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String Theory Angling
Canada
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 27 พ.ย. 2019
A kayak and ice fishing blog/vlog focused on Western Canada!
For what’s good in fishing visit
www.stringtheoryangling.ca/
For what’s good in fishing visit
www.stringtheoryangling.ca/
Eskimo E40 - First Impressions
Eskimo has released a brand new ice auger - the E40! In this video I give my first impressions and compare it to my main ice auger from last season, the Strikemaster 24V.
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First Ice 2023-24
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First ice has finally hit the local trout ponds! Come with me as we explore a small trout pond full of rainbows and tiger trout. I dive into how I select my spots, complete with some Aqua Vu underwater footage!
Kayak Fishing The Devil's Lake (Alberta)
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Another Northern Pike catching expedition! In this video I sneak away from life mid-week to catch a few pike at nearby Devil's (Matchayaw) Lake near Onoway, Alberta. We're fishing in the Old Town Sportsman 120 paddle and searching for pike on the windblown shore of the lake. Plenty of action in this video! Affiliate Links: Old Town Sportsman 120: alnk.to/1XUWarz Shimano SLX Rod: alnk.to/bPbn6f7...
Kayak Fishing Northern Pike
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Today my friend Trevor and I spend a quick afternoon targeting Northern Pike in a shallow body of water. Mid-summer pike fishing is some of my favourite fishing because once you find them the action can be non-stop!
The Power of Sonar
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Today we test out my new Lowrance Sonar and Active Target forward-facing sonar at a local underwater dive park! The power of these modern fish finders is crazy!
Lowrance Explorer Series Active Target 1 Unboxing
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I finally get my hands on a new Lowrance Explorer Series Active Target! In this video I unbox the Explorer Series, show a few items it comes with and install Active Target on my kayak with the included Explorer Ice Pole. If you are wondering if this Active Target 1 bundle is right for you - watch on! Remember to visit StringTheoryAngling.ca for more great content.
Chasing Alberta Tigers
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After a busy spring we are finally getting out on the kayak! Join me and the sounds of nature as we explore a small stocked trout pond in search of the infamous tiger trout of Alberta!
2022/23 First Ice Brookies
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First Ice is finally here in northern Canada! I love chasing brook trout at first ice, they still have their fall colours on and are in a fighting mood. In this video we catch trout, test out the new Jiffy Rogue 2.0, and use Humminbird Autochart Live on the ice. Check out Stringtheoryangling.ca for more content!
Piscifun ICX 5 Reel Review and Maintenance
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Has your anti-reverse switch failed in the cold? In this video, we break down the Piscifun ICX 5 ice fishing reel, clean out the factory grease and replace it with Ardent Reel Butter grease. We also go through the internals of the reel and I walk you through breaking it down for cleaning and maintenance. Sit back and relax because this is a long one!
Greater Edmonton Kayak Fishing Group
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This season we kicked off a new local Edmonton and surrounding area kayak fishing club! The intention is to have a central place for the local area kayak anglers to talk, ask questions about fishing conditions, and to get to know each other while fishing together! Check out the club at the Facebook link below and if you are local to the Edmonton Area, join us for a meetup! We meet on the second...
2022 WCKFT Trout on the Fly Tournament
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Highlights of the first WCKFT tournament of the 2022 season!
2022 Tackle Organization!
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Keeping all your tackle in one place is one of the best ways to ensure you know what lures you have and what you might be running low on. In this video I go through my new Bass Pro Shops Advanced Angler Super Magnum sized tackle bag, the new Plano Edge 3600 Terminal box, the Gruv Fishing Big Jig Box as well as my tackle storage crate for my fishing kayak! Visit the Blog: www.stringtheoryangling...
Filter Your Water #shorts
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A #shorts example of the importance of filtering your water in the backcountry. #lifestraw
Marcum VS485c Underwater Camera - Long Term Review
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Underwater cameras, such as this Marcum VS485c, can be useful tools in an anglers arsenal but I don’t consider them a critical piece of gear; they are certainly nowhere near as indispensable as a flasher. In my opinion, underwater cameras have three main uses: scouting for structure, verifying fish species and studying fish behaviour, and it’s in that order that I use my underwater camera. For ...
The Collapsible Smitty Sled
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Do you have a flipover ice shelter or a tonneau cover on your truck? Have you wanted to build a smitty sled but didn’t quite know how to do it? I love the smitty sled and it has changed the way I ice fish by making it so easy to haul my gear on foot. For details on this build visit the link below: www.stringtheoryangling.ca/the-collapsible-smitty-sled/
7" HT Enterprises Nero vs 8" Rapala Fin Bore Ice Auger
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7" HT Enterprises Nero vs 8" Rapala Fin Bore Ice Auger
Sadly the Rogue was a Flop Ion (Adisam) now owns Jiffy. If you want a Super light Fast auger Try the Woods Eze Drill on a Milwaukee hammer drill with 6amp hour Battery.
Thanks for the comments Dusty! I’ve seen the Eze drill model in stores and it’s definitely interesting, especially when they go on sale. I will have to keep an eye out for one next season.
@@stringtheoryangling I bought the Jiffy torch 10 inch for drilling holes in a hardwall shack. We catch alot of big walleye so the ten inch hole is a must to get big fish. You can usually get a milwaukee fuel hammer drill 1400inch pound drill on sale on the Jungle site for around 150 and a 6 amp battery which you can also get for around 150 on sale. The torch really works the drill hard i can only get about 12 holes in 30 inches of ice on one charge because the chipper blades are so aggressive. The woods eze drill uses shaver blades similar to a hand auger which are really easy on drills and you can quadruple the amount of holes you get on one charge. If i was to do it over i think I would order the ion alpha 10 inch composite flyte and put it on a milwaukee drill. In my opinion the a drill is an advantage over a dedicated electric auger because they are cheaper to replace batteries are cheaper and they are lighter and drill slightly faster. Sorry for the rant take care👍
Were your Strikemaster blades New or well used for the Test?
The blades are new on both and sharp as can be. It’s as fair a fight as I could do for ya!
That Eskimo looks like a Fantastic Auger. I like the Variable speed trigger idea.👍
@@dusty1498 the variable trigger could be useful in a shack or reopening old holes but I really didn’t utilize it this season. WOT all the way! The auger is fantastic though, by far the smoothest auger I’ve ever used. Thanks for the comment Dusty!
Great review
Thanks! The E40 is pretty fast!
@stringtheoryangling yeah I got the strike master light flyt this year in 8" and what a difference from the gas 10"
What kayak are you using?
Depends on the day! In this video I’m on the Old Town Sportsman 120 paddle. My other kayak (the battleship) is the Bigwater PDL.
Awesome tips from someone that's in my area so I know it's specific to our local ecosystem. Just wondering what you do for bites around this time of year? I went to Star lake after work and only saw one on the flasher check my lure. I was fishing around 10-12ft with everything from rattles to tungsten jigs.
Thanks for the great comment! Quite honestly, the trout bite is so slow this time of year I usually fish for something else! There are good days to be had though. I usually fish a little deeper, targeting 12-15 ft and next to deep water with my bait suspended about two feet off the bottom. Star lake has some of the most skittish trout I have ever seen. You're lucky to even see one! To have luck there I would put a suspended bait at least 20 feet away from you on a jawjacker and try to be as quiet as possible. Hopefully they come around and bite. Good luck out there!
The Marcum camera cable at point of insertion to the camera is a weak point. The protective wire sheathing will crack and pull back. Exposing the wiring. Should your cable become entangled with your fishing line when fighting the fish, the wiring will get damaged. The line will cut the wiring. It is not repairable. Replacement is $$$. Pictures quality between the two is indistinguishable. Aqua View is built more robust.
I think both the Marcum and AquaVu cameras suffer from what you described. I agree, the Aqua Vu camera does seem slightly more robust due to the water intrusion in the Marcum and I do like the adjustable camera angle on the AV. And yes, picture quality is comparable.
Also the cable is well protected by the camera angle position device. The cable doesn’t kink at right angles and therefore the sheathing should not crack at camera intrusion
I should probably make it up that way to try the Prairie lakes after all im from St Albert Need to find trout lakes tho. Thats all i fish for but catch others along the way Im out of Calgary and do mountain river and stream fly fishing and lake kayak fishing
There's plenty of trout lakes to dip your kayak in up here! I'd love to spend more time down south slingin bugs in those gorgeous creeks though! It would be hard to want to do anything else living so close to the mountains and the Bow.
I am not . Today I am going to be in Alma. But the bite is getting better and ice is still solid about 8”
Thanks for the comment!
Great vid
Thanks!
Whats the review on this design after 150 miles of towing it? I would imagine those pole mounts to the sled will get ripped out unless you backed them with steel plate on the inside of the sled. With my experience towing 2-300lb smittys, I would be very concerned those legs will just completely rip off of there eventually, unless you used some type of large backing plate to keep the legs from ripping off the sled. Pulling the sled by hand, this would be a 100% good design.
So far so good! I have been pulling it by hand so not much experience towing it behind anything. The sled plastic is surprisingly durable and hasn’t shown any signs of cracks or pulling through the plastic. If I was doing some serious towing behind a sled or atv I would add backing plates for security but I’m not sure it’s really needed. I have a track sled this season that I would like to take out if we get any snow! It’s a brown Christmas here in Alberta!
@@stringtheoryangling Well I hope you enjoy your season! We are still waiting on ice in northern Pennsylvania, also no snow but plenty of RAIN is our new December pattern LOL. I think im about ready to scoot further north, if its gonna be COLD I need some snow and ice a little longer than we've been seeing around here!
Come on North! There’s plenty of ice up here, 10” on most lakes around here now plus no snow! Great for playing hockey on the lake.
nice video. I've always avoided weeds in favor of sandy bottoms for shallow early season trout but I will start dangling some of my ice flies near the weeds this year....I'm curious what you use for your jaw jacker rods? TIA!
Thanks for the comment! I always used to target the very edge of the weeds thinking that’s where the traffic would be. Eventually I figured out that during early season the big trout were over top or even rooting through the weeds in pretty shallow water. Of course this is early season only. Now that we’ve had ice for a few weeks those weeds have already started to die and the trout have moved deeper. I’ve been using inexpensive fibreglass rods for my jawjacker. I have a couple fish eagle combos from cabelas that work well. I also have some fenwick hmg rods that are carbon moderate action that have held up as well!
Hey! Thanks for this, I learnt something from your video 🙌🏻 when you were talking about the weeds and in regards to the fish stationing. I’m subbing for sure! I’m in your neck of the woods, so hopefully we can cross paths! 🤙🏻
Glad it was helpful! I was out this past weekend and the weeds were already starting to turn brown. Almost time to move deep for trout. We should definitely meet up sometime!
@@stringtheoryangling oh wow that’s fast! I’m heading out tomorrow and planning on having a massive sight fishing hole- here’s to hoping they are still in shallow 🤞🏻. Let’s do a vid!
very nice job! love your presentation
Thanks! Hope you found it helpful!
Congrats man! Envy you with those trout bites! Good luck)
Good luck to you too! I hope there was enough info that you could get on em!
I find Spring Lake can be hit and miss, and heading farther away from the access provides more action! It held true back when perch were in the lake too.
I’ve noticed that it slows down too, especially as the season goes on. But now there’s Prussian carp so we can go nuts catching those instead of perch!
Great video man
Appreciate it, bud!
Nice design!!!
Thanks a lot! You think you might build one?
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great job 👍💪🎣
Thanks 👍
Nicely done man 🎥🎣👍💪
Thanks 👍
I need to find a b-29 bomber in 150’ of lake water… can this unit pull that off in your experience?
That distance is pushing it for active target but I think you could expect pretty good performance with down imaging. Using 800khz down imaging cone angle in 150 feet of water you should be viewing 125’ of ground below your boat. If you switch to a lower frequency, like 455khz, you will get even greater coverage (230 feet) of bottom but at less detail. Since you are looking for something that big, 455 kHz will get you close, then you can switch to 800 kHz for better detail on your second pass. Thanks for the comment!
Those are some decent size pike!!
There’s nothing like big pike!
Awesome outing man! I love that lake and the bite just heats up even more in fall!
Sounds like we should get out there again before the ice sets in!
Great video man keep it up
Appreciate it!
You fought that fish way too long. Then handled it too much. The odds of that fish actually surviving your release are very low. Right them faster since you're releasing them who cares if you lose it! Handle them less
You offer some good advice. I could have sped up the fight but I had already lost two fish that morning from trying to horse them in, I was being cautious. It's definitely recommended that you reduce the amount of handling time and keep the fish in the water until you are ready for your photo or measurement. Thanks for the comment.
Caught my first tiger last year at Hasse Lake by stony plain. Beautiful fish
It sure is! They fight well and eat readily as well. One of my favourite fish to catch these days.
That is one thing garmin has on live target. I can run side imaging and my luvescope without interference
One of a few features I think! I can shut off my sidescan transducer and the interference goes away but then I’m not mapping the bottom anymore!
@@stringtheoryangling with garmin I can still map without interference
It’s good to know there’s a group like this in Edmonton! Maybe we’ll bump into you guys one of these days 🎣
You could always join our group and then you will for sure bump into us! Group link here: facebook.com/groups/498620751727526/?ref=share_group_link
That is a clean setup. Was on the water yesterday for 8hrs running livescope and my 7" head unit with 3 10amp lithium batteries and I only dropped .2 volts so about 30%. You might be surprised how long you get with those two batteries. You can also add a percentage meter to them to monitor
Thanks! So far it’s been good! I was out last week and use it for about 5 hours and the battery meter only dropped 4%. I can’t remember the voltage off hand but I will pay attention next time.
Nice, welcome to the live imaging gang
Thanks bud! I really wanted to spring for the active target 2 but it’s hard to argue with a good sale.
How long is the pole? Would it be long enough for a full size boat?
Good question. I fully extended the pole to the stop indicators and it measures about 42” from the top of the pole to the transducer mounting hole. I think that should be long enough for boat use. It does feel a little flimsy at that length, I don’t think I would keep it in the water while trolling though.
@@stringtheoryangling thanks for the info.
I didn’t get a chance to do early season trout 😢
There’s always fall trout fishing!
Gorgeous trout man! Great day out
Thanks 👍. Lucky we have such quality lakes around us!
Great video keep them coming
Thanks! Will do!
Did you post the link for the facebook group?
Here it is! Thanks for asking. facebook.com/groups/498620751727526/?ref=share_group_link
Sorry if I missed it but do you prefer the Aqua Vu or the Marcum? I'm planning on buying my first camera and have narrowed it down to these options.
Sorry I missed your comment! I’ve been using the Aqua Vu revolution for the last two seasons and I really enjoy it. It’s still not HD but the pocket-ability is really nice. For a larger screen it’s hard to beat the Aqua Vu lineup with the accessories they offer, such as the trolling fin for open water. The bigger Aqua Vu camera also has more options for viewing angles on the fin. Marcum’s manta ray camera only offers horizontal or vertical for viewing angles.
Best idea so far on YT
Thanks!
Can you make me one for my otter. Jim
I am currently working on a hardware kit if there’s interest.
Yes there is interest in a kit. It's concerning that you took 9 months to answer
Sorry, Jim. I’m learning that not all comments get notifications and sometimes they just get lost. Keep an eye on the website for kits, I’m working on integrating a shop function but it’s not easy for someone new to programming!
I have a retired guy in Plymouth MN. That does metal fab.
@@lanningjw That’s great!
Great info….please ditch the music.
Yeah, I regret going so heavy on the music! It was one of my first videos! I’ll do an update of the collapsible smitty sled this season and go through it in more detail.
What is your clearances between the tubes? I have looked at a couple metal supply houses, they have square tubing, just not with rounded corners. And the fit is way too tight
Check out the article on the collapsible smitty sled that’s on my website, it has all the info you are looking for. Thanks for the comment!
Just stumbled across this. That last fish made me giggle. Guess it wasn’t a keeper.
Thanks for the comment! Sometimes they just don’t want to hang around lol
what happens when they get wet and freeze?
I sometimes have to chip away larger chunks with my ice scoop but there’s enough clearance in the tubes that ice will break away when you collapse them. It was only a problem once when I sprayed the legs with water from drilling holes to close to the shelter!
When can I order one and how much shipped to Minnesota?
Unfortunately due to the variability of each sled and ski combination it would be very difficult to put together a kit to sell. I don't have anything available for sale right now but maybe in the future!
I want to buy one😊
I am looking into putting a hardware kit together for sale. Check back on the website soon!
Thanks for the video! I have a mission camera, and have always had issues with my camera screen fogging over from getting moisture in the housing, even after a new camera. Have you had this issue as well? If so, any suggestions to limit fogging?
The screen fogging up is a tough one to deal with. I do have a couple of tips that seem to help. What I do is I bring my camera inside the house to warm up and dry out after every trip. Once it’s dry I send it back into the garage to acclimatize to the cold again. I find going from hot to cold a bunch of times causes moisture to build up in the screen. Also when in the shack if the heat is up too high the screen will fog up too so I keep it on the ice surface where it’s a bit cooler. I have the same issue with camera lenses too. It’s not the screens fault, just the cold and moisture in the air.
@@stringtheoryangling awesome, thanks for the tips! Makes sense, going from warm to cold and back.
I would buy this as a kit in a heartbeat...my 2600 is heavyyyyyy...lol. Nice build 💪
I dragged my 2600 maybe 50' before deciding to put some skis on it! They are way too heavy to haul without it.
Where did you get the double button springs?
Hi, I bought mine from Grainger Supply, which is a Canadian distributor of industrial supplies. If you are in the US, you could also order from McMaster Carr. There are links to both on my website, which is linked here: www.stringtheoryangling.ca/the-collapsible-smitty-sled/
I'm not sure the majority of peoples eyes can even detect the difference of HD vs SD on 7 inch screen especially when you factor in water clarity but will make a big difference when connected to a TV screen or recording. Something for people to factor
I think in an outdoor use scenario, especially with water quality, you are probably right but, thanks to smartphones and tablets, we are conditioned to much higher resolution screens (at least I am). The future will all be HD screens, AquaVu even reduced its SD lineup for this season.
Nice setup, great mod, and good vid,(however, it would be much more enjoyable to watch without the music)
Thanks for checking out the video! I'm starting to lean towards less music too. As I create more video content, I am starting to develop my style. In the future I think I'll ease off the music and see where it takes us!
Great design. I am doing that to my Clam Voyager.
Nice! When you do, send me a picture! Love to see other anglers setups.