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Luke here at the outdoor Boys YouTube

channel I'm here with my son Tom my

nephew Ransom and we're 25 miles north

of the Arctic Circle and we're catching

massive sea fish through the ocean ice

and hunting tarmigan we're cooking up

good food and having an awesome time

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oh I feel I feel I feel I feel so unlike

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all right guys welcome back to be we're

here on the shores of the Chuck Cheese

sea

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so that's the Chuck GC it's all frozen

over right now and we're gonna be here

in concert View for the next three days

you excited yeah

I'm excited we're so excited

it's about 20 degrees right now supposed

to get down around zero tonight but it

is lovely no wind but katsubu is in a

new pick Village see a lot of the signs

are in English and in yupik katsuviews

like a lot of communities here in Alaska

the only way to get here is by air

there's no roads in and out of town the

nearest Road system is over 700 miles to

the east so all the communities here are

joined by snow machine trails and get

there by boats and Bush planes

it's actually a pretty arid climate here

so they don't get a lot of snow all

these big piles of snow are from snow

drifts the wind blows frequently and it

comes in from the Chuck Cheese sea and

piles up and buries these houses okay

look at this

you guys ready

stop by the grocery store here and get

some supplies

okay oh yeah that's a proper sized

canister tank

got shelf life box Mill

all right because everything's got to be

flown in it's a little bit more

expensive here this box of cereal was

about ten dollars that thing of bacon is

29 10 for a thing of cheese Hot Dog 8 39

for a dozen eggs that's not too bad

yeah we're gonna get Cherry glazed

Fritter sorry Tom

okay what's up

this is a jalapeno cheddar burger nice

we got food for tomorrow morning and

some supplies I think it's time to go

get our fishing gear

all right I'm just gonna grab a quick

snack grab our fishing gear and we're

gonna get out and go find some fish time

to assemble the fishing gear

everybody ready

foreign

fish we're just about 100 yards offshore

from town and you can see there's just

piles and piles of sheafish guts there's

an old story about the village of

cotsaview that once it was starving to

death because they couldn't find the

caribou and the Elders of the village

made a deal with the Ravens that if they

would show them where the Caribou went

they would leave their guts out on the

ice for the Ravens to feast and so the

Ravens showed them where the Caribou

were and the people were saved and they

leave their guts out on the ice for the

Ravens to eat I see a group of ice

fishermen down there we're gonna go stop

in and see how things are going

oh looks like you're doing good there

nice fish

no it looks like the action's not super

hot but they're catching a fish here and

there

is a gorgeous Hulu knife

all those knives are gorgeous

yeah look at that nice beautiful place

yeah this is my oldest son Tommy huh hi

this is my nephew Ransom hi Ransom my

name is

care if I grabbed a chin off of one of

one of chins

baked right there yeah you could use my

order if you want to oh I would yeah I

would love that

there you go

there you go fresh sea fish chin it's

the best bait for sea fish nice and

tough too so it doesn't come off they

can't steal it from you no they won't

bring that shovel over here

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not even water well this ice is thicker

than my auger can reach looks like I

gotta go find some old holes

you're just gonna punch through these

old holes

got a little copper spoon with a piece

of Shea fish chin

here yeah

there you go reel it is

oh you got a sea fish don't grab up

there yeah

oh oh you had one Tom yeah is that

exciting Tom yeah

oh God it's a got something

it's a sculpin he liked my sheepish chin

there we go look at all the spines on

him looks like he's got little devil

horns look at that

all right bye

oh three all three barbs he wanted that

hey it's fun all the kids just got out

of school and there's all these families

and kids out fishing for sea fish on the

ice the long tradition here in kotzebue

the sea fish come in shallow in the

springtime from about the first week of

April and they're the first big food

source that becomes available in the

year so it's your first opportunity to

fill the freezer full of fresh fish

that is a nice fish look at that

check that out

that is a beautiful Alaskan cheese fish

they call them the tarpon of the North

you catch them in the summertime they

jump out of the water

look at that

he's longer than the fishing rod

these ladies over here are showing me

how it's done

that's a pile of fish yeah don't don't

fish next to these ladies if you have a

lot of pride in your ability hey guys

what's your name I'm Luke this is Tommy

foreign

yes you do

it

there you go

oh keep his head in the water yes

ah Dobby

my wrist hurts oh come here buddy you

want to get a picture with them

your first she fish what do you think is

that cool this guy's muscular why don't

you go and dump him right down there bud

right

what the heck

yeah the baby ones are big too

one thing you'll notice is that you'll

never see anyone around here ice fishing

with a fishing rod everyone uses a

little bit of antler a piece of wood and

there's a reason for that it's actually

a lot easier with these massive fish I

got a caribou antler here I'm gonna go

ahead and throw a jig on this thing and

give it to Tommy

all right

yeah

there we go

congratulations there we go another

beautiful she fish hold of your first

sea fish there stick it right up in

there don't drop him in the hole

oh huge fish and it was hard to fight

yeah

no

there we go got a little bit of sheepish

chin there

you just twist it like this and it drops

down

and when you get one just grab it with

your gloves

Lord

let's go it's good

a flounder

look at that little guy

another beautiful she fish

oh you got one

well not too bad for our first day look

at that now for the hard part gotta take

my gloves off and play them

look at all this Bait fish in his belly

that's a Tom Cod that's like a herring

another top Cod

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I got myself a cold boy and 20 30 pounds

of fillets I think it's time to call it

for today

yeah

we're a hotel freezer ain't gonna cut it

when it comes to storing our fish so let

me go ahead and bury him here over at my

friend's house

oh my goodness that's that's more than

30 pounds

all right that should keep it safe from

Ravens and dogs and stuff

all right let's go get some pizza shall

we

no problem thank you

not too bad huh it was really a nice day

but man it takes it out of you doesn't

it we're gonna just have a low-key night

here in the hotel get lots of rest

because we have a busy day tomorrow

we'll see you in the morning

well good morning sun sets around 11 30

at night and gets up somewhere around 4

30 in the morning so there is a lot of

light breakfast we've got Cherry

fritters and cereal

it's a beautiful day here in concert

Butte and it is currently four degrees

Fahrenheit outside and we better put on

sunscreen or we're going to end up

sunburned Sunburn and frostbite

oh yeah it's springtime in Alaska all

right we're all dressed up now we got to

get out of here before we overheat

this is better for now

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well guys this is the arctic tundra and

we're gonna do a little bit of hunting

we're gonna try to shoot some tarm again

which is the Alaska state bird it's a

game bird similar to a grouse or a wild

chicken that turns white in the winter

and brown in the summer and we're gonna

see if we can't find a white bird in all

of this hey Tom do you want a chance to

shoot the shotgun yeah all right come

here

it does hurt a little bit tough see that

little snow bank right there I want you

to shoot it okay pull the hammer back

and fire when ready okay

wow that did hurt that was awesome

see him there's a there's like 20 Target

right up there why don't you get the 22

ready see if we're careful about it we

can plink a couple with the 22 and then

when they take off we can shoot it with

the shotgun so just take your time and

be cool about it I mean there's no

pressure we miss it we'll get some more

you know

see watch how they're moving around yeah

there so far they're being pretty chill

okay there she they're stopping they're

starting to move away okay now you gotta

take your shot you're not gonna get much

closer than that

you're way high

there you go Tom go check it out that

right there is a tarp again turn white

the winner and they turned brown in the

summer delicious bird

look there see all the little Target

trucks those are old Target tracks right

there let's go see if we can find some

fresh ones

all right you see him

yeah let's get closer get on the snow

machine get closer

yeah I see him you see him right there

ah

Ransom you did it congratulations there

we go

my bag is gonna smell like tarm again

ah there we go

look at this just tarmigan everywhere

one two three four five at least 30 of

them right there

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so I'm learning a few things about

hunting Target they like to be around

the Willows On the Sunny Side of these

Hills but they don't want to be in the

really thick Willows that stuff's Prime

cardigan territory that stuff's too

thick oh look there's a moose right

there

there's a bunch right there they're

right there in the kind of the

moderately thick Willows

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that'll do it

it's okay buddy

I'm really glad I gotta film that you

running and chasing I think I cracked my

elbow

uh yeah a little bit above it is like

pretty nasty right there but it is a

sharp pain I think I might have

fractured it but it still hurts tomorrow

it's probably a fracture it goes away

it's probably a bruise we are jumping

off the machines like one of the crazy

times I clipped it on something we were

chasing these tarmigan but man it's so

easy to get disoriented look at this I

think the road's that direction but

we're gonna have to follow our tracks

back to make sure luckily I got a GPS on

me but when you're chasing those birds

it's easy to get lost

very nice

there we go last bullet of the day

whoa this went better than expected but

we uh we burned up a lot of ammo we're

running low on space back here too we've

got tarmigan bungee to the back time to

pluck some tarm again and get them all

cleaned up I don't think they want us

gutting these in the hotel room there's

actually signs saying don't do that

see this one's his head his head's

turning brown turning face me

um hold your birds up

instead of white meat like a chicken no

that's the crop that's what the time

we're gonna be eating it's all twigs and

that's why you always find them by the

Willows

cutting birds in the Arctic it's a

little bit cold on the old fingers all

right I'm gonna ride with you Tom

nice chance to thaw out and wash my

hands everything smells like tarmigan uh

Macbeth

hey Branson do you want to use my knife

for your knife for the peanut butter

jelly sandwiches

mine use mine peanut butter jelly and

tarm again this is a nutritious no no

the chicken

one Ptarmigan Nutella sandwich

now that we've got some lunch in our

belly I think it's time to do some

fishing

now one thing it's important to remember

we're fishing in the ocean this is salt

water the sea fish spend the winter in

the ocean and then in the summer they go

up into the rivers and spawn and they

repeat that process each year it's a

nice nice sheet oh it has the name on it

Ransom hey Ransom is this your knife

sheath no it says Ransom on it somebody

left a knife sheath on the ice and it's

got your name on it it says Ransom

that's actually really cool I did not

bring a knife I'd say leave it there and

maybe somebody will come for it

hey a little Irish Lord look at that

oh

foreign Lord

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is that him finding me too badly

there we go

see all the wood they got stacked up

there's no trees growing around here

they have to go all the way across the

bay up there to find trees to get

firewood so people will bring in these

huge logs and then you have to chop up

all their firewood cutting and Gathering

firewood's a big deal around here it

takes a lot of time and fuel

feels nice to have not have tons of gear

on doesn't it

we got a reindeer stew here

all right good you want to try some

reindeer

you grab a little piece of that reindeer

meat it's good but I mean with the spoon

but yeah do you like it

oh that is a nice looking Burger look at

that that is a nice little Burger there

you like the mozzarella sticks

good job

he wants

well we've had a great day but I'll tell

you what my arm hurts so bad I think I

might have fractured my elbow I actually

went and called a doctor in Anchorage

about it I don't think I need to go to

the ER or anything today but

I think I might go have to go get it

checked out when I return back to

Anchorage I want to see if it's swelling

up

I can't see I gotta go look at the

mirror it's not horrible but it does

look a little gross no pain no pain no

paper we'll see tomorrow what my arm

does but it's getting late so I'm gonna

put this camera down and see if we can't

get to sleep with all this sunlight

outside

hmm good morning oh

my arm still hurts but it definitely

feels better than it did yesterday night

maybe I just bruised it and didn't

fracture it oh

we got a little snowstorm out today

I'm ready all right let's go Brave the

elements get breakfast

I love how the guys clearing the

walkways in his T-shirt

okay out

think you're out

yay

oh that's definitely me yeah

oh my

God

they've shortened the kids swing sets so

they can swing above the snow now

for those who don't know kotzebu is the

largest city here in Northwest Alaska

it's just slightly over 4 000 people

live here in concert View and also if

you want to go to some of the national

parks here in Northwest kotsubu is the

Hub you have to go to First

thank you

it got to be right there

Copic Valley National Parks and most

remote National Park in the country

right there

check it out they got an umiac boat they

put seal skin over it take it out

wailing

oh look at that kayak up there that's

cool tarvagan Snowshoe hair doll shoe

that's the Wolverine over there see sour

duck Eskimo potato and seal flipper Tom

this this city is like thousands of

years old so if you dig around in the

summertime you'll find this stuff buried

around the city this is for making the

arrow shaft straight they go and they

run it up and down when you come here in

the summertime on the beach where we

snow machine the people will set that up

and they'll dry their salmon right there

on the beach

foreign

look at that regular unleaded just under

eight bucks

now I have a boy here who really wants

to go hunting is that right Tom yes

should I do a little bit more time again

honey you can see if Tommy can't get a

bird

I think it's time to load up and do some

target practice

oh you got the back one see him

so this is where you got two of them and

then up there Tom you're doing really

good I'm actually really impressed Bud

all right let's hop on

it's got an overcast and now it's really

hard to see the Contours of the snow and

much harder to see a white tarmigan

you getting hungry Tom yeah are you cold

all right maybe go back get some lunch

okay

the guys out there are reeling in some

sea fish Tommy we might have to go catch

some sea fish after lunch

be quick go out and try to catch some

sea fish redeem ourselves from our

Ptarmigan hunt failure this morning off

we go

no that's pretty much it through it

oh there you go rad

big sea fish right there

long fish

you got an icewood

all right

you got it oh I got it I got it

oh there we go

you got one too okay that's a triple got

down fighting one oh yeah reactive over

here with one my arm needs a break

yeah see he's snagged that's why he

couldn't get him in

wow

ah that is a good one Tom ah look at

that

all right there you go

you got another one job

oh yeah there we go

diving already oh

the fishing rods are more fun but these

work so much better

you get to fish in faster you lose fewer

of them

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there we go

nice oh wow

oh they're just crazy

we've only been here about 30 minutes

and I've maybe been able to fish for a

total of three I keep having to run over

and Philip Tommy and take his fish off

the hook

pull this one out yourself this is a

great opportunity if you learn how to do

this grab the lure because it's that

it's not stretchy

you got it

hang them on the ground this guy's heavy

yeah you want to try to unhook at him

push it out push it there you go you got

him out buddy

you got one over there yeah you can

understand why I say the antlers work

way better don't they yeah I'll tell you

what guys this is arguably the best ice

fishing in North America we've been

fishing for 30 40 minutes we've got a

pile of 20 pound fish and it's just

right outside of town a beautiful spring

day it's just wonderful we've got plenty

of fish so Tom and Ranch I'm gonna go

get some Ziploc bags for me

you get it yeah I almost

there we go

oh

there we go 15 Shea fish look at that

all in about 35 40 minutes that's

ridiculous if you want to do this hole

this hole is produced almost all of them

I should really stop and clean fish now

oh nice

all right this lovely lady over here

just let me borrow her ULU knife this is

a traditional knife here

and uh it's actually an heirloom I'm

gonna go ahead and play up my first

sheet fish with the noodle knife

that was fun I think I need a lot more

practice with that

thank you so much for letting me borrow

that all right well that ULU knife was

way cooler than my filet knife but

unfortunately I'm kind of slow and my

fingers are getting numb so I think I'm

gonna fall back on what I know

if you got a sculping over there

yeah it was a skull

you got another one Dom

I kept running look at your drag just go

and get going

and you're putting those rods through

their Paces I don't know what we're

doing with this fish but I can tell you

what I'm not filleting it I think you I

hooked a seal there

really

fighter oh

look nah he's good he's in good shape

Tommy that was a rodeo

good job bud

tell you what Tom those whisker Seeker

ice fishing rods do a good job oh

look at that

oh those little orange rods are made by

whisker Seeker they're designed for

fishing for catfish through the ice but

I love them I mean they're just got

loads of strength to them

me and Ratchet are sitting here

packaging up fish and Tommy's just going

to town on s'more sea fish Catch and

Release though we're done

we have fish boxes oh it's like trying

to button up my jeans oh come on up nope

that's not happening I don't think

that's a sculpin

it must be one desperate that what

is that possible look at this beautiful

all right Tom I think we're ready to

wrap it up bud I think total we only

fished for maybe an hour and we caught

26 fish we ended up releasing a bunch

giving away a bunch what an epic day

look at this bag of fish we got

oh

streams I just

like

going will you open the door for a rest

oh man I think we got sunburned I'm a

little red oh I feel it oh I feel it on

my lips all right I'm hungry so we're

gonna go get some Chinese food almost

every major Village in Alaska has one

Chinese restaurant

people here are so friendly they just

asked Tommy if he's ever tried she fish

and he's like oh so they're like we'll

cook some up for you oh my goodness

thank you so much it tastes really good

and sea fish is a great fish

doesn't bring them back well thank you

oh those people are so nice we just sat

and chatted for a while it's like

everyone we've met here in casabia was

like that just very friendly you guys

you want to see something

see these rocks these are solid Jade see

this this is solid Jade right here

yeah

there's an entire mountain made out of

Jade not too far from here and the mine

went bust and they left some of those

Boulders there full of jade

now they use them to keep people from

cutting through the parking lot

all right we got some Mushu pork and

crab rangoon here

never had Mushu pork it's like Chinese

tacos

oh good morning it is our last day here

in kotzebue and we are eating breakfast

and packing up a healthy breakfast of

S'mores cereal I'm not gonna lie that's

good

this is

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good to see you

time to deliver some fish

those are some slams all right

you want some fish yeah let's get you

some fish make sure you have it all

right there we go there's another one

thanks Luke that disappeared quickly oh

we were eating that Lily koi Jam your

mom gave us oh my goodness well Jared

it's a pleasure man hey thanks a lot oh

well me and Becca just got rid of about

100 pounds of sheet fish and we still

have a lot left over which is a good

thing because we have some friends

coming over tomorrow and uh we're gonna

be cooking them up some tarmigan and she

fish you ready yeah well I've got a

couple recipes I'm gonna do with the she

fish and I've got a couple recipes I'm

gonna do with the tarm again the first

sheet fish recipe is I'm gonna make

smoked she fish or she fish candy it's a

recipe you might have seen me do before

two two one two

all right we let that sit overnight

foreign got all the sea fish in the

smoker we're gonna let that go for about

six to eight hours

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oh that's doing good all right time to

get the tarm again

okay one time again

six

so check it out we've got the target all

washed and cleaned you can see how dark

red the meat is now it's really normal

for wild meat the white meat you see in

domesticated chickens and pork that's

not natural that's bred that way this

red meat will have a lot more flavor and

it'll be a lot leaner so we're gonna do

is we're gonna fillet off these breasts

and we're gonna cook those separate and

then the rest of the carcass we're going

to use to make a stew

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all right we got the breast meat right

there

got some white vinegar here

the purpose of the vinegar is to draw

out the gamey flavor a little bit some

people really love that gamey flavor my

family does not I got the stockpot full

of carcasses here and I'm gonna make

stew out of this sprinkle a bit of salt

on everything Touch of this white

vinegar on there

this is tine oregano sage and rosemary

all mixed together

a little bit of ground mustard a little

bit of black pepper

we're gonna start boiling that

got that meat cooked we got to pull out

some of the meat

uh check it out right here

this is the wishbone

so each of you grab an end and you pull

it and when it breaks whoever's got the

biggest piece gets their wish the

boiling process takes all the flavor out

of the meat and so any of the good

chunks you want to pull them out at the

beginning of the process so all this

salvaged meat we want to set this aside

we're going to add it back into the stew

later on two hours later

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all right we got our tarmigan stock here

give it a little taste and see how the

seasoning is

man it's pretty bang on

first things first gonna dump in some

tomatoes

hey here we go

we got some rosemary sage and Thyme

we're just gonna bundle that up put that

right there

we're gonna add back the tarmigan meat

take a little cornstarch and water mix

it up

I don't thicken that stew up there we go

nice beautiful Ptarmigan stew back

burner this until dinner here try the

tournaments too this is oh

I'm gonna make a cranberry sauce to go

with dinner and it's really easy just

take these dried Craisins

cover them in a little water

and boiling

we're gonna pour them into a blender

now if you want to make a Thanksgiving

style cranberry sauce just reduce this

till it's the texture you want and there

you go I'm gonna make this a little

special and add some blackberries to it

just boil it until all the blackberries

mush up and turn into jelly what do you

think of this sauce

oh you look so crazy oh that's really

really good

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well I want to make sure my wife doesn't

leave me for a younger man so I'm going

to go ahead and make homemade rolls with

cheese inside to go with this meal they

are really amazing even when my looks

fade I have something to offer you

you know bread can be really complicated

or it can be really simple this is

simple bread flour yeast water

that's it all right once the yeast gets

all foamy and stuff then it's time to

add a little more water you want to add

water just a little bit at a time until

you get the right consistency

give it a good mix now we just let it

sit for about an hour and Rise all right

we're gonna knock the air out of this

okay got a little garlic powder

we'll just let these rise for another 45

minutes or until I feel like it and then

we'll throw them in the oven

oh

you got a Mickey Mouse one

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brown sugar and butter is the simplest

fish recipe but it works good on salmon

halibut whatever so delicious this is

really good to do on a barbecue

all right we're gonna make some couscous

to go with all this

all right we're just toasting the

couscous and raisins right there after

you toast the couscous just add some

water and salt couscous is looking done

all right I'm gonna pull out the cast

iron skillet here

we got garlic tine Rosemary and Sage

we're just gonna put that in the butter

right there

there we go

pecorino Romano cheese

we got some smoked lake trout here I'm

gonna take the skin off

all right

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there we go smoke late trout carbonara

hey guys welcome what's up hey

eventually yeah

oh all right here I want this piece try

a bit you guys ever you guys know what a

sea fish is

big white fish that lives up above the

Arctic Circle tastes really good yeah I

come on

well guys I forgot that we've signed up

to feed the volunteer missionaries from

our church and it's good you can because

we ended up having a lot more food than

we expected so uh have you ever guys

ever had she fish before nope no ever

had cardigan before nope nope you're

gonna take a lot of boxes today uh we

got some basil couscous we got biscuits

with cheese in it we've got a tarmigan

stew

um and put a little cilantro on there we

got the tarmigan breasts and we've got

this cranberry blackberry sauce it goes

with the breast and then we have a

smoked lake trout carbonara over there

which all right oh pepper

what do you guys what do you guys think

about the uh tarmigan tastes almost like

deer yeah yeah it'd be tastes much more

like deer and stuff like that very lean

the real test is whether Becca likes it

I don't usually like wild meat wild meat

weirds are out

but she really likes blackberries I love

this sauce the vinegar really helped

tone down the gamey flavor those little

rolls are so good

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who

right here let me hand you that and I

will swap you

there you go you guys full

we took it no yes yeah good sea fish it

looks good you want to eat a good fish

it's a really good fish you know she

fish is a nice white meat it's not as

flaky as halibut but it's kind of like

cod you know I think maybe a little bit

so guys thanks for coming by appreciate

it that was fun but I am so full that

was a lot of food hopefully you guys

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