Smaller Than Average

After having cancelled yesterday’s outing due to more hurricane like winds from the NE, I was back out this morning. Daniel had booked a half day with his wife Brenda and Daughter Jessica. We would be dropshotting in open water and I had my work cut out for me! The winds were blowing out of the NE at 15 to 25 knots. It was going to be a challenge to drift!

Our first pass had multiple bites, with zero results. A couple of fish were on but only briefly before coming unpinned. With each drift similar results were had until I moved to another area nearby. It was here that Brenda finally landed the first bass of the day. It may have been on the small side but at least the skunk was out of the boat! I think she may have even landed the second fish as well with the first walleye too! Eventually Jessica and Daniel began bringing more fish to net and everyone was finally on the board.

Multiple passes were made along a rock flat and the bites kept coming. Some were missed and some were caught but the size remained the same. Daniel did manage to set into a nice acrobatic smallie that gave him a great battle before finally coming aboard. Too bad it was the only good one from this area!

The theme of today was small and with the exception of one decent bass that Daniel landed, everything else wasn’t even average. They boated plenty of other bass as well as walleye and were fortunate to be able to bring a few keepers home with them. At least they would be having fresh fish tonight!