well done.
But I want to also add that the video’s ending message that ”the fisheries dept doesn’t care about the fish they only care about the fishermen” is not quite complete. The person that drove the 2010 reclamation is the same guy that subsequently relaxed the regs to allow for trolling and lures. The decision to relax the regs was based on years of post-reclamation data of fish growth and qty, compared to the available feed in the pond, it was a huge, careful, concerted effort involving aging, live netting, underwater camera work, and radio "collaring fish. The biologist spent a lot of time following up on the reclamation. The info collected showed an imbalance and a possibility that the existing population of brook trout and bb trout will become malnourished or even crash. So a thinning of the herd was recommended. This scientific adjustment was not adequately portrayed in the video. The result is that the biologist is getting a lot of knee jerk negative reaction to his science based moves to protect what we have there. He broke his back to save that pond and he succeeded, but as they say: “no good deed goes unpunished “!!!
But he has thick skin and the pond will stay healthy. Thanks all for the passion shown, its been a great ride for that body of water.
Bradford, thank you for standing up for the real science. I was wondering about the rebound after the initial stocking of a barren lake. Your comment belongs at the top of this discussion.
here in Northern New Mexico we have many trees that are endangered though id like to write of the pinions who at just ten years old they are only a foot at most. So a big old tree is like a young maple back east in size. A five hundred year old tree looks like a bonsai made by a giant in these wide open sky. So I was asked by a friend I was helping to take one down. four inches round. Right next to another just a little bigger. My artist eye saw them as lovers though the Gardner my friend he was like the gentleman in your video and new that in taking down the one the forest would be more healthy and in a way the one remaining tree holds the souls of them both. So same for the pond the lake the ocean..to be bold enough where its not just a notion or idea. Thankful We the World do have such heroes as your videos are showing us. Great show, plus the editing the videographers are artists and the content is needed. Thank you
I also appreciate the music, that its subtle and not overpowering. The piano is like water..anyway again thank you -Mark Pilato