Tough North East Bite
August 15, 2020
It was another difficult day today with Nick & Eric on the water. We had a NE wind to start that turned east late in the afternoon. I knew the deep drift was going to be tough!
We began in deep water and tried to drift the area I had done so well in yesterday, but the wind direction had 2 footers blowing up current. This definitely made it a little more challenging, to say the least! Although I was marking some fish, we didn’t get bit and I decided to try casting in a different area, much shallower.
The bite here wasn’t great at the start, but picked up as we covered the water. They were throwing soft plastics and a light drop shot and managed to get several decent bass in the time we fished. We were somewhat protected from the wind and I think this helped!
Our next stop was to be in deep water again and despite our second attempt at the fish, we didn’t stay long. I made one half pass along the edge and realized that this was just not happening. The boat control was perfect but the fish didn’t want to bite. Time to relocate once again!
I thought I’d give the guys a break and headed somewhere to troll. Apparently this wasn’t a good choice either as it was next to impossible to keep the lines clean with all the floating weeds. The NE winds had even more surface crap and I didn’t remain here for very long!
I opted for another drop shot drift in midrange waters and both Nick and Eric hooked up quickly. Although the bass were on the small side, it was a good sign! We made several passes and each one produced fish. Eric even managed to get a real nice smallie that was worthy of a pic! Along with the bass, Eric also boated a couple of small walleye that didn’t quite make the cut.
The day was nearing the end and I wanted to get them a few more fish before we had to leave. I ran to another deep shoal and they started the drift once again. As with before, it was Eric that was hooking up from here too! He managed to put 4 more bass in the boat with one of them being a real good one. Nick wasn’t as fortunate and just looked on in disbelief! This was how we would end the day!
Although the fishing was challenging today, they still managed to get into good action at times. I had to move around plenty, just looking for areas to fish. The opposing winds always make it difficult when dealing with current and we saw that again today! Overall not the best fishing day, but definitely not the worst! Hopefully better days ahead!
