An Afternoon Scorcher

Louis and his two sons, Luka & Christophe were with me this afternoon for another great day of trolling. We would definitely be raising the roof in this scorching heat wave and it was the first thing I did when we reached our spot!

With lines set, I instructed them on what to do and left the rest up to the fish. For some reason, it took a little longer to get a reel to fire but when it did, it was the targeted species we wanted. Christophe put us on the board with a high end keeper walleye and they had a start to their dinner tonight!

As usual, I covered plenty of water looking for more fish and picked at them all over the areas we fished. Although mostly pike, there were a few more walleye, both landed as well as lost before reaching the boat.

It wasn’t until much later in the afternoon that the action actually picked up and multiple reels were firing almost every time we had a strike. In fact we nearly had another triple header, but one of them never stayed pinned long enough to call it a triple!

In the end, they were able to box enough fish for a great dinner tonight and I headed back to take out. The short 4.5 hours flew by and before we knew it, the day was done. Although there were a few slow periods, the afternoon saw plenty of action for all to enjoy. This was just another trip filled with more fish than they ever expected to catch! I’m sure that it will only get better now that we have water temps closing in on the 70 degree mark. Let’s just hope that Mother Nature doesn’t interfere again!