Calm Canada Day
July 2, 2021
Liette & Chris were with me today for a fun afternoon of fishing. Considering that this was actually Canada Day, the amount of boat traffic wasn’t all that bad! We made a long run to our first stop and Set up for some shallow smallie fishing.
The water was almost flat calm and with the sun high, I was sure we would get into them pretty good. Soft plastics were the baits of choice and it didn’t take long before Liette had her first strike. Soon after a rather small bass was boated, but it was the ice breaker and I was sure more would follow.
With conditions about perfect, I slowly covered the area and many strikes were had. Some were landed but more were missed by setting too quickly. I think they were both too excited! Fortunately they did manage to land several nice bass in the time we remained here.
With overcast skies now upon us, I thought we’d try something different and slid out to slightly deeper water. It was big fish time and not long after, Chris was battling his very first sturgeon. Unfortunately there were a few other boats close by and so as not to draw attention, I decided to release the fish boatside. I did allow them a few water pics before unhooking his catch.
We reset the lines and soon after, Liette had her turn as well. She had a rough time battling the fish but managed to bring it to the boat nonetheless! Just like the first one, we did a quick release too!
The remainder of the day saw a slight change in presentation as I decided to drop shot some deeper water. It was also new to them and didn’t take long for the first fish to come aboard! By drifting over the deeper shoals, we managed to get into several more bass and a nice walleye. Chris managed to bring a keeper into the boat and soon after it was swimming in the livewell.
We jumped around, hitting a few other spots with only limited success, before I attempted a shallower drift. Almost instantly Liette was tight to another bass and she boated a good one. Too bad it was the only fish from the area!
With less than an hour remaining in the day, I decided to try one more slightly deeper area and I guess it was the right decision. Chris soon battled the largest bass of the day and I wished I had of moved here sooner! On the very next drift, another quality bass was also hooked into and Chris fought an even bigger smallie. A couple more drifts and missed fish later, we called it a day. Half days always go so quickly but at least we ended with a bang!
Liette and Chris thoroughly enjoyed their time on the water and Mother Nature was about as kind as she could be. We were even lucky with the boat traffic, despite it being a holiday! Unfortunately all this will be coming to an end and I will be cancelling tomorrow’s outing, with giant winds from the NE forecasted. She’ll be back to her usual self once again! In fact, the cold front is expected to be with us for about 3 or more days. Should make for an interesting bunch of days trying to get the fish to bite again! Deeper water, here we come!
