A Goby Invasion

Allan was with me this morning, along with his friends Matt & Alex. We spent over two hours anchored up for sturgeon, without even one bite! Along with the lack of fish there, we were plagued by those damn goby minnows, causing me to constantly re bait the lines. In the end, we just gave up and headed to fish a different species!

I decided to hit a deep water area for bass and set them all up with a drop shot rig. Although it took them a bit of time to understand the technique, Alex managed to land a nice bass at the end of the first drift. We made several passes over different lines and someone always hooked up. They may not have all been big, but they were catching and I was happy to finally have action after the slow morning!

With limited time remaining in their trip, I moved to another area and drifted for walleye. I had been marking them pretty good but the bites were light and fish were being missed. A couple of good ones did manage to make it into the boat though, proving that they would eat!

Noon came quickly and before we knew it, we were done. Despite the slow fishing today, they still managed to enjoy themselves and everyone caught fish. I only wish we were able to have kept the lines in the water long enough for sturgeon in order to have gotten bit. The gobies definitely took us out of the game today! Hopefully the next time I decide to fish for them, things will work out much better. Only time will tell!