Another Slamming Day
July 9, 2019
July 9th 2019
After a day of scouting yesterday without clients, I was back at it again this morning! Barry had his three kids, Leiha, Paige & Justin along for the morning and I was hoping to get them into a pile of fish.
Our trolling bite was definitely slower than expected with short strikes and less fish than I usually see. They only managed one walleye, with the balance being northerns. Time for a change of plans!
I ran to a smallie area and instructed them on how to manipulate the soft plastics they were throwing. It didn’t take long and Justin was tight to his very first smallmouth bass. He couldn’t believe the difference between the largemouth bass he was used to catching.
For the remainder of our time, they all hooked and landed, or lost, plenty more bass. The bite was definitely better than our troll earlier and I was just glad to have them on active fish.
Half days are always tougher as you can’t work through the slow periods as easily as full days. The clock is always ticking whether they bite or not! Fortunately I didn’t have an afternoon trip scheduled so we stayed on the bite about an hour longer.
Great times were had by all with many fish being landed in the end. Leiha however got top honours by slamming out 4 different species. She had managed to land a couple of really jumbo perch on the same baits the bass were eating. Sure wish we had the afternoon to keep the ball rolling. Water temps were climbing steadily, making the fish more aggressive. I always hate leaving them biting!
