There is this one creek that we cross with a dam on it. The dam is made in sand so it leaks all the time. This year there isn't enough water in the system to keep the levels up and I noticed from one day to the next that the water level had dropped a few inches and there was air between the ice and water around the edges. That is bad because in a month or so the water will be feet below the ice not supporting it and ol' Rich will dump a machine down the hole when the ice collapses. So I take the pre-emptive caution of draining water now so the ice collapses now and there is no future danger. While I was doing this little pike floated out from under the ice and through the breach. Perfect mature pike this is as big as they get in the little creek. Already dead with the ice on the water for less than a week. Tough winter for some fish.
Rich and Sandi sit down for a looooong podcast with the folks from Panoramic. You can find out more about the guys at https://www.panoramicoutdoors.com/
I just watched your latest scuttlebut on YT. You two are just the latest victim of the outdoor channels. Kusk Wild and Trapper J have recently been hit. I encouraged them to join Rumble. I posted a response on the YT video 2 times and they posted but when I went back they were gone. I don't know if its because you are done with them or they removed them. My response to your video was to not stop posting on YT but to make a 10-15 second video saying "new content landed on Rumble, go check it out". This video wouldn't require your standard introduction but just to redirect and inform your followers that a new video landed. You would only have to make this video once and post it there every time you put up new content. I think it would be funny using that platform to boost another. Just a thought. Photo just for content.