Baby Dino’s
August 20, 2018
August 19th 2018
Steve and his son Sam were with me today, looking for a big bite. They were hoping to either catch sturgeon or possibly a musky. It was time to try again for the dinosaurs!
We headed directly to the deep water in hopes of marking good concentrations of fish. After about ten minutes or so of scouting the water, I finally settled on a spot that showed some signs of life. It didn’t look like what I was hoping for but there were a few fish down there and I thought we’d give it a try.
We fished for about 2 hours or so but never really had anything large eat. They did both manage to land one small sturgeon though and actually got to see what they looked like. They also got to see why I was here when they witnessed several quality ones take to the air. This only made them want a big one, even more!
I eventually pulled anchor and idled around, looking for another place to possibly fish. This never happened though and eventually we packed everything up and changed species all together. I was going to take them drop shotting for bass and walleye and hoped their luck wouldn’t be the same!
I set up on a break and locked the electric in place allowing them to cast to the areas that held the fish. I think it was on Sam’s first cast that he was locked up and on a really nice smallie too! A few quick pics and she was released to fight again! He went right back at it and a couple of casts later was tight lined once again. This time the bass was even bigger and gave him even more of a fight. Eventually I was able to slip the net under his smallie for a few more photos.
Things were going pretty good for Sam but his father still hadn’t landed anything yet. They changed spots and his luck finally changed too! Steve managed to bring a nice walleye to net that made its way into the livewell after a pic or two. They would be bringing it back with them tonight. He also managed to land another one but unfortunately it was a little on the small side and released. Sam also managed another small eye before we left the area to fish, elsewhere.
The boat traffic had picked up considerably by now and we had waves from all directions. The cruisers were out in full force, throwing 3 & 4 foot rollers. You could really tell it was the weekend!
I idled over to another place in hopes of getting them into some smallies, because it would have been impossible to troll anywhere that I wanted. Fortunately it was the right decision as both of them landed several nice brownies. They even had a double that had me netting both fish at the same time, due to a line tangle near the boat.
I hit a couple of other places without any luck after and decided to run to one more in the late afternoon, before we had to go. I stopped on a remote place in the middle of nowhere. Although I hadn’t fished it once this season, I was sure it would have fish! Steve made one cast and was immediately locked up on a nice bass. It also brought a school of its buddies to the boat at the same time and we were officially on fish!
We remained in the area for about 30 minutes or so before we had to go and they landed several other nice bass while we were there. They had plenty of chances and saw all kinds of bass following their baits in the time we fished. Unfortunately not all of them would bite, but many tried!
Today was an interesting one filled with all kinds of different techniques and a variety of fish. In the end, both of them slammed and Steve had four different species to his name. Tomorrow will hopefully bring even better results with less boat traffic on the water, allowing me the luxury of hitting more areas. With any luck, they will also slam but this time on even bigger fish. Bring on the dinosaurs!!
