A Big North West
September 15, 2020
Scott & Chris were with me today, hoping to tangle with a few big fish. The winds wouldn’t be making it easy as they were blowing big from the NW and waves up to 3 feet were present. Regardless, were going to give it a try!
The run to the area was a little bumpy but once we arrived, it actually looked doable! I idled around looking for the fish, but after several minutes, found myself settling on only a few marks. This was to be a similar procedure as multiple attempts at locating fish had the same results. After trying for almost 3 hours, it just wasn’t happening and I decided to pull the plug! I wasn’t going to spend the entire day in hopes of one hookup!
We headed to another spot for smallmouth and covered plenty of water for the bites we had. No concentrations were found but at least they picked at fish along the way. A combination of blades and soft plastics were used to entice them into hitting. After covering the areas thoroughly, we attempted another move nearby but it proved to be unsuccessful. Time to fight the wind & waves and relocate again!
I had gone across the open water and seen just how bad the water was before stopping in an area to fish. We were officially in 3 footers, hoping to get bit! As bad luck would have it, several good ones were seen and missed before I made an adjustment on Chris’s line. Although he missed another one, It came back and just crushed him! Too bad this was all she wrote for here but at least he had managed to land a quality smallie before we left.
I once again stayed in open water and tried drop shotting some deeper flats. There was quite a concentration of fish showing on the screen as we drifted over the schools of perch & walleye. Both Chris & Scott managed to catch a few including another bass in the time we were here. When the fish flat out refused our offerings, we were forced to make a move again.
Time was just about over for today but at least our last stop put a few more walleye in the boat before we were done. They had a long drive ahead of them and needed to get on the road. We had salvaged the day by fishing many different spots to get into fish. The action may have been slow at times but there were still enough fish seen today to keep everyone busy!
