Pleasure Fishing Day
August 5, 2022
What do you day on your day off? Go fishing of course! Christiane and I headed out a bit later than usual but were fishing by 9:00 this morning. We had waited for the rain to pass and decided to hit the water for several hours of pleasure fishing. I was on good fish lately and wanted her to enjoy a day on the water, with me being so busy lately. It was going to be a great day!
Once we arrived and I saw the conditions, I knew we were going to crush them! Winds were blowing, as usual, but were a perfect 1 to 2 foot chop. Ironically it was also from the right direction for what I wanted to do! Add to that the complete overcast sky and the recipe for walleye was just about perfect. The fish didn’t stand a chance!
When I say it didn’t take long, I mean it really didn’t take long! Christiane made her first cast and was tight to a fish 5 seconds later. She definitely wasted no time getting on the board with a nice keeper. It went into the livewell as today was the day we were going to keep some fish to eat. Lately the clients were all taking fish home and it had been a while since I was able to.
Fish after fish came aboard throughout the morning and several were on the large size too. Some nice pics were taken before their release and the livewell was getting pretty full with a number of good keepers. We were even able to cull up to slightly larger ones several times over!
I decided towards the end of the day to head over for a few smallmouth bass for Christiane and left this area to give it a try. First drift locked her up and now she was battling a smallie. A second bass soon followed along with another walleye before we were done. This was the perfect ending to an absolutely perfect day!
It had been quite some time since Christiane had been in the boat fishing and I believe we were still trolling at that time too. Today she more than made up for the lapse of time by catching all kinds of fish! With practically nobody else on the water due to the weather, we had a relaxing 5 hours of unbelievable fishing. Now the fun was about to begin as I was going home to clean fish! A small price to pay for a few great meals of fresh walleye!
