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IceShanty Main => General Ice Fishing Chit Chat => Topic started by: FreshwaterPhil on Nov 14, 2022, 08:27 PM
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Anyone else watching the game of inches ice fishing competition on Youtube?
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i saw that in my suggested videos...will check it out later..
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I did watch the 1st wave, well 4 of the 5 anyway. Won't watch one contestant. Interesting to observe the different personalities one after the other. Saw that the 2nd installments are now out; will have to remember to watch them.
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I did watch the 1st wave, well 4 of the 5 anyway. Won't watch one contestant. Interesting to observe the different personalities one after the other. Saw that the 2nd installments are now out; will have to remember to watch them.
Watched a few of the day 2 videos last nights. Some serious dudes geared to the gills.
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We watched the first rounds and Claytons second video. I've got my money on Clayton! Hope to watch a few others tonight.
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I watched all of the first round, and will watch each follow up round as well. All though I am rooting for Catch & Cook, after the first round, I believe Clayton may take the W.
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We watched the first rounds and Claytons second video. I've got my money on Clayton! Hope to watch a few others tonight.
The most western based teams have a much better shot at winning in general, due to the way the competition and species are set.
I don't root for anyone, but I have fished with Andrew from team apbassing a few times, back when he lived closer to where I do, and he was just getting into carp fishing at the time. We even managed to ice some together back in 2015.
(http://www.freshwaterphil.com/images/andrewcarp0309152.jpg) (http://www.freshwaterphil.com/images/philcarp030915.jpg)
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Would be nice to have it all wrapped up in one video vs several, but I understand the production and editing cost of that is a massive undertaking. Also would have been nice to see UnCuts videos. But I also understand what's going on there too, so they should have just dropped them from the competition promotions if they knew there wouldn't be any videos ready to roll or lack or participation. Life happens, I get it.
I also think CSO will win, but never underestimate the Geeks, they are tough competitors.
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I've been watching. I go from one video to the next. Can't wait for more.
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Loving it so far, and trying to take lessons from each episode too.
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I have watched 1st day of all the teams. I enjoy seeing the different tactics and planning by each team. I am hoping Clayton's team wins the 6 grand just because I enjoy his YouTube channel the best.
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Popped up in suggested videos, gonna watch tonight:)
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Tonight is a good night to catch up on these.
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timing of release was perfect. have enjoyed all of them.
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Too bad Uncut Angling didn't submit their videos. I hope Aaron is doing alright, getting any help he needs. Every time Uncut posts a video I get hopeful that they are back, but then there is another 4 month break.
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I'll be honest, the last handful of years of uncut videos as few as they are, are pretty uninteresting. dudes got some stuff he's going through and thats all fine or whatever but its definitely not "must watch" for me anymore.
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Was wondering about Uncut not posting videos, he used to have some really cool content until recently. Top of the food chain fisherman as well.
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Yeah too bad uncut is not in but those SK boys and Shick know how to put fish on the ice… good set of vids to get revved up for this year.
Uncut did recently post a new vid which was pretty entertaining…he is creative and entertaining to say the least
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Watched a few of the videos, pretty entertaining. I love the formate of 7 species in 5 days. Would be a lot of fun.
Thanks for sharing!
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Day 3 now on YT.
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Didn't see any full day 3 clips, only trailer this morning. I believe they are all premiering this evening.
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Day 3 was a gong show for team catch and conquer with Preric wigging out but good on his partner for pulling through.
Team Frostbite had a really nice walleye and man that Cooper guy gets funny when he's losing his mind waiting for a bite. lol!
Quiet day for the Konrad's and a bust for Catch and Cook as well with their machine failure and lost time.
Team CSO getting it done, as usual...
I think Conrads are in the lead though, with CSO in second. So far, my original assessment of the more Western teams having the edge is holding up. Simply much better specimens of each species in those regions. That being said, it ain't over till it's over :)
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Yeah too bad uncut is not in but those SK boys and Shick know how to put fish on the ice… good set of vids to get revved up for this year.
Uncut did recently post a new vid which was pretty entertaining…he is creative and entertaining to say the least
I think this series was filmed back in March. How has Uncut not had time to edit their footage yet? Did they fish poorly and not want to show it? AP freaking out and leaving is also strange. A lot of drama.
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Been enjoying the videos so far. Will end up watching them this week for week #3.
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Just finished watching the 5 teams day 4 videos. Strangely enough, Uncut seems to have the lead going into day 4, so it seems that they actually fished the competition. Wonder what happened to all their footage. Maybe a last minute release?
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Addicted. Just as good as 39 hrs. Needs to happen annually.
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Just finished watching the 5 teams day 4 videos. Strangely enough, Uncut seems to have the lead going into day 4, so it seems that they actually fished the competition. Wonder what happened to all their footage. Maybe a last minute release?
No last minute release. Already been confirmed by everyone Uncut will not have videos. I almost guarantee Aaron did not edit his videos because of the AP sh*t show. This was AP's idea. And in my opinion, the production quality is way way way less than 39 hours. Each team edit's their own. So storyline, connectivity and overall quality is much on average lower, and all over the place. It seems that Uncut's biggest pet peeve over the years is quality videos/production value. 39 hours could be on espn right off the jump. High quality stuff. Game of inches is fun, but low quality imo. And so, when AP bailed mid competition, even though it was his idea...that had to be the reason aaron just didnt edit his videos. Had nothing to due with mental health as was rumored in other forums. Had to do with AP sh*t show. As a fan of all of them, Im still watching.
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No last minute release. Already been confirmed by everyone Uncut will not have videos. I almost guarantee Aaron did not edit his videos because of the AP sh*t show. This was AP's idea. And in my opinion, the production quality is way way way less than 39 hours. Each team edit's their own. So storyline, connectivity and overall quality is much on average lower, and all over the place. It seems that Uncut's biggest pet peeve over the years is quality videos/production value. 39 hours could be on espn right off the jump. High quality stuff. Game of inches is fun, but low quality imo. And so, when AP bailed mid competition, even though it was his idea...that had to be the reason aaron just didnt edit his videos. Had nothing to due with mental health as was rumored in other forums. Had to do with AP sh*t show. As a fan of all of them, Im still watching.
AP needs to get some mental help. That kid has so much going for him but keeps running away from everything.
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Aside from all the noise, watching Clayton pull up that Laker was magical!
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Aside from all the noise, watching Clayton pull up that Laker was magical!
Definitely best day 4 catch of any of the teams. Epic.
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Aside from all the noise, watching Clayton pull up that Laker was magical!
Clayton is great to watch. Is there anybody more enthusiastic about fishing than him?
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Clayton is great to watch. Is there anybody more enthusiastic about fishing than him?
Clayton bringing that laker in was fun to watch! Gotta appreciate this mans passion!
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I’m all caught up on day 4 now. My only complaint about this series is that it’s hard to tell who’s in the lead with each team making their own video. One video that goes back and forth to each team throughout the day would be much better.
We should do a game of inches style photo tournament here.
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We should do a game of inches style photo tournament here.
Would be a fun idea, bragging rights per species. Either monthly or season long.
Possibly come up with some way to level the playing field, as different region are better suited to bigger specimens of certain species. As well, many species are closed in certain places, such as lakers throughout Quebec, bass & Musky in Ontario, etc. Maybe I'm just overthinking this.
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Would be a fun idea, bragging rights per species. Either monthly or season long.
Possibly come up with some way to level the playing field, as different region are better suited to bigger specimens of certain species. As well, many species are closed in certain places, such as lakers throughout Quebec, bass & Musky in Ontario, etc. Maybe I'm just overthinking this.
I think we could just do it season long and as many different species as you can catch. Start a topic and just keep adding/editing the photos of your new fish to your original post and give your total inches. It would be fun to see all the different species people catch and give people an excuse to target different fish.
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I think we could just do it season long and as many different species as you can catch. Start a topic and just keep adding/editing the photos of your new fish to your original post and give your total inches. It would be fun to see all the different species people catch and give people an excuse to target different fish.
I'd be lucky to hit 100 inches for the season, as I mainly target perch / panfish, bass, and sometimes pike or stocked trout.
Maybe have all participants post new catches and upgrades to one thread, and then keep the season tally in their signatures?
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Whent he videos release I watch each, and then compare the results at the end of the videos. I have each video in their own tab and just swap between them to see the day 4 results.
Clayton's episode was awesome, I was so nervous for him pulling up that trout.
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No last minute release. Already been confirmed by everyone Uncut will not have videos. I almost guarantee Aaron did not edit his videos because of the AP sh*t show. This was AP's idea. And in my opinion, the production quality is way way way less than 39 hours. Each team edit's their own. So storyline, connectivity and overall quality is much on average lower, and all over the place. It seems that Uncut's biggest pet peeve over the years is quality videos/production value. 39 hours could be on espn right off the jump. High quality stuff. Game of inches is fun, but low quality imo. And so, when AP bailed mid competition, even though it was his idea...that had to be the reason aaron just didnt edit his videos. Had nothing to due with mental health as was rumored in other forums. Had to do with AP sh*t show. As a fan of all of them, Im still watching.
That can't be the reason. He is tight with all of the teams, so if he saw the effort and quality of Jay's, Claytons, The Geeks, and even Cast and Conquer's videos I would think he would jump on it. It looks far worse for someone to participate in the entire 5 days, and even be winning at some point, and just not release any videos. It just shows such disrespect to all the other teams. Aaron looks way worse than Alex. Alex had some mental breakdown or something which was weird, but Aaron just said nah entirely.
I really respect the way Cast and Conquer recovered after Alex left. I think he stepped a lot and is delivering some great episodes.
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in all honesty the whole thing is kind of weird.
- you have uncut not releasing videos.
- you have ap cutting out.
- the frostbite dude with the mustache ends their short 12 minute video basically bashing the other competitors for being whiners.
all the while this was all taped in March. and its all still being released. Like they've had time to reflect on this. and not a peep out of aaron or alex at all. like how do you not address this? Clayton in a live chat was getting pissed at all the questions. Well sorry guy, frostbite isn't giving ANYONE any information so of course that is what is driving conversations. your two initial FB investors or whatever the crap they were are flakes.
Maybe thats the purpose. to drive these kind of conversations and interest to this programing.
i don't care. i loved jerry springer when I was a kid. I'll participate all day long. Its just interesting.
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Maybe involving Frostbite wasn't a good idea? Did you guys ever watch those Jay Vs. Clay videos? They just have competitions between each other, but release separate videos. That was the inspiration for GoI, but maybe involving so many teams and Frostbite over-complicated it. If it was just the Geeks, Jay & Josh, and Clay and Adam, they would've had a drama free competition. Just friends fishing for a title. Heck give Cast and Conquer an invite next year too.
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in all honesty the whole thing is kind of weird.
- you have uncut not releasing videos.
- you have ap cutting out.
- the frostbite dude with the mustache ends their short 12 minute video basically bashing the other competitors for being whiners.
all the while this was all taped in March. and its all still being released. Like they've had time to reflect on this. and not a peep out of aaron or alex at all. like how do you not address this? Clayton in a live chat was getting pissed at all the questions. Well sorry guy, frostbite isn't giving ANYONE any information so of course that is what is driving conversations. your two initial FB investors or whatever the crap they were are flakes.
Maybe thats the purpose. to drive these kind of conversations and interest to this programing.
i don't care. i loved jerry springer when I was a kid. I'll participate all day long. Its just interesting.
couldn't agree more. All this footage has been available for nearly a year. They could've done a lot of creative editing or some sort of explanation ahead of time. Did all this come down last minute? Just a weird deal. And now they are all getting together at the Fargo Ice Show for an awards ceremony? How is that going to go? LOL
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I have been religiously watching Clayton, the geeks, and catch and cook. I only heard of AP dipping out through this forum but honestly that’s why I don’t subscribe or follow him in the first place. Click bait stuff and drama seems to fuel his channel. If I wanted click bait and drama I’d watch CBS. If it’s mental health stuff, I apologize for my comments, but if it’s not then it’s just another example of weirdness that I don’t enjoy watching.
Pulling for Clayton and Adam. Those guys were into it from the start and I just like those guys. They make a good team. Adam just sits there, catches fish, and gives us his 2 cents, and Clayton seems to rig everything up and in the mean time gives us the giggles. Also catches his fair share of fish of course.
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Maybe involving Frostbite wasn't a good idea? Did you guys ever watch those Jay Vs. Clay videos? They just have competitions between each other, but release separate videos. That was the inspiration for GoI, but maybe involving so many teams and Frostbite over-complicated it. If it was just the Geeks, Jay & Josh, and Clay and Adam, they would've had a drama free competition. Just friends fishing for a title. Heck give Cast and Conquer an invite next year too.
I believe this was "sponsored" by Frostbite. they are all using FB rods and stuff. whether it was FB's idea (word is it was AP's) who knows its so vague and dripping with stupid drama.
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couldn't agree more. All this footage has been available for nearly a year. They could've done a lot of creative editing or some sort of explanation ahead of time. Did all this come down last minute? Just a weird deal. And now they are all getting together at the Fargo Ice Show for an awards ceremony? How is that going to go? LOL
yeah like all of this happened in march. AP flakes out runs a away because the russians are coming. ok he's out. OH BUT BTW in November, Alex is releasing the first 2 days on his channel? like...what? why are you still "involved" at all. gtfo. meanwhile he's putting out podcasts with barstool making 0 mention of it and wiebe is releasing his odd ball "i'm going go ice fishing in a life raft using my big toe as a fishing rod" videos
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yeah like all of this happened in march. AP flakes out runs a away because the russians are coming. ok he's out. OH BUT BTW in November, Alex is releasing the first 2 days on his channel? like...what? why are you still "involved" at all. gtfo. meanwhile he's putting out podcasts with barstool making 0 mention of it and wiebe is releasing his odd ball "i'm going go ice fishing in a life raft using my big toe as a fishing rod" videos
Spot on with your assessment of series so far. I FF through BS and focus on fishing scenes.
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yeah like all of this happened in march. AP flakes out runs a away because the russians are coming. ok he's out. OH BUT BTW in November, Alex is releasing the first 2 days on his channel? like...what? why are you still "involved" at all. gtfo. meanwhile he's putting out podcasts with barstool making 0 mention of it and wiebe is releasing his odd ball "i'm going go ice fishing in a life raft using my big toe as a fishing rod" videos
I think they probably split up the footage into AP and Cast and Conquer because they knew AP would get more views up front. Then the switch to Cast and Conquer gets them some publicity and views. A win for both.
Does anyone know if AP and Aaron are still the owners of Frostbite?
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Just finished watching 5 teams day 5. A few more nice catches for a some of the teams. Was fun watching these guys compete, especially as a Canadian :)
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I have been watching all the teams videos and have found it interesting how each team goes about the same goal, but, in different ways. @)
Enjoyed the videos I have seen so-far. :)
WW
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What are the odds Clayton/Adam locates and catches that Whitefish without the Live Scanning sonar? I say zero, especially due to the time constraints.
This is the REAL X factor with these tools. Not so much sitting on top of fish and catching them, but being able to locate your distant target and then hitting it. Very cool stuff!
Congrats to all the teams on your catches and providing some entertaining moments for us all.
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Watching a wrap up episode with some of the teams. Interesting stuff.
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Thanks for posting the after show, I wouldn't have found out about that otherwise. Fun show overall.
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Thanks for posting the after show, I wouldn't have found out about that otherwise. Fun show overall.
My pleasure. Didn't know about it either, it showed up on my Youtube feed this morning. As Andrew said during the show, our winter rules here are just all over the place.
I know the spot where he catches his muskies, I haven't fished there in winter, as most of them are too big to safely bring through an 8 inch holes, and I don't own a 10 inch auger. Also tends to become a zoo, as many locals here know the spot, and it's right off the island of Montreal, which has a good 3 million people living here. some good walleyes there as well.
Caught this beener a bit further upstream from there about 3 weeks ago in open water.
(http://freshwaterphil.com/images/philmusky111522.jpg)
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I finished watching the series today. It was pretty good. I wish they did a better job with the competition results/leaderboard. Each video should have started and ended with a leader board showing all the teams. They had 8 months to edit this. Maybe that’s why Aaron didn’t want to post his footage. Didn’t want to put out a subpar product.
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Hard to make anything comparable to the original. Don't really care to watch anything with AP, he's just unwatchable imo