Indian Summer Fishing

Val was back again today but this time he was with me for the entire day. Although we started later than I am use to we were still going to be fishing longer than usual. Hopefully he would have a great time catching both bass and walleye!

We headed to the first area in hopes of a quick hook up and that we did. On a demonstration cast, I was tight to a good one and immediately handed him the rod to fight the bass. It wasn’t long after bringing in the fish that he began to hook up on his own and numbers of smallmouth were landed. A few of them were really good ones too!

I knew with this nice weather that we would be having company and tried to focus on one area as much as I could. Unfortunately it wasn’t long before the boats started coming and we were forced to relocate and change up the techniques we were using. I decided to move away from the others and try a little further offshore. After landing several more bass it became insane with boats and we had to pick a spot that I hadn’t really fished hard this year. Despite landing a few other smaller bass from this area, I wasn’t feeling the love! We were going to make another move and switch to another species. It’s always bad when a client says “let’s get out of here, it’s way too crowded”!

We made the long run to our next area and were both glad we had decided to move. At least here we would be alone and able to fish wherever we wanted!

I tried one place and didn’t stay too long when we weren’t able to hook anything. The second area however was loaded and for the next couple of hours, plenty of fish were landed. In fact, Val had no trouble getting a limit of eaters for him to take home! We were into them good now but weren’t able to land anything of size from here. It took right up until almost the last ten minutes before Val actually got into a quality eye. He could tell by the weight that it was better than all the others we had seen. This would be our first fish from here that was photo worthy!

Despite all the boats out today, we were still able to get into plenty of fish. I would have liked to stay fishing smallies a little longer, but the heavy traffic had us pulling the plug early. Thankfully I had a backup area that kept producing for the rest of the day. In the end, Val managed to catch plenty of fish and that’s all that counts. Another day without any wind with Val was also a great thing!