Total Chaos Fishing
July 8, 2018
July 7th 2018 (morning)
Jorge & Melba were with me this morning hoping to catch their first pike & walleye. They were vacationing in Montreal all the way from the Gulf of Mexico and loved to fish. I knew it wouldn’t be a problem!
We raced across the lake and wasted no time setting up. I told them that they would be seeing a new technique as I set the lines and began the troll. It didn’t take 2 minutes before the first reel went off and Melba was bringing in her first Canadian walleye! They couldn’t believe how fast it had happened, but I told them sometimes I can’t even get the second rod in! I reset the line and continued trolling and once again, we had a reel fire. Jorge was into his first ever walleye too, but it wouldn’t be his last. They were in awe at just how quickly these two fish came aboard when another reel screamed and we had our first double. The day was starting out with a bang! It looked like the fish were active with the wind and cooler temps and I was going to take advantage of it while it lasted.
We had only been fishing about 15 minutes and already had 5 fish landed. Melba had her first northern, but most of them were walleye. The bite was really good for the eyes this morning and I wasn’t complaining, as I knew I could catch pike all day!
With all the lines reset, I began looking for more fish and almost instantly two reels fired simultaneously. This was getting crazy but they were loving it! walleye were mostly being landed but that was about to change. I finally managed to hit an area where it was pike after pike and they both caught one after the other. To say the fishing was good would have been an understatement! It was on fire! They had already caught a load of fish and we had been fishing for only an hour. With action like this, the numbers would definitely be high!
It seemed like everywhere I went, we hit fish. The fishing was just unbelievable and I knew why. We were in a major and everything was feeding. Even the seagulls and cormorants were diving on bait off in the distance. Fish after fish fired reels and they barely had a minute to rest! Every time I got the rod back in the holder, another one went off. Multiple reels were firing at the same time in total chaos and I loved it. At one point I even had to take another net out just to land their doubles!
Usually when action is this good it only lasts for a brief period but this morning it went right till the end. We trolled right up until 11:30 with very little down time. If 5 minutes went by in between bites I began to wonder if the lures were fouled! I always like to end on a high and told them after one more fish, we would leave. Minutes later Jorge reeled in the last pike and we were done. I packed everything up and headed back to the ramp to drop them off. I had another trip for this afternoon and I only hoped the fishing would be half as good!
Jorge & Melba had taken part in the best fresh water fishing they had ever seen. Nobody knew exactly how many fish were landed, but it was an insane number! To top that off, there were also a lot of really good sized ones too! They were leaving more than satisfied with their results and looking forward to the next time here in Montreal. They might even come back for the big fish bite with the sturgeon. This trip couldn’t have gone any better!!
