Picture Perfect Weather

Afte rescheduling three times due to foul weather, Eugene finally made it out today! He was flying solo and looking forward to catching some fish. For once the weather was on his side!

We began with a dropshot drift once again and after only a few passes, I realized the fish weren’t here. Only one good bass was landed along with several smaller perch. Time to relocate!

With practically no wind, the drifts had to be aided with the electric motor just to move. It didn’t feel like there was much current either. The fish definitely weren’t on a feed and had to be bumped on the nose just to eat. This second place wasn’t much better as only perch wanted to eat. Time to move on once again!

Multiple spots were fished with little to no results so I made a long run to a few places that should have more current. Several bass were caught from the first one, along with an accidental sturgeon. The winds had finally begun but were out of the NE causing us to actually move up current when drifting. Although they weren’t much, they still were messing up our movement. We also had lots of boats around that limited the areas I wanted to fish. At one point, I actually waited for one of them to leave before I moved in to fish.

One of our last spots of the day was finally on fire and it was here that Eugene was treated to some action. He caught all kinds of smallies on a variety of presentations before we headed back. He had brought a bait-cast outfit that he wanted to become comfortable with and he definitely gave it a workout! We eventually left this area and made our way back to the ramp. to fish one final area of the day.

There were so many boats on the lake today due to the weather that it made it difficult to run in tight places. I think that everyone who owned a watercraft was on the lake. Temps were in the mid 80’s and it was sunny. Great day for water activities! The last place we fished wasn’t great but it still had a few fish to catch before we were done.

Eugene spent one of the nicest days, weather wise, of the season today and was glad of our previous cancellations. It was picture-perfect weather and he caught plenty of fish as well on this September day. The forecast calls for several more days of this and I know many more people will be enjoying it too. I will also be out most of the time with customers and with any luck, the fishing will remain good for them too. Only time will tell!!