Who's Stronger? 9x Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer vs. Strongest Game Fish

Olympic swimmer Caleb Dressel tests his strength against powerful game fish using fishing tackle and custom harness in this unique challenge.

Key Takeaways

Caleb Dressel exhibits extraordinary strength comparable to strong game fish like Bonita.
Using fishing tackle and drag scales provides a measurable way to compare human and fish power.
The challenge highlights the physical demands of both competitive swimming and big game fishing.
Caleb's performance shows that Olympic-level athletes possess explosive power beyond their sport.
The video creatively blends sports and fishing to engage audiences in a unique strength test.

What the video covers

Caleb Dressel, a nine-time Olympic gold medal swimmer, is tested for his raw power against strong game fish.
A custom swim harness is used to simulate a gamefish pulling against fishing tackle.
The challenge progresses from basic fishing gear to the strongest reels designed for big fish.
Drag scales are used to measure the force exerted by both the fish and Caleb.
The initial test involves a Bonita fish, with Caleb attempting to match or exceed its drag force.
Caleb successfully pulls against an 8.5 lb drag, proving he is as strong as a Bonita.
The challenge escalates to heavier tackle and stronger fish, including tuna drag levels.
Caleb demonstrates impressive strength and endurance while battling simulated fish drag.
The video combines fishing techniques with athletic performance testing for an entertaining comparison.
The host encourages viewers to suggest future challenges and highlights Caleb's athleticism.

Chapters

Who is Caleb Dressel in this video?

Caleb Dressel is a nine-time Olympic gold medal swimmer known for his explosive power. In this video, he participates in a unique challenge comparing his strength to that of strong game fish.

What is the main goal of the video?

The main goal is to determine whether a nine-time Olympic gold medal swimmer or a strong game fish is stronger by using fishing tackle and a custom harness to measure their pulling power.

How is strength measured in the challenge?

Strength is measured using a drag scale attached to fishing reels with set drag levels, comparing the force exerted by Caleb and the fish, starting with lighter drag for smaller fish and progressing to heavier drag for bigger fish.

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Speaker A

What's stronger, a nine-time Olympic gold medal swimmer or a fish? This is Caleb Dressel. Pound-for-pound, he has the most explosive raw power the sport of swimming has ever seen. Using a custom swim harness, I'm turning our Olympic champion into a gamefish. Then the real test begins. I'm going to battle him using an arsenal of fishing tackle, starting with basic gear and progressing to the strongest reels designed for the biggest fish. We got a drag scale here.

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test begins. I'm going to battle him using an arsenal of fishing tackle, starting with basic gear and progressing to the strongest reels designed for the biggest fish. We got a drag scale here.

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The goal of this video is to see what is stronger, a fish or an Olympic swimmer.

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This is a Pen Authority 6400 HS. I got 25 lb mono on here. 25 lb line. Ready?

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This is a Penn Authority 6400 HS. I got 25 lb mono on here. 25 lb line. Ready?

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8.5. Okay, that's what we're going to fish the bonus for first and then we're going to strap you into a harness and we're going to see if you can pull 8.5 lbs of drag.

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How much is that? Eight. It's 8.4. That's right when it starts going. Okay, hold, I want to get it. Dude, I need the lowest number. It's eight. Okay, that one was 8.5.

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No, you can beat a sardine. Get out of here. Give me a bonita. Give you a bonita. All right, here we go. Here we go. Here we go. All right, so look at this. Got some glass minnows for chum. Bonita love eating these

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8.5. Okay, that's what we're going to fish the Bonita for first and then we're going to strap you into a harness and we're going to see if you can pull 8.5 lbs of drag.

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The drag's been set. The rules have been set. These are Olympic standards here. Yeah. Here we go. Here we go. Come on, Caleb.

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I'm so nervous. If I can't, dude, then we got to put a sardine on and see if I can beat that.

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Yeah. Feed. No problem. No problem, dude. Oh my. I got him. I got him. I got him.

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No, you can beat a sardine. Get out of here. Give me a Bonita. Give you a Bonita. All right, here we go. Here we go. Here we go. All right, so look at this. Got some glass minnows for chum. Bonita love eating these things. You just break them up, throw them in the water like so. Live sardine.

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Is this bonita? What are we thinking? That's a bonita. Oh, they Yeah. Oh, yeah. There you go.

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The drag's been set. The rules have been set. These are Olympic standards here. Yeah. Here we go. Here we go. Come on, Caleb.

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Yeah, that little fish pulled more than his own body weight and drag. That's why he's built to do though, man.

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Oh, it's really cool. Oh, that's, uh, oh. Uh-oh. Can you do that with 8 and a half pounds of drag?

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I think I can still pull I can still pull eight and a half, but that was He was screaming it off, too.

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Yeah. Feed. No problem. No problem, dude. Oh my. I got him. I got him. I got him.

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You got to pull the same amount of feet as he did. I need somewhat of a handicap from this guy.

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I got him. I got him. Shark. Can't chase that shark. I'm going to get eaten by so many behind them.

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I'm curious to see how strong of a swimmer you are. I Me, too. This is new. This is new for everybody.

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Is this Bonita? What are we thinking? That's a Bonita. Oh, they, yeah. Oh, yeah. There you go.

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Well, let's uh let's make sure the drag hasn't slipped. Like, I didn't watch you the whole time. Maybe you loosened that thing up or something. I don't know.

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That's my first Bonita. Bonita. We got this monster. What is this? First Bonita probably 7, 8 lb and he was pulling 8 and 12 lbs of drag.

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Hey, we're at the same eight and a half, nine. Hold eight and a half.

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Yeah, that little fish pulled more than his own body weight and drag. That's why he's built to do though, man.

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Bonita and a bonita. That's where we're starting. A bonita. We're starting with a bonita.

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It's impressive. It's really impressive swim, too. We got to see what you're made of.

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I only get one back at a time, though. Yeah, one back at a time.

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I think I can still pull, I can still pull eight and a half, but that was, he was screaming it off, too.

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Please. Okay, fine. You let me on your boat. These are heavy. Holy moly, dude. That's crazy. I did not win these. I'm taking possession of them. This is like a repo thing. Okay.

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Oh, he was pulling hard. Yeah, that was fun. The shark almost got us, but we got him.

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to do a double uni knot. Humiliating, dude. Here we go. He's got to pull eight and a half pounds of drag.

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You got to pull the same amount of feet as he did. I need somewhat of a handicap from this guy.

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Bail's not open. Now it is. Wow, that was serious jump. I am hooked up to an Olympian right now. We got Caleb dress in the water.

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Golf. This ain't no golf. There's no handicaps here. You can't pretend to be good. Let's go.

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Are you stronger than a bonita? What? Yes. You think you are? Yes. I'm That's my final answer. I have to be.

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I'm curious to see how strong of a swimmer you are. I, me, too. This is new. This is new for everybody.

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You've lost one. Give me If I get this, give me I want Rio back. You want Rio back?

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Yeah. If I hear one click on the wheel, I'm fired up. Are you? On the reel. Yeah. Yeah. If I hear one little click of drag, I'm celebrating.

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Dead stop. So, I'm going to have tension on you like I'm on a fish and you got to take off. You ready?

Speaker A

Well, let's, uh, let's make sure the drag hasn't slipped. Like, I didn't watch you the whole time. Maybe you loosened that thing up or something. I don't know.

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Look at him go. Holy moly. He's doing good. You did good, bro. RIP. Yeah, but you go 50 yards. I'm going to try to I have to try to stop you now.

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Let's, let's do a quick test before you go in the water. It's at a pound and a half. 85, 887, 82, 8.

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That's probably about 50. Yeah. No, no, no, no. You win. You're stronger than a Bonita. There's no question.

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Hey, we're at the same eight and a half, nine. Hold eight and a half.

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You want me to reel you in? Okay. Yeah. Yeah, that got us. So, you're officially stronger than a Bonita, dude. That's something you're proud of.

Speaker A

All right, let's get you in the water. All right, let's do it. We have Caleb Dressel here. He is going to go and see if he's stronger than a fish. Okay, it's all geared up.

Speaker A

So, like on a scale of 1 to 10, how hard was that? What would 10 be?

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Bonita and a Bonita. That's where we're starting. A Bonita. We're starting with a Bonita.

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Really? Yeah. 6 and 1/2. What it look like? It look like a two out of 10.

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I'm going to be taking possession of the gold medals. He has to complete the challenge to get them back.

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Really? Yeah, you officially got Rio back, buddy. Congratulations. You are as strong as a bonita.

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I only get one back at a time, though. Yeah, one back at a time.

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You did good, bro. That's easy. We don't have yellow tuna here, but we're going to treat him as a yellow tuna. So, Oh, you already got the rig set up and the drags already set.

Speaker A

If I get, if I get the 8 lb, if I get the 8 lb, uh, 8 and 12 pound, can I, can I wear, can I wear them? Is that being a pogo? You want me to wear them?

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Okay. Pen Authority 8500. I think it's 80 lb braid on here. You can do 50 yards.

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Please. Okay, fine. You let me on your boat. These are heavy. Holy moly, dude. That's crazy. I did not win these. I'm taking possession of them. This is like a repo thing. Okay.

Speaker A

pretty hard to pull. Let's see how much that is. That's a really good tuna drag.

Speaker A

He has to win them back. So, we're going to tie you off. This is 40 lb fluorocarbon. I know. Look, look at that little [expletive] little line right there, but it's nothing. Here we go. We're going to tie him off here. We're going to do a double uni knot. Humiliating, dude. Here we go. He's got to pull eight and a half pounds of drag.

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Ready? Ready. I think 21. We got 20 25 lbs of drag. Yeah, let's just let's call it even. Let's call it 23 lbs of drag.

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All right, sir. Do you have a date with destiny? So, is the bail open?

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You ready? Yeah. Three, two, one, and go. Oh, dude. He's pulling, bro. He's pulling tuna drag.

Speaker A

Bail's not open. Now it is. Wow, that was a serious jump. I am hooked up to an Olympian right now. We got Caleb Dressel in the water.

Speaker A

I'm bringing you a lot easier right now. Wait, so how hard was that? What was the last one? Six and a half.

Speaker A

What are we doing, dude? I'm just giggling. I'm giggling. Dude, what is going to happen right now?

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Yeah. Yeah. It's fun the beginning, the first four strokes cuz I'm finding a marker on the bottom, focusing on that. And in the first four strokes, I didn't move.

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Are you stronger than a Bonita? What? Yes. You think you are? Yes. That's my final answer. I have to be.

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crystal clear water with a black stripe. So, this is a this You're right. You don't have any markers. I didn't even think about that.

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Okay, Caleb, are you ready? No. You have to win a gold medal back now.

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Little little cones or something. Yeah. Well, you got another medal back, dude. Which one do you want?

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You've lost one. Give me, if I get this, give me, I want Rio back. You want Rio back?

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Bonita. Now you're officially Mr. Tuna as well. There we go. Now, I have good news and I have bad news. You You've officially become a tuna.

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That's my first medal. Yeah. Okay. You get Rio back. Okay. So, the first test is dead stop.

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last medal back, you have to beat a small marlin and a big marlin. Okay. You know why Paris metal special?

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Dead stop. So, I'm going to have tension on you like I'm on a fish and you got to take off. You ready?

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I really need it back. You need that one back? Yeah. He came to Paris. He was uh 6 months old. He watched me win it over the stands. It's like it's probably my most special one.

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Okay. Here we go, guys. Ready? And three, two, and go. Oh, dude. He's pulling it, bro.

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Oh, we haven't hit that mono yet. Yeah, you haven't done mono yet, bro. It's all braid. Well, you did mono. You did mono on the first bonito. That That was mono. So now you're going to feel the stretch.

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Look at him go. Holy moly. He's doing good. You did good, bro. RIP. Yeah, but you go 50 yards. I'm going to try to, I have to try to stop you now.

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This is me. This is getting mean. It's getting mean. The video is getting mean.

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Oh, he's taking off, dude. Yeah, he's going. All right. All right. All right. You're good. You're good.

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Line's coming up right there. It's 22. 22. What we call the last one? Like 20 25.

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That's probably about 50. Yeah. No, no, no, no. You win. You're stronger than a Bonita. There's no question.

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This is not quite the final boss. Okay. This is And if I get If I complete all challenges, I get Josh's boat.

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We got one. You got one fish for sure. Okay. I actually didn't know if he was going to do that or not. I'm very impressed. He's a very strong swimmer.

Speaker A

Oh, he's pulling drag, dude. Look at that. He's doing it. Oh, he's fighting good.

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You want me to reel you in? Okay. Yeah. Yeah, that got us. So, you're officially stronger than a Bonita, dude. That's something you're proud of.

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Oh, I started with butterfly. I just wanted to see if I could do a fly. How much was it stretching before? How much of that stretching you doing before it started going?

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I'll take it. I'm okay, we got one peg on the totem pole. Yeah. Bonita, Caleb, let's go get the other ones.

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Really? I was so scared. So the mono was harder than the braid. Yeah. You know, you pulled the drag, dude. You did good.

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So, like on a scale of 1 to 10, how hard was that? What would 10 be?

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Really? So that the stretch really wore you out. Yeah. Like the butterfly felt great. I'm going be honest.

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I mean, 10's like you're not moving. Like you're tied to a pole. Uh, 6 and a half.

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We know. Cough them up. Wait, you need to do you need to beat the P70 now. You need to beat Oh, that's right. You did say legit blue Marlin tackle.

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Really? Yeah. 6 and a half. What did it look like? It looked like a two out of 10.

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50. You want to go 50 lbs of drag? I do want to go 50.

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Oh, no. It's extremely hard. It looked like you did like nothing. Oh, it's extremely hard.

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Okay. To get your gold medal back, you got to pull this much drag. Here you are. Drag machine.

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Really? Yeah, you officially got Rio back, buddy. Congratulations. You are as strong as a Bonita.

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That's 46, dude. Let's do it. Let's just do 46. You want to do 46?

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You're officially a Bonita. Yes. I also want to thank my family for supporting me. It's getting me stronger than a Bonita.

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This is going to hurt. This is how you get your gold medal back. You ready?

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You did good, bro. That's easy. We don't have yellow tuna here, but we're going to treat him as a yellow tuna. So, oh, you already got the rig set up and the drag's already set.

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Yep. Yeah, that's what I'm I'm starting to think too. We are at the 50 lb. Oh, no. What was that? 45 46 lb.

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No, I'm going to set it. This is, this is our yellow tuna popping rod right here.

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Give me it. You want to give it to you? Fine. Ready? You got 50 lbs of drag right now. Okay.

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Okay. Penn Authority 8500. I think it's 80 lb braid on here. You can do 50 yards.

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He's pulling it. He's pulling it. He's pulling it. Barely. Barely. Barely. I mean, he's moving the boat a little bit. And I'm going to crank you in now.

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What I just did with the, are you scared? Yeah, I'm scared. That's, I always test my tuna drag based on how I just, I have a feel. I, I know how the spool is. So, that right there

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HOW hard was that, brother? That was That's 100. I'm at 100. I got nothing.

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pretty hard to pull. Let's see how much that is. That's a really good tuna drag.

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Do you realize that a 800lb bloom arm will pull that for an hour? Dude, a blue pin will pull that for an hour. A sword, a big sword can pull that for 10 hours. Well, I was at what, 10

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That one was around 22. Is that what I heard clicking? So, 22, 24. Let's go. One more.

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That's so imp like getting in the water with this stuff attached to me. It's a whole new a whole new respect.

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Ready? Ready. I think 21. We got 20, 25 lbs of drag. Yeah, let's just, let's call it even. Let's call it 23 lbs of drag.

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Yeah, I'll tell Co, hey, I got to go see Jog. I'm I'm training. We're training. That's unreal. Dude, I can't imagine pulling up for an hour.

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This is going to hurt bad. There we go. Fish in the water. Okay, man. I'm nervous, dude. I don't know what's about to happen. He is very strong. But that was Bonita drag. Now we're on tuna drag.

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You're Max. You want to try this with fins right now? Yeah. You want to You want to try it, don't you?

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You ready? Yeah. Three, two, one, and go. Oh, dude. He's pulling, bro. He's pulling tuna drag.

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You want You want these guys? Yeah. All right. It's fin time. Here we go.

Speaker A

Oh wow. Dude, he's pulling the boat a little bit. You did it. Yeah, boy.

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You go underwater. Yeah. How long can you hold your breath for? Well, if I'm just chilling, like 5 minutes.

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I'm bringing you a lot easier right now. Wait, so how hard was that? What was the last one? Six and a half.

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20 seconds. Yeah. So, my 50 free long course, that race lasts about 20 21 seconds. So, you do that no breath.

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Six and a half. What was that? We're getting there, dude. We're 8.2. That was an 8.2. That was hard.

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All right. Three, two, one, go. It's on. He's pulling good, dude. Oh, he's pulling good. He is pulling good, dude. I'm going to get him in, though.

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Yeah. Yeah. It's fun the beginning, the first four strokes because I'm finding a marker on the bottom, focusing on that. And in the first four strokes, I didn't move.

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20 yards. went. Yeah, 20 yards. 20 yards. Oh, but but half of that was me giving you free spool.

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I didn't feel like I was moving. I got nervous. So, and then I started seeing some of the marker.

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Did you stop? Completely. No way. In a matter of a foot. Come on. Promise.

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And now, did you feel that mono stretching? Uh, everything was already hurting at that point. I don't know.

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Really? Yeah, dude. I I thought with the momentum it would help a lot more. I'm not kidding. I was full full throttle.

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Yeah. And then I just stopped moving at all. And I was inching a fish, dude. A big fish. You'll turn the dragon. It It doesn't even phase and they just keep going. Same speed, bro.

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Same speed. It's crazy. Oh, American paddles for an American Olympian. Oh, what a catch, dude. Nice.

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You got to give me everything you got now to get that gold medal back. Paris me.

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You got to go hard, dude. Are you ready? Swimmer ready. Three, two, go. Fish on. We got a fish on. Here we go.

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And Oh, he's pulling good. Oh, yeah. I'm going to stop him, though. Oh, his paddle's gone. HE'S TURNING THE BOAT.

Speaker A

Get your paddle. You got it. How was that? I mean, you pulled pretty good there.

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You definitely earned your medal back. Dragging them in right now. Yeah, we're way past 10 out of 10.

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That's hard, huh? That is That is good stuff. Fish are so strong. People have no idea. I mean, this is You don't get any stronger in the water than him. He nine gold medals.

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No one in the comments has won more gold medals than this. Unless it's Michael Phelps. Okay.

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Yeah. Unless MP shows up. Unless MP shows up in the comments. But this guy right here, he is one of the top absolute best swimmers on the planet. And it really shows you how powerful these fish are, right?

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I'd like to think I'm like pretty good at swimming. And that is that is tough, dude.

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All right, come in the boat. Get some rest. Yeah. Sir, you have earned your medals back.

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I'm sure you're exhausted. I don't want them. You don't want them? Here's one for you.

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You can keep Rio. Here's Tokyo. You already won these ones back. Here you go. And there is Paris.

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Congratulations, dude. You pulled way harder than I thought you were. I I think same. Dude, we were nervous.

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We were nervous with eight and a half. We were very nervous. You pulled 50 lbs of drag.

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It's like it's it's it's very humbling. Again, I didn't think I was gonna come here today and go pull go rip off 100 pounds of drag. Neither one of us knew.

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Yeah. No, we had no idea. Again, you said earlier, we're not built, Humans are not designed to swim, which is unfortunate considering I base my whole career off of doing something that we're not designed to do.

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But it's very humbling. Like, I knew I know swimming's hard. Having to add that much resistance, it it doesn't increase it like twofold. It's like it's like 10 times harder.

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10 times harder. Yeah, dude. how quick you hit the wall. Really? Oh, yeah. Cuz you have to think, you know, I can hold that pace. That's my 50 stroke I'm doing.

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Yeah. You can hold that, you know, again, 50 is about 21 seconds. I'm lasting, to be honest, five 5 seconds when when that's fully turned on before that system's fried.

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So, we went to the absolute breaking point. Yeah. And I'm only going for 5 10 seconds.

Speaker A

Yeah. Wow. So, it puts like a whole new I do. I feel like it's important. fish are like, think about if you next time you land 400 lb tuna, if you go to Louisiana with your boys, think about if you're

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fighting another tuna for 3 hours, how much more respect after doing this are you going to have for him?

Speaker A

They're so powerful. Like it's unreal knowing like especially for me if I ever get to that point where I'm catching a tune that big knowing that they're peeling off this.

Speaker A

We've witnessed Kale's power. Now it's time to flip the script. He's going to feel the raw power of a giant shark.

Speaker A

Let's do it, boys. Well, we got a black tip H monster shark rig here.

Speaker A

So, if the shark makes it further than 20 feet, he wins. Oh, gosh. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. If the shark makes it more than So, you beat the bonita.

Speaker A

No. 6 in. If he makes it further than 6 in, the shark wins. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

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Bonita. Here we go. All righty, Caleb. Here we go. We're going to find out right now. Is an Olympic swimmer stronger than a shark?

Speaker A

Now, if he pulls off more than 6 in, I can blame that on the who's bigger than me. So, he has to be 201.

Speaker A

There we go. There we're hooked up. You ready to kill him? Uh, yeah. 30 and reel in three. No, no, no. Not right now.

Speaker A

Yeah. He's on there. He's on there. He's on there now. He's got Come on, Kale. Come on. Show that shark who's stronger. You are the fish.

Speaker A

Oh, baby. A little more than six inches of line yet. It's a little more than 6 in. Yeah.

Speaker A

Oh boy. That's a lot more than 6 in. So, by the way, this is a this a proper shark. This is like a 300 plus.

Speaker A

Okay. Yeah. Ready? Let me let me go a lot easier for you. Okay. That's a little stronger than you were. I mean, you were pulling pretty good drag, but he's he he's ripping right now. Look at that. Listen.

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Listen. Yeah. I was playing a There you go. Oh, yeah. Let's get some of that back, boys.

Speaker A

Yeah. I put it in low gear for you. We call that granny drag. Shut up.

Speaker A

Based on what has happened so far, would you say this shark is stronger than you?

Speaker A

Yeah, by a million. He's just in his element. You breathe air, he breathes water. So, he's cheating.

Speaker A

I know. He's a Yeah, dude. Is a cheater. Let's get this shark's a cheater. He's breathing. He's He can breathe in water. You can't. Come on.

Speaker A

Oh, yeah. He's What a beast. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay, he's tired. It's all good, buddy.

Speaker A

I'm enjoying this fight. I appreciate you. Hold the run up high. Hold the run up high. Hold up. I don't want the line from the gunnel. It will break off. Come closer to the gunnel. Come closer to the

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gunnel. I see him. I see them, dude. I see. You got eyes? I got eyes. Come on. Come on. Pump them.

Speaker A

Pump them. I'm going to get the gloves on. Yeah, baby. I see him. Yeah. This is when it gets dangerous.

Speaker A

Oh, holy smokes. Keep going to go to two all the way. Stay up. Drag halfway.

Speaker A

Drag halfway there. Dude, you just caught that. What is it? What's he at? Uh, he's like 250.

Speaker A

You guys, that's awesome. So that's the same rod that that I fought you on and I bumped you. I pulled you backwards.

Speaker A

That's crazy. This is what I felt like after though, isn't it? Yeah. But I only I only made it 5 seconds. Beautiful boy.

Speaker A

Yeah, baby. So, who's stronger, the shark or you? The shark. Way stronger. Way, way stronger. Let him go. He's going to grow.

Speaker A

Thanks, buddy. See you, buddy. Thanks for the fight. That was awesome. Yeah, that was awesome. First shark. First, I think first everything. First time First time in a harness.

Speaker A

It's not easy fighting in a Dude, you broke a sweat doing that. Yeah. All right, let's see. So, you felt the power of a shark. You felt the power of the Bonita, which is right there. Now, you get to feel the power of the true

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heavyweight champion, the Goliath grouper. That's him. That's him. That's him. Okay. Okay. He's got it.

Speaker A

Yeah. Yeah. Three, two, ready now. Reel. Reel. Reel. Reel. Reel. Come on. You still there? No slack. No slack. No slack. No slack.

Speaker A

I got you, Joshy. I got you, Joshy. He's running. Oh, baby. Yeah. It's a big one. It's a big one. Oh, on the back. On the back. Get. Oh my gosh.

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It's a one pounder. I got him. Got him. Got him. Got it. No. Reel reel reel reel reel reel reel reel.

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Reel like your life depends on it. Come on. I got you, Joshy. Come on. Come on.

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Reel reel. Reel reel reel. This is the real one, dude. This is the one you wanted.

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Oh, baby. You think you can pull that hard? That's good stuff. No. No. He's coming up. He's coming up.

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I want him almost a tunnel, baby. I want him to Here he goes. He's taking line. I see color. I see color.

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I got him, dude. No slack. No slack. No slack. He's going to go again. He's going to go again. He's going to go again. There he goes. There he goes. He's taking a lot of line.

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Come on, baby. Come on, baby. Here he comes. Here he comes. Look at 350 400.

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Look at that, buddy. KEEP OH, BABY. DUDE, THAT'S A 400 POUNDER, DUDE. DUDE, that's the biggest fish of your life dude.

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That's a big fish, bro. Are you kidding me? That's a big Are you kidding me?

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Size of a car. Look at that, dude. Are you kidding me? That's a big fish, man.

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Are you kidding me? Oh my gosh. He's pulling me hard. All right, let me jump in.

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This is a big boy. You think he's stronger than you? I think this guy is much much much stronger than me. I think his uh newborn son is stronger than me.

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You think so? Yeah. What a good time. Ready? Here. Stay in the water. In the water. You're going to be fine. Ready?

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Yeah. Yeah. Like like like step on top. Yeah. Like that. Yeah. There you go.

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There you go. That is so cool, dude. Was that cool? That was awesome, dude. I Thank you so much.

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Like an amusement park like you said, right? Oh, I'm at Disney. I'm at Disney.

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Fishing Disney. Again? Let's go. He wants to go again. Let's go again. Well, this time though, I have to hook you up. This is now the ultimate test.

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We've caught sharks. We caught Goliath groupers. I fought him on a 50 wide. No, I'm sorry, a 30, a 70. Now it's time for me to fight him black to bay style.

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Goliath grouper tackle. The goal is for him to pull off one inch of line. I'm going to go straight down.

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Yeah. Yeah. Exactly what the Goliath did to me. I'm going to try to go straight down and we'll see.

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But I have to give you some line first and then give me like give me enough to get my feet below the surface.

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I have to let you down. I'm going to let you down at least five times. I'm going to pretend that you're eating the bait.

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Okay. Let him eat. Let him eat. Let him eat. Let him eat. Let him eat. Let him eat.

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Okay. Here we go. So, for Goliath groupers, we got a Pen 130 clocked at 120 lbs of drag. These fish are so powerful. It's ridiculous. All right, let's see how powerful you are. I'm so I'm so excited right now. This is me

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versus an Olympic swimmer. Always wanted to do this. Jump in there. Quickest way to build lactic acid is to rip some underwaters, which is exactly what I'm about to do right now. You don't get to hold your breath and you

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only get to use your legs. So, and I'm having to pull 120 lbs of drag, so this is going to hurt. All right, Caleb Grouper. Caleb. Caleb Grouper. That's what you are. You're Caleb Grouper now.

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Caleb Grouper Drestle. Caleb Grouper Drestle. Okay, here we go. Ready? Three, two, one, go.

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Okay, he's going. He's going. He's eating. Here we go. There we go. We got him. We got him. Oh, he's still going.

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He's still fighting. Dude, this is so funny. Look at that. That's a little better, huh?

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Yeah. You did good there. That's a little better. No, there's no drag though. No, no drag. I just Ah, no. You were screaming.

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That's all mono stretch. Yeah, that's what I was talking about. Mono. You could feel that stretch, right, dude? You know what I did different?

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What' you do different that time? I got momentum with the undies and then I made myself wide.

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That's exactly what they're doing down there. Oh, made myself wide and then start taking some strokes.

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So, now you got to go all gear. Fins, flippers, hand fins, everything. Okay, let's see if you can pull an inch off.

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He did not pull one inch. Oh, that was good. That was fun. How How was that for you?

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It was wonderful. Was it? It was great. It felt like uh It felt like a baby Goliath grouper was trying to eat trying to pull some line. I was like, "Oh, it's a cute little 50 lb Goliath. He's trying to pull the line."

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Caleb Grouper Drestler. That actually sounds nice. Caleb Gruber. It's got a nice ring to it. Oh, dude.

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That was awesome. We got my fastest, strongest fins and then my biggest paddles. So, that's about everything. If I can't do it with this, there's not another piece of equipment that'll help me out.

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Yeah, you're screwed, right? This is This is as quick as the sport gets is with these guys.

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All right, grouper. Gooer Drestle. Caleb Grouper Drestle. Why does it have such a nice ring to it?

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Cuz you like groupers, Caleb. Grouper Drestle. Go in there, man. Go get them. All right, Caleb. This is it, buddy. Do or die. Can you pull one inch of line off of Goliath reel?

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When we're ready. Okay, here we go. Three two one go. Okay, he's eating the bait. He's eating the bait. And Oh, he's pulling line, dude. No way.

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He's pulling line. No way, dude. He's pulling line. That's crazy. He's strong, man. Dude, bro, you pulled line.

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I got line. YOU GOT LINE. I GOT LINE. YOU GOT LINE, DUDE. OH MY.

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And I'm at full drag. Is it Is he there for real? No. You pulled drag, dude. You did it.

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I almost touched the bottom. Did you really? I was probably 2 ft off the bottom.

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Oh, wait. I pulled you backwards. You got me. That was crazy. It's uh going straight down way bigger benefit really than swimming.

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Yeah. You think so? I think cuz I can you can make yourself wide. That's what I was doing. going like that. Skulling and just ripping legs whole time.

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Really? Yeah. I got way stronger. I wasn't expecting that. I think I'm quicker on the surface but stronger going down.

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You pulled Goliath grouper drag. 120 lbs of drag. Mad respect, guys. Caleb Dresso, go give this guy a follow. Huge respect. We didn't even think you were going to pull the Bonita drag.

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I didn't either, to be fair. I didn't either. No one knew, but he managed to pull a few inches off for a Goliath truck. Dude, that's huge, bro. I've never seen anyone swim as fast as this guy in person. This is unbel Dude,

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you're like a fish in the water. I've been I've got to stand on top of the world a couple dozen times for world championships, Olympics, couple world records. I think I'm I think I'm pretty scary. I think I'm pretty tough to beat.

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There's some There's some big dogs out there. And those fish are just that much stronger.

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They're just that much better. And just that much better, dude. But I had a blast. I appreciate it, big guy. Thank you so much, John.

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Such a cool video. Caleb Drestle, give him a follow. I had so much fun fishing and filming with Caleb. He's an amazing guy. Let me know who you want to see next on the channel in the comments below. If you

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