Lucky Little Guy
August 8, 2024
Adam & his son James were fishing with me today and he brought his brother-in-law Dominic, along as well. The three of them were hoping to keep a few walleye for dinner, along with catching some bass for the fight. I knew this wouldn’t be a problem, as we had his son James in the boat! Last time out, he put a beating on both his father as well as his grandfather. This little guy has a hot hand when it comes to fishing!
We headed to our first spot and I had to use the electric motor to control our drift, due to the light north wind. I would normally use the current to move the boat, but there was no movement at all. The north wind was acting like an anchor! Several fish were taken on the first pass and many more even missed. Domonic managed to land one really nice bass that received the first pic of the day.
With a couple of small walleye in the livewell, we made the second drift in hopes of a few more. They were feeding 5 people tonight and hoped to get enough for everyone. I told them not to worry!
With each pass, fish were being caught and soon there were 5 keepers in the livewell. James managed to get one that wasn’t going to be part of dinner, when he landed a 25-inch fish. This was also his personal best walleye to date! A few quick pics later and it was returned to the lake.
We had made several passes over this area and caught fish each and every time. A mix of bass & walleye were brought to net and a few more pics were taken before another move was made. The next place produced many more bass and a few other eyes too. When it slowed, I decided to try one other place, before making a long run to troll.
They stuck with the dropshot on the next spot and with more current here, they were able to get a better drift. A few more bass were landed, along with several being lost. I had noticed that the wind had died out completely and now the lake was a mirror. So much for the long run to the other side to troll as I really needed the wind over there! I still tried a troll, but remained where I was and set the lines to give it a try. I didn’t even get the fourth one in when the first one began to scream. James reeled in another big walleye, giving him two for the day. Things were looking good for the troll right here!
After covering plenty of water, without another hit, one of the reels fired hard. Too bad it went silent quickly though and the fish never got hooked up! It took quite a while longer to make another reel scream but eventually it did and Dominic managed to land a good sized northern. Unfortunately, this was to be the last fish caught by trolling. Time to go back to dropshotting I guess!
I headed to a flat in slightly deeper water and this was where we would end our day. The last couple of hours saw numbers of bass and a few more walleye caught before we were done. Both Dominic and James had real big ones on their lines but unfortunately the hooks came unpinned when their fish took to the air. Too bad too, because they were definitely worthy of pics! In the end, they were able to take a limit of good walleye home with them that would surely feed 5 people. Along with these fish, there were lots of other catches by everyone that were released. This turned out to be another high-numbers day that had plenty of action throughout. Oh yeah, James also finished on top with the biggest and most fish of the day!!
