Karen, Jarrett & Hayden were with me for the day and what a day it was! They started out drop shotting and had a bunch of bites, but missed most of their fish. They did rebound though and finally starting boating both walleye & bass. Karen had the biggest walleye as well as the largest smallie but her son Hayden, soon turned that around. He hooked into a musky and had big fish for the day. It really went insane for a while and even took to the air a couple of times. Not only was it his first musky but he had also landed his first bass as well as walleye. He was having the time of his life!

We made multiple drifts over the area and they landed a load of fish with the wind & waves, until it died out. We now had a much slower drift and the fish also slowed down too! Add to that the unreal amount of grass like weeds floating on the surface and it wasn’t long before I pulled the plug on this area and went somewhere else. I had to get away and try something new.

We had made a long run to another spot that I wanted to troll and apparently it was the right move. It didn’t take more than a minute before we had the first rip, but it was gone as fast as it had arrived. I was now trolling over an area looking for northerns as well as walleye and I was sure it would work. For the next couple of hours we made several passes and managed to get into all kinds of pike and a few really nice walleye too. Jarrett landed his personal best Walter along with some nice northerns and we ended on a high.

Around 2:00 they decided to call it a day, so we packed up and headed back. The entire trip was filled with good numbers of fish and the troll was the icing on the cake! Everyone had caught lots of fish and were more than satisfied! I even managed to take a couple of walleye home for dinner tonight as they were staying in a hotel and had no way of keeping their fish. Turned out to be a win, win for everyone today! Another great day of fishing!

Hughes, Oliver & Phillip were with me today, for another scorcher! Our morning bite was on fire with the wind & waves, but unfortunately more fish were missed than landed. They did however bring a good number of them to net though, including 4 nice keeper walleye!

Once the wind died, I decided to try a little trolling but it was short lived. I just couldn’t get out of all the floating grass like weeds that were on the surface, as well as in the water column. It was a real ordeal trying to keep the lines clean and I just gave up completely. Mondays are always the worst after the weekend traffic blazing all over the lake, chewing up the grass!

Off we went to try some casting for walleye again but this didn’t work out well at all. They did have plenty of hits but about 5% of the bites were converted into landed fish. Eventually the fish just stopped biting all together and we were forced to move again!

I decided to return to where we had begun as it seemed like the winds had returned somewhat. The sun was up high now and although the fish were still there, they were pressed tightly on the bottom and required a finesse approach to make them bite. Basically you had to be right in their face if you were going to get bit!

We spend the last couple of hours making multiple drifts over the areas and they landed several more bass. They seemed like the only ones wanting to bite! In the end one more walleye came aboard bringing the total of keeper sized ones up to 7 for the day. There were many others caught, but they were either too small or too big to make the cut!

Although the action was slow at times today, it was also on fire at other times too! Unfortunately the learning curve was during this period and they were only able to take advantage of a small percentage of their bites. Plenty of missed opportunities were the result but eventually they rebounded and put fish in the boat. All in all it was still a great day for fishing!

Steven, Leanne & Fred had a great time fishing today for a mix of fish. We finally caught a break with Mother Nature and she threw us some wind! It was absolutely perfect for drifting and they got bit right out of the gate!

Walleye & bass were the target and they caught them good! I’m really not sure how many fish were boated today but it seemed like someone had a bent rod almost the entire day. Plenty of doubles and a few triple headers were had as they just put a beating on the fish that didn’t want to bite yesterday afternoon.

Despite a midday break due to a passing storm, the action was almost nonstop. As soon as we returned, they went right back to slaying the fish once again. I don’t think I could have asked for better conditions today. Hopefully tomorrow will have similar winds, allowing me to do the same!

July 27^th 2019

Another double trip day today with Graham, Brian, Stewart & Dylan saw a good number of bass & walleye landed in the morning. They all managed to catch both species and were fortunate enough to bring a limit of the tasty walleye home with them.

The afternoon wasn’t as easy with flat calm conditions again and tight lipped fish on the bottom. Dave & Ji were pretty new to fishing and I had hoped on getting them into a similar bite. We drop shotted the entire time over fish but most of them weren’t in the eating mood. Although they did catch some good bass, the walleye were all on the small side and had to be released.

Tons of boats out today had me fishing in limited spots due to the overcrowding. Regardless, it was still a good day despite the high heat and humidity. Thankfully we were under the Bimini for the afternoon trip once again!

Scott, Chris & Neil joined me this morning a little earlier than usual. We hit the water at 6:00 AM as they had to leave by 3 this afternoon. It felt strange launching this early, as I have become accustomed to getting out by 7.

I headed directly to a drop shot area and after about an hour or so and only small fish, we relocated. I knew that Neil would be able to fish the next spot a little more effectively as he was casting a fly. Drifting with a fly rod wasn’t so easy on the first place but he did manage to catch a few there too.

Well he pretty much put on a clinic here with all the bass he landed! Both Chris and Scott also caught their share but Neil definitely landed more. He was having a great time after his trip last year when Scott put a beating on him. Payback felt great as his rod was almost always bent!

Later in the afternoon we decided to make a long run searching for some largemouth bass. As soon as we arrived, Scott hooked up on what we thought was the right species but it turned out to be a smallie. With all this high water it’s no wonder that they too are roaming the weedy areas as well. Right around the same time, Chris missed another but his was definitely a green one. He rebounded a few minutes later, further away, with a nice fat largie and proof that they were actually here.

We had covered a lot of area and still only had the two fish when Scott nailed something tight in the weeds. Too bad it turned out to be a northern but it still gave him a great fight. Neil had been having a difficult time with the fly rod and finally broke down to use a spinning rod for the remainder of the trip. He also landed the last fish before we were done and it too was a smallie. I might have to check out this area a little more now that I have seen the brown ones roaming here too!

This day couldn’t have been better with a slight SW wind for drifting and plenty of eager fish biting. Everyone had a great time and especially Neil. He had boated many good bass throughout and almost all with his 5 weight fly rod. The fights were especially great in the current areas we concentrated on! The others definitely didn’t expect him to do as well as he did but by positioning the boat for him to fish, I knew he would. His angle for the area was perfect and he took advantage of every cast by swinging the fly directly into the paths where they held. Just another great day for fishing!