I had the day off, so I decided to go out to Lake St-Francis and play around a little. The area that I usually launch the boat was semi frozen, so we had to blaze a trail with the aid of the net handle and the electric motor shaft. Fortunately, the wind had most of the creek open and it didn’t take too long to get to the channel and all the open water. The air tenps were in the low 40’s and the water temps were around 46 degrees. We had a pretty good wind gusting to 25 knots, but it was very fishable. In the 5 or 6 hours f fishing, we must have caught 30 bass and lost several others. I even managed to catch a Musky of about 12 pounds on a spider grub. Overall a great day!

What a cold day! I fished with Tony today on Lake St-Francis and had ice forming in the guides all day long. The air temps started just over 20 degrees and didn’t make it above freezing all day. Thankfully, there was no wind and it got sunny around 11:00 in the morning. Tubes and spider grubs were the ticket today. Tony started out the day with his first smallmouth bass caught, being an honest 6 pounds. “It’s going to be tough to top that one,” I said. There were only 3 fish during the entire day that went below 3 pounds and the balance of 30 bass exceeded the four-pound mark. There were several over 5 pounds and most were around 4.5 pounds. What a day!!!!

I fished with Andre & Jim once again today on Lake St-Francis. They fished with me at the beginning of the year and were back for some more punishment, due to the weather, Mother Nature was not going to be kind today! The day began with 25-knot winds from the northwest and rain. If you thought that was bad enough, well it got even worse! The temperatures dropped from over 50 degrees to below freezing during the day. Add four hours of snow squalls and you have the makings of the perfect day! We managed to endure all that she had to throw at us and still came up with about 30 bass in the 2.5 to 4.5 pound range. There was a couple that even went close to 5 pounds, landed! This had to be the worst day spent on the water this year with all the weather changes we had. Thankfully, the fishing more than made up for the day of misery!

I fished with Warren on Lake St-Francis today. The conditions were miserable! It rained all day and the air temps were only about 50 degrees. Thank god for the spectacular fishing to keep us somewhat comfortable. Somewhere around 30 bass were caught with a bonus 5 pound largemouth also being taken. All the fish were once again release in order to conserve the future of our fishing. Several quick photos were taken to preserve the memory of the day. An excellent day to say the least!

I fished with Minya & Anthony today on the St-Lawrence River. The conditions were tough and the fishing was slow. The weather was in the upper 40’s and the water temps were about the same. Tubes, spider grubs and some crankbaits accounted for the 25 or more bass up to 5 pounds that were caught. The rain that was forecasted managed to hold out until the end of the day and we were very thankful under these conditions. Overall, a very productive day under these conditions!