Adam had reserved today for fishing, but due to the number of people, we needed a second boat. He decided to bring his and tag along as I guided 3 others for a fun filled morning of catching. His son James had wanted to fish from my boat again, instead of his father’s and his uncle and grandfather joined him as well.

We made a series of drifts, while dropshotting over vast flats and everyone caught plenty of fish. Both walleye and bass were landed but it was James that caught the biggest fish today. He not only landed the largest bass but boated the biggest walleye as well.

Today felt a little strange with the second boat piggy backing us, but it all worked out in the end. Both boats landed plenty of fish and everyone had a great time. I was also glad that I was done by 11:00 as it was starting to heat up at the end. The temps were on their way to the 90’s once again and I didn’t want to be around. Overall, it was a great 4-hour trip!!

Another double trip today saw Asim and his sons in the morning and Maurice with Rafiel and his grandmother in the afternoon. The morning group struggled to catch most of their fish as they were biting lightly. They all managed to land fish but unfortunately, they lost more than they caught.

Maurice and Rafiel had a similar time with the hot, flat water but did get into several more, big ones. Soft plastics accounted for all their fish as did the morning group. A combination of dropshot and casting techniques were used to entice the finicky fish into taking.

High heat and humidity will remain with us for the next several days and I will be out there in it all. Hopefully the fish will get a little more aggressive in these conditions, allowing everyone to catch plenty more big bass and walleye as well. Only time will tell!

After a well, deserved day off, I was back out with David and his son George today. They were eager to catch just about anything but the little guy was really hoping on catching a sturgeon. With the winds still blowing hard from the NE, I wasn’t sure if it could happen.

We made a long run to start the day in big waves and settled on a partially calm area to fish. I had hoped on catching a bunch of bass from here and wasn’t disappointed. David hooked up almost immediately and after a little coaching, so did George. He was use to the spin cast reels but was graduating to a spinning rod today. I showed him how to hold the rod properly and how to cast the reel and it didn’t take long before he was casting like a champ! George may have been only 7 but his casting skills were great. He was throwing soft plastics and managed to hook into a few on his own. He was also given the rod on several occasions, with fish on the end. Watching him fight these bass was amazing too. It looked like he had been fishing for many years!

I moved around the shallower water this morning and found fish everywhere we casted. George was content just catching anything that swam and brought to net pike and walleye as well. At one point, they both hooked up at the same time and managed to catch a double header. Of course, George’s bass was bigger! I’m not really sure how many fish they landed but the numbers were high.

The winds had subsided slightly by late morning and I decided to give sturgeon a try. We moved to where I knew we’d have a chance and David hooked into one quickly. H fought it with the aid of George, or was it the other way around! They finally brought it to net and officially had their first ever dinosaur! Several pics before the release and off it went.

We spent the rest of our afternoon on bass and many more were landed before we were done. David had a long drive back and they were both tired from all the action today. After one more bass, I headed back to the ramp to take out. Today went as planned, despite the NE winds and the fish really cooperated for David and his son George. The action was nonstop for the most part and the little guy really graduated. He went from using a spin cast outfit to a spinning rod & reel in a very short time. With his skills, it won’t be long before he’ll be teaching the teacher! Great times were had by all today!!

Neil spent the morning fishing with his two sons, Joe & Tom and struggled in the conditions we had. A big SW wind made for difficult drifts over fish that didn’t want to cooperate. Although a few were caught and others missed, the bite wasn’t great. I had to make a long move to get them into more fish. Our second stop saw a couple more fish landed with one of them being a big eye. Another longer run in rough water had them on a better bite and we remained here until it was time to leave. Everyone caught bass from this spot and we salvaged the morning. Definitely a tough bite today but in the end, it all worked out!!

Another day began cooler than expected, with air temps below 60 degrees, The wind was out of the NE for the second day in a row and boat control wasn’t easy! Leonard was with his son Victor and father-in-law for half a day and it was a challenge. Although I marked lots of fish, they didn’t really want to bite. It ended with them working hard for the fish they caught and top honors went to Victor with the biggest bass, in the last minutes of their trip!

An afternoon group of 4 in for a bachelor party, definitely fended better than the morning trio. The winds died down and temps rose with the sun, warming everything up nicely. Plenty of bass were caught by everyone. Soft plastics were used to entice each and every fish that came aboard. Oh yeah, they missed many others too!

Today’s double may have been tiring but in the end, it all worked out. Everyone had a great time and boated fish and that’s all that counts! I’m back out again tomorrow for hopefully another successful day with plenty more fish being caught!!