Worms Save The day

James & Dave hit the water with me this morning for what we hoped would be a great day. To our surprise, we were going to have to work much harder than we had anticipated to get the fish to bite!

We began fishing for sturgeon but after several unsuccessful hours and multiple moves, we decided to throw in the towel. The fish were all over the place but for some reason, just didn’t want to bite. Frustrating but not surprised!

After wasting so much time trying for a big bite, we finally pulled out the drop shot rods and started boating both smallies and walleye on the first couple of areas we fished. At least they were catching a few fish now, instead of washing worms like before!

Time had passed quickly and now we were heading back to shore to pick up their kids for the remaining hours in the day. Hopefully they would have better luck than their parents had this morning!

With a really full boat now, all I could do was drop shot over a few flats and hope for the best. Five kids, five rods and a whole lot of attention was needed to ensure that they caught fish. Fortunately, all of them managed to land something, thanks to the worms we had in the boat. I guess sturgeon fishing was a good idea after all!

Today may not have gone as I had hoped, but in the end some of the fish did actually bite! I had to make many adjustments and fish much slower than usual to entice the fish today. James and Dave enjoyed seeing their children all land a few fish with the biggest going to Sophia with her smallie. Thank god for live worms!