Just Another Double Day

Michael and his family were with me this morning, for another incredible day of fishing! With two trips scheduled, I knew I would have to get everyone on fish and decided to begin with trolling. Hopefully it would all work out!

With lines set, we started covering water and the first reel to fire went to Greta. She got the ball rolling with a walleye that was unfortunately too big and released after a couple of quick pics. Next up was Justice and it didn’t take long before he was battling a nice northern. We were in an area that obviously held fish and it was producing! Michael and his other son Linus also managed to bring a couple more pike on board and the rotation was completed.

The surface water was full of torn up vegetation, due to all the boat traffic recently and without any wind, a real pain to keep the lines clean. I spent most of my time going from one rod to another, just to maintain the lures. A small price to pay for the action we were having!

When Greta’s turn came around again, she somehow brought another walleye to net. This time however it was in the slot and immediately went into the tank. Now we just needed a few more!

For several hours we covered the water and many fish were landed by all. When the sun got higher and the bite slowed, I opted for a change and another area to fish. We were going deeper to try some drop shotting!

The lake was a complete mirror now and little to no movement was present. It would require a much slower presentation, just to get bit. I idled over the open water and scanned the bottom with my electronics, looking for schools of fish. I angled the boat so that everyone could get a good drift and it wasn’t long before Justice landed the first one. It may not have ben what we were looking for but it was a big perch and went into the livewell, adding to their catch. Michael soon followed with a nice keeper walleye and the others also added a few more too! There was even a quality smallie boated by Justice amongst these fish, completing his slam for the day!

Time had passed by quickly and before we knew it, we had to go. I was once again dropping off the morning group and exchanging them for Nikko & Dimitri for the afternoon. I only hoped that the afternoon would be as good as this morning’s bite!

With the new guys now in the boat, I thought we’d try a close area and some drop shotting to get them into quick fish. Well that didn’t work out as planned and before we knew it, we were heading to another spot, equally the same!

I was jumping around, looking for some active smallies and eventually put them on a couple of fish. Too bad both were missed as one of them was a real giant by the way it fought. We never actually got to see the fish but based on where it came from, I knew it was big!

I decided to make a long run to a shallow spot to see if they could get into fish and this turned out to be the last area we would fish! With soft plastics they had many bites from active bass and beat on them for several hours! They may not have been huge, but they fought like they were!

Both Dimitri & Nikko experienced a slower than usual fishing day, but they landed more than enough bass to keep them happy. Plenty of others were seen, missed or just lost all together as well before the day was done.

We made the long run back in almost zero wind, but 2 to 3 foot rollers from every direction from all the boat traffic. It was a little bumpy going back!

Today was another success, with everyone catching fish. From the morning gang to the afternoon guys, good times were had by all. Who knows what tomorrow will bring, but I’m sure it will be another great day for fishing!