Success At Last

Asim & Richard joined me this morning for a half day of fishing, hoping to change their luck. They had fished a few times this season on their own without any success and wanted to catch something. It shouldn’t be a problem with how the fishing had been lately but we would have to wait and see!

Overnight the high heat and humidity had broken and we began with a cool morning for our run. The water temps had also fallen by 4 degrees and I wasn’t sure how this was going to affect the fish. Apparently it had, as it took quite a bit longer to locate some active biters. It was also difficult to find clean water with all the winds we had been receiving lately.

After what seemed like forever, the first reel finally went off and they landed a northern. The skunk was officially out of the boat! From this point on, the reels began firing frequently and many more fish came aboard. Both pike and several good walleye saw the net and pics were taken to give proof that they had actually caught something. After their last few outings from shore, they wanted photos!

Later on in the morning, I pulled the plug from trolling and headed somewhere that they could try for bass. Although it wasn’t on fire, they spent the last hour catching a few and added another walleye to the livewell for dinner.

Time passed by quickly and before we knew it, our morning trip was done. I packed everything up and we made our way back to the docks. Today may not have been what I was use to seeing but there were still plenty of fish landed on a half day trip. The water temp drop acted like a cold front to the fish and adjustments needed to be made to ensure that they would catch. All I know is that they finally had a successful day of fishing, for their first time this season. Many more to come too, I hope!!