Walleye Fishing in Lake Mille Lacs ft. Mandy Uhrich | Ep. 4 | Fur Hat Ice Tour

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  • čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
  • Janis continues the Minnesota segment of the tour on Lake Mille Lacs. He’s guided by renowned angler and wildlife biologist Mandy Uhrich. Mandy knows as much about this walleye fishery and the reasons why it has changed over the past generation, as anyone. Mille Lacs is not the ridiculous walleye factory it was 30 years ago, and while that’s very difficult for local anglers and businesses to accept, the situation is more complicated than many people realize. By talking with Mandy as well as the region’s fish biologist, the former head of the Minnesota DNR, and local anglers and shop owners, Jani tries to better understand what has changed in this lake, why those changes have happened, and what it ultimately means for the area and the ecosystem. #fueledbynature #MeatEater
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Komentáře • 238

  • @hagerwoman3521
    @hagerwoman3521 Před rokem +2

    As a Minnesota boy I dont know Im just finding this episode. Love the visits to MN to show off what we got. Great hunting and fishing

  • @Bacongreaseshot
    @Bacongreaseshot Před 3 lety +20

    Fantastic episode. The gal was very personable and a good teacher. Very thick MN accent which is always fun to hear. It was hilarious watching her reaction at 16:41
    Keep em coming!

  • @GregScholfield
    @GregScholfield Před 3 lety +101

    Whenever I hear a Minnesotan accent I feel like they’re making fun of my Canadian accent and it’s hilarious. 😂

    • @muskieAnglersOntario
      @muskieAnglersOntario Před 3 lety +1

      I cant figure it out.

    • @adamslater4592
      @adamslater4592 Před 3 lety +2

      I heard no accent. But then again I’m from ND

    • @WheresTheSauce
      @WheresTheSauce Před 3 lety +7

      Minnesota accent sound more Canadian than the accent we have.

    • @Murphydoge
      @Murphydoge Před 3 lety +6

      You Canadians talk funny eh

    • @MrNater41
      @MrNater41 Před 3 lety +3

      Im from Minnesota and im wondering where she is originally from. Thats a pretty thick accent, but not quite canadian

  • @ethang7389
    @ethang7389 Před 3 lety +31

    Jani lookin’ like a gentleman and a scholar over hot dish with the glasses. The Latvian Eagle lookin like a silver fox! 😂

  • @shelbybrown8312
    @shelbybrown8312 Před 3 lety +45

    I got a plate of Thanksgiving leftovers in a new episode of meat eaters on CZcams.
    Life is good

  • @b-d3vil16
    @b-d3vil16 Před 3 lety +26

    Patiently waiting for ice in my area...

    • @jaimehernandez7435
      @jaimehernandez7435 Před 3 lety

      Where is your area???

    • @scottleggejr
      @scottleggejr Před 3 lety

      I'm in Arizona. If we get ice fishing on my lakes, we've got big, big problems. Our water is in the low 60s.

    • @b-d3vil16
      @b-d3vil16 Před 3 lety

      Upstate NY

  • @stuffnsuch631
    @stuffnsuch631 Před 3 lety +39

    The banana theory fell to pieces when uncut angling filled his boat with bananas and laid the hammer to pickeral

    • @nickhuizinga3061
      @nickhuizinga3061 Před 3 lety +4

      uncut angling can catch fish under any circumstance

  • @jammincs
    @jammincs Před 3 lety +12

    Love this series

  • @TH-888
    @TH-888 Před 3 lety +1

    I love how this channel highlights other people with different experience levels. Doing my best to learn

  • @2studmuffin
    @2studmuffin Před 3 lety +17

    Kinda bummed out that meateater was filmed in MN and esp on Mille Lacs. I was on that lake with every free weekend and missed out on bumping into the Latvian Eagle!!!!!

  • @skeeterz.1386
    @skeeterz.1386 Před 3 lety

    Love how excited Mandy would get when Janis would catch one, reminds me of me with my boy, great stuff.

  • @1999tenorio
    @1999tenorio Před 3 lety +1

    walleye taste amazing. period . thats why everyone loves it!

  • @devonblaine
    @devonblaine Před 3 lety +3

    "We call it liquid gold."
    ...Walleye. The fish with liquid fillets xD
    Fun episode.

  • @roberthayes6788
    @roberthayes6788 Před 3 lety +1

    Mandy has the most beautiful smile ever

  • @FlyfishingwithTay
    @FlyfishingwithTay Před 3 lety +1

    Northern Saskatchewan Canada has the best walleye fishing and 40 is a slow day and water is cleaner and fish taste better :)

    • @kylemurray7086
      @kylemurray7086 Před 3 lety

      I commented about that line too lol I said hey what about the Detroit river during the spring run? No love? We can take a boat of 3 or 4 guys and limit in under an hour and catch 100+ with ease

  • @SupermanBB
    @SupermanBB Před 3 lety +1

    Great series. Awesome guest. You rock Mandy

  • @jondoe4667
    @jondoe4667 Před 3 lety +1

    I like to eat pike but there's a lot of bones. But my favorite lake fish will always be pan fried bluegill, and perch sandwiches 🐟🥪🇺🇲

  • @DrewLonmyPillow
    @DrewLonmyPillow Před 3 lety +2

    1:27 MeatEater never ceases to expand the culinary repitoire

  • @JeremyReger
    @JeremyReger Před 3 lety +4

    16:43 is my mode at every Meateater content drop..

  • @terencevasquez
    @terencevasquez Před 3 lety +7

    Walleye is from the perch family.

  • @thewoodsytype7243
    @thewoodsytype7243 Před 3 lety +3

    He seems slightly disappointed to throw those beautiful eaters back 😂😂

  • @thesampo
    @thesampo Před 3 lety +3

    I love this series!

  • @Ryan-gu2gn
    @Ryan-gu2gn Před 3 lety +3

    Great episode 👏

  • @MatthewinGooseneck
    @MatthewinGooseneck Před 3 lety

    Janis needs his own show for sure. Great Job!

  • @gnrfan9697
    @gnrfan9697 Před 3 lety +3

    Seeing Janis with a keystone light is taking me for a ride. I don't know what I expected those Montana boys to be drinking but Key Light wasn't it.

    • @jrw0707
      @jrw0707 Před 3 lety

      I’m guessing that’s what he was offered and he is too polite to refuse. Janis talks about liking IPAs

    • @peterpoel1019
      @peterpoel1019 Před 3 lety +2

      The best 🍺 is free 🍺

  • @keeganburke8403
    @keeganburke8403 Před 3 lety +30

    "one inch at a time, I'm getting bigger" same, Yanni.

  • @Fishnfreak
    @Fishnfreak Před 3 lety +13

    Whoever this woman is married to, congratulations LOL

    • @charlie21gunner87
      @charlie21gunner87 Před 3 lety +5

      You may not think he is so lucky when she says, "hey honey, your going to have to watch the kids, I'm going fishing!"

  • @kaceesavage
    @kaceesavage Před 3 lety

    She’s got a dialed in set up and it’s awesome!

  • @BBallKiller420
    @BBallKiller420 Před 3 lety +2

    Man every Friday You get me hooked on this show

  • @cooperbybee4308
    @cooperbybee4308 Před 3 lety +4

    2:18 Cal and Miles scream WTF at their phones

  • @OzarksCreekandTimber
    @OzarksCreekandTimber Před 3 lety +3

    Looks like fun, I would love to try it one day. But damn it's hard to find ice down here.

    • @bradyb837
      @bradyb837 Před 3 lety

      Might have to take a nice weekend trip

  • @freesteez3
    @freesteez3 Před 3 lety +1

    Talking about ice fishing for walleye over a meal of Venison hot dish. That's sooooo Minnesota. Keep er Movin lol

  • @bradj692
    @bradj692 Před 3 lety +4

    I thought last episode ended with a hint that the sturgeon episode with the Floyd family was next?

  • @moondive4ever
    @moondive4ever Před 3 lety +10

    she is phenomenally gorgeous

  • @nedton6240
    @nedton6240 Před 3 lety

    Grew up fishing walleye in Manitoba. It is a great fish to catch and eat.

  • @WheresTheSauce
    @WheresTheSauce Před 3 lety +1

    Yeah dont use reverse on the auger to push slush back down the hole. If you hook anything sizeable all that slush will come back up with the struggling fish, and make it so much harder to coordinate and land.
    Sure it doesn't happen often but when you hook that 10lb walleye or 20lb pike you want to have as many advantages as possible.

  • @langdonstradley6716
    @langdonstradley6716 Před 3 lety +1

    When I saw him put it back it crushed me all that work and hype just to put it back lol

  • @michaelcowan5624
    @michaelcowan5624 Před 3 lety

    Great episode - Thanks!

  • @Zach-kb1yk
    @Zach-kb1yk Před 3 lety +1

    Next episode gonna be 🔥

  • @tinglemccringleberry8899

    “I’m getting bigger an inch at a time” 😂

  • @marine2ful
    @marine2ful Před 3 lety +1

    If I remember correctly from the podcast, didn’t Janis say that she was from Devils Lake? Which is probably an even better walleye fishery where you can actually eat fish?

  • @cr3686
    @cr3686 Před 3 lety +1

    17:40 has to bend the fish to be right... shesh...

  • @gutshot300mag
    @gutshot300mag Před 3 lety

    Howboutcha!
    Hells yes, me and my boys are headed to LOTW between Xmas and NYE to stay in a sleeper at Arnesen’s!
    Gonna get our fish on wit dem wallys and saugers too, dontchaknknow!

  • @jwatchful1543
    @jwatchful1543 Před 2 lety

    I'm a late arrival to the meat eater series, but I love everything about it. And this shouldn't matter at all but Mandy is easily one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen and she's made even more attractive by her love of the outdoors

  • @bozboz133
    @bozboz133 Před 3 lety +4

    What a catch! And I'm meaning her. She's awesome.

    • @bozboz133
      @bozboz133 Před 3 lety

      @skankhunt42 wasn't trying to be. She is a catch because of her interest and knowledge.

  • @bigdrift1
    @bigdrift1 Před 3 lety +1

    LOL yeah zebra mussels that is the problem.....spring netting might play into the issues also but hey MN DNR won't talk about that.

  • @Nick-m9s
    @Nick-m9s Před 3 lety

    Great Lake :) come up even further north! To the northeast part of the state you would love the fishing 🙂but I can’t say exactly where cause are cities name is still on the down low but we have world class fishing lol

  • @TheTommygunner83
    @TheTommygunner83 Před 3 lety

    It’s kind of a tease to watch them fish on Mille Lacs and looking out the window at it with no ice yet.

  • @adamleach471
    @adamleach471 Před 3 lety

    Mille Lacs walleyes have it rough for sure, with size limits, but you should try and catch a limit of 19inch Walleyes in Eastern Ontario.

  • @shanesommer
    @shanesommer Před 3 lety

    I have a place on a lake that has clear as day water and I have no problem catching walleye. The evolutionary path of the fish has alot today with the bite you want

  • @bergstrom716
    @bergstrom716 Před 3 lety

    Come on up to Rainy Lake next time I ll put on the walleyes.

  • @dannywiseman7242
    @dannywiseman7242 Před 2 lety +1

    Cant get over how much this guy looks like quentin tarantino

  • @admir2323
    @admir2323 Před 3 lety

    Janis looks awesome with those glasses"!!

  • @vitaly6312
    @vitaly6312 Před 3 lety

    Jani needs his own show honestly.

  • @RawRawly
    @RawRawly Před 3 lety +1

    Whoa does reversing your auger actually get rid of all the slush 🤯

    • @kleinhanscs
      @kleinhanscs Před 3 lety +2

      They showed the hole and it was still full of ice. No idea what that was.

  • @kylemurray7086
    @kylemurray7086 Před 3 lety

    Mandy, the line about catching 40+ walleye a day and it can’t be done anywhere else really made me upset! Come to the Detroit or st Clair River here in the metro Detroit area in April and may and easily double that 40 fish threshold.. last season was remarkable and it keeps getting better as the years go by, last year we’re numerous days of 100 fish, as we catch our 3 or 4 man limit in under an hour and catch and release until noon or so..

  • @kauaicouple
    @kauaicouple Před 3 lety +4

    Davy Crockett approves this series

  • @toddworman4428
    @toddworman4428 Před 3 lety

    Northern pike is awesome also

  • @wrinklesprinkles7358
    @wrinklesprinkles7358 Před 3 lety +3

    its no Lake Erie but those awesome nice Walleye

    • @buckmusky2201
      @buckmusky2201 Před 3 lety +1

      right?! I fish the Canadian side and a 6 pounder is small, I haven't even pulled one in less then that..9 and 10's all day trolling the big water. But there something about the deep black and gold ones you find in the northern waters. I feel much more gratification about a 24 inch, 3lb goldie (especially through the ice) from my hunt camp up by Timmins then I do about a 10 lber from Erie. That makes them taste better to me haha!

  • @derekgray5511
    @derekgray5511 Před 3 lety

    She absolutely nailed it at 16:00 concerning the state of fishery.

  • @fisher_man_sam
    @fisher_man_sam Před 3 lety +3

    If you ever make it back through this way, let us know and we will get you on a better bite!

    • @scottleggejr
      @scottleggejr Před 3 lety

      I bet you woulda worn his gift through the video too.

    • @fisher_man_sam
      @fisher_man_sam Před 3 lety

      @@scottleggejr probably still be wearing it honestly. I also know what direction the resort they used is on... Not West..

  • @jeremyk5414
    @jeremyk5414 Před 3 lety

    I feel like she explains how to do things way better than most

  • @DNA756
    @DNA756 Před 3 lety

    Good series

  • @jgstr
    @jgstr Před 3 lety

    That new intro animation 🤌🏽💋

  • @WeAreAllWittness
    @WeAreAllWittness Před 3 lety +1

    She is an awesome lady!

  • @earlshaner4441
    @earlshaner4441 Před 3 lety

    I love the fur hats

  • @sir.donjennerogorrell1243

    ? goúd?
    Nice catch & release bruv👍🏽.
    Thx u🙌🏽😤💀♎..

  • @littlegreen7159
    @littlegreen7159 Před 3 lety

    Lake Winnipeg is awesome

  • @mjddap
    @mjddap Před 3 lety

    Awesome!

  • @tylervannatta7172
    @tylervannatta7172 Před 3 lety +4

    Just wanna point out that there was some slack in that fish when she measured it

    • @pfleeger2010
      @pfleeger2010 Před 3 lety +1

      Measured like a true DNR officer.

    • @ELCONDUCTOR
      @ELCONDUCTOR Před 3 lety

      I sneak bananas on the boat ALL the time. Don’t believe the hype. No science behind that.

  • @MrNater41
    @MrNater41 Před 3 lety +1

    Gotta eat walleye cheeks in garlic butter! Hands down best thing ever.

    • @kylemurray7086
      @kylemurray7086 Před 3 lety +1

      Cheek chowder man

    • @MrNater41
      @MrNater41 Před 3 lety

      @@kylemurray7086 next time I get some i will try that!

    • @kylemurray7086
      @kylemurray7086 Před 3 lety +1

      @@MrNater41 basically just replace clams for cheeks in a more potato and onion heavy chowder and it’s phenomenal

  • @AdventureOne
    @AdventureOne Před 3 lety +1

    As a Texan, this is one of the most Yankee things I have ever seen. That is a lot of ice and a lot of gear for a chance at one good fish. I guess it just makes me appreciate bass and crappie fishing a lot more.

    • @philllax1719
      @philllax1719 Před 3 lety +3

      Have you ever seen a bass boat?

    • @AdventureOne
      @AdventureOne Před 3 lety +2

      @@philllax1719 haha, yep! Don't have one of those either, but you make a good point.

    • @philllax1719
      @philllax1719 Před 3 lety +1

      @@AdventureOne theres an ice fishing equivalent of a cane pole from the shore. Usually old time guys that catch lots of walleye

  • @roderickbedell3275
    @roderickbedell3275 Před 2 lety

    im with Janis about why the obsession with walleye? fishing trout all my life, catching walleye feels like pulling in a wet sock most of the time 😆

  • @jonruger
    @jonruger Před 3 lety +4

    I hooked the biggest rainbow I’ve ever caught trolling lake Pend Oreille while eating a banana never heard that superstition

    • @batmantiss
      @batmantiss Před 3 lety +1

      It's because we don't make excuses in idaho.

  • @RangerJay1313
    @RangerJay1313 Před 3 lety +2

    Venison hot dish recipe?👍🏻

  • @dekprei
    @dekprei Před 3 lety

    Haha you make this 👒 hate a gift Christmas Day for her.❤️❤️😍

  • @MarkBove
    @MarkBove Před 3 lety +2

    You can catch and kill 16 walleye a day per person in Roosevelt Lake Wa. So many...

    • @randommexican5664
      @randommexican5664 Před 3 lety

      Washingtonian here, our walleye fishery is awesome and underrated and it needs to stay that way! Shhhh lol

  • @philllax1719
    @philllax1719 Před 3 lety

    Its a tough part of the year. Tagged out of the deer woods and a long way from ice season. Squirrels it is

    • @batmantiss
      @batmantiss Před 3 lety +1

      I friggin LOVE squirrel hunting. Whack a few for me. I moved to idaho from nj, and thats the only thing i miss. Nail a few for me!

    • @philllax1719
      @philllax1719 Před 3 lety +1

      @@batmantiss I picked it up on pine squirrels in colorado, so I bet its possible in Idaho

    • @batmantiss
      @batmantiss Před 3 lety +1

      @@philllax1719 lucky for me, they JUST opened the season on them 2 years ago. they're little guys but they eat the same as the big greys. Still a BASTARD to skin.

  • @Deeznutz002
    @Deeznutz002 Před rokem

    I've been fishing there for years and found that a minnow sitting flat on the bottom works the best.. Like a dead minnow.

  • @troyrichmond8326
    @troyrichmond8326 Před rokem +1

    It's because banana 🍌 has potassium. Fish avoid potassium, touching banana then your bait or lure will contaminate it.

  • @pequenodude13
    @pequenodude13 Před 3 lety

    walleye makes the best lightly fried fish fillets

  • @TheSnappleman75
    @TheSnappleman75 Před 3 lety +1

    "Just hold it"

  • @space_shocks-yt0594
    @space_shocks-yt0594 Před 3 lety

    Hell yeah boy

  • @bushonry
    @bushonry Před rokem

    That 1 fish limit sucks. I'll stay on saginaw bay and my 8 fish limit....lol

  • @Brandon-se5oo
    @Brandon-se5oo Před 3 lety +1

    Does 13 need a saltwater spokesperson? Top tier gear, for sure.

    • @Brandon-se5oo
      @Brandon-se5oo Před 3 lety

      Also, i love minnow heads that include half the body. Fishy

    • @Brandon-se5oo
      @Brandon-se5oo Před 3 lety +1

      The A3 reel has been indestructible in my possession, can’t speak to rods but the A3 hasn’t disappointed despite the unrelenting and indiscriminate abuse. Far from “trash”, truly - maybe what I’ve used is different from the items you’ve used.
      What from 13 did you try ?

    • @Channel13Fishing
      @Channel13Fishing Před 3 lety

      @Cheezus Crust You need to find a hobby.

  • @pequenodude13
    @pequenodude13 Před 3 lety

    12:55 Its a food chain issue. Zebra take most of minnow diet, minnow die or eat Walleye (or other fish eggs), less walleye spawn with less food source

  • @jackmarino8162
    @jackmarino8162 Před 3 lety

    Those sugar free orange monster energies are the only thing to get me through economics class

  • @fredflintstone5065
    @fredflintstone5065 Před 3 lety

    I dont think that can of orange monster was really orange monster...

  • @andrewscott3184
    @andrewscott3184 Před 2 lety

    What's the 13 for?

  • @swagbogie7377
    @swagbogie7377 Před 3 lety +1

    Hi

  • @sagars9273
    @sagars9273 Před 3 lety

    Love from India 👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

  • @Al-zy9sx
    @Al-zy9sx Před 2 lety

    8:22 She is thinking "are you kidding me, we're doing the fishing superstition conversation? What's next, my favorite color??"

  • @novaWRX
    @novaWRX Před 3 lety

    13:30 its insane how top anglers like her can read the fish like that. She pretty much used Janis to catch that fish

  • @isaiasnascimento6591
    @isaiasnascimento6591 Před 3 lety

    Muito bom 👍👍👍

  • @michaetsully87
    @michaetsully87 Před 3 lety +1

    Detroit River can get red hot.

    • @kylemurray7086
      @kylemurray7086 Před 3 lety +1

      I said that too.. 40 fish can’t be done anywhere else?! Last season we were getting 100+ a day easy, we’re spoiled here obviously if outsiders don’t know what we have lol

  • @joebuck120
    @joebuck120 Před 2 lety

    I’m oot n aboot on da booat dontcha knoo

  • @calebbair1152
    @calebbair1152 Před 3 lety

    Sasquatch 9:00 back round

  • @eazyridin7283
    @eazyridin7283 Před rokem

    How would most people know how they taste if there is only a 3” allowance

  • @stevepalmateer
    @stevepalmateer Před 3 lety

    What's the best way to tell a sauger from a walleye or a pickerel?

  • @234dB
    @234dB Před 3 lety

    I can only take Yeti & Vortex ADs. Curb your orange Monster cans