Fall Bass Initiation

Rich & Kevin wanted to experience some great fall smallie action so today I went somewhere to make that happen. I had gone there only a couple of days earlier with a buddy and we got into them pretty good. Hopefully today would be the same!

I decided to have them dropshot an area first to see if they were stacked and unfortunately they were not. Kevin managed one 2 pounder but Rich landed several quality bass and missed a few others too. Action was slower than I had hoped for but they were catching fish. In fact, they even managed to put the first walleye in the boat for them tonight.

I made a couple of moves trying to get them into fish and they managed to pick up a few more, including another walleye. It was definitely slower than I had expected, until I changed their presentations. I now had them throwing a different bait and it seemed to be working. With each cast, they were hooked up! Both Rich & Kevin were in their glory now, catching one after the other! In fact, Kevin even managed to break his personal best a couple of times too.

We had been fishing for several hours now with many other boats around, making it difficult to move. I guess the nice weather brought everyone out today! Eventually I was able to get to an area I had wanted to fish but only a few bass were caught here. I decided to get away from the crowds and make a long move to another area in hopes of a few more walleye. They had already put 3 in the livewell and I wanted to try for more.

Along the way to the next spot, I began to her a light knocking from the motor. But when I stopped, I thought it was just from a couple of the rods tapping the cowling and paid no attention. We fished the area for the remainder of the time and they managed to get a couple mote eyes for their feast tonight.

Time had run out quickly in our day and now we were headed back to take out. Unfortunately that noise I had heard earlier was back and remained with us the whole way in. Not wanting to force the engine, I took it easy and arrived safely at the docks. I would need to get this checked and soon!

Rich & Kevin’s expectations had been met today and although difficult at times, they were satisfied with the outcome. They had experienced some great fall smallie action and landed some really nice fish. Oh yeah, they were taking dinner home too! Definitely a win, win kind of day!