STRANDED ON THE ICE!! Steelhead Fishing Rescue Mission (do not try this)

That's home, dude. We are almost home. It's busting right up. It can't handle the pressure. Can't go anywhere in my jet boat, and I don't know what to do. We're going to try to see if we can get all this downstream. We probably just busted up, what, 300 yards of ice? I mean, this is probably a good inch, inch and a half of ice. I mean, it's nothing insane, just barely doable. We bust this up, the river will kick her out like it's already done all downstream, and we might be in business here. It looks a little crazy. This will get that ice all lifted up and busting on its own without touching it. If we can get it through right here, we are good. I think this is the last chunk. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. That's home. Dude, it's busting right up. It can't handle the pressure. It can't handle the Southcraft. Cleared almost a half mile of river. Like, for real though. One last ram, this might do it. Yeah, we're stuck, dude. We're not getting out of this. Hey, how's it going? Kind of in a tough predicament right now here, ice-locked. Can't go anywhere in my jet boat, and I don't know what to do. Where'd you put it in at? I put it in right there. Yeah, right there at the launch with the fish cleaning station. We got open water 50 yards from us, but I can't get to it. So if somebody could throw us a line or something like that, I've tried to call some people I know, and there's just no boats out. Do you have a callback number for you? We're going to make it out, but we are absolutely stuck in a floating pile of ice, and we have about an hour and a half of daylight left, and we are trying to figure out how to get out of here. Thought calling the Coast Guard. And this is definitely not ideal. I don't know if I regret our decision to come up here, but it's more so, like, ramming it. Dude, it's just layers and layers and layers of ice under there. Yeah, the thing we were telling the cop he pulled up when you guys were gone is maybe if we hook this rope up to the front of his vehicle, he could pull us. We have a tow strap hooked up to the front of our boat, and we are hoping that this is going to pull us out. We got a good feeling. We got the boat turned sideways at least a little. Here it goes. There's the tension. It ain't going to come ripping in our face, right? I don't think so either. Back it up as fast as you can. We keep rocking it. We're going to bust this ice. Yeah, it's going to work. We're not going to know if we don't bust this out, dude. Yeah, we should probably bust it. Oh, yeah. Yeah, we should probably bust this ---- out, you guys. Yep. Yeah, hold up. Let us keep busting the ice because every time we bust ice, it's working. Yeah, we're moving. We are for sure moving. Here, get this ---- out because it's going to create a drag in the back of the boat. You know what I'm saying? So we're going to keep cracking this ice. Yeah, you're getting rope on us for sure. Oh, we're moving. We're moving. Dude, look how much ice was packed under your boat. It's good by tomorrow. This might be it. We got it. We have to. Come on. Oh, my goodness. Yep, yep. I think we got it. Oh, my goodness. Yeah, we got it. We have to. We're right there. Holy crap. Yep. We're good. We got it. Yeah, we're free. Oh, my God. We were stranded on this ice for probably over three hours. That went south in 0.5 seconds. We went from, ha-ha, we're busting this out, no problem, to I hope somebody will answer their phone real quick. It's all 10-12, yeah? Yep. All right, she's going to be surfing. That's a beaut right there, man. Oh. Little shardy in the schnozzolino right there, man. Put it very quickly. It's a nice, beautiful fish, man. Little stocker. Slimed and gooped up. Let's go live another day, man. Should be a hot fish. We have a great fight. I'm out here solo. You guys are going to see some footage with my buddy Dom that was in the video earlier. Went the extra mile a little bit to try to make this happen. I do apologize for the lack of uploads. I'm just going through a weird phase in life, man. I'm 26 years old. I've been self-employed for the last five years doing what I love. I love creating content. I make videos for a living. And streaming on Twitch, obviously, that's kind of my main source of income, playing Call of Duty. It was a childhood hobby I had for about 10 years. Senior year of college, it kind of took off a little bit for me to the point where I was able to pay my bills and stack a little bread. And I was doing pretty well for myself. I don't know. I don't know if it's either I'm phasing out of the game and I'm constantly comparing and contrasting, going fishing and playing video games and I'm just deciding I love fishing more, or the video games are just getting old and boring. I mean, the developers that are making a lot of the games I used to play, Call of Duty, multiplayer, if you guys know anything about that, kind of going down the gutter. And I'm in this weird situation where I'm sacrificing a lot of the time that I stream just digging out of my savings every month to break even and get by. And I'm sacrificing the opportunity to make money playing video games to pursue a dream and content creation with fishing and YouTube videos. I'm not out here trying to be the best steelhead guy ever. I started my guide service because so many of you guys were asking me. It's just a productive way for me to stay on the water. But it's been tough, man. I'll be honest. And the whole reason I even went on this trip in the first place is because I just need to check out. I need a break. I need to go somewhere far and just get away. There's nothing special about where I chose to go. I just want to go, hit the road, and see where I end up. So finding peace with myself, catching some steelhead out here on a brisk winter day. Things have been weird. I think I'm going to be taking a step of faith and really just pursuing the content creation with fishing and guiding. I'll still be streaming video games. I've got to follow my heart. It's the bottom of the ninth for me, man. I can't keep doing this forever. I can't just keep sitting here going on these fishing trips, not making any money for myself and not having a living. I've got dreams I want to achieve. I want a family one day. I want to have a house. I want everything you guys want. Hopefully, I can lead by example and show you guys that it is possible doing what you love for a living. I'm out here to have fun and share my passion with you guys, and I feel like it's just one of the main sources of my creativity. If you guys do watch these videos, especially if you sat through this whole long rant, I really appreciate it. Seriously, this is all I got. I don't really know what else to say. I just one-took that real quick. Let's go catch some steelhead. Drop with force. I will say, though, depending on how this goes, we might want to finish out on the whole. Oh! Really? Did you see that? No. Let me hit that drift real quick. You didn't see that? No. I saw it went tink, wham! Really? Watch this, dude. It's crazy. Really? Oh! It got me. I freaking turned my head so fast. I'm going to show you what it actually looks like. That's the difference. You ready? I'll just show you what a fish looks like. Just give me a minute. Hold up. This is a nice fish, bud. Really. It's all wrapped up. This is legit. It's a male. He's not wrapped anymore. Damn, son! Bruiser. That is a boy right there, dude. I'm sorry for telling you it's a female. Yeah. So, that is how you catch a fish, John? Yep. Got all the bags. That should tackle you. It should take you out. Oh! Charty. Shaking baby, son. I'm here. Freaking majestic. Nice deal right there. Having a good day out here with my buddy, Don. Good vibes. Got lucky on a couple nice fish right here. I'm sure he's going to kick off well. He's like, get me out. I bet if we work that down spot down there, we'll get one. Again. Let it reset. Let him get squirrely. Oh, that's a fish. Going in for the double. He said, I don't like you. Bam! Unwrapped finally, yeah? Oh, it's a brown. Is it? Dude, it might be a brown. It's a brown, dude. Let's go. Came here for a nice steelhead and got blessed with a beautiful brown trout. The chartreuse, man. Charty, baby. Charty. Solid fish. Cannot complain with that whatsoever. Oops, hold on, buddy. What? Oh. It's okay. What? I don't know. The screen went blank for a second. Oh, no. What's your guys' opinions on this? So I have these fish monkey gloves. They're leather gloves on the palms. Like, obviously, you don't want to be grabbing these fish with wool, but just to be extra cautious, I'm going to take them off. But do you think that these fish monkey gloves are fine with the leather palm as far as, like, removing that slime coat? I've been wondering that, but I know that these latex gloves are harmless. Check this guy out, though. Stud. Stud stocker male right here, man. Beautiful colors. It's hard to beat December colors like that, man. I love it. That fish gave a pretty solid fight. Hooked him a while out of me. Big peck on him. Look at that. Love that. Oh, beautiful. There he goes. Hope you guys enjoyed the video. If you did, please be sure to leave a like, comment, and subscribe if you would like to help further support the channel. Over 75% of the people who watch my videos are not subscribed, so if you notice I keep coming back, drop that sub. Be sure to hit the bell notification. I hope you guys have a Merry Christmas. I'll see you in the next one.