absolutely fantastic! Great video great topic actually made my whole day I’m sitting here in Pennsylvania on a rainy day working from home and to see this was a real breath of fresh air today that I needed! Keep up the good work you got this
I really enjoyed this video Jesse! For me is all about learning more about the area and how things are done differently all across the board!! What a great part of the world we live in, and we all need to be doing our best to keep it that way forever!! Hats of to Darcy and Dan for their appearances!! Great guys and again, so cool! Cheers all!
Great video Jesse. I’ve really enjoy your videos as I’m local to the area and love the educational element. Really interesting to see how they spear harvest and then put the fertilized eggs back again. Great to see them working to maintain and grow the population of walleye!
That was very enjoyable. So nice to see they give back also. Everyone should see this because this is not what we've heard about walleye spearing . Awesome
Hi Jesse Found your site through a link to Paul Kirtley recommending your pike-filleting tutorial. Liking your work - subscribed and looking forward to more.
what a neat video..my kids are part chippewa indian, and are livg in upper michigan, Fayette.They have indian rights to do spearing but choose not to.Iv'e always wanted to know a little more about walleye spearing.After seeing this video i have a much better understanding of it.It's true it gets a baf rap by most fisherman but i think it they were more educated about it there would be less of a bad taste left in the mouth of many naysayers.
Hey there, and thanks for the reply. Unfortunately there are always bad examples which can tarnish the good. I think by getting the message out there that it can be done sustainably, we can start to turn that reputation around. This model is proven to work so well, and I am sure with just a bit of effort can be implemented elsewhere. And far from depleting fish stocks, the spear/hatchery model greatly increases them!
Really neat build of a spear. I support traditional native ways, but not using 21st century gear. Aluminum boats, four stroke motors and fiberglass spears with polarized sunglasses. Nothing traditional about that at all. At least there is an attempt to keep the fishery alive. The “traditional ways” slaughter of walleyes in Minnesota has effectively ruined some of the greatest walleye fishery’s we have.
Its sad that the fishery has been ruined up there. Its a stark contrast to here where the native spearing and hatchery program is the reason we have a world class fishery here. 3-5 million fry released a year as a result of the spearing/hatchery program ensures that my kids will be able to catch the same kind of giants that I enjoy catching today.
I certainly feel for you guys who witness these kinds of things. At very least this video shows that sustainable first nations harvest is very possible. Although the hatchery wasn't open when I filmed this, perhaps this hatchery model can be used elsewhere to grow a sustainable fishery for native and non native alike.
I think you've missed the point. The natives are the reason these fish are here at all. Their hatchery puts 2-5 million fry into the river here each year. They take about 800. If a native spears a fish, it is milked, the eggs are hatched, and released. How many of the eggs from a fish you catch do you hatch and release, no matter the time of year?
Spearing is less wasteful than what I’ve seen from salmon trollers on the Great Lakes. I’ve seen some guys lose 5 colors of lead at a time. I’ve seen line snagged all over the banks across the Great Lakes too.
absolutely fantastic! Great video great topic actually made my whole day I’m sitting here in Pennsylvania on a rainy day working from home and to see this was a real breath of fresh air today that I needed! Keep up the good work you got this
Precisely what I want to watch. Thank you for your time. Cheers!
Well done Jesse! I especially liked the milking and ethical use of the fish. We need more guys like Dan and Darcy to keep the population healthy.
I really enjoyed this video Jesse! For me is all about learning more about the area and how things are done differently all across the board!! What a great part of the world we live in, and we all need to be doing our best to keep it that way forever!! Hats of to Darcy and Dan for their appearances!! Great guys and again, so cool! Cheers all!
Thanks Terry!
One of the best videos I've watched all year!! Amazing!!!!
Thanks for the positivity! How did you come across it?
Great video Jesse. I’ve really enjoy your videos as I’m local to the area and love the educational element. Really interesting to see how they spear harvest and then put the fertilized eggs back again. Great to see them working to maintain and grow the population of walleye!
I wish I had been able to film the hatchery. Too bad it wasn't ready yet. Glad you liked it!
That was very enjoyable. So nice to see they give back also. Everyone should see this because this is not what we've heard about walleye spearing . Awesome
Thank you Greg. We always hear about the sad cases. I'm just trying to show the good things, and Dan and Darcy are great embassadors for conservation
Great video
Learned something today abt gigging walleye
Great guys you were with
Requesting more videos
Thanks
Thanks! More incoming soon!
And yes I subscribe because it was so good thank you for the video!
Outstanding video. More people need to see this. Well done
Thanks!
Hi Jesse
Found your site through a link to Paul Kirtley recommending your pike-filleting tutorial.
Liking your work - subscribed and looking forward to more.
Cool underwater footage, and nice job of telling the story it sure looks like fun.
Thanks for the positive feedback! Was a fun video to make!
Diggin the videos Trapperbrah, looking forward to the next one
Thanks brah. Will be out soon!
Great video for sure.
This is the coolest thing ive ever seen. The milking part especially.
This is awesome. Way to give back guys! Nice fish there.
Great video!!!!
thanks! been wanting to film those fish for a while now. Some monsters in there at the right time of year
very educational, thanks
Thanks for watching!
Love the videos waiting for more parts of the TRAPLINE
Thanks! I've been tardy with it, but will get there!
Great video
Thank you Leslie!
Ware is that at cause here in michigan that illegal
Solid content Jesse, we should go fishing soon my friend
Sounds good! Always out and about catching or hunting something!
keep hustlin cuz
what a neat video..my kids are part chippewa indian, and are livg in upper michigan, Fayette.They have indian rights to do spearing but choose not to.Iv'e always wanted to know a little more about walleye spearing.After seeing this video i have a much better understanding of it.It's true it gets a baf rap by most fisherman but i think it they were more educated about it there would be less of a bad taste left in the mouth of many naysayers.
Hey there, and thanks for the reply. Unfortunately there are always bad examples which can tarnish the good. I think by getting the message out there that it can be done sustainably, we can start to turn that reputation around. This model is proven to work so well, and I am sure with just a bit of effort can be implemented elsewhere. And far from depleting fish stocks, the spear/hatchery model greatly increases them!
This is awsome man wish we could do it here in michigan!
It sure is fun and beneficial for the natives here. And the benefit of the extra fish is a huge plus!
Teach me your ways MISC master of outdoors
Anytime boyo!
Awesome, I’m glad the natives try to put back some of what they take👍
Really neat build of a spear. I support traditional native ways, but not using 21st century gear. Aluminum boats, four stroke motors and fiberglass spears with polarized sunglasses. Nothing traditional about that at all. At least there is an attempt to keep the fishery alive. The “traditional ways” slaughter of walleyes in Minnesota has effectively ruined some of the greatest walleye fishery’s we have.
Its sad that the fishery has been ruined up there. Its a stark contrast to here where the native spearing and hatchery program is the reason we have a world class fishery here. 3-5 million fry released a year as a result of the spearing/hatchery program ensures that my kids will be able to catch the same kind of giants that I enjoy catching today.
Ik you guys get a bad rap spearing but I love to see it done ethically!
Not tells you about the hundreds of fish locals find rotted in the ditch
I certainly feel for you guys who witness these kinds of things. At very least this video shows that sustainable first nations harvest is very possible. Although the hatchery wasn't open when I filmed this, perhaps this hatchery model can be used elsewhere to grow a sustainable fishery for native and non native alike.
Fish alot but man absolute trash thing to do. Spawning keeps the population growing.
I think you've missed the point. The natives are the reason these fish are here at all. Their hatchery puts 2-5 million fry into the river here each year. They take about 800. If a native spears a fish, it is milked, the eggs are hatched, and released. How many of the eggs from a fish you catch do you hatch and release, no matter the time of year?
This should be illegal native or not, use a rod and reel and respect our resources and keep a limit, no need to be spearing tons of fish
What do you do with the eggs from the fish you catch and eat?
Spearing is less wasteful than what I’ve seen from salmon trollers on the Great Lakes. I’ve seen some guys lose 5 colors of lead at a time. I’ve seen line snagged all over the banks across the Great Lakes too.