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We have an exciting show in store for you this week.

We'll introduce you to a father and son team who is really into waterfall decoy carving.

You will not wanna miss that story.

They do some beautiful work.

And we'll introduce you to a father and daughter team as they spend the afternoon chasing after those monster sturgeon out on the St.

Clair River.

You won't wanna miss that, so make sure you stay tuned.

I'm Jenny Ciolek, and it's time for Michigan Out of Doors.

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(upbeat music plays) (augur whooshes) (music intensifies) (water burbles) (vinyl record scratches) - [Announcer] Jay's Sporting Goods.

Trust the tradition.

(upbeat music plays) - [Jenny] Tell me what we're doin' today.

- We're going sturgeon fishing.

- [Jenny] All right, you been before?

- Yeah.

- (laughs) All right.

You ever caught one?

- A lotta times.

- All right.

- Some bigger than me.

- Ooh.

- Oh, hey there.

It's Denny St.

Clair.

- And Betty St.

Clair.

- And we're here on the St.

Clair River.

You know, they named that after our family.

And we're out here for sturgeon tonight, tryin' to get a little sturge-a-loodgy with Miss Betty; what do you think?

- Yeah.

- Yep, that's right.

So we just came down from the UP.

We do it a couple times every year, and we just love this river.

And we get out here, catch a few sturgies and, you know, meetin' some new friends here at Michigan Out of Doors.

We've been real excited to meet 'em.

Miss Betty's been talkin' about it for years.

- [Jenny] Is Betty your normal fishing buddy?

- Oh, yeah, Betty's my, - Yeah.

- She is like my bestest fishin' buddy.

We got her little sister, too, Dottie.

Dottie really wanted to come, but I was like, kiddo, it's good (laughs lightly).

She came last time, and it was chaos, and I'm like, this time's gonna be extra chaos, so, well, I'll get you out, Dottie.

Dottie's ready for some walleye.

(motor rumbles gently) We're in a micro boat.

We affectionately refer to this as One Star Charters.

(Jenny laughs) It's my buddy's boat he lent me.

It's a 16-foot, flat-bottom, duck boat.

Probably the most ill-equipped boat to be out here, but you know what?

Where there's a will, there's a way, and it is a riot puttin' 100-pound fish over the side of this boat with a couple kids jumpin' around like crazy.

- Aw.

- Yeah.

- (laughs) Look at that one.

That's a-catchin'.

- Okay, so tell me what you guys do here.

- All right, so what I do is nuttin' too different from what a lotta the other guys are doin', is I'm runnin' a circle hook, usually a five-ought or a six-ought.

I can, and then I'm puttin', loadin' it with crawlers.

I used to be stingy and just put one crawler on there, (Jenny laughs) but that doesn't work.

Just load 'em up.

Don't be a cheap.

Just put - Do you need another one?

- [Denny] A whole smorgasbord.

Nah, two should be good on there.

Some guys put a lot; I can't afford that (laughs).

(Jenny laughs) So two usually does it.

So I'm doin' circle hook.

I tie a snell knot to it.

I'm runnin' 'bout a three, four-foot leader right to there.

And then I got a, - This worm-- - like a sliding swivel.

And we're gonna put some weight on.

I'm gonna put, I'm gonna start in the back.

I'm gonna use a eight-ounce (rod clatters) pyramid.

So usually how I'll stack 'em is I'm gonna put, at the back of the boat, I'm gonna go the lightest.

I'm gonna run an eight.

(sinker thuds) In the middle, I'm gonna do (sinker thuds) a 10, and then I got a one-pound cod weight that I'm gonna put more towards the bow.

Depending on depth and current, I'm gonna increase those weights.

A lotta guys will run, some of the charter guys will run a lot heavier than this, but I kinda like these weights.

It's a manageable one for the kids, too.

- Mm-hm.

- Slappin' around, hittin' a big old sturgie on there.

So I'm gonna put on my back rods first.

(gear clicks) The idea is to try to keep 'em, I don't, I wanna avoid them, the current pushin' 'em all on the line.

The more a weight's gonna help kinda keep 'em, give you a wider path in the river where the fish are gonna (rod clatters) see it, so.

All right, let's get one down.

We're not fishin' until the first rod's in there.

(fishing line whooshes) (sinker plops) (water splashes) Kinda anglin' my cast a little bit, hopin' to try to get a little bit of a spread.

They're gonna swing back with the current, especially when weeds and stuff start comin' down.

But I don't think we have to worry about that today.

- [Jenny] Well, we didn't have to contend with weeds in the river today, but we had several logs and trees floating downstream that kept Betty and Denny on their toes.

This tree had them clearing lines on the starboard side of the boat in a hurry.

Once things calmed down, Denny brought out his secret maple syrup weapon.

- [Denny] And you know what, just a touch from my trees up north.

(bottle thuds) I'm just gonna rub it in there.

That's for the sturgies with a sweet tooth.

Just get it in there.

Oh, they're gonna love that.

That one, we'll see, huh?

That one might go first.

If they don't want the sweet tooth, we'll switch it back over.

But let's take a look-see.

Let's have a little look-see here.

(reel creaks) (reel clicks) (fishing line whooshes) (reel clicks) - Is there a fish?

- Yep yep yep, we're on.

- Oh, so I was right.

- Yep, you're up, Betty.

(reel creaks) - Oh, I am?

(Jenny laughs) Okay, hand it over.

- Who's watching that?

Somebody watched that, and they did a good job.

(Jenny laughs) All right, now, show 'em how you do it; take your time, nice and calm.

(reel clicks) That's-- (Jenny whoops) Yeah, I'm gonna get this rod outta the way.

(reel clicks) - He's fighting ya.

(reel creaks) (Jenny laughs) (reel clicks) You're strong.

(Denny laughs) It's quite a workout.

- Yeah.

Okay, now he let me go.

(reel clicks) It's my turn.

(reel clicks) - (laughs) My turn.

- Are you still on him?

- Yeah, I'm still on him.

- He's comin' up, so try to pick up some line if you can.

(reel clicks) - [Betty] I turned off the clicker for you.

- [Jenny] Good call.

How's it feel, Betty?

- It feels like medium based on my little kid strength.

- She's good (laughs).

(Denny laughs) You gotta put it all the way between your legs, huh?

- Yep.

- Don't let him pull you in.

- [Denny] Miss Betty, what's your biggest one of the year?

- Oh, I don't know.

- Oh, there you go.

- Ooh.

- That's a great first one.

- Oh.

- That's a great first one.

- What?

- [Denny] I'm not even gonna use this.

(items clatter) - Oh, oh, oh boy.

- Can you turn him this way?

- Ooh, there he is.

- I'm just gonna grab him.

(bird chirps) Turn your rod tip in.

Yeah, rod tip (indistinct).

(water laps gently) Oh, that's a great one to start our day.

- Is it really?

It weighed that much?

(water sloshes) - [Jenny] Yeah, let's see.

- Look at that right there.

- Aw, beautiful.

- Super.

- Can we scan it?

Should we make sure it doesn't have any-- - [Denny] Oh, we're gonna show her how we check for tags.

- [Jenny] All right, so what are we doin'?

- [Denny] All right, so I picked, this is the best purchase ever off Amazon.

They got a handful of these sturgeons, the DNR has tagged 'em.

There's a PIT tag, kinda like a pet has, (device chimes) in the head.

So right, run it right by him.

(device chirps) Boom.

That one's got a PIT tag (laughs).

- No way.

- Kinda like this.

Beep.

(spoken in high voice) - Yep, so it-- - [Jenny] The first sturgeon of the day measured 41-and-a-half inches long.

Denny would submit the tag number to the DNR to find out more about this fish.

He cherishes days like these.

- Aw, man, it's the best.

Any parent knows, just watchin' the kids out here and doin' it, it's obviously a lot more work keepin' 'em happy, but you plan ahead.

You think about what they're gonna need.

And it's just so much fun (water burbles) sharing the experience; and the times when I don't have 'em with me, and I come out and get after fish, I'm like, ah, I should've brought 'em with.

They coulda had a riot (laughs).

And I'm lookin' forward to her takin' me when I'm an old man one day.

Hopefully, she gotta better boat than this.

(Jenny laughs) Save up your money, kiddo.

- [Betty] Well, I will.

- They're upside down like (water splashes) a shark, oh oh oh oh.

He's gonna wake up.

(water sloshes) That's the same fish, I'm convinced (laughs).

- (laughs) That one's smaller.

(rod clatters) - Yeah, a little bit.

- I'm going to prove to you-- - Little pointier.

- Point it toward his face.

(equipment clatters) - Can I prove, - Marbles.

- [Betty] I'm gonna prove to you that it's not the same fish and try and scan it.

- [Denny] Yeah, we'll scan it, for sure; go.

(device scrapes) - I pushed it, and it's not the same fish.

(device beeps) - Yep, you're right; it's not.

(device scrapes) Somehow it shook its tag off.

(Jenny laughs) So sturgies got this thing called the scutes on the sides and on the top.

It's like sharp spines.

I mean, they're sharp as a razor.

When they're small, it's their defense mechanism.

So I'm keepin' gloves on.

And go the other way, that's gonna cut all your fingers.

As they get older, as they get bigger, these rub down.

They get real smooth.

But yeah, small sturgies, you gotta (laughs) be extra careful with.

As they start gettin' a little bigger than this, it starts gettin' softer and softer.

Hopefully, we can catch a little one.

We can show you how sharp they are and then a giant so we can show you how dull they get.

- This sturgeon was a little smaller than the first, 38-and-a half inches long, and did not have a tag.

Even a fish this size is impressive to see.

Denny says these small to medium sized fish go back into the water right away with very little recoup time.

We were out here on March 13th, just two days before the winter sturgeon season closed on the St.

Clair River.

The season opens again in mid-July.

- I don't know what that is.

♪ It's family - Tell me what's goin' on here.

- We got a tiny fish.

- All right.

- Again.

- [Jenny] As the sun started sinking in the sky, Betty battled in the third sturgeon of the evening.

She hauled in this 28-incher with no problem.

The scanner showed no tags in this one, and back into the water it went for this catch and release part of the season.

Denny has had his best luck catching bigger fish as the sun starts to set.

And Betty was passing the time by holding nightcrawler races, eating snacks, and eventually breaking out their big, old, family recipe pasties for dinner.

That seemed to do the trick for catching another fish.

- You know what, I told you, you doubted my secret bait.

We got us a sweet tooth.

The little guy's, oh.

- Oh.

- Yeah, oh, that's a good one.

(Jenny laughs) Hey, Betty, why don't you get that rod outta there.

- Okay.

- [Denny] Yeah.

Well, I think we're gonna have (reel clicks) to make some space, guys.

Woo.

- (laughs) He's takin' line.

- Yep.

(reel clicks) We each got a couple bites into the pasty, the good luck pasties, we start tellin' fish the stories and bump bump bump.

(Betty sings indistinctly) I knew it (laughs).

- How much you got out?

- And, of course, it's on, of course, it's on my rod that's fallin' apart.

- [Jenny] Oh, boy.

That's gonna make for a better story.

- That's the One star Charters.

This is our-- - way, the One Star Charters way.

- This is one of our original rods here, about 10 years of catchin' and losin' fish on this one.

(Jenny laughs) Bearing's all gone (laughs).

- [Jenny] While Betty was clearing lines for her dad, she ended up bringing in more than just a hook and sinker.

Denny and I helped her as much as we could while he fought his fish and I ran the camera.

We have a circus (water trickles) goin' on in here.

- Are we gonna take it so I don't get, so nobody (indistinct).

- Yeah.

- Wow, Betty.

- [Jenny] I'm gonna unhook him and just, we'll send him back, right?

- Yep, that's right.

Sometimes we leave the rod, sometimes we pull 'em, well, we hooked up and didn't get time to pull 'em.

We got a monster on, and he went through every single rod.

(reel clicks) While we're cleanin' 'em up, Betty landed another fish 'cause that's what she does.

You might have a second fish on there.

No, no, no.

I feel, I feel your weight.

So we still got one more tangle.

- Yeah.

- We had six (laughs).

(Jenny laughs) All right, update.

The last tangle was not a tangle.

Betty had a fish on (laughs).

(Jenny laughs) I thought the lines were crossin', and I'm like, they're going opposite ways.

So I think she's workin' her fish a little better than I'm workin' mine.

(reel clicks) Oh, I've had to palm it - it's up.

a few times, but, up, (Betty calls out) there it is.

(Jenny laughs) Betty's second fish (water splashes) while I'm still fightin' my first (laughs).

(water laps) - Whoa, you've reeled in, you're reelin' in two while your dad's still fightin' his.

(Denny laughs) - This is-- - Holy moly.

(Denny grunts with effort) All right, hang on.

I'm gonna try to help you here.

Size, I just tend to grab, I grab the leader.

And then I just grab the tail.

- Grab the tail, right?

(water trickles) - {Denny] Yep.

Easy-peasy.

- Wonder if we got him on camera.

Yeah.

- All right.

- [Jenny] So while Denny was still battling with his big sturgeon, Betty ended up boating two more fish.

The first of the two was 22-inches long, and this one taped out at 31 inches.

I have to say, this was equally one of the most fun (fish splashes) and most challenging shoots I've done.

With such close quarters, it was tough moving around the boat with the camera, and with such a small crew, I was also helping Denny and Betty as much as I could to bring the fish in while getting footage of their incredible night out here on the St.

Clair River.

With Denny's fish at the boat, I handed Betty my camera, and I grabbed the rod while Denny netted the fish.

- Can you see it?

Can you get him on camera?

- Yep.

Barely.

(water laps) - Get it.

(motor rumbles) All right, now what?

Can I see?

(water laps) (water trickles) (items thud) - [Denny] Aw, that's a good one.

- What?

(Denny grunts with effort) (Denny exhales heavily) How long is this cradle thing 'cause he's sticking out.

- No, he's over that.

I said 67-inch fish.

Let's see what it says (laughs).

- [Jenny] He's at zero.

It doesn't even go that far (laughs).

(motor rumbles) (Denny laughs) (hands clap) - Nice fish.

- On to maple syrup.

- [Jenny] While we checked out Denny's 65-and-a-half inch lake sturgeon, I asked him about the popular social media pages that he and his daughters have.

- [Denny] We run a show, Da Outdoor Hour.

It's our little UP-er show, a little corner of the universe.

We're on Facebook and Instagram.

We got the other platforms.

I can't keep up with all of them so I'm not on 'em as much.

(Jenny laughs) But yeah, Facebook, Instagram.

We got a lot of friends on there.

We just, we put silly outdoor stuff, have fun.

Yeah, just have fun with it.

(water burbles) - The St.

Clair family has quite a following on Da Outdoor Hour pages with some hilarious video clips of their escapades.

I have to say, it was a riot hanging out with these two for a few hours.

We released Denny's big fish, and with another half hour of daylight left, we tried for one more fish before it was time to pack it up.

Lo and behold, another rod went off.

Denny said, I get the next one, so here I am.

And I don't know if he's gonna get into these lines here.

Do I need to come around the front?

- [Denny] Just swing 'em, swing 'em to the back a little bit to the right; I think you got it.

You go under over.

- I don't-- - [Denny] Swing him back to the right?

- Oh.

- Oh, no.

I saw that.

- Yeah, could you see it doin' that?

He was rubbin' on the line, the anchor line.

The breaker just popped on the anchor; let's see (Jenny cries out softly) what we got left.

- What?

- Or is he still there?

- [Jenny] It's a little fish again (laughs).

- [Denny] He came back (laughs).

And it just went total slack.

- Wow.

(water laps under boat) - Jenny's foolin' us.

- (laughs) Here he comes.

Ready?

The beluga.

(fishing line whooshes) ♪ Big beluga (water laps) Oh.

- It's a girthy one, huh?

- Oh, yeah, that's a good fish.

Does he look like he's on the tip?

- Yep.

- [Denny] You got, no, you got (device chirps) 65-and-a-half.

- All right (laughs).

(Denny laughs) - Woo.

- This is crazy (laughs).

I don't know how much this fish weighs, but it's hard to hold up.

- Daddy, come look.

- Okay.

St.

Clair River.

Beast sturgeon.

Thank you so much, Denny and Betty, for lettin' me haul in the last one is the best one.

Well, that was - It's our pleasure.

- The best one.

- Now you know why they named (soft upbeat music plays) the river after us.

- [Jenny] (laughs) That's right.

What an unbelievable night on the St.

Clair River.

A special thanks to Denny and Betty St.

Clair for the invite and for letting me fight one of these prehistoric monsters.

With fathers like Denny and daughters like Betty, I'd say the future of our outdoor heritage is in good hands here in Michigan's Out of Doors.

(music fades) Over the winter, (frogs chirp) we had one of our viewers send us an email saying that he had been to the Pointe Mouillee Waterfowl Festival last fall and ran into Clare and Ryan Londrigan.

They're a father-son team that does some beautiful work with waterfowl decoy carving.

And he said, you might wanna meet these guys and see what they're all about, so that's exactly what we did.

(gentle upbeat music plays) Clare Londrigan has been carving waterfall decoys for over 50 years now.

I recently visited Clare and his son, Ryan, at Clare's home in Genesee County where his house has been turned into one big display of his life's work.

- I started duck huntin' when I was in high school, and I remember I shot, the first duck I shot, was a drake mallard, and it was so beautiful, and that hooked me for life, and after I got married, we'd been married a couple years, my wife and I, we had this new house on the Flint River, and she went to a garage sale in the subdivision.

And she come back, she says, I found some decoys.

You might be interested in 'em.

So we jumped on a motorcycle and headed over to the garage sale, and I bought every one of 'em.

There was probably 24, and they had wooden bodies, and that, and I got 'em home, and I told my wife, I says, you know, I think I can do better than this.

And so, I got some wood and carved a blue-bill, my first decoy.

My feet did not even touch the ground.

I thought it was the most beautiful thing in the world.

And looking back now, it's the ugliest thing (laughs) I ever made.

But I was so proud that that led to, I guess my wife created a monster (laughs).

And for 54 years now, I've been carvin' decoys.

I love every minute of it.

I just love workin' with my hands and takin' this log and turnin' it into a beautiful work of art that many people seem to really like.

So, you know, over the years, I've made so many decoys for 54 years.

I'm very thankful I can still do that.

Yeah, my technique hasn't changed that much.

I taught myself how to carve, and then, I started drawing up my, you know, patterns.

I got boxes and boxes of patterns I made.

So I made all different kinds of ducks in different shapes and different sizes from giant Cans to miniatures now, and I just, I don't know, I, how do you explain that you're so passionate and you love somethin' so much, and I love looking at other people's carvings, too, because I see what kind of artists they are and how they interpret a duck.

You know, I don't make a total image of a duck.

I just kinda make a character of a duck.

And they work great on huntin', and a lot of people wanna put up 'em on their shelves for decorations, and it always makes me happy that people like the work, you know?

And I've met so many good people over the years through the duck decoys.

- The decoy carving community here in Michigan is steeped in generations of tradition.

And Clare's son, Ryan, had a firsthand look at that community while growing up and hunting with his dad.

- [Ryan] Three important things my dad taught me: how to say my prayers, how to hunt, and how to carve decoys.

And we often combined the three.

And so, we grew up in this household hunting and fishing as the norm surrounded by duck decoys, going to something that we call decoy shows as three boys, and none of us really took to it when we were young, but by my forties, and my mom was battling cancer, and she couldn't go to the shows as much, help my dad load and unload the truck, so I was doin' it and lovin' it and getting more into the antiques and collectibles, and (saw whirs shrilly) next thing you know, one night I whittled my own.

I was embarrassed about it, but my wife wrapped it up (pencil whooshes) as a gift and gave it to my dad.

And that was the opening we needed.

Next thing you know, we're out in the shop carvin' a hunting decoy together.

He worked on one half of it (saw whirs) and kind of showed me some of the techniques, how to do the feathers.

And then he said, you do the other half.

And that was, got me going.

And (equipment whirs) I think a lot of people call it he got bit by a duck or he got bit by a decoy.

(Clare laughs) And you just fall in love, and you fall in love with the art form, the beauty of the art, and then you start to appreciate the history in Michigan, like of the waterfowling heritage, all these like amazing, iconic carvers from Michigan.

And back in the day, if you wanted to go duck hunting, you know, you needed to have wooden decoys or make some of your own, or get them from somebody.

But it was often somethin' passed on from father to son.

So to have that heritage in our family, like, what a privilege that is that he's passed this tradition on to me.

And something very important to us is, we carve only in a very specific style, unique to Michigan.

And that's what we love.

We collect antique and vintage decoys in the same style.

And that's what we carve in, and we just stick to that, and we love it.

We carve in a style with, it's oversized decoys, flat bottoms, keels on them.

And to be a decoy maker, you have to be one part sculptor and one part painter.

And so, some carvers would do more on the painting, that they'd use the painting to show feathering on the bird, where the style that we work in is very rough textured.

We leave the birds rough.

Our tool marks are left in the bird.

We might gouge a big piece of wood out, and most importantly, something that's unique to Michigan, it's called feather stamping, where it's actually a bent piece of metal or a curved piece of steel, and when you're done carving (hammer taps) your beautiful piece of art, you take a hammer, and you pound (laughs) little U shapes into (hammer taps) the bird, and those give the impression of feathering.

So when we leave all that wood rough or that texturing on the bird, that's feathering.

- The Londrigans' style of carving working decoys not only makes for beautiful works of art to display, but they're functional for hunting as well.

- [Clare] When birds flock into your spread, it's so exciting, you know?

You're so thankful, you know?

I've always been more of a looker than a shooter, though I've shot probably my share of ducks, but mostly, I just watch, you know?

I love to see how they swing.

Sometimes I call 'em with my voice, and like blue-bills and that, it was just my voice, and I watch 'em swing, turn, and come right into your decoys.

Oh, man, there's no feeling like it (laughs).

- [Jenny] If you'd like to meet Clare and Ryan, they'll be at the Decoy Show in Jackson, Michigan, on April 11th and Pointe Mouillee Festival in September.

- [Ryan] I will warn you that wherever two or more decoys gather in your home, they seem to multiply.

(Clare laughs) They sometimes increase inversely proportional to your bank account.

But a big part about my dad (Clare laughs) is that he's been carving for more than half a century.

There's not many people who can say they've been carving decoys for 54 years.

And when you've done that, I mean, you're definitely a decoy maker.

Like he said, after the first 2000, he stopped counting.

But to have that heritage and to pass that on in the family from father to son is very important to be carving in our unique, Michigan style (gentle upbeat music plays) and keeping that going is just somethin' very important to both of us.

- [Jenny] What a wonderful family tradition to pass along.

Special thanks to Clare and Ryan Londrigan for taking the time to show us just a little glimpse into what goes into the art of decoy making and keeping the tradition alive and well here in Michigan's Out of Doors.

(music fades) (frogs chirp) Thank you so much for joining us this week for Michigan Out of Doors.

Make sure you check us out in the upcoming weeks.

Lots of great things headed your way.

We'll be doing some springtime steelhead fishing, we'll check out a BB gun shooting competition, and we'll be moving right into turkey season.

Believe it or not, that's right around the corner.

If you'd like to check out a little bit of history about the show or see where we are on a more daily basis, you can always do that online, michiganoutofdoorstv.com is our website, and we're on all the social media platforms at michiganoutofdoorstv.

If we don't see you in the woods or on the water, we'll see you right back here next week for Michigan Out of Doors.

(gentle upbeat music plays) - Michigan Out of Doors is presented by.

- Get Away from it all (brakes squeal) to your own place (water splashes) (reel buzzes) with GreenStone's Recreational Land Loans, (water splashes) we'll help you finance acreage of any size so you can own your own place in the Great Outdoors.

(upbeat music plays) GreenStone.

(gentle upbeat music plays) - By Great Lakes Firearms & Ammunition, a family owned and operated firearm manufacturer in Sparta, Michigan, offering a wide variety of calibers and colors backed by a lifetime warranty.

More information available at glfallc.com.

By Saab, providing defense and civil security products and services for over 85 years, and now, part of the Grayling community with our new advanced munitions facility.

Career opportunities are available.

More information at saabinc.com.

By GreenMark Equipment.

(engine rumbles gently) GreenMark Equipment is a John Deere dealership network in southwest Michigan and northern Indiana.

GreenMark provides sales and services to farmers, commercial businesses, large property owners, and homeowners.

Information about pricing and products available can be found online at greenmarkequipment.com.

(gentle upbeat music plays) (gentle upbeat music plays) (gentle upbeat music plays) ♪ When I wander far away ♪ A dream stays with me night and day ♪ ♪ It's the road that leads me to my home state ♪ ♪ I am a Michigan man ♪ Changing (gentle music plays)