Anther Successful Double Day

I had another double trip day, today with Tino in the morning and Jim & Chris in the afternoon. Tino had been struggling with his fishing lately and I decided to help him out with a new technique.

I set up in deeper water and instructed him on vertical drop shotting over an open water flat. I don’t think he had his line in the water for 2 minutes when the rod loaded and he battled a nice smallie to the boat. He was completely in awe over getting one so fast but his second bass came almost as fast! Moments later he was locked up again and he quickly realized what he had been doing wrong.

We drifted over the areas multiple times and each pass yielded more & more smallies. This was definitely a great learning experience for him and hopefully something that he will be able to expand on.

I’m not really sure how many fish were landed or bites that were missed but the short 4 hour trip was chock full of action! Many double headers were had as I needed to fish as well in order to keep the lines vertical. Tino received a 101 lesson in drop shotting that he will surely add to his arsenal for future fishing! Great morning on the water!

I did a quick turnaround with my afternoon guests and was back on the water minutes later, after dropping Tino off at the dock. I thought I’d try another area different than this morning as Chris wanted to catch his first walleye. Once again I don’t think it took 2 minutes and he was locked! Although a little small, it was of legal size and placed in the livewell for them tonight!

The lake was almost completely flat with the exception of boat waves and painful to fish! In fact, the slight east wind that we actually had caused the boat to move slightly upstream! It wasn’t set up for drifting and I had to cover water in order to locate the concentrations of fish. Each time I idled over them, I instantly had both Jim & Chris drop down and at least one of them was locked. Jim’s first fish turned out to be a nice smallie and it battled him hard all the way to the boat. They both followed up soon after with more walleye and some of them went into the livewell, while others were released.

I remained in this area as long as I could stand it and many fish were caught and released before we made a move. They had both landed multiple walleye and some bass and now it was time to get them their slam. We were heading for pike!

After a long run I set up the trolling rods and began covering water once again. The first reel fired quickly after I got to where I wanted and from that moment on, we had plenty of action. Chris & Jim were battling pike after pike in the remaining time and loving every minute of it. With almost flat calm conditions and bright sunshine, these northerns were on the prowl. As soon as the winds picked up out of the east, it practically shut them off entirely! We had to cover plenty of water in order to get bit as the action almost died off completely. In fact, the floating weeds were now gathering on the water more as they were being pushed upstream! I had to clean the lines more often now and bites were fewer and fewer until we departed.

After several more fish, we just ran out of time and packed up and left. They had accomplished what they had set out to do and landed their slams with plenty of pike in the end.

Both trips today were a success and all parties left with complete satisfaction! I had mixed it up and moved all over the lake to get it done. Fortunately the fish had cooperated and Mother Nature hadn’t crapped all over us like she usually does. I’m sure she’ll have plenty more opportunities to that in the future!

From bass to walleye to pike, this was definitely a great day on the water. Everyone had seen plenty of action and Chris & Jim even managed to bring almost a limit of fish home to eat tonight. I hope they enjoy their “Catch of The Day!”