Another Challenging Day

This was to be the last day of a 4-day trip for Doc & his grand kids and I hoped to make it another great one. We were missing Caluum however, but we would make it work. Temps had dropped overnight and this morning we were faced with a cold NE wind. So much so that after the first hour of fishing, I had to head back to the truck to get more clothes for Jack and Charlie. Shorts and a T shirt just weren’t cutting it today!

Probably the toughest part of the morning had to be the boat control. An angled wind crossing the current flow made it tough to get any sort of drift. They still managed to boat several walleye and bass, but we eventually gave up on this area. I tried trolling another place but realized quickly that this too wasn’t working and moved on.

After trying a couple of other dropshot areas with similar results, I opted for a long run to see if I could possibly get a trolling bite going. The grand kids were finally starting to warm up now, with the sun and extra clothes they were wearing and it looked doable. One pike and 1 walleye later, we were back to fishing with rod in hand again!

The rest of the afternoon consisted of casting and some trolling of soft plastics. It was quite productive as everyone was getting into big bass. These fish were scattered and by covering water they were able to get the better ones. We even ended the day with a simultaneous rotation of big bass and everyone ended their day with a bang!

These last 4 days were definitely challenging, getting everyone into fish, but in the end it all worked out. They were even able to bring home another limit of eater sized walleye today, for possibly another taco meal. All the big bass caught this week were just an added bonus! Overall I think everyone fended quite well, with plenty of memories made in the 4 days of fishing and great times were had by all!!