A Tough Grind

Dominic & his son Justin joined me this morning for another cold front of fishng. The roller coaster weather patterns this year have been just insane! Our first area saw practically zero life while chasing the bass with aggressive baits. In fact, even the slower baits in the shallows saw very little action as well. It wasn’t until I decided to go deeper with a dropshot that they began to land fish. Both bass & walleye were caught and things were beginning to look up!

As the day passed, I hit several other shallow spots and found fish in almost every one of them. Too bad we had to resort to extra slow baits in order to get bit! One particular area saw some numbers but very little size. They did manage to get a few larger bass but the bulk were medium at best!

I finally pulled the plug on the shallows and decided to try a little deeper with the dropshot and similar results were had. A couple of good ones were brought to net but overall the fish were smaller here as well. We eventually pulled the plug on this too and headed back to the ramp.

This day was filled with plenty of action but limited when it came to the big fish. Having to fish as slow as we did was also strange but the fish didn’t want to chase. Adjusting baits and presentations at least changed their outcome and that’s all that counts. In the end, plenty of fish were landed today!