Trout Camp!

We just got here, finally, up Sand Lake Road. We needed to get a shuttle for this. So we contacted Ryan at Forest the Canoe, and he was more than happy to come give us a hand. So Ryan, why don't you tell the people quickly about what you guys do at Forest the Canoe. Yeah, for sure. At Forest the Canoe, we do tours, trips, outfitting. We do focus on bringing beginners out a lot, like folks that have never been in a boat before. Maybe they want the safety of a guide to come out. Also at our base camp, we got canoe, kayak rentals. You can get all the gear you need for camping. Let's say you're coming up from the GTA. You don't want to carry it all We can help you out for sure and then we do a bunch of like day stuff, haunted hikes, True North adventure bus Yeah, just stuff to get folks out to nature Yeah, and if you guys are interested even if you need a shuttle from gear or whatever Don't hesitate to give these guys a call. They're more than helpful super happy. Thank you very much buddy. Yeah Joe here I got Tosh and Wolf with me I've always wanted to paddle the full length of the Sand River ever since I found out about it years and years ago but it was always told it was an issue getting in now that we've got the gear to get down the road we put in not too long ago and paddle across Sand Lake We're in the river now Wolfie's having a blast behind me caught a small brookie out of this first little rapid We're in we're gonna spend a few nights out here It's a decent trip probably about 60 clicks roughly and we're gonna come out on highway 17 at the Sand River exit Nope, well that was my first cast, ah second cast Yeah, so not too shabby. Let that guy go. And seriously, there was a second one chasing this fish. Same size. Oh no, just a touch bigger. Good boy, stay back. Just trying to skirt around this little tiny rapid instead of portaging. Sitting on that rock though. On this side, around this side. Take it over here, come. What? Good dog. You are a good boy. Hup, hup, hup. Good boy. Portage is that we don't think we need to take. So, I'm taking Tosh's lead on this one. on Wolfie we got a little bit of a dip here big guy good boy boy a little bit of a swift up here too looks like from moose good boy in here for sure the front make a better door than a window wolf what side of this rock did you go what side of this rock if he's running along the shore this is awesome this is awesome this is great to go here this is great missing portages having fun dogs running and i say bridge loosely that is we're just at the bottom of this little rapid waterfall thing we were able to run through i caught my fourth fish for today too small to keep but we're gonna try and catch a couple uh brookies here and um and maybe bring them to the camp for supper one minute we're we don't really have much more portaging it's all the same river so all is well he's just trying to drag a huge moose bone up out of the water what do you got bud we're We're at the end of the longest portage of the day, but there's a tiny little stream crossing and then we're back on at 4.50. And I think we'll camp pretty soon after that. It's almost 5.30. He gave up. Come on, bud. Good boy. I don't. Oh, he's swimming. That's his first time swimming. I got it on film. Good boy. Yes. Good dog. Good boy. That's my buddy. Good job, bud. Good. There you go. Duck, bud. Underneath. No, no. Stay. Wait, wait. We gotta go low. We gotta go low, buddy. Duck like this. Duck, duck, duck. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Underneath. Underneath. Good boy. Good boy. Yeah! That's my bud. Versatile, Wolfie. Versatile dog. First time here for both of us, and we're just going by a map. Don't really know about the condition of anything, so came up to this site. We're both gone, and the next site isn't for quite some time, so we have to make this work. It's not the greatest. Not that we're too upset about it. It's nice to be here, but. If we remove that log, that fallen tree, we'll have some flat spots. This is how old the fire pit is. Still remnants of the desiccator packs or whatever they're called, but check it out. This was upside down on the ground. That's the camp sign. Just looking along the side of the river here for good places to fish Check this out. Moose skull, eh? What do you think about that one? Oh, but he smokes. Look at the teeth. Look at the teeth. Nice big one. There's the rest of them. What's that, hey, buddy? That's on the punky side, but she's dry. Lovely Wilhelmina made me up some taco kit. So this is already made up, like, taco beef with seasoning in it. Freeze-dried. Wolfie had a big day, too, eh, bud? He got fed before anybody. So those are going to go in there with the remnants of the water. And I think I'll put the cheese in. Tasha's got a brilliant chair. We'll try to go pretty lightweight on this trip because there's a few big portages. but at the rate we're going if i'm following this guy we're gonna run right down a waterfall and not even portage that so all is well okay this is the powdered banana peppers i imagine they're potent i put some in already so i don't want to put too much more but uh it's almost ready to go okay i'm looking at this way too long tastes more like taco bell than when i eat it at home well if that's not the most canadian scene i've ever seen Fire, canoe upturned, dog chewing on a moose skull. He doesn't even take it. Yeah, don't scratch up that canoe, bud. There he goes. Just checking over the map right now, looking at our progress and stuff. Feeling pretty good about things. And just loving seeing this in front of me. Honestly love it. All right, Wolfie boy. What? Just my little flash that I had. Come on, buddy. Come on, good boy. In the tent. In the tent we go. That's a good boy. Stay off my stuff. We'll go right on top of it. I don't know, man. Oh, you went blank there? Just pull the Joe. You know, hold him there. You did such a good job today. Proud of you, buddy. Good job. Well, today was a good day. It was super... Today was a good day. I was super proud of Wolf. We've been going for a long time today. He had a long time in the car And then he sat in the canoe Like a champ Then ran along the shore like a champ Chased a moose I think Chewed on a moose bone Didn't rip a hole in my tent this time Check this out When he was like 4 or 5 months I met up with Tosh and Cooper And Tosh's brother on the French River And see these patches He ripped, jumped on top of the tent Ripped it all up and everything Not knowing what was going on And now here he is full grown, over a year old sleeping next to me after taking this day like a champ and this isn't the first time, really really happy anyways, great day with Tosh here and tomorrow shaping up to be a good one too I'm sure, we're doing really good progress, we're not even trying to go fast by any means and it's just we're moving, so we're going to go to bed man, I'm tired and tomorrow's another day excited for it, happy to be here it's like the fourth or fifth trip now with no bugs so yeah it's got to be getting that time well we've been going up or not down Ontario you know I mean hitting we're up north now so I imagine they'll be out in Algonquin where we camped together last two trips ago three trips ago from you know okay good night good morning how'd you sleep bud oh god cold last night Frosty just a bit. It's taller than me flame is taller than me. It's not that's not really a big. Yeah Oh man, this feels amazing Wolfie food frozen on this thing Coming around the dinner minute here. I'm just waiting for him. You know with Wolfie on this little island. That's bony man Did you see that one rock going in the way? There's your buddy. Hey, there's your buddy Just sitting on the gun all day man. Nice Tosh Yeah, we just came around this little bend and we're just kind of like stop for a second as Tosh is like This is a fishing hole. I'm grabbing my flat fishing rod already first cast. We're doing all right We're gonna take a couple more casts here and have a nice shore lunch I think on the lookout for a spot to stop and cook these fish up. It's gonna be an early lunch I'm actually starting to get a bit hungry but we really just truthfully don't want to carry these fish around with us too much longer so there should be a campsite coming up and a portage portage means potentially a rapid so go there get a fire going maybe try and catch another fish get these fish cleaned up i'm going to uh cook them a different way than i normally do so i'm excited for that we've got some ingredients that i don't normally bring so i'm gonna do that wolfie's gonna get some and uh i'm looking forward to it. It's a beautiful day. It's so very comfortable. We've had a lot a lot of good luck on weather on these past four or five spring canoe trips. No bugs. Little shallow I scraped and I hung up. on a rock I had to push myself off with my hand and it's kind of front heavy but like it's probably alright pushing me around too around too Let's not play in the in the rapids here. Maybe he's got to do some scouting the rapids or lining or 150 meter portage but I beat my boat up pretty good yesterday and I had those fish in my boat so decided to hopefully Tosh grabs another one if not no big deal Wolfie barked at him. So like I said I'm gonna do things a bit different cooking wise this time. a few trout here. wild leeks I picked at home I've already got some chopped up. we've got some fish there and I also have I've got some dill. So we're gonna throw some dill on the inside. grass clippings on my butter now. Butter inside we're gonna put a little touch of olive oil on the outside. Alright time to uh check this bad boy out and see what's going on toasty toasty buttery let's see and steamy it's folly a party oh i think it's done tosh yeah i think so man come check it out but oh yeah yeah yeah oh buddy you skin it all that's on point there's nothing wrong with that lovely lovely the skin just peels right off and the meat comes off the bones like nobody's business Look at that. All right dig in man. Yeah, that's done. Okay, you try this again. Yeah, it's good. That's awesome It takes a week and 11 here buddy. Hey, you certainly have the head bud slides right off the bone Look at that. Look at that peeling off perfect Hot dude, that's hot. Just wait. Yeah, man. This way you get more out of it too, right spinectomy That's what i said. I need it. What do you think buddy? It's too hot Oh slick felix the cat stuff. Wolfie's eating his now. Good boy there you go gulp that minnow down tosh what do you got spinectomy merchant of dirt bam oh my goodness this is probably gonna be the way i do it now they're like yeah a few like here and there yeah the um really this is a better thing for at camp like it takes a minute deep frying it or frying with fish crisps would have been faster but we wanted to do this and there's not a guarantee We're gonna cook fish tonight. So jump on it. No. Oh, oh, yeah, those leeks are great, right? I just got one really mild onion. Uh-huh, especially when you cook it. Yeah, if you eat it raw It's a little bit more oniony like here have one bite one of these bite one of these more bites Yeah, a little stronger but when you cook it Yes, you can roast them too on the fire just like in the husk in the green leaves and everything and then it could taste pretty good for us to kind of caramelize it kind of thing. Oh ----, look at that. Here buddy. Good boy. Eat up that spine. Might be a little bony though, you know? I'd be happy about that. You gonna eat that head? You gonna eat that fish head, bro? Nothing but the best for you, body ball. Thank you. No, no. That was awesome. Yeah, I'm happy you liked it. It turned out good. I don't know that I've ever done it this way. Me neither, dude. Maybe at home once or twice. Oh wow, those leeks. Holy crap.