Ghosted

A confusing morning booking today left me ghosted by the client, after several attempts to get in touch with her. She had made the reservation a couple of weeks back and just left me hanging! B*t$#!

The afternoon trip with Dylan, Luke & Smitty was adjusted to start a little earlier and we met up around 9:30, instead of the usual time. I had gone out 30 minutes in advance, to scout a new area for walleye and put 3 good ones in the box before they even arrived. They wanted to have some fresh fish for dinner tonight and I was just making sure!

The 4 of us headed back out when they arrived and it didn’t take long for them to start hoking up. Several fish were missed in the beginning but eventually they got their heads in the game and started landing them. Lots of perch were caught, along with a few more walleye and Dylan landed a nice over that became the first pic of the day.

The fishing had slowed from our first area and I decided to make a move to another spot when the wind switched direction. It finally went more south and this would allow me to drift one of the places I wanted, for bass & walleye. Well, it didn’t take long before they began hooking up on some better fish. Bigger bass were being landed and several more pics were taken before the releases. Multiple drifts were made and each one yielded more fish. Eventually this place also slowed and I made another move again, in hopes of more fish.

The third spot of the day saw several bass and a couple more walleye landed and then it began to rain. Although I was dressed for the occasion, the others were not! We made one more, quick stop on a last spot before calling it a day. They were beginning to get cold from the wind & rain and it was almost 2:00 anyway.

I think they were all glad to be back on shore and took shelter under a tree, waiting for their ride. I packed everything up and headed home to filet the fish for their dinner tonight. I would be meeting up later with them and also dining well tonight!

Despite the rough start to the day, it all worked out in the end. By losing the client this morning I was able to begin earlier with these guys and got off the water before the heavy rain began. I’m sure they were all grateful to only suffer for a short period of time as well. Great times with great company today!!