Bass Opener
June 21, 2020
James was back out with me again today and this time he brought along his brother in law, Tony. We were going to try for bass in the morning and switch over to trolling in the afternoon when his two kids joined us around 1:00. Hopefully the high heat and sunshine wouldn’t fry our brains before!
The bass fishing wasn’t what I had expected as we found out on our first spot. Although there were a few landed here, the action was far from great! Our second stop was about as good as the first and I was forced to make a long run to another area in search of better fishing.
This proved to be even worse as I was seeing bass boats all over the place making me think that there may have actually been a tournament going on today. I guess the opening weekend saw everyone in full blown fishing mode! Add to that an absolutely beautiful day and I guess you couldn’t blame them!
We spent a little more time searching for bass and I noticed that the fish weren’t eager to attack anything. I soon realized why, when I saw a pair of smallies doing their thing! I quickly left the area for them to get their job done and tried another spot nearby.
This proved to be the last shot at the smallies as it was exactly the same as the previous place. I didn’t want to be bothered with bothering them! There were also many more boats trying to fish the bass as well and I knew it would have been a tough bite!
With the morning almost done, we decided to raise the roof and switch gears all together. We headed to troll for some pike & walleye instead. It took only a few minutes to fire the first reel and Tony soon landed a decent sized northern. It was also his first fish of the day! The action picked up from that point on and we boated many more northerns and a few nice sized walleye for him to bring home tonight.
We pulled the plug on this area around 1:30 or so and made a long run to pick up Giulio & Sophia, James’s children. What a zoo the lake was going there, with so many boats on the water. It really showed that it was the weekend and a great day to be on the water!
We only had a few hours left, but I managed to get the kids into several fish in the washing machine like waters, by trolling. There were waves from every direction making it difficult to work the areas I needed, but at least they got out.
By 4:00 we were done and heading back to take out. I let Giulio help me drive, on the way back and he was all smiles along the way!
Despite the tough fishing today at least I had a backup plan that worked. It may not have been the one I wanted but at least it put plenty of fish in the boat. In the end, Tony would still be having a fish dinner tonight!
