Insane Weather Conditions

July 19th 2019

Fished every day this week but no reports, sorry!
Today however I had Eric & Caroline in the boat for a very strange weather day! We started drifting for bass & walleye, but the lack of wind made it feel like we were anchored. One bass later, I headed to an area and switched to trolling.
Flat calm conditions even made it difficult to troll but we did manage to get a bunch of pike and one nice walleye. Scorching hot conditions had me raising the top but there was very little relief. No wind had the dog pecker knats out in full force and sticking to us from the high heat & humidity!
Eventually the winds picked up and I headed back to open water, to resume drop shotting. For the remainder of the day, we drifted over deep water shoals and they hooked plenty of fish. Unfortunately most of them were lost on the way to the boat, but they did manage to land quite a few as well. A mix of walleye and bass with one lost northern made it into the net!
As the afternoon passed, the winds got considerably stronger and the waves became three footers. Although a little difficult, we made it work and kept at it right until 3:30, before we called the day. It was a real scorcher without the top up and the breeze of moving felt great. I couldn’t raise it with the winds as we would have been moving way too fast to get a good drift. Thoughts of using a drift sock crossed my mind but we braved the elements and just hydrated more by drinking plenty of water.
This was definitely the hottest day so far and hopefully it will continue to heat up the water, setting the fish up in their summer patterns. It’s been a grind each day with the ever changing conditions and wind directions. A little stability would be nice for a change, but I’ll deal with whatever Mother Nature has to offer. After all, she has the final say in this matter!