Prairie Sportsman
Late Season Ice Fishing and Native Bait
Preview: Season 17 Episode 10 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Host Bret Amundson joins Drake Herd to go ice fishing and Barry Thoele raises native minnows.
Host Bret Amundson joins Drake Herd to go ice fishing near Alexandria, and Barry Thoele welcomes us to his farm where he is raising native minnows and doing all he can to save the live bait industry in Minnesota.
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Prairie Sportsman
Late Season Ice Fishing and Native Bait
Preview: Season 17 Episode 10 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Host Bret Amundson joins Drake Herd to go ice fishing near Alexandria, and Barry Thoele welcomes us to his farm where he is raising native minnows and doing all he can to save the live bait industry in Minnesota.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- [Bret] Coming up on an the next "Prairie Sportsman", we join 2021 National Walleye Tour Angler of the Year, Drake Herd, to do some late-season ice fishing near Alexandria.
Ooh, look at that one.
- Look at that one.
That's a big one.
- [Bret] And Barry Thoele welcomes us to his farm, where he is raising native minnows, and doing all he can to save the live bait industry in Minnesota.
- [Barry] Theres about 37,000 golden shiners in here right now
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Clip: S17 Ep10 | 11m 50s | Drake Herd takes host Bret Amundson to hook some late season crappie before the ice melts. (11m 50s)
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Clip: S17 Ep10 | 13m 18s | Barry Thoele raises millions of native minnows every year for sustainable fishing. (13m 18s)
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