Brahm & his grandson Sam had another tough morning of fishing today. Only 1 pike for our troubles trolling and casting wasn’t much better either. Although they caught bass, they missed more than they landed. The best part of their trip was the two sturgeon they brought to the boat. Definitely not one of the better days on the water! Hopefully tomorrow will be better!

Chris and his son Mason fished with me this morning on a cool but calm day. I decided not to troll, but instead focus on dropshotting some of the deeper flats. In one area, we remained for quite a while as Chris landed both walleye and bass in numbers. Mason wasn’t as fortunate but he did manage to catch a good one and miss several others.

I wanted to get them into some bigger fish and hit an area holding sturgeon. It was here that Mason caught probably the biggest fish of his life. Once done, we returned to casting soft plastics in the shallows for bass. The remainder of their morning trip was focused on this area and a bunch more were landed by both.

Sunshine and flat calm waters were today’s forecast and for once they got it right. We returned to the ramp with a smooth ride on glass like waters. Plenty of fish were caught in the short half day trip today and some pretty good ones by both. I only hope the weather holds out a little longer as this makes fishing so much more enjoyable. I guess only time will tell!

Jim, David and his daughter Elinor joined me this morning for a four-hour trip. We were unlucky enough to have another morning where the air temps dropped overnight, but I was sure we could still get bit. I began with a troll and only received a couple of bites in the hour we tried. At least Emily managed to land her first ever northern! I switched it up soon after and headed elsewhere to cast instead. I wasn’t wasting any more time trolling this area.

I had all three dropshot a flat and Emily was the only one that managed to catch a fish. She began not knowing what to do and was soon casting on her own and hooking fish as well. I had a plan C and changed to soft plastics, moving once again. It was in here that they all started catching bass. Although everyone landed fish, Emily definitely caught the bulk of them.

One last switch for the day saw a couple of good sturgeon landed by both David and his daughter Emily before we were done. As I didn’t have an afternoon trip scheduled, I decided to stay out until noon. In the end, it was the right choice, giving them all extra time to fish.

Despite our slow start today, it all turned around when the weather warmed. I could have used a different wind direction, but still managed in the big NW that we had. I know these fish aren’t liking the cold fronts and only hope that the weather settles down for the balance of the week. It’s still too early to be having fall like conditions, but either way, I’ll still get it done!!

Steve and his son Pierce joined me this morning, after a cold front last night. Most fish weren’t in much of a mood to eat, everywhere we tried, but there were some that did. From shallow to mid to deepwater, they picked at them for most of the morning. The best area was definitely the deep water as several smallies were taken from here. In the last hour however, I decided to try a troll and it proved to be successful for the larger fish. Steve managed to land the biggest fish of the day right at the wire, with a good-sized walleye. I’m pretty sure the afternoon bite would have ben better with the air beginning to warm. Too bad we weren’t out for the entire day!!

Jean Francois, Anthony & Mathias had a great day today catching all kinds of walleye and bass. Anthony had the most action however boating the majority of the fish. They were able to bring almost a limit of the eyes home with them, despite most of the fish caught, being over the slot. They were also landed a couple of sturgeon, rounding off their enjoyable day on the water. Even the weather cooperated as the heat wave subsided making it much cooler to fish!!