Overcast Fiesta
August 26, 2023
Peter was back today along with his daughter Amanda and son Michael. They were hoping for another great day like last year but this time we would be dropshotting instead of trolling. With winds from the SE again this morning, I wasn’t sure how the fishing would be. One way or another, I was going to make it happen!
We headed out in a good roll but managed to find calmer water on the first spot. Surprisingly, this was to be the best place we would fish all day! It didn’t take long before Peter was tight to a fish and it was a nice eye. A coupe of pics later, it was in the box for someone to take home tonight.
The winds calmed down early and the drifts were yielding all kinds of fish now. There were even a few double headers in the mix! Everyone was catching bass & walleye and plenty of good ones too! Unfortunately, Mike wasn’t feeling well and we were forced to leave the area and drop him off, back at the shore. He would be getting a lift from a friend and we would be heading right back out. We had left the fish biting and I wanted more!
Right on cue, the fish kept coming in the boat and Amanda was responsible for many of the bass from the area too. Both Peter and his daughter were doing some damage again and loving every minute of it. We had returned to shore in a light mist to drop off Mike and now it had stopped, making the conditions more comfortable. The winds had also done a 180 and although not huge, they were changing our drift. I had to make multiple adjustments in order to compensate for the angle we were moving.
We had remained in the one area for a long time before making a move to try a spot further away. The waves were larger here and the drift was almost nothing due to the opposing current. Despite this, Amanda managed to boat a couple more walleye from here along with another good smallie. Too bad that was all she wrote and we were off to another area to give it a try.
This place too yielded a few fish, but we weren’t moving at all. Between the wind direction and the current, it felt like we were anchored. I didn’t stay long and decided to return to where we had all the action, to finish off the day.
Once again, we were into fish almost immediately and it was Amanda that was cleaning up. Several more bass and walleye were landed and released before we were done. In fact, everything was released today, including the walleye in the livewell. They didn’t want them and I didn’t have time to clean them tonight!
Today was a strange weather kind of day with multiple wind changes and heavy overcast skies. A light misty rain hit us in the morning but it could have been much worse by the looks of the sky. Fortunately, the fish wanted to bite and that’s all that mattered! Plenty of quality bass and walleye were caught by everyone and they were all returned to fight another day. Oh yeah, great times were had by all!!
