Toughest Bite Yet

Today was another tough day on the water with James, Robin & John. We fished for just about everything! Although I was marking fish everywhere we went, the bites were light or not at all.

We began drop shotting and saw all kinds of fish that didn’t want anything to do with us. Robin did manage to land one walleye but that was all she wrote! A few other missed strikes had me relocating to a distant area for a guaranteed trolling bite. Or so I thought! One big walleye came off and a couple of other short strikes and we were out of there as well.

I thought we’d give a shot at some shallow smallies and at least here, they managed to land a bunch of them. Although most were on the smaller side, it was nice to see something actually bite. I also saw all kinds of larger ones that showed no signs of wanting to eat here as well.

We decided to return to our first area late in the afternoon, hoping for more active fish. Back to the drop shot and similar results were had once again! They did however get several more bites but the hook ups weren’t great. A few small walleye were landed and a couple of decent smallies but most strikes were just missed.

To say this was a tough day would be an understatement. I just hope that I don’t see more days like this again! I think next time I might just bring worms out with me and try for sturgeon. If all else fails, I can always feed them to the bass & walleye in hopes of them actually eating! Better days ahead!