More Flat Calm
July 15, 2023
A big group today had me requiring a second boat to help out. Warren was happy to take the other 3 on the water for the day as we split the party of 6. Matt, Pat & Connor were with me and we left the ramp shortly after 8:00. I decided to try deeper water this morning due to all the rain last night and the electrical storms. Hopefully it would pay off!
After a long run, I finally settled on an area to vertically drop shot. They were all new to this technique but caught on quickly. Connor definitely had the hot hand as he boated several fish before the others landed their first. After a while they were all hooking up, but most of the fish were on the smaller side. I wanted to get them into bigger bass and decided to try shallower in case they were there. Apparently, some of them were and a few of the bigger ones were caught. A bonus northern also came in the boat from Connor, in the same area! I wanted to try something different, after the bite slowed and moved out deeper for a bigger bite.
We fished sturgeon for a while and managed a couple of fish in the short time we were set up. It wasn’t great but they did manage to land 2 decent fish before we switched back to the deeper smallie bite.
Open water shoals were drifted over and smaller fish were landed once again. In fact, more fish were missed or lost, than actually brought aboard. Although the numbers were there, the size wasn’t and I relocated to a final shallow, offshore spot to end the day.
Casting soft plastics had everyone hooked up quickly and most of the fish were better quality. They even managed to get a couple of doubles when one person hooked up. Small pods of fish were following their baits and the bass were easy pickings! We covered the entire area slowly and they boated many more fish before we were done. They had a big night ahead and wanted to get off around 3:00. Tonight, was the official bachelor party for one of the guys in the other boat and they would all need to rest before going out.
Flat calm conditions today made it difficult at first, but we grinded it out and made things work. Good numbers of a mix of fish were caught and the two sturgeon were the highlight of their day! Finishing with a bang was also great when they ended the day with many quality bass. Overall, it was a success and all the fish swam away unharmed. Who could ask for anything more!!
