Scrambling to Catch Fish
August 15, 2019
August 14th 2019
Dave and his children enjoyed an interesting morning on the water today, catching a bunch of fish. They were also joined by their grandfather, making for a real family trip! Too bad Mother Nature didn’t want to cooperate though!
We headed out in a pretty good NE wind, ruling out any possible drop shotting. Wind against current doesn’t work when you’re four fishing! Although I did give trolling the area a shot, the amount of floating weeds made it almost impossible to keep the rods & lures clean. One bass in the first 30 seconds and nothing for the next 20 minutes had me making a drastic, long run. We were off to another area to try & catch some pike!
After a roller coaster of a ride, I finally set up and began covering the water in hopes of getting them some fish. It didn’t take long to see that this was the right move as several decent northerns were landed by all. Unfortunately it was cut short while untangling a little mess, when I shifted the small engine too quickly into neutral, to avoid a prop & line mishap. With the linkage popped out, I figured I would just fix it later when I was off the water. We were heading to cast for bass in another area quite far from this one now in hopes of catching some smallies!
The lake was still rolling and I had to take it slower than I would have liked, so as not beat everyone up in the process. Once we arrived, I gave a demonstration of what to do and realized I needed to start from scratch too! Little to no experience had them learning how to cast, but they caught on quickly. In no time they were hooking up and a good number of bass were landed. Zach was the last to set into a fish and it turned out to be the largest of the morning. He was casting like a champ and it was only a matter of time until he caught one. This was his reward for doing everything right and I soon netted his prize!
The morning had passed by quickly and I headed back to take out. Of course the wind had layed down considerably now and we were running in much calmer waters. Although it was still from the NE, it was definitely easier and a whole lot less bumpy!
Dave & his family enjoyed catching fish this morning but I think they really loved casting for the bass. I know Zach did because he was like a sponge, learning how to cast! Hopefully he will continue to pursue fishing and learn even more on his own, now that he understands the basics. Another good morning for fishing!
