Here's a hint for using tip ups for pike-When a pike takes a bait, it will run with the bait until it stops to turn it around in it's mouth before swallowing the bait. Wait until it stops and then wait until the line moves again before you set the hook. It will improve your hookup success.

You guys are so cute together. Always remenber these are YOUR good old days together. My hubby's been gone 20 yrs today we iced fish together too i sure miss him.

@baciclan2021

3 жыл бұрын

💕

@kellybroady6378

3 жыл бұрын

So true! I recently lost my mother and it is these moments that you think back on fondly. So sorry for your loss ❤

@darleneheerschop3650

3 жыл бұрын

@@kellybroady6378 Thank you

@micheleforrest4870

3 жыл бұрын

So sorry for the loss of your husband. 20 years I'm sure seems like the blink of an eye especially when you get to reminisce on those days. I hope you are doing well and sending love your way. ❤️

@darleneheerschop3650

3 жыл бұрын

@@micheleforrest4870 your so sweet thank you much for caring. I'm 70 now & times are scary never dreamed I'd live to see such insanity in my life time. I feel so sorry for the children who have been cheated out of knowing how great our country was.

Why is food so comforting even to see fishing and cooking out doors brings so much comfort to the heart. God bless.

Sometimes burnt food outdoors is pretty fine cuisine, especially when you guys are fishing and cooking together. Nice video. Thanks for taking us along. Envy you guys up there.

@johnmanning4577

3 жыл бұрын

Hunger is the best sauce!!

You two are living the dream life. Hard work, but truly LIVING!!!!! Really enjoy your channel.

Try scaling the pike after cleaning them. Wrap in tin foil and bake. The meat flakes off the bones. Excellent way to eat pike or any bony fish

@monikahadfield4619

3 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking the same. That's how we cook it.

@MrAwsomeshot

3 жыл бұрын

that our chowder em. we used to eat a shit ton of chain pickerel and muskie up in Northern Maine. Throwing them in a nice creamy chowder with corn and potatos was a great meal coming in off a day on the ice.

@scottwhite4645

3 жыл бұрын

If we didn’t want to take the time with the “y” bones, we’d skin them, fin them and chunk them, pressure cook for ten minutes. After they cooled, we ground them with saltines, eggs, parsley and a bit of onion and made fish cakes out of them...fried of course..be good with some cocktail sauce made from the rose hip ketchup!! -could add bell pepper -chili’s and cilantro

@Oskars420

3 жыл бұрын

we do it same way in eastern europe. add some salt, sugar, pepper and lemon. wrap in tin foil and bake.

@CanadianSledDog

3 жыл бұрын

I always heard that pike skin tasted bad, so I haven't tried it. But I love the skin of every other fish I've had... Now I'll have to try it.

That's sweet how she said sorry to the fish

@beckypincalifornia1985

3 жыл бұрын

Rosa Anderson Made me laugh ... saying sorry to the pike ... but worth the taste.

@jujuandwamwams165

3 жыл бұрын

She doesn’t always say sorry every time she catches a fish. She knocks it out.

@deeplyyoung

3 жыл бұрын

That's the true way to respect... Love that

@elizabethleedy4386

3 жыл бұрын

I thought this also

@M1NDCR4WL3R

3 жыл бұрын

@@jujuandwamwams165 maybe not out loud but in her heart for sure

Good to see you finally up-graded your snow suits to high quality gear. Makes a world of difference when traveling. Good job and happy sledding.

@SimpleLivingAlaska

3 жыл бұрын

Lost Sockeye Ranch yes it has been making our longer rides very enjoyable

Pikecicles! 🤣🤣 ...welcome to the Alaskan frozen foods Channel 😋 😁👍🏻👍🏻 You guys are great, keep up making wonderful content ❤❤

I love the way you get along so nice to each other it warms my heart love jim

Sometimes I forget you are not native Alaskans! You handled the move so well and it all seems so natural for you guys! It really was meant to be

Ariel - pop! "I'm sorry!" POP!!! 🤣😂

1:38 "Cold hands cold hands" yep! but a warm heart.

When Eric was taking the pan of fries out of the oven, it looked, at first like he was using his bare hand without a oven mitt. I'm like "Damn those Alaskans are tough!"

You guys just tickle me pink… I am absolutely loving the icefishing episode… And the fact that you just go out there balls to the wall enjoying every second that you’re together and out there on the ice fishing… You continue to be a joy for me on a daily basis and just for your information those pancakes look totally edible…! I hope you guys have a wonderful holiday season😃

*whack* “I’m sorry” *whack* “I’m sorry” 😆

@eddierich6179

3 жыл бұрын

I think the sorry was because the first hit definitely didn't kill it, so she was saying like, "sorry you're definitely going to experience some abuse, and not just die immediately like you would if I had done a flawless hit". Usually you hit a few times, but it's generally dead after one if you get the right spot nice and hard and square, and the next one or two are just in case.

@txhypnotist

3 жыл бұрын

Whoops up side your head.

@simplysophiahomestead1941

3 жыл бұрын

This would be me fishing! Lol!

@michaelcox1071

3 жыл бұрын

If you were watching salmon fishing: “what a pretty color!” Whack!

@Dave-ty2qp

3 жыл бұрын

I know. I couldn't help but laugh too.

Huge fan. Love this channel.

I’m really enjoying the two of you and your sweet interactions with one another. I hope to continue to watch as your bond grows even stronger than it already is now. ❤️

Love how Arielle said “I’m sorry” when she dispatched the fish.

I Love It when the chickens talk to you.

There are several KZread videos on filleting pike to get those “Y” bones out. Little tricky at first but once you do a few, then its pretty easy. Great day fishing, can’t wait for the cold weather here so we can get out!

@collinhassing

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah Jim Baird has a good one. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZmeIlaqmqNW6iZM.html&ab_channel=JimBaird-Adventurer

@dano616

3 жыл бұрын

Check out a video on how to remove the Y-bones. Pike is one of the best tasting fish.

Thanks for taking us along on your fishing adventure. I really enjoy watching you catch it, but even more enjoy watching how you prepare and eat it. Thanks again. God bless and keep you both safe!

I don't know why but I really like their whole canning and cooking style. I feel like they never have a boring day and have a sense of urgency to have food for the winter that other people don't have. I think it is pretty cool

I’m German/Russian descent and we make butterballs which contain breadcrumbs, eggs, butter, milk, salt and nutmeg. They’re added to a chicken noodle soup and is served during the holidays.

Looked good! Such a blessing to know you grew the potatoes and foraged for the fish. Super satisfaction... Stay warm!

I’m so envious, I miss Alaska so much. I’m so glad you guys had fun. The eating is the best part. Yum!

This video made me weep remembering the taste of Northern Pike my father used to bring home from fishing trips to the Great Lakes when I was a kid in Ohio. Don't remember Pike being bony. Guess my parents knew how to get them all out. I recall the use of tweezers. Tho bone free, we were incuraged to take a bite of bread while eating the fish. Something about bread softening the effect of getting a bone stuck in our throat. The flavor was nothing like chicken. Use flour in the batter next time with your favorite herbs and spices. A bit of beer or club soda will make the batter light and fluffy. Beware of corn meal/flour. Most found in the US, the seed, plant, soil has been treated / sprayed with Round-Up. GMO nasty. Grateful for a care package of Northern Pike to the Bay Area. Willing to pay for shipping. Bless you!

Our calendar arrived today in 35080 and the lower 48. 2021 is already looking good thanks to you and your beautiful photos. We will be thinking of you every time we check the calendar.

Those chickens are gangster--they'll eat anything.

@rotattor

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha ! all I can picture is the gangster chickens coming out of their coop with guns and knives !

@raymondnecke5806

3 жыл бұрын

I watched my chicken rip apart a mouse then fight over the remains , I was horrified to see them go this poor mouse like a pair of velociraptors

@cedarwoman2

3 жыл бұрын

Gangster chickens must hold their 9m sideways. lol

@Alloriel

3 жыл бұрын

They descended from dinosaurs, and have not forgotten about it :D

@josephlwallssr6166

3 жыл бұрын

@@Alloriel No, they, re just chickens! No dinosaurs involved! God, created chickens for man, s consumption and Taste buds!

You two are living an adventure most only dream about all their lives. I would suggest you get an ice fishing collapsible shelter for your next trip. Makes it alot more comfortable. Waiting gfor your next video. Stay warm...

ah love when a new video pops up to watch...great timing just enjoying a breeze on the patio after a swim in the Aussie summer. Now i can watch some cold winter vlogs to cool off!

I look forward to your ice fishing videos every year. Thanks for taking us along!

When your tip up goes off let it run when it stops wait until it runs again, pike spit the bait and swallow head first so when it runs again set the hook, also pike have like 5 different filletes if you don't want bones

Pike is my most favorite fish, once you get used to removing the bones, for me it's the most delicious, flakiest meat! So excited to see you catching some nice sized ones! Enjoy!

You guys are living the Alaska dream.

Yay. Sunday morning treat.

Y’all look so cute with the matching ski-do jackets! And the extra crispy pancakes and moose sausage are to die for! 😁 SW La fan. Ayeee!

i live on the great barrier reef in Australia, all i can say is you guys must love your fishing, nice job

OMG I LOVE pickled Northern Pike on a Triscuit with a cold glass of Chardonnay!!!

I love this channel - awesome, interesting content, no clickbait... perfect - thanks!

I used to make "scrambled" pancakes, when I was a kid, and winter camping.

it looks like watching some documentary about alaska...

Thanks for the video folks, it brings back a lot of memories as we ate a fair bit of pike - called them jack fish - in northern Saskatchewan. They're tough to fillet with no bones however. One thing we did was cook it mostly, then run it through a meat grinder, make it into patties and finish cooking it. That works with most bony fish actually. Thanks again and all the best to you folks this winter.

My calendar came today!!! It is awesome. Love it. Using the photographs for part of our trip planning for Alaska in 2022. Favorite part today: eating your breakfast in courses because of the cold.

Enjoyed it all. You’re good in the kitchen sir. Some folks jus got it.

It was a great adventure! I’m so hungry for some good fish!

Lived off the grid in Northern Idaho up in the mountains no electricity I cooked on wood stove we had propane fridge and a cistern we would pump from into a 100 gallon holding tank in our house.We had an out house. A two story log cabin and 5 acres we purchased for 26k. Moose and Mule deer in our yard our kids were little and loved playing in the snow and outside there. Loved all the memories we had..

Empty that 5 gallon bucket, turn it over, and it makes a great seat for ice fishing. And what wonderful adventures you two are having!

Have you all ever fished for Burbot? I've heard it also called poor man's lobster, sounds pretty good!

@jonahv9572

3 жыл бұрын

I was just going to suggest Burbot myself.

@susanapplegate9758

3 жыл бұрын

You mean lingcod? We catch them by accident out of Kodiak when we go for salmon and 'buts. They are good though ~

@ballistic350

3 жыл бұрын

@@susanapplegate9758 theyre the same thing.

Look up videos on how to remove the Y- bones on a Northern. It saved me when i was living up there and doing a bunch of spearfishing. I was eating tons of pike every summer!

My favorite cooking show

Love this content! I got happy to see Eric get so happy catching the pikes :D

This was exciting to watch. I was afraid the fish would go back in the hole

it looks so cold, here in Australia its 40*"c, 100f, looks like you both where having fun..

@melw3518

3 жыл бұрын

I know! Seriously wishing I was in Alaska or somewhere else cold instead of this crazy heat in November! It's not even summer yet!

@sofiamanolakis8214

3 жыл бұрын

@@melw3518 alaska shouldn't be where you want to go. It would be a huge adjustment. I'm in ontario Canada. Gets to usually around -30c and alaska can get way worse depending on where you are.

@bannedone3ice138

3 жыл бұрын

@@sofiamanolakis8214 Us humans need perfect temperatures to be comfortable. I live in a hot country where temperatures are hot year around, except for 3 months of winter. Right now it’s perfect 26C daytime and 12C at night.

@Maldives2025

3 жыл бұрын

ditto im in brisbane hahaha

@melw3518

3 жыл бұрын

Both Canada and Alaska are fantastic to me. Love them both. Where I'm from in Australia we don't have snow (or any real cold, I don't even own any heaters!) in winter and I've always loved the cold and hated the heat. While I've seen a lot of KZread videos on how cold it gets, at the same time I'd like to experience it (living it not just visiting) however it wouldn't happen any time soon due to our boarder closures.

You guys are so down to earth I adore you 2 keep living your lives simply loving one another

I JUST LOVE WATCHING YOU GUYS FISH I ENJOY WATCHING YOUR WONDERFUL VIDEOS

I asked my dad (a born and raised Minnesotan and raised in an exceedingly outdoorsy family) if he’d ever had much luck with tip-ups and he just kind of shrugged and gave a perturbed look. He said he typically had more luck with jiggle sticks, but that it really depends on the bait you use. I asked him about the biggest northern he ever caught (they just call them “northerns” there) and he said it was around what you guys were catching that day. He says the ones in Alaska are bigger.

@tannenbaumgirl3100

3 жыл бұрын

We use tip ups all the time (live in Central Minnesota)....designed to have several lines out at a time otherwise it would pretty boring to fish just a single hole.

Those Y bones are a pita lol. Once you figure out how to take them out, you'll get a boneless fillet. Great video as always you two 👍

I just love that you take us along with you. Yall are great together.💚

Great seeing you guys icefishing. Brings back memories!

I was notified a minute ago.. Let's fish some hardwater

@charlenekociuba7396

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same. We fished ocean near Montauk and fish there is distinctive saltwater flavor. Lake fish is more oily, slimy but there are some that are marvelous, like brown trout. Nice to see recreational fishing like this. Hardwater fishing is not glamorous, its a long day and you're beat tired at the end, can't cook, just enough energy to stop for pizza and then make it home to sleep and start the next day before the Sun rises.

As the sign in your kitchen says: it’s not how you fish, it’s how you wiggle your worm.

yes take coffee first always!

Totally enjoyed the adventure! Thanks for taking us along!🙂

You have to get the Y bone out. Once you do it once or twice its second nature. Pike Taco's!!!

Oh, I thought I could just ice fish remotely, at home, sitting in front a computer, watching viking preparedness....

@PaulaJoDavis

3 жыл бұрын

Another Viking! How awesome! Pastor Joe is great, right?

@albowrx

3 жыл бұрын

@@PaulaJoDavis Hi Paula. Yeah, I've followed him for a long time now sicen he had about 30k subscribers. I have obviously seen also.your name around here or on patreon.

Ice fishing has always fascinated me. Remember growing up in NH seeing the ice fishing huts all over the lakes in winter.

I totally enjoy y'all adventures and I love seeing y'all cook and Happy Holidays

The baked one might need some lemon sprinkled on it after baking to get things really going in the flavour department.

One of my favorite eps so far! You guys totally rock! Keep it up and happy holidays!

This was my first video of theirs, I fell in love with them! Such great honest people. Sub forever!!!!!

it would be super interesting to hear about how ya'll manage to stay warm in such cold temps! i can't imagine living at below zero degrees

@inkystellar9501

3 жыл бұрын

Once it gets to a certain temp you stop feeling how cold it is. It’s just cold at that point and you wear layers for warmth. You adapt to the lifestyle.

@mheermance

3 жыл бұрын

You dress in layers. Long underwear to wick moisture, wool or polyfleece to insulate, and then a wind blocking layer. But you'll still feel it in your toes.

@clairewiley8862

3 жыл бұрын

@@mheermance thats what I generally do when I go skiing, but that's still maybe 17 degrees at the coldest. Just cant imagine how it's possible to not freeze ur butt off at like minus 12😳

@mheermance

3 жыл бұрын

@@clairewiley8862 Yes, Alaska is definitely more challenging than the lower 48. I live in New England, but in the mountains we'll occasionally get weather like that.

@clairewiley8862

3 жыл бұрын

@@mheermance I'm in california so it never really gets that cold here😂

Grind with the bones in makes the best fish patties.

@eastraversupplies7843

3 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid my parents did just that. They did double grind so no bones were there and then made patties or pelmeni and stored in the freezer.

Thanks for taking us with you today. Really enjoyed the video.

i just watched one of your video, but rn i found myself watching all of the videos you uploaded.

I love when Ariel said I gota to go I gota a fish . Instead of eating. You guys are my kind of kids to have What do you put in the Moose sausage how do you make that

@mabyyy485

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/e2ptmaxsYMzOeKg.html Here is the link of the moose sausage. Hope this helps :)

@marstokrom1872

3 жыл бұрын

I’m not 100% sure, but on their channel they have a few videos about hunting and processing the moose, I think Ariel showed how they made all of the food products from the moose, including the sausage !

PIKE DOSE STINK UP THE HOUSE WHEN YOU COOK IT AND VERY BONEY BUT TASTY..ON THE GREAT LAKES WE USE WORMS AND MINOS

The pan fried looks the best. Thanks for taking us along.

Love you guys, be safe and keep posting awesome videos like you always do...

There are tons of video’s on KZread on how to fillet pike bone free. Check em out. A Lot better with no bones. Good fishing tho.

Looks like you are leaving a lot of good meat on those tails. Try scaling those fish fish, then when you cook them you get nice crispy skin.

A truly blessed life you two have.

I was sipping my coffee while watching and I was still cold! Awesome video your fishing videos are some of my favorite. Thank you for taking us along. Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving

Love your videos. I've been a silent viewer for a while. How's the second house building going? I would love to see a updated video. Do you guys ever travel to see family? Just curious. Happy day to you and yours.

@SimpleLivingAlaska

3 жыл бұрын

Things are shut down at the other property for the winter, we have not left Alaska since we moved here:)

You should have added a little coffee to the batter. Don’t know how good it would taste but it might make it a little thinner.

Yes enjoyed this

Thank you so much for sharing your lives very much appreciate the scenery and the Beautiful Things you guys see up there thank you

Y’all should think about starting a Tik Tok!!😁

Will chickens eat anything? People seem to feed them every kind of scrap.

@georgevangordon9728

3 жыл бұрын

There are somethings chickens won’t eat but not much. They are like the modern day T-Rex only smaller

@mcohen8025

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty much, yes. I don’t think a lot of dairy is good for them, and I don’t give mine much processed wheat (leftover breads, pasta), but as far as raw foods like garden produce and meat? They are all for it!

@sbayles5593

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the replies guys.

Your reality show is the best!!!

Actually I just like seeing you kids enjoying life. You don't have to be any special place for that, you only have to be with that special someone to enjoy that. God Bless.

Thank you so much for sharing with us. I really appreciate and enjoy your videos

Fun watching you guys on your trip😁I like how you give us commentary on the two cooking methods

I use some of the smelt I catch in the Spring for pike bait. Once cleaned, I lay a snelled hook inside the smelt, then fill a freezer bag with them, then the freezer bag goes in the freezer Then, the next time I go fishing, either in the warmer months or in the winter on the ice, I take along several of those freezer bags of prepared smelt, break one apart for the others, and put the loop on a snap swivel for bait. Using a steel leader is a good idea. I fry pike in Crisco after rolling them in corn meal. Greetings from Northern Michigan.

Ive been watching your videos for two days very nice

God bless you both. You worked harder at day to day tasks than I do in a week.

Great video guys. Thanks for taking us on your adventure. That auger is savage.

Great video guys. Thank you!

The best seasonings are hunger and a loved one.