Loading Up The Boat
August 8, 2019
James was back again today and this time he brought Rob along for the ride. We began the day drop shotting open flats once again and fortunately I didn’t have to contend with the damn floating angel hair like weeds! Definitely a bonus there!
They both landed some nice smallies and we also got into a bunch of small walleye, as we were about to leave. I was heading to pick up his wife and kids and fish with them for a few hours. Full boat indeed!
With a light precipitation happening, I decided to raise the roof for them before we returned. No sense in getting too wet! His two kids, Sophia and Giulio were eager to get started o I set up on the spot I had found the walleye. Although they did land several, the fish had shut down considerably and I had to move again.
We drop shotted another area and managed to land more bass & walleye. His wife Patricia hooked several nice bass and so did everyone else. In fact, the kids even hooked and landed fish on their own! After a few hours, we dropped them off at the boat ramp and headed out again. I wanted to get James & Rob into some bass by casting now and knew exactly where I wanted to be.
For the next couple of hours the action was nonstop with the smallies. Rob was getting them on top water and James landed several nice ones on soft plastics. We even had an encounter with mister toothy when he decided to make a three pound smallie his dinner. James had hooked into a nice bass and while fighting it, the line went off the reel like he had loosened the drag. We saw the beast just before she let go and James managed to land the bass. A bit scarred up, but lucky to have escaped the jaws of death! Moments before this incident, Rob had a similar encounter with the top water when a bass missed his bait and there was a giant boil immediately after. I think the fish had tried to get his too!
Today was a great day as James and his family had spent quality time together, if only for a few hours. The fishing was a whole lot better than last week when we were out, with the lack of floating weeds. The fish even cooperated more and he actually got to take home 5 walleye for a nice dinner tonight. It was great having his wife and kids on board and I hope that we can do it again sometime soon. They all had a good time but I think Sophia wished she could have stayed with us for the end of the day. Oh well, hopefully next time I guess!
