Ultralight Delight

 

Herm was back for a couple of days, and this morning we headed out in search of some walleye. I had been getting them pretty good lately, but today we had a hateful north east blow. I only hoped that we would be able to fish the open water areas effectively and put a few of them in the boat!

The wind and waves weren’t going to make this easy, but I had a few methods that might help. There was to be no proper drifting, but we did manage to slowly drift against the current. It worked somewhat, but casting up current while drifting worked even better. We managed to put a limit of walleye in the boat in the morning and released plenty of shorts as well as a pile of perch. When the fish began to refuse our offerings, I decided to make a move. This time however, we were heading for bass!

We had been dropshotting all morning and I continued with the same presentation where we were. Herm also wanted to catch a big bass on an ultralight rod and was into one on his very first cast. Too bad it didn’t stay on when it decided to jump! I knew there would be plenty more chances and not long after he was hooked up again. This one was even bigger and it did stay pinned all the way to the net. He had gotten his wish with the largest bass of the day and did it on an ultralight rod & reel!

We continued in the same area for a few hours and managed to get into lots of bass. Not all of them were big but plenty were and Herm had a blast with his light tackle. When this place slowed, I decided to head back to the open water once again to see if we could add a few more walleye to the livewell.

The waves hadn’t gotten any better when we arrived, but I knew it was fishable after enduring the hateful NE winds this morning. We finished up the last hour of the day here and were lucky enough to put a few more keepers in the box before we were done.

Today was an interesting one to say the least, with no rest from the wind. We fished through the big blow and managed to make it work for both bass & walleye. The entire time was spent out in open water rocking and rolling! It would be nice to finally get on solid ground, as we headed back to take out. Despite the not so perfect conditions, today was still a great day and Herm caught plenty of nice fish. He also managed to get a few to take home. Who could ask for anything more!!