A Surprise Trip

August 13th 2018

 

Another day filled with great number of pike and walleye and an unexpected, exotic species! Kajal had wanted to do something special for her fiancé and booked a surprise fishing trip with me several weeks back. She didn’t even tell him where they were going this morning until they met me at the dock. They were both in for a great day!

With the trolling bite so good lately, I wasted no time setting the lines and getting started. I quickly instructed them on what to expect and it didn’t take long. Within 5 minutes we had three pike landed and I knew there would be plenty more!

I covered water looking for the big walleye but up until now, all we had were numbers of northerns. Throughout the morning we never went long between pike and once the clouds rolled in, things started to change. We had only sunshine and now with the overcast, the walleye began to bite. It’s crazy how one little change can affect the fishing!

They had wanted to take a few walleye back with them and we had no trouble catching their dinner. In fact, they also threw a few back, both overs as well as keepers!

I was covering all depths of water and decided to try a little shallower with the darkened skies when one of the reels just screamed. Kajal grabbed the rod and we all saw the fish take to the air in a spectacular leap. It was a huge bowfin and battled her right to the boat. These things are mean and it really didn’t like the boga in its mouth! It made for a great pic and she also had her slam for the day. It’s always nice when you get into the exotic species while fishing for something else!

The afternoon was nonstop as well and we were quite comfortable under the roof in this heat. The sun was in and out of the clouds but by late afternoon, just out. With very little wind it would have been hell if we didn’t have some sort of shade to fish under.

This was another day loaded with all kinds of fish and I was happy to share it with them. They had both caught tons of northerns as well as some really nice walleye and couldn’t have asked for more. Well more was what they got when I invited them to a local restaurant to eat some of their catch. They gladly accepted the invitation and we soon prepped to leave. Several fish later we were on our way back to the dock to take out. They would be coming back with me and I was going to filet the fish before going out to eat.

Seeing as how there were three walleye to clean, I decided to keep one aside for them as well. They didn’t need all of them tonight and would be able to enjoy a meal on their own where they were staying.

Good times, good company and great fishing was what we had today! The restaurant was just the icing on the cake, so to speak. In fact they even had a complimentary desert for their recent engagement. I don’t think they could ever have imagined such a fantastic day, when they woke up this morning. Right from the start to the very end it was just filled with all kinds of great memories. They will be leaving Montreal fulfilled and not just from all the food they ate tonight!!