Falling Water & Temps
October 12, 2020
Rich, Chabil & Maxime joined me today for another mixed bag outing. We were going to begin trying for sturgeon and switch to bass by mid-day. Hopefully everything would cooperate and they would have a great time!
With the water having dropped once again, I didn’t know what to expect as I headed out. Winds were blowing NE and between the two, the current would be reduced as well. It would make for an interesting anchor up!
After marking a few fish, I set up and required the aid of the drift sock just to remain in position. Without it, we were being pushed up current or holding sideways. Exactly what I expected!
We remained on the sturgeon for several hours and managed to catch a half dozen in the time we fished. Too bad they all weren’t big, but you just never know when you get bit. Rich & Max were able to land a couple of decent ones before we were done. The best fight had to have been Rich’s as it took him almost 15 minutes to bring it to net. Although it never jumped, the runs were long and so was the battle!
With sturgeon out of the way, I headed to an area for smallmouth. This is what the group was looking forward to doing and it didn’t take long before we were bit. I had Max throwing soft plastics and he actually put the first 5 fish in the boat before any of the others even hooked up. Right place, right time I guess! Eventually they all got in the game and also landed bass of their own. By switching it up between soft & hard baits, many more fish were boated in the time we were there. Too bad it passed so quickly though as we were only able to fish a few areas. Our morning sturgeon fishing had taken up a lot of time and after a couple more spots, we were done.
Today had gone as planned with sturgeon in the morning and bass in the afternoon. Everyone had caught both and there was even one red horse sucker landed while sturgeon fishing as well. Hopefully in the coming weeks I will be able to continue putting people on fish and there will be many more great days of fishing. I will definitely be mixing it up between the sturgeon and bass & walleye fishing as the water temps continue to drop. Fall fishing is always a great time for everything and I will be looking to catch as much as I can. Hopefully Mother Nature will feel the same way too!
