The Quest for Giant Great Lakes Walleyes! James Holst's PB ICE Walleye! - S15 E15

James Holst, PJ Vick, Nick Fasse, and Ryan Bettinger head to Lake Erie to target giant great lakes walleyes!
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[@TooLucky406]

"Boom goes the dynamite!"....yes sir! Freaking Hog! Big Congrats and glad the team made it back safe.

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

Thank you. It was definitely touch and go in some areas.

[@rickmencell7870]

James congratulations on your PB Walleye and PJ Vick you are a true legend. You boys should come down to the eastern end of Lake Erie in the spring and film a show on perch fishing.

[@josh_y9857]

I remember when you guys were here back in 2015 I think. I couldn't believe you were set up right by me after daylight. I came over on my quad to say hello and James was a class act, very nice and respectful even though i bombarded you guys. I've been a fan for years and I did do my best trying to find the guy who picked up Cal Svihels rod box. I am still disgusted someone would steal that. Good luck guys and keep the awesome vids coming.

[@richhandrick3895]

Don’t comment often - but beautiful fish James. No shame whatsoever in keeping her for a trophy mount. Dayummm - what a fish!

[@Yatsys_Fishing]

Congratulations! That fish is a beast. I put a 29.5 inch Saginaw bay icehole walleye on the wall a few years ago. Haven’t regretted it or got one better. Love the show, thank you!

[@olddirtygummp]

What a great episode and great job on that huge Walter. Its great to see you all with such a great respect for the fish. Im happy that you finally got your best fish on the ice. I'm sure it'll look great on the wall. Thank you for keeping the sport alive and respectable.

[@raymondnoah6394]

Just an awesome adventure. Great memories to always talk about. What a donkey. Couldn't ask for more.

[@outdoorswithwaynek7966]

Great show James and PJ and the crew of the airboat. Congratulations James on that nice wall hanger. PJ you should be a Boxer with that fast reflex you have. Thanks for sharing until the next show stay safe and tight lines.

[@JimCarrw]

Congratulation on the Beautiful Walleye

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

Thanks guy!

[@hmongvaj98]

Great Show. Glad you guys are safe and still caught em. Take care.

[@ronaldpetersen255]

James, congrats on your PB ice Walleye!! Crazy ice conditions you all endured, the lengths we go to for a little fun on the ice..... some people call us crazy 🤪

[@dillonnott7742]

Another great episode! Home state waters! Hope to see more Erie and ohio videos 🎣

[@truthseeker5890]

PJ: "I'm... I'm all in... I'm tellin' ya, I'm all in." 😂😂 Good job guys... fantastic job!! Absolutely fantastic fish, James... the best!!! Good job!!! The bigger the battle, the bigger the reward! Keep 'em comin'!!! I love it!!! This is one of the best shows in your entire broadcast history! This is a good one! 100 stars for this one!

[@pjvick3128]

Did I mention I'm all in? 😂😂 I get a little excited sometimes.Glad you enjoyed the show,we appreciate you!

[@truthseeker5890]

@@pjvick3128 That was good, PJ... that was good!! Excited is good! Fabulous show; fabulous trip; fabulous body of water; fabulous everything! It's not every year that this lake is accessible for ice fishing. Again, great job with this one. I knew it was going to be good. And, a 32+ incher... 👍👍👍👍 "That's why we come out here... that's why we come out here." This might be the best show in IDO history! I love it!! Keep 'em coming!

[@jonnymoore3268]

Congrats on your pb walleye. We fished around port Clinton this last summer and it didn’t disappoint us. We caught lots of fish.

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

Thanks Jonny!

[@codymartin9703]

What a GIANT!!! Congratulations James!!!

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

Thanks Cody!

[@jonathanhughes8377]

That's awesome, would love to get a fish mounted!! Some day! I did have a bass mounted for my son. A 6 pound 23 inch. For upstate ny it was a big one... he was 7 years old then... great shows!

[@rickystarr10]

This was an awesome episode so glad even though I was just watching it on KZbin I got to share the catch with you as if we all where there. Congratulations

[@nickskallerud5100]

Awesome job. Also like seeing your trucks driving around in the twin cities area

[@kalebsibert701]

I’m watching this show while fishing devils lake North Dakota

[@saltylegion6288]

How is the bite? I'm guessing if you dont reply it is hot and heavy!

[@kalebsibert701]

@@saltylegion6288 this mornin is pretty slow we’re catching plenty of fish but it’s not hot and heavy, last night was pretty good, we have probably 120 ish perch altogether and 100 ish walleyes, 1 mounter perch, 10 guys. But otherwise great fishing when your on em, out here you have to forget almost everything you know about fishing it is super different.

[@kalebsibert701]

@@saltylegion6288 that is over a course of 3 days

[@saltylegion6288]

@@kalebsibert701 Sounds like some damn good memories with friends! Devils lake is on my bucket list!

[@kalebsibert701]

@@saltylegion6288 yeah it’s something I’ve wanted to do for a while but we were supposed to go to lake of the woods

[@zachzeilinger4019]

Congrats on the PB! That is a wall hanger only a fool would not take home.

[@Wacky_fisherman]

How about a replica so that "wall hanger" can make more "wall hangers"

[@zachzeilinger4019]

So the guys says ...I've never done this before, never kept a fish and it's a 32" monster. Figure he's caught THOUSANDS of fish, 1 less isn't gonna hurt things no matter the size since so few were caught this winter with little ice. He deserves to do what he pleases. You can release yours back and get a replica. I'd take the original as well. Same thought when we fish the D River run. Not all go home but one over 32" most certainly will.

[@megadeth6756]

only a fool would kill a trophy fish

[@Wacky_fisherman]

Replicas last longer and stay in better shape then the original.

[@yrick82]

@@megadeth6756 It’s Lake Erie, not some inland lake. Estimated 40 million + walleye.

[@walkinonwater1]

Congrats on the mounter James! 🎣🐋 Always seems like the harder we work, the bigger the payoff! 😊

[@tylerroehl11]

Congratulations James!! What a beast!!!

[@brueggemanate]

Great looking walleye. Looking forward to seeing the mount

[@Gatorraider]

Congrats! Come in the spring on the maumee, you'll all find your PB

[@donaldberens3960]

Huge Congrats Jame's .....Nice fish Bud,,

[@joshualeemon9614]

Great show as always and awesome fish James!!

[@kennyw6932]

Congrats, James, on the great walleye catch. I don't blame you for taking that beast home with you. Hope you share the mount on the program down the road. Safe travels.

[@MechHeli]

Beautiful fish James...congrats on the Monster!!!

[@fishlovme]

Nothing wrong with keeping a monster like that on Lake Erie! Their quotas are so high there keeping a larger fish doesn't hurt the system at all! Congrats on that huge Lake Erie Monster!

[@Hardwaternhighways]

Congratulations on your PB James, awesome episode!!

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

Thanks HnH!

[@tomkeehr3560]

Congratulations. I would have had a frozen tear.

[@stevepfleghaar2723]

Congratulations Sir! I can only dream about a fish like that.

[@saltylegion6288]

What a hog!! Congrats man!! Thank you for sharing the experience!!

[@rustymatykiewicz6863]

Congratulations that’s a grate fish

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

This recent run of cold temps is making Erie a legit possibility this winter. We'd love the chance to go back in 2022!

[@KyleRockHill]

Such a good fish. Good catch.

[@kylecasetta4091]

Heck of a fish congrats !!!!

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

Thanks Kyle!

[@spencerhauck690]

G-g-g-g-giant walleye for James Holst! Nice fish dude.

[@lloydspooner]

Congrats on the trophy!

[@fishlovme]

Great show! It's too bad this cold spell didn't last just a little longer. I would've loved to have seen you guys go as far south as you could get and get on some ice! I did watch a couple of videos of a few people that ice fished about 10 days ago as far south as Dallas, Texas! That's crazy!

[@danielwhirley6779]

Great video guys me being from Michigan I know the area well. When I was young we would go to port Huron pier fish the st Clair river huge fish. Love the videos God bless guys.

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

Thanks Daniel!

[@pyro2611]

Congrats on that monster. Post some pics on the website once you get the mount back

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

We definitely will.

[@joshbraun3743]

What a giant fish! How long did she measure out? Congrats James.

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

32 1/8 x 19

[@MikeSmith-du9gh]

way to go james! thats a hog walleye! cool idea to keep it as it probably won't live much longer at that size. I assume your putting it on the wall? awesome video as always fellas!

[@aromracsonethongkham4150]

Did mount that 32 incher, put on video when it's done please.

[@LWOutdoorsyt]

That’s a giant!

[@bryanphillips6659]

Congratulations on that trophy!

[@hadicapableoutdoors1]

Nice Walter

[@alexwalsh3694]

What a awesome video

[@roberttolley5055]

Nice video

[@rockyanish4620]

Wowsers thats an absolute sloth pig!! I'm jealous!!

[@larrylamonts1483]

I'll never know anyone k trust enough to not get me stranded out there. January 2017 was pushing 60 on erie and I got two PBs over 11 pounds trolling. Love that lake. About 6 or 7 years ago erie was over 90% locked up and people went crazy lol

[@markborchert9138]

What a toad! Congrats James on a fish of a lifetime! What did she weigh out?

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

13#, 6 oz. Thanks Mark. It was an experience I'll never forget!

[@ryanludack9367]

Nice catch guys!! I have a question and it’s how many on watchers do you guys get making your videos? I’m sure once some one sees you guys fishing you get a crowd.

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

Hi Ryan, honestly people are usually very polite and give us plenty of room. We've had a few instances when other anglers fished within arm's length of us but those instances are rare. Typically if someone recognizes us they will come over for a quick introductions, conversation, and sharing of info, then they get back to fishing. We get to talk with anglers most days out on the water and far and away most experiences are very positive and welcomed.

[@ryanludack9367]

@@InDepthOutdoorsTV nice I was always curious about that I’ve watched every one of indepthoutddors ice fishing KZbin videos I don’t watch much of the summer boating stuff cause I don’t got a boat to learn the tricks yet but I’ve watched the videos so much my little guy loves you guys I got it posted on my channel of him singing along and Messing with a tip up. Thanks for replying tight lines and be safe out there.

[@TheKingvirg]

Bleed those fish right when they come out of the hole! haha makes a huge difference 👌

[@nickbaloo2167]

Dam nice fish! Congrats

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

Thanks Nick.

[@grantjamrock3812]

Next year instead of an airboat they need to get a mini bird to drop yall off!

[@jordanhonzik688]

Stud walleye congratulations

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

Thanks Jordan!

[@rickie2sticky66]

So do you usually get replicas? Or do you just not typically mount fish? Congrats!

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

This walleye is the only fish James has ever mounted replica or skin.

[@Fishnfreak]

GIANT

[@Wolfy-nu5lx]

Did u get an actual length on her james? Would love to see the mount as well!! Monster fish 👍👍

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

32 1/8". Mount should be done in a couple months.

[@Wolfy-nu5lx]

@@InDepthOutdoorsTV wow what a giant! Cool stuff man 😎

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

Yeah, it was a pretty special fish. We feel very blessed to have it happen during one of our shows.

[@Wolfy-nu5lx]

@@InDepthOutdoorsTV absolutely. Glad the world got to see her 👍

[@BoostedDilly]

Wow, that’s a hog for sure! I’m excited to get back to some ice fishing

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

Ice sure doesn't seem to be in a big hurry to get here. Thanks for checking out our video!

[@BoostedDilly]

@@InDepthOutdoorsTV I know it, it’s nice to see ice forming on tiny ponds when I’m working around Minnesota, of course it’s not there once the sun comes up. But it gives me hope. Been a fan and a follower for many years! Haven’t seen every episode but I’ve seen most of em! And I’ve learned a ton from JH and the rest of the IDO team

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

When the ice gets here we're looking forward to ripping it up good! A couple of us will be headed west on the 14th on a mule deer hunt and we'll definitely be keeping our eyes peeled for some ice!

[@BoostedDilly]

@@InDepthOutdoorsTV Well Good luck to you guys on the hunt! I’m going north to the cabin next weekend to get a few things at Reeds, that I’ve been looking at. Going from an FL8 to a new Helix 5 with Chirp

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

I think you'll be happy about the switch. The sonar is really good and having maps and gps in the same unit is a huge advantage.

[@CD88124]

Get a pic and some measurements put that thing back through the hole. That’s a true JV move there

[@JoeWalterOutdoors]

What was the official stats on that hog?!?!?!

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

32 1/8 x 19. Weighed 13#, 6oz.

[@JoeWalterOutdoors]

@@InDepthOutdoorsTV what dreams are made of right there!!! Congrats 🎉

[@mattwaste5590]

Freak of nature

[@tom5848]

James what is you PB open water?

[@marcuslee1164]

Let me recommend anglers touch for your fish mount he is one best in the country his mounts are unbelievable he's located just north of the citys in East Bethel check him out on facebook, wont be disappointed

[@zachschultz3534]

What rods are you guys using? I like the one with the longer rod butt to stick in rod holder

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

All the rides used were tuned up custom commanders. One of the rods has a 8-in cork handle while the other two have the split grip handle. The rod with the 8-inch solid cork handle is my favorite as well!

[@zachschultz3534]

@@InDepthOutdoorsTV thanks for the reply! Hard to put those short butt rods in pole holders!

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

No doubt!

[@wiscoworm5971]

Yall missed the Duluth ice this year huh🥲

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

Can't be two places at once.

[@wiscoworm5971]

@@InDepthOutdoorsTV true that! Dont think conditions will improve for ice again this year! Hopefully next

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

@@wiscoworm5971 as we were coming back from Erie things were starting to fall apart on Superior. It was one of those deals where we could do one or the other but not both. I don't see any possibility of getting out on ice on Lake Superior. Maybe a boat later in March might be a possibility.

[@wiscoworm5971]

@@InDepthOutdoorsTV ill give you a shout if conditions improve i check the ice daily off wisconsin point

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

Thank you.

[@danielsorrell3089]

"Boom goes the dynamite." Indiana man here. I had to rewind to make sure I heard right. Ball State fans that far north?

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

I was going for something more regionally appropriate to express my excitement! Thanks for watching.

[@danielsorrell3089]

@@InDepthOutdoorsTV no complaints here. Love your shows! Just thought it was neat hearing it. You had a lot more excitement then the ball state sports reporter lol.

[@josheddy6905]

Great video, congrats on the giant! But why bring home a fish that big when replicas are such high quality these days?

[@yrick82]

It’s Lake Erie. It’s not some inland lake. Estimated 40 million+ walleye. James said it himself, different rules there.

[@richardschenkewitz4472]

@@yrick82 also a lake that rarely gets ice season pressure anymore

[@yrick82]

@@richardschenkewitz4472 unfortunately.....No funner way to catch them

[@boulderman3938]

Good video but the small one (he said probably 14-15) kept at 9:00 should probably have been measured as it may not have been legal. There is a 15" minimum.

[@InDepthOutdoorsTV]

We know about the 15-inch minimum. Nothing we kept was in danger of being short of the minimum.

[@Lvan4003]

To much commercial breaks

[@willmtarbox]

🐷

[@ronaldcarlson8471]

Useless to subscribe, doesn't show anything past season 14