Taku, if those fisher people who ignored you were Canadian I apologize on behalf of them. That is not usual Canadian behavior. I hope the rest of your time that was spent in Canada was fun and safe. Thanks for the great videos. From a west coast Canadian.🇨🇦
@Brian Rose I felt that too, I'm not Canadian, I'm Montana' an or whatever. I have NEVER met a Canadian that was rude or not like a friend I never met!!! Those guys where D-Bags for sure!!
And there you go again, making a masterpiece out of your food, and it wasn't even from the water! Looked like an amazing dish, in an amazing setting! Can't wait to see what's in store for you guys in Alaska. I just LOVE that state!
Hey Taku, Sorry you had an unpleasant experience with those fly fishermen. As a Canadian fly fisher we share pretty much everything with other folks to make sure everyone share the fun. I am not a TH-camr but I used to post a few videos. I fish a lot. If you want some fly fishing help look me up. Enjoy the rest of your trip. Be safe
if a guy with a camera barked at me 'what is it', 'what is it', i'd have the same response. Taku's gotta work on his etiquette and communication skills with other anglers eh.
I was taken from Michigan to Alaska when I was a child. I still have those memories. Most of the time was fishing. But it was also flying. There are so many things that Noone can understand until they do it.
Hey! Sometimes it’s not the drag that is broken but the line spinning on the spool- usually happens when braid is used. Check before you toss a good reel!
Thanks for including us on another relaxing video, with epic drone shots that look like a Bob Ross painting. The food always looks appealing and delicious , no matter what's available. Really eager and looking forward to watching your Alaska series, safe travels 💕🚐🎣🙏👍
Hello taku I fish pike almost everyday , your best best is 5 of diamonds , red devil treble hooks , and you need to use a steel leader pike have sharp teeth and will bite you off , 10-20 pound test whatever you prefer really , or use pickerel rig with minnows or shiners if you decide to fish from shore , and that tiger lure isn’t bad , pike are predators and they eat anything lol
When I lived in North Dakota we used half ounce up to ounce clothespin style white spinner baits with big willow leaf blades of bright silver and also Brass, skirt’s were white, sometimes white and chartreuse. Your leaders have to be short and heavy to avoid bite offs. In Canada we often caught Pike over 50 pounds. Good fishing my friend
The drone shots were absolutely unreal! Especially with that water being like glass. I enjoyed every second of this vid! So peaceful. Steak looked unreal as always Taku! I hope the mosquitoes let up a bit!!
In the EU on the big lakes we mostly go trolling for big pike. We use crankbaits and big rubber lures ca. 20- 35 cm in length to troll for them. In the summer speeds from 3,5-4,5 km/h are best. The depth varies from 3-6 m depth. The biggest pike are often far out in lake. They follow species like whitefish. It you are into casting structure like dead trees, in and outlets and weeds close to shore often hold some promise. Good luck and good catches
Northern Pike are great! Usually an aggressive rattling bait, something called a rattle trap works great! The bigger ones tend to swim towards deeper water so sometimes even a shallow diver works! But the most consistent pike fishing i’ve ever done is on rivers of bigger lakes where water tends to pool up and form little basins. The love hunting near lillie’s where you can find drop offs. And you’ll know it’s a pike when it hits, they take your line and run fast like a barracuda, crazy fighting fish man good luck!!!!
#OutdoorChefLife Yes, me, my husband and my mom drove all the way from Jacksonville, FL to Anchorage, AK (through the beautiful Canada). I love British Columbia, it was so clean and beautiful. Everything is awesome, wonderful creation. Pictures can't even do justice. We lived in Alaska for 2 1/2 years then drove back and headed to Washington. We drove the AlCan Highway twice.
Excellent video, Taku! It was a pleasure getting to meet you today and a big thanks for sharing the delicious salmon! I hope you enjoy the rest of your time in AK and I look forward to seeing the next video!
Hey Taku, love the vids! Just fyi - trout tend to have weaker jaws. If you're planning on releasing them you shouldn't hold them up by their mouth as that can hyperextend their jaw or break it
Pike. Red Devil spoon over weed beds and or near drop off. Don't be shy to put on one of the bigger ones. Bigger lure, bigger fish. Also, if you find a weed bed, don't be shy to go top water, Zara Spook or frog. Pike are vicious hunters and like to ATTACK. Pike have really sharp teeth, might want to tie on a metal leader and use a swivel so line doesn't get all twisted and tangled.
It is possible if you are using braid with no backer or tape around the spool that the line could spinning around the spool. That’s usually the cause if the drag is all the way tight. Spool on a few yards of mono line or wrap the spool with a piece of electrical tape or duct tape to give the line something to grip.
"Much more superior" - that's some good superlative work!!! Love this channel! I bought one of your rash guard type long sleeve shirts, love it so much, and then it was immediately was stolen!
I have been fishing for northern pike exactly like that for my whole life. With a canoe, a rapala, glassy northern lake. It seems to me like you don't want to paddle too fast with the rapala. There is no need, I think it can scare the fish a bit. A slow cruise works well.
Taku, aside from complimenting you on another fantastic video, I would like to apologize on behalf of all flyfishermen who aren't a-holes. Glad to see you're coming back to Alaska... Deermeat has been here in Seward for quite a while this summer
Having lived in Northern BC and the Yukon for years Pike was a staple. I had my best success casting close to the outer edge of weed beds and close to inflow creeks. You will rarely find them in deeper water. Spoons and spinners work really well.
Exactly the same here in Finland. They like to hang around suprisingly shallow waters. Even the big ones. Spinners has worked for me aswell, they don't have to big. Something similar than the bullet lure Taku has!
I catch pike all the time by casting very big red and white spoons, Basically as big as you can find. Let it hit bottom and reel fast. Pike are predators (basically a freshwater shark) so they don’t need to be enticed much. They like big splashes too so you often get hit right after the lure hits the water.
Hey Taku, you might be having issues related to line slippage on the reel, very common for me to get calls in regards to that since I work for a major fishing company.
I had steak and potatoes last night. Tri tip on the grill, twice baked potatoes with bacon, sour cream, butter, and chives fresh from my garden. Then grilled corn while the tri tip was resting
Northern Pike ❤️i fish for them kinda like bass, they re predatory fish! They hide and wait for something to pass by. Swimbait, Spinner bait, topwater etc work well. Maybe you will have luck and hook a muskie 😛 love ur Chanel Taku! But be carefull with those pike, they have like 700 Teeth ! Dont put ur finger there, we need them 😂
i love when chefs say "a little bit of salt and a little bit of pepper" and then throw in a mess. and "a little bit of oil" too. plus your 1 inch steak is more about 1 3/4s. sorry I build guitars and cabinetry, so I kinda have an eye for these things. shout out to some native american tribes while you're up there, they are awesome.
for pike pretty much anything works! Although personally I've caught them on soft plastics, spinner baits and rapalas (lures I use for bass aswell). Try and fish over weed beds that's where they seem to hang out but they can also easily be found in small rivers and creeks.
It’s Taku Wednesday here in Scotland - pike tend to feed near the shore line in weedy areas where they can hide - beef looked well tasty though - cheers Gordon
I’ve caught most of the pike in My life closer to shore and along the edges of weed beds and the like, especially shallow weedy bays where the big boys like to lay in the sun…we have found they will hit many top baits, spoons and the like, Personally I have by far caught the most pike on Len Thompson 5 of diamonds or red and white; a bit old school but always effective.
My family and I go up the northern MN every year to fish. Atleast one day we go for Northern pike and we usually limit. The love perch colored rapalas, like the one you used. Small one, big ones alike. Decent sized little cleos or spoons they also love. Red and sliver, magenta and gold, black and gold. Great colors for any lure, Rapala, or spoon
If you want to catch grayling there's a lake you'll be passing if you're driving to the Anchorage area first. It's one of my favorite places to fish up here. The lake has both grayling and rainbow trout.
Hooo Cuz🤙!!! That steak & sides looked ONO Bruddah!! Wow I know I complained about always the one kind cook even though you do switch it up…I’ll never complain again after that steak I’m copying that this weekend to a “T”…much Aloha Fo Dat Kine Grindz 🤙
Another excellent video. It was nice to see you visit the Yukon Territory, on your way to Alaska. The views are spectacular. You finished it off with a nice meal. Cheers, Taku and Jocelyn! #TakuTuesday ✌️
Seems like your using braid on your baitcaster did you back up the reel with any mono or fluro line if not the breaks will slip with braid time to time. Hope this help.
Taku I really enjoy your guy's vids. If possible, please highlight more of your cooking ware, i.e., what type of grill/grate did you use to cook those amazing looking steaks.
BEcareful of the Y bones. There are a few good videos that showed me how to get most of the meet out without bones. DEfinitely a little challenging compared to your reg table fair. Goodluck and Godbess!
Fish the shorelines for pike and get yourself some topwater lures. Pike are so agressive that they are an absolute blast on topwater. Buzzbaits, frogs, mice, poppers, or whatever else you can find.
For pike fishing, troll around lily pads and weed lines while casting a spoon such as a daredevil. If the northern are there, they’ll most certainly attack. They also have razor sharp teeth so you’ll want a steel liter at the end of your line
Enjoy your summer travels I know you'll kill it in AK. ITMT we have an epic salmon bite a PP harbor. Party boats back off FAC water by 9AM. Anchovies raining from the sky as birds are stuffed. I know your local buddies will soon be chiming in. Safe travels
Taku, if those fisher people who ignored you were Canadian I apologize on behalf of them. That is not usual Canadian behavior. I hope the rest of your time that was spent in Canada was fun and safe. Thanks for the great videos. From a west coast Canadian.🇨🇦
@Brian Rose I felt that too, I'm not Canadian, I'm Montana' an or whatever. I have NEVER met a Canadian that was rude or not like a friend I never met!!! Those guys where D-Bags for sure!!
I agree, I am Canadian and that is not common, maybe they were having a bad day, it happens to the best of us
LOL he's a TH-camr!!!! He used boga grippers on a trout that you are supposed to release!!!!!!!!! God damn you Jerries are incredible
Lol hunters and fishers are usually super territorial. It’s rather annoying considering getting skunked isn’t life or death anymore
Those dudes do not, NOT represent the majority of Canadians. Apologies Taku.
I love how we can hear the birds tweeting away while you were prepping and grilling, what a perfect meal.
Love the channel, happy to be part pf the half a million followers. Tight lines
And there you go again, making a masterpiece out of your food, and it wasn't even from the water! Looked like an amazing dish, in an amazing setting! Can't wait to see what's in store for you guys in Alaska. I just LOVE that state!
Don't worry. They ignored you because they can't tell you they catch the trout you let go.
this is most likely the case haha
What a gorgeous setting! And the old steak and potatoes stable. Love all your content and food man! Inspiring for sure Cheers IN THE OUT 👊🏻
poor potatoes..
Hey Taku, Sorry you had an unpleasant experience with those fly fishermen. As a Canadian fly fisher we share pretty much everything with other folks to make sure everyone share the fun. I am not a TH-camr but I used to post a few videos. I fish a lot. If you want some fly fishing help look me up. Enjoy the rest of your trip. Be safe
if a guy with a camera barked at me 'what is it', 'what is it', i'd have the same response. Taku's gotta work on his etiquette and communication skills with other anglers eh.
Aaaaw.... your stakes put together is heartーshaped 😮😊🎉❤😂
I was taken from Michigan to Alaska when I was a child. I still have those memories. Most of the time was fishing. But it was also flying. There are so many things that Noone can understand until they do it.
I love it😆!! Joycelyn has to know she’s screwed when you say I’ll be back at this time blah blah 😆😂…the boyz be fishin!!!
Wow cinematography was UNREAL in this one. ❤
You know its a good day when Outdoor Chef Life uploads a video. Your videos are just top tier
very clear lake and gorgeous snow-capped mountains!!!
Those landscape shots at the start were absolutely insane!!! Love the vids Taku 😎
LOL spoken like a true fisherman. Closed out the video gets a bite and now we have time to fish.
Hey! Sometimes it’s not the drag that is broken but the line spinning on the spool- usually happens when braid is used. Check before you toss a good reel!
Thanks for including us on another relaxing video, with epic drone shots that look like a Bob Ross painting. The food always looks appealing and delicious , no matter what's available. Really eager and looking forward to watching your Alaska series, safe travels 💕🚐🎣🙏👍
Those weren’t “look alike” paintings from Bob Ross, that IS Bob Ross’ work that he blesses us with from above lol❤️
Hello taku I fish pike almost everyday , your best best is 5 of diamonds , red devil treble hooks , and you need to use a steel leader pike have sharp teeth and will bite you off , 10-20 pound test whatever you prefer really , or use pickerel rig with minnows or shiners if you decide to fish from shore , and that tiger lure isn’t bad , pike are predators and they eat anything lol
When I lived in North Dakota we used half ounce up to ounce clothespin style white spinner baits with big willow leaf blades of bright silver and also Brass, skirt’s were white, sometimes white and chartreuse. Your leaders have to be short and heavy to avoid bite offs. In Canada we often caught Pike over 50 pounds. Good fishing my friend
The drone shots were absolutely unreal! Especially with that water being like glass. I enjoyed every second of this vid! So peaceful. Steak looked unreal as always Taku! I hope the mosquitoes let up a bit!!
In the EU on the big lakes we mostly go trolling for big pike. We use crankbaits and big rubber lures ca. 20- 35 cm in length to troll for them. In the summer speeds from 3,5-4,5 km/h are best. The depth varies from 3-6 m depth. The biggest pike are often far out in lake. They follow species like whitefish. It you are into casting structure like dead trees, in and outlets and weeds close to shore often hold some promise. Good luck and good catches
Northern Pike are great! Usually an aggressive rattling bait, something called a rattle trap works great! The bigger ones tend to swim towards deeper water so sometimes even a shallow diver works! But the most consistent pike fishing i’ve ever done is on rivers of bigger lakes where water tends to pool up and form little basins. The love hunting near lillie’s where you can find drop offs. And you’ll know it’s a pike when it hits, they take your line and run fast like a barracuda, crazy fighting fish man good luck!!!!
#OutdoorChefLife Yes, me, my husband and my mom drove all the way from Jacksonville, FL to Anchorage, AK (through the beautiful Canada). I love British Columbia, it was so clean and beautiful. Everything is awesome, wonderful creation. Pictures can't even do justice. We lived in Alaska for 2 1/2 years then drove back and headed to Washington. We drove the AlCan Highway twice.
Excellent video, Taku! It was a pleasure getting to meet you today and a big thanks for sharing the delicious salmon! I hope you enjoy the rest of your time in AK and I look forward to seeing the next video!
Love the Yukon Brewing feature!! The radler is my favourite summer day-drinking beer ☀️
1:43 looks like a screen saver😳😅 Dope video as always🤙🏼 Safe travels to you & Jocelyn.
Hey Taku, love the vids! Just fyi - trout tend to have weaker jaws. If you're planning on releasing them you shouldn't hold them up by their mouth as that can hyperextend their jaw or break it
Pike. Red Devil spoon over weed beds and or near drop off. Don't be shy to put on one of the bigger ones. Bigger lure, bigger fish. Also, if you find a weed bed, don't be shy to go top water, Zara Spook or frog. Pike are vicious hunters and like to ATTACK. Pike have really sharp teeth, might want to tie on a metal leader and use a swivel so line doesn't get all twisted and tangled.
I love that Taku is doing a trip with subscribers!
I love that you can hear the birds in the back ground.
It is possible if you are using braid with no backer or tape around the spool that the line could spinning around the spool. That’s usually the cause if the drag is all the way tight. Spool on a few yards of mono line or wrap the spool with a piece of electrical tape or duct tape to give the line something to grip.
For Alaska pike you can use pretty much any top water lures like frogs or mice. They bite small swimbaits and Spinnerbaits works as well.
"Much more superior" - that's some good superlative work!!! Love this channel! I bought one of your rash guard type long sleeve shirts, love it so much, and then it was immediately was stolen!
i absolutely love this guys culinary skills!!!! 😊👍 u really inspire me
You both really inspire me to wanna do things like this everytime I watch your video!
Wow it’s amazing yo thanks for let me watching this view 🤩 😮 😯
I have been fishing for northern pike exactly like that for my whole life. With a canoe, a rapala, glassy northern lake. It seems to me like you don't want to paddle too fast with the rapala. There is no need, I think it can scare the fish a bit. A slow cruise works well.
Taku, aside from complimenting you on another fantastic video, I would like to apologize on behalf of all flyfishermen who aren't a-holes. Glad to see you're coming back to Alaska... Deermeat has been here in Seward for quite a while this summer
Pretty sure that background is a bob ross painting. Just beautiful
Fishing for pike. Len Thompson Spoon No. 0 to 4 (I like a 1 or a 2) in the Red Five of Diamonds or Red Devil pattern usually works at least in Canada.
Taku I have the same anker power station. Using it currently to charge my cameras. It is excellent. A necessity while camping
very nice presentation with a nice ambiance with a healthy FOODS.
That looks amazing!!!! I love camp cooking. So much better out in nature than in a kitchen. And I love her hair!
Having lived in Northern BC and the Yukon for years Pike was a staple. I had my best success casting close to the outer edge of weed beds and close to inflow creeks. You will rarely find them in deeper water. Spoons and spinners work really well.
Spinner caught me 2 this past weekend in Quebec and a smallie and a walleye.
@@MarcMartino What kind of spinners? 1/8th or 1/6th oz inline spinners or do you get bigger ones for pike? Going on a trip to Colorado next month
Exactly, spinners will do best, however dead bait will do, live bait worked ideal, if it was still allowed.
Exactly the same here in Finland. They like to hang around suprisingly shallow waters. Even the big ones. Spinners has worked for me aswell, they don't have to big. Something similar than the bullet lure Taku has!
@@nera4088 I was using a green and silver #5 Veltic and a 3/8 with a white skirt with trailer hook..
I might be seeing things but I’m fairly certain you had a visitor or two under your kayak at the 10:53 mark. Decent sized fish swims up behind you.
I catch pike all the time by casting very big red and white spoons, Basically as big as you can find. Let it hit bottom and reel fast. Pike are predators (basically a freshwater shark) so they don’t need to be enticed much. They like big splashes too so you often get hit right after the lure hits the water.
Happy 4th July Taku! Enjoy watching from Cambodia 🎉🎉🎉
It’s a great day when outdoor chef life uploads a video
Hey Taku, you might be having issues related to line slippage on the reel, very common for me to get calls in regards to that since I work for a major fishing company.
Drive the Dempster highway up to Tuk. Lots of pike around as well as Arctic grayling. Beautiful scenery and people.
at 10:50 you can see two fish swim up from behind into the shadow of the kayak
Great video Taku. Pretty sure that’s a big brook trout based on the orange and white fins and the orange belly
Very Good Video 📹 👍 👌. The food looked Excellent 👌 😋
Awesome, congratulations 👏.
Enjoy 🙌.
JO JO IN VT 😆💕
Thanks for sharing your experiences Taku. Your Vlogs are always so cool 😎
I had steak and potatoes last night. Tri tip on the grill, twice baked potatoes with bacon, sour cream, butter, and chives fresh from my garden. Then grilled corn while the tri tip was resting
Northern Pike ❤️i fish for them kinda like bass, they re predatory fish! They hide and wait for something to pass by. Swimbait, Spinner bait, topwater etc work well. Maybe you will have luck and hook a muskie 😛 love ur Chanel Taku! But be carefull with those pike, they have like 700 Teeth ! Dont put ur finger there, we need them 😂
i love when chefs say "a little bit of salt and a little bit of pepper" and then throw in a mess. and "a little bit of oil" too. plus your 1 inch steak is more about 1 3/4s. sorry I build guitars and cabinetry, so I kinda have an eye for these things. shout out to some native american tribes while you're up there, they are awesome.
That place is beautiful!! Was gonna ask what that thing was on the line with the rapala but then saw it was a camera, pretty cool action shots!!!
Love you videos dude taku Tuesday’s are on of my fav can’t believe I missed it yesterday.
I lovd your videos . Its always peacefull.
Taku, so glad you made it to safely to Alaska. I’ve been following you and I’m currently in Anchorage. Hope we meet somewhere soon! Love your shows!!
Good morning Beautiful Wednesday Taku!
those mountains in the start of the video were unreal....
for pike pretty much anything works! Although personally I've caught them on soft plastics, spinner baits and rapalas (lures I use for bass aswell). Try and fish over weed beds that's where they seem to hang out but they can also easily be found in small rivers and creeks.
YESSSS ALASKA VIDEOS ARE BACK 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
2 minutes in and I just had to pause and say what an amazing view! You weren't kidding about that glass.
10:57 looks like a fish swimming towards the paddle. Lol
It’s Taku Wednesday here in Scotland - pike tend to feed near the shore line in weedy areas where they can hide - beef looked well tasty though - cheers Gordon
I apologize guys jus updating myself on some episodes i miss, love your videos just forgotten to hit the likes❤
Here in Minnesota that is a great lure and great color we use for pike. I use that exact same lure so I think you could keep using it
I’ve caught most of the pike in My life closer to shore and along the edges of weed beds and the like, especially shallow weedy bays where the big boys like to lay in the sun…we have found they will hit many top baits, spoons and the like, Personally I have by far caught the most pike on Len Thompson 5 of diamonds or red and white; a bit old school but always effective.
Wow! What a views. Such a beautiful
My family and I go up the northern MN every year to fish. Atleast one day we go for Northern pike and we usually limit. The love perch colored rapalas, like the one you used. Small one, big ones alike. Decent sized little cleos or spoons they also love. Red and sliver, magenta and gold, black and gold. Great colors for any lure, Rapala, or spoon
If you want to catch grayling there's a lake you'll be passing if you're driving to the Anchorage area first. It's one of my favorite places to fish up here. The lake has both grayling and rainbow trout.
That place is breathtaking
Hooo Cuz🤙!!! That steak & sides looked ONO Bruddah!! Wow I know I complained about always the one kind cook even though you do switch it up…I’ll never complain again after that steak I’m copying that this weekend to a “T”…much Aloha Fo Dat Kine Grindz 🤙
Lakers are so fun and great eating, greetings from southern Ontario, hope you had a great time in our beautiful country.
23:03 the steaks look like a
When fishing in Canada, make sure you set that hook! Especially since you have to pinch the barbs on your lures in most of the provinces.
Another excellent video. It was nice to see you visit the Yukon Territory, on your way to Alaska. The views are spectacular. You finished it off with a nice meal. Cheers, Taku and Jocelyn! #TakuTuesday ✌️
Seems like your using braid on your baitcaster did you back up the reel with any mono or fluro line if not the breaks will slip with braid time to time. Hope this help.
24:07 you know you have one hell of a steak when you can stand it on its side 🤣🤤🤤
Did Taku mount a Scotty rod holder on a foldable kayak?!? This seems like a sweet setup. Please do a walk through!
I saw hus folding kayak in a few recent videos but I missed where he got it and the brand. Seems to be working
We love you guys!! ❤️
Taku I really enjoy your guy's vids. If possible, please highlight more of your cooking ware, i.e., what type of grill/grate did you use to cook those amazing looking steaks.
That meal looked LOVELY
Love all your videos. You should definitely do a Northern Pike Catch and Cook. Considered a trash fish, but the are delicious. The bigger the better!
BEcareful of the Y bones. There are a few good videos that showed me how to get most of the meet out without bones. DEfinitely a little challenging compared to your reg table fair. Goodluck and Godbess!
That drone footage was fire. I'll have more please!😉
Deer meat for dinner is in Alaska, I know Alaska is huge but you should see if you can calab...😁he did with Hiro.
Love to you both 💯
man you're living my dream, you're an inspiration, keep it up.
When I think if Alaska I think of Jewel and the 90s Jocelyn gives me those vibes lol
Nice catch awesome video to watch and like the steak dinner also 👍🏽
Feels so good to see you release the fish.
Fish the shorelines for pike and get yourself some topwater lures. Pike are so agressive that they are an absolute blast on topwater. Buzzbaits, frogs, mice, poppers, or whatever else you can find.
For pike fishing, troll around lily pads and weed lines while casting a spoon such as a daredevil. If the northern are there, they’ll most certainly attack.
They also have razor sharp teeth so you’ll want a steel liter at the end of your line
What a beautiful view on the video looks amazing .
That steak on the fire is so satisfying 😍
Enjoy your summer travels I know you'll kill it in AK. ITMT we have an epic salmon bite a PP harbor. Party boats back off FAC water by 9AM. Anchovies raining from the sky as birds are stuffed.
I know your local buddies will soon be chiming in.
Safe travels
Love your channel guys, all the way from Down Under, Hobart, Tasmania!