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I got a haul of some of the most controversial and affordable ice fishing gear on the market.

Everything we use today comes from the app Timu.

Timu has literally everything you can think of from everyday life to fishing and more.

All at insanely affordable prices.

But the real question is, can Timu's ice fishing gear actually hold up to real standards out on the ice?

Today we're putting that to the test.

To do this, Aaron and I put together a $250 Timu only ice fishing haul.

And we're doing a challenge using nothing but Timu gear.

Here's how it's going to work.

Whoever catches the first fish gets a point.

Whoever catches the most fish gets another point.

And whoever catches the biggest fish of the day gets the final point.

Whoever ends the day with two points wins.

But here's the twist.

We won't be using the same gear.

We separated the gear into two different boxes.

And once you pick a box, you can only use the gear that's inside it.

Now let's get these boxes open and start the challenge.

Okay, Aaron, here are our two Timu Hall boxes separated together.

We're gonna do rock-paper-scissors to see who gets first pick to choose which box they want ready Alright two out of three

Two oh, I'm gonna choose the wagon box and yes that wagon did come from Timu also

The first in this mystery box is this little tiny Timu wagon Maybe

if you got a little two-year-old nephew or something they can fit in here

But we're not going to use that right now.

All right.

First item.

Perfect for this cold weather ice fishing.

This is a sweet shiesty we got.

So I'm going to replace my hat right now and put it on.

Cephatus brand.

I don't know what that is.

Cephatus.

Can't see the hair.

How's it looking?

That's actually sick.

So now we're into the lure part of our challenge.

And I'm going to try to catch a fish on every lure we get here.

We got some big old ice jigs.

And hopefully we get a smaller lure.

Because these are pretty big for ice fishing but these could catch us a big bass too.

Ooh, we got this high shark spinning reel it shows.

Let's open this up and see how it looks.

Yo, that is surprisingly smooth, but the colorway, the gray, the black, the orange, this is probably my new favorite ice fishing reel for sure now.

I think these are some pliers right there, baby.

I don't think we're gonna use this much in our challenge.

Maybe to cut some line though.

What the?

This thing is extremely small, bro.

This is the bottom half of the rod right here.

And this is the top part right here.

I think you just Stick it in a simple as easy simple as good.

We're just gonna have to test this out.

See if it can handle a big fish These are just a whole bunch of jigging spoons that we can use.

They come in some crazy colorways right here We got some little wax worms

and I didn't think they actually came with a hook in

each one of them We got some cotton candy jig heads

one of my favorite colors to use I just bought these

at the store the other day for two of them was like ten dollars

And that's all of my gear

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Now let's see what Aaron got and start this challenge.

Bro, what in the world?

So what I think this is, is some type of rod holder and also a type of tip up where

when you get a bite on the fishing hook that pops up

and notifies you

that you have a fish on let's see what else we got in here bro what

so this right here is a pair of bibs

but i think the black ones fit my outfit much better

i might have to throw these on next thing up is

right here these are a bunch of various ice fishing jigs

and i think these will definitely help me win the quantity challenge

because these catch a ton of fish okay i see something in here

that might help me win the biggest fish challenge of this.

It's a bunch of these jigging crankbaits all in here.

And these catch big fish through the ice.

And this box looks like a reel.

This low-key looks clean.

It's a high chow reel.

Never heard of it before.

This handle is actually sick.

Really sturdy, heavy duty.

And the final package, this looks like my musky rod, bro.

There we go.

Okay.

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All right.

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This actually looks nice.

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Got some type of cork handle on this.

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My musky rod is like a jumbo size version of this.

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This is nice.

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And that looks to be it in my box.

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I'm going to go put my rod and reel together and get to fishing.

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Okay, guys, I just screwed this on.

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This is my final combo that I got and I think this reel actually looks awesome.

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We just got to throw some line on it real quick and then we'll be good to go.

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Aaron is still spooling up over here

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and I think just to get our first fish I'm gonna

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knock these cotton candy jig heads out of the way and put a spike on the back.

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I'm gonna drill my first hole right here.

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I just have some leftover wax worms that we have right on the back of our brand new rod.

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first drop on the Timu items.

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Boom.

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This rod is very, very sensitive.

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So I'll be able to feel a bite instantly.

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I'm finally set up with my rod and reel, but since we're giving a point to the first person to catch a fish, I put on the smallest jig head just to get a number on the board.

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Just like that, dropping it down.

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I'm just going to let mine kind of soak in the water for a little, and I'm going to go drill holes all around this water so that if this one's not working,

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I can just continuously move without stopping.

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I don't know how many holes that just was, but we gotta check our rod now.

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If there's nothing on here, then I'm gonna start going to every hole until we find the fish.

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Yeah, it doesn't look like there's anything on here.

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So I'm just gonna walk around and try to find the fish.

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And just after fishing through a few holes, we found one with some life in it.

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Oh, I got a bite.

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Guys, we just dropped down on the third hole and we see a fish.

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I just got a bite and Aaron's dropping down to get that first point.

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Oh, I just got bit.

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No, man.

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I want to get that first fish so bad.

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Oh, oh, I got a fish.

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Got one.

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There we go.

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Let's go.

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Let's go.

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The first fish, baby.

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Aaron was so close to getting him, but I got him first.

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That is one point.

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It doesn't matter the size of this guy.

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The first fish is all that matters.

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It's on our cotton candy little jig head.

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And guys, this rod works.

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That fight, I felt the bite so hard when it nibbled.

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And then I set the hook and got him.

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Let's get him back.

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Thanks, bro, for getting me that lead.

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Let's go.

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So now that Tony has a point for the first fish, that means in order to win this, I have to catch the most fish and the biggest fish for those final two points.

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It's gonna be tough, but I still think I got it.

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I'm just gonna drop him down right here Aaron's going to get a wax room, but he doesn't know we're all out I like to just keep it very still

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and then jig it every once in a while Aaron just walked straight past me.

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I guess he's not having a good feeling about this hole

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He doesn't want me to catch another one right in front of his eyes

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He might be mad because when he went there was no wax rooms in there when he thought there was That guy's cheating bro.

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I took my time and drilled every single hole out here.

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He's just going and stealing them.

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I might have to sabotage him.

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If he doesn't stop stealing my holes.

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We stayed separate fishing and then it was time for me to switch up.

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My bait is gone so I guess that's a sign to switch it up.

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We have the Timu spoons that were luckily in my box.

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I'm gonna go with this yellow and orange one.

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And it does have that little rattling spoon thing.

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I think this should work a lot better than our last lure

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and what I was thinking almost quickly came true guys I'm gonna bite I'm gonna bite oh I missed it.

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I missed it.

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Let's drop it down real quick

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man That one was definitely bigger and my miss led to a bite for Aaron on the other side.

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What the guys guys Aaron's on oh My gosh, no way, bro.

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You switched up your bait to this I switched up to the bigger lipless crank, the pink one.

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And I think this might be my PB bluegill, bro.

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Bro, that is like massive.

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Biggest bluegill I've seen in my life.

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Did you think it was a bass?

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I thought for sure it was a bass.

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Did you eat this?

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So this is the biggest fish.

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So I get the point for that right now.

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There he goes.

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Aaron was in the lead now, but one big fish could change it all.

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Oh.

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Got him.

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There we go.

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Let's go.

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All three hooks in him.

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I cannot get this out.

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Oh, there we go.

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The second fish puts me in the lead now.

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Still waiting to get that biggest fish of the day though.

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So I moved on to the next lure to see which one they would bite.

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I'm gonna try to catch one fish on these fake wax worms and that will get me more of the quantity up.

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And then after i catch one on these wax worms i'll

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be going to my final lure these big ice jigs things have been slow but

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if i can catch a fish on these two especially this

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one then that'll be a good day i'm walking around just my rod

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and my camera aaron's walking around with a whole sonar

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that little garmin phone sonar so he can see where the fish are

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and when they're coming up to bite it's kind of cheating But I'm still in the lead for this one.

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Let's go over to these holes over here.

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Hopefully this thing can drop down This is where Aaron got that big that monster blue gigi Is not dropping I

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Was fishing to try to get some more points until I heard this ah Think I just heard a gunshot

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Yo someone's hunting extremely close by Aaron's looking around

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Bro what I had to go over to go talk to Aaron

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but notice something while walking over what the there's no way you call

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Roll on about to come over here say let's get out of here.

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Yo It's just thin ice, watch out.

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No way!

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Some guy's like firing shots

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and I was about to tell him like he's getting close to every shot and I come and he has a fish.

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Look at the stripes on this guy, that is a beautiful bass on the ice.

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Usually these guys are super lethargic in the winter, but this guy was feisty.

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Literally the second I dropped it down he destroyed it.

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Man, Aaron found the method, I might have to switch up.

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Yo, this guy stinks.

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Yeah, smells awful.

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Yeah.

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There we go.

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Hey, Tony just said, bro, move spots.

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You're not catching anything.

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And I caught one, bro.

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What bait were you using for that bass?

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I switched up.

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It's these little crank baits that I got in my T-MU box.

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Crank bait.

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And I was using the pink one originally, but I asked Tony, I was like, should I switch up to a more natural color?

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And I did.

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And I just tipped it with these spikes and bro, that bass wanted it.

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Yeah.

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I think I'm going to take this fake waxworm off and I'm going to go for the bigger fish too.

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Things were getting too close.

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So it was time to switch to the big lures i think i'm gonna go with this red

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and black this thing's pretty heavy duty and i know

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if i get something on this it's gonna be pretty big aaron said he missed another bass it's perfect timing

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because i got my bigger jigging lure on black

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and red right here what do you think about

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that good color choice

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or no i like the red i'm not gonna lie i might tip it with a wax worm or something

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if i were you now it was prime eating time for the bite to start heating up maybe someone's duck hunting.

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Yeah.

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Or is that a hammer?

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Wait, but that's not a duck.

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That's a goose.

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Oh.

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Let's get out there.

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I do got a bigger lure, but that only means bigger fish.

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I fished this lure for a while and it had some great action, but with no bites, I just don't think it was the lure to use today.

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This lure is pretty cool and I know it can work good, but it's just a little too fast for the slow bite that's going on right now.

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So we're gonna go to our

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final and last lure to win us this challenge spikes with a new color spoon this white

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and yellow perfectly imitating their prey there we go and

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when i set off with this aaron had other plans now

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here's where i'm going to use this rod holder to advantage the sun's setting we're short on time

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so i'm going to drill a bunch of new holes

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and fish them but while i do

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that i'm going to use this rod holder

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and this thing's actually crazy check it out

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so i just set it wherever i want in the ice

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and i use this screw to drill it in i'm gonna set my rod in here

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and then tighten that okay good just like that

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and then this is a tip up guys

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so what i do is i pull this flag back

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and hook it right here bring my line back here

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and set it on that hook so now hypothetically

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if a fish pulls on my line what i'm about to do now this flag will go up let's see

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if it works And while Aaron did this I fished hole after hole until I found one With the hungry fish

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Think I'm on one Yep I'm on Oh it came off

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No way I don't know what that was

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But I was on something Oh There we go we're on again Oh yeah Oh it's a bass Oh my gosh Aaron

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Wait, wait, wait.

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Oh my gosh.

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Oh, he's fighting.

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Please don't snap off, please.

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Oh Yes, I got him.

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Let's go.

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Let's go.

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Oh my gosh, bro.

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I thought I lost him.

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I thought he was snapping me off I don't know bro.

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They're kind of like the same size.

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Finally, I'm on the board with a decent fish

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but there's more down there i see them

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so i'm gonna send this one back in a different hole

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and then we're going out to catch him oh thank you

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bro you got me in the lead let's go we're running out of daylight aaron's gotta act quick

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so right now i think i'm in the with the biggest fish

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but Tony's one up on me on the amount of fish

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and first fish

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so only thing I could do right now is I have

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to catch one more fish to at least don't stand too

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close this ice is thin all right I'm going back to

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that hole I'm so happy I got

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that fish to bite man I thought I missed him okay

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guys drop him down these guys are getting feisty what Aaron

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just pulled up out of nowhere aaron cannot be without the garmin bro he came

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and took my hole too oh oh you're about to get

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that oh i did get

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but i got bit ah i missed him oh let me

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get down there you can go down there oh my god

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it's my turn now buddy oh i think i was on

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your line bro i don't think they want your lure bro I'm switching to a new hole

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when he doesn't know how to fish this guy come on I'm on I'm on right

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when Aaron left I'm on a fish I think it's another bass yep another bass let's go let's go Oh my gosh,

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right when Aaron left What the heck?

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Hooked in the same exact place The bottom of the lip Right when Aaron leaves my hole I get my second bass,

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bro I'm just going crazy in this challenge Do you think Oh, what the heck's coming out of him?

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Second bass It's still not as big as Aaron's though Do you think it's close or no?

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they're all like the same size honestly yours was definitely bigger though

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but so i'm up two to one i'm first fish

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and i have most fish but i'll allow you to get an extra point

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if you catch something over four pounds all right that's a honey hole there's a lot of fish in there

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so once again i'm gonna drop back down there

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if you want you can try to catch them

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but i don't think you are let's release bro i just don't want to scare all the fish

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and like he goes back and tells them like I just got caught.

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I know Aaron's salty after that.

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Send him back.

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Ay!

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Starting to get cold.

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If I catch another one in the same hole, then something's not right.

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After I rigged up another spike, I dropped my spoon back down the honey hole to secure the dub in this challenge.

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It feels so good when you get hooked on a bass.

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And my drag is set, like, perfectly.

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So when they start pulling...

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Oh, I got a bite.

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I actually got another bite.

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These bass, even in the winter

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These bass nibble the lure So you can't tell

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if it's a bluegill A bass

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or whatever They all just nibble it I kept getting bites here

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And we decided

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if I get one more fish Then call it a day All we gotta do is drop it down

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And we just have to get them to bite the hook That's what we can't get going right now

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Gosh What is this thing?

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Gosh What am I keep missing man?

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Could that be a bluegill?

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But why would a bluegill be chilling with a bass?

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I tried to get this fish that was biting, but Aaron was hooked on before I could.

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Oh, if it's a four-pounder What the heck?

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Oh my gosh!

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Jumbo bluegill, we gotta get one more fish to tie this challenge up before it gets dark.

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That guy is beautiful.

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All right, one more fish.

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One more fish.

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If Aaron gets it, it might be a tie.

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All right, we gotta hurry.

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We only got about five or ten minutes left of daylight.

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Come on.

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Give me that big bass I need one so I can just win

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Aaron Aaron might be having to come back right now then minutes before being completely dark.

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I want a big boy Oh my gosh Aaron's on no way Yo Stay on stay on

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Dude it almost broke me off on the ice What the hell?

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Bro, what are you saying, bro?

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What's this guy saying?

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The ice was breaking the crazy, bro.

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No way.

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Somehow, Aaron was able to get another jumbo bluegill right before dark.

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It wasn't a monster, but it was enough to tie my fish count

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and canceling out my first fish with the biggest fish, ending us in a draw.

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Thank you, everyone, for watching.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “$250 Temu Budget Fishing Challenge”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: fish, aaron, bro, hole, bass. This video has 367 sentences and 3729 words to shadow. The speech runs for 19:47. The speaker talks fast, about 188 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
bite verb	/baɪt/	To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
bass noun	/beɪs/	A low spectrum of sound tones.
lure noun	/lʊə/	Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
gosh	/ɡɑːʃ/	A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.
bluegill noun	/ˈbluːɡɪl/	Any member of the species Lepomis macrochirus of North American sunfish.
reel verb	/ˈɹiːl/	To wind on a reel.
worm noun	/wɝm/	A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm.
bait noun	/beɪt/	Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
spoon noun	/spuːn/	An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
drill noun	/dɹɪl/	A tool or machine used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.
coupon noun	/ˈkuːˌpɑn/	A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a…
bundle noun	/ˈbʌn.dl̩/	A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.
spike noun	/spaɪk/	A sort of very large nail.
nibble verb	/ˈnɪb(ə)l/	To take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, of (something).
crank noun	/ˈkɹæŋk/	A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other…

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
go back verb	To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
back down verb	To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously had, or has planned to have.
check out verb	To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
come back verb	To return to a place.
come off verb	To become detached.
come over verb	To affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse.
come up to verb	To approach.
drop back verb	Of a quarterback or other player in the backfield, to take a number of steps back from the line of scrimmage immediately after the snap or hike of the ball, to…

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

Today we're putting that to the test.
We won't be using the same gear.
Did you think it was a bass?
What bait were you using for that bass?
Bro, what are you saying, bro?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	be redeemed · are let · is set
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've seen · have been
Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain	might have · might help · might be
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group	the most controversial · the most fish · the biggest

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 119 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, gunshot /ˈɡʌn.ʃɑt/, shiesty /ˈʃaɪsti/, sabotage /ˈsæb.əˌtɑʒ/, promotional /pɹəˈmoʊʃənəl/
Long words — get the stress right: affordable /əˈfɔɹ.də.bəl/, promotional /pɹəˈmoʊʃənəl/, continuously /kənˈtɪnjuəsli/, surprisingly /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/, controversial /ˌkɑn.tɹəˈvɝ.ʃəl/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like bite, bass, lure.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

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