After a few days of rest, I was back on the water with Tim today. We fished Lake Memphremagog for smallmouth and covered a lot of water doing so. The day started out with lots of sunshine and no wind. Air temps were in the low 50’s and the surface water temps were 53 degrees in the shallow water. We caught smaller fish there but found better size fish in open water on the deeper shoals. The jerk-bait bite was tough and the fish were not very aggressive. Most of the fish today came from the jigs in 20 to 30 feet of water. The pressure bottomed out and the bite really slowed down when the clouds and rain came in. Fortunately, we never really got any of the heavy rains that were all around us. Overall it was a tough day on the water, but we still managed to get into about 40 fish up to 4 pounds.

Once again Jim & Marie joined me today, but this time we tried for lake trout on another lake nearby. The conditions were absolutely horrible! It was a cold 42 degrees and light drizzle all day long. The wind was from the S/SW at 5 to 10 MPH, but it felt more like a colder north wind. The water temperature just seems to be getting colder, not warmer with these conditions. The nights are dipping into the 30’s every night! Unfortunately, we scored a zero on the trout, but not for lack of trying. We had 5 trout on during the day & lost all of them! There was however a bonus smallmouth bass that went over 6 pounds landed and that was a blessing. A really tough day all in all! I hope the weather changes real soon!

I fished with Jim & Marie today on Lake Memphremagog for smallmouth bass. The weather was quite cold at 46 degrees and the water had dropped 3 degrees since yesterday afternoon. The only thing in our favor was that there was little to no wind. We fished several locations and caught fish in every area. The best places were the areas that led to deeper water because of the colder temperatures. At he end of the day, we probably had caught close to 50 fish up to 4 pounds. Most fish were caught on jerk-baits today. Tough conditions, but a good day all in all!!

I fished with Alain & Ben today on a couple of lakes. We started off fishing for lakers on a nearby lake and caught a couple up to 5 pounds. By 11:30 we took off & headed to lake Memphremagog for smallmouth bass. Every spot we fished, we caught fish. The water temps had gone down on both lakes by about 2 or 3 degrees due to the cold. NNW winds we had lately. Today never warmed up past 48 degrees. There was plenty of sunshine, but it remained cold throughout the entire day. The wind continued to blow from the same direction all day at 20 to 25 knots making the conditions quite miserable. Jerk-baits & Fin-s jigs once again were the lures of choice as close to 75 bass were caught & released in about 6 hours. All in all, a great day!

I fished with Andre & Jin again today, but this time for Lake Trout. The weather took a turn for the worse as the temperatures fell to almost zero overnight. To make matters worse, the winds were from the north at 15 to 25 MPH. The water temps fell to about 41degreees in the warmest places. In the first fifteen minutes, there were 2 lakers caught. It took several hours to get another and quite some time later to get a fourth. The wind really made a mess of all the areas that we were going to fish during the day. We were lucky to get the fish that we did under these conditions. There were three-foot waves in the middle of the lake and gusts were making some waves even bigger. A tough, but rewarding day!