Another double trip today saw Greg in the morning and Yu and his gang in the afternoon. It started out a little slow as we trolled almost the entire time this morning hoping to get Greg some pike and walleye. Unfortunately, he had only a couple of fish on the line that came off during the battle. In the end, we had to settle for dropshotting and bass.

The afternoon saw much better action as everyone landed bass. There were a few doubles along with a triple header as well. Most of the bass were good size and put up quite the fight.

This day may have been a little slow to start but the fish finally turned on in the afternoon. When they are off, they are off and when they are on, they are definitely on! Today was a perfect example of this. Thankfully, they turned on in the end!!

Brahm and his grandsons, Max & Sam were on the boat today, spending quality time. The two teens were with me again but a few years older than the last time out. With any luck, they would all catch plenty of fish today.

We began dropshotting over a flat and although a tough bite, both bass and walleye were landed. After a couple of hours, we switched up to trolling and boated many more pike and walleye. With the winds blowing big from the NW, it was a challenge to find the fish. Oddly enough, they were shallow and I focused on this once I had located them biting. The trip was cut short however when they decided to call it a day, a couple of hours early.

It was nice to see Brahm back again today with his two grandsons. They definitely had some quality time before the boys headed off to college this fall. The fishing may not have been on fire, but the action was steady. No fish kept today but some good keeper eyes were landed and released to fight another day. Great times were had by everyone!!

The intense daily heat caused me to change my afternoon trip to the morning, when a cancellation occurred. Afternoons were just too hot lately and at lest the morning starts out cooler. Eliza and her husband Ceril, along with their young daughter Emma, were with me today for a half day trip. New to the sport, I decided that trolling would be the best option and headed out in big westerly winds to our starting spot.

We weren’t in the water long before the first reel fired and Ceril boated a good keeper walleye. It was followed up by a pike when Eliza reeled the second fish in. The rest of the morning saw many other fish eat and most of them came to the net. In the end, they were able to take a couple of good walleye back with them for their dinner tonight.

I think we were all glad to have switched the hours today to a morning trip as the heat built up quickly. We were leaving at just the right time, before it became a real scorcher! Overall, a good half day of fishing and an even better decision by everyone in the end!!

Denny and his grandson Body joined me this morning for a half day trip. What was supposed to be full, ended up changing due to the heat & humidity. Just as well, as I too was feeling the temps lately!

We drop shotted and trolled and managed to get into both walleye and bass in the short time out. I even extended the trip until noon due to the slower than usual fishing. Although marking fish wasn’t a problem, catching them was! In the end, they enjoyed their time on the water as Denny got to fish with his grandson. Good times were had by all!

It took until today for the water to finally reach 70 degrees this season! I hoped that the fish would be in a better mood, but with flat calm for the 4th day in a row, along with intense heat and humidity, I didn’t expect any change. I was right!

Alex & Ryan were in the boat today, hoping for a mix of fish and to learn different techniques to catch them. We began with a troll, where we could and managed to land a couple of pike and one walleye. Alex did however lose something quite a bit bigger that just came unpinned during the fight. I eventually pulled the plug on the troll as it was getting next to impossible to keep the lines clean from all the floating weeds! We were going casting for bass next!

After a long run, I set up on a big rocky flat and began teaching them how to cast. It didn’t take long before both of them were making great casts and eventually hooking up on fish. Alex had several bass on and managed to land a few of them. Ryan managed one good walleye and missed a few other fish as well before we relocated once again.

Clouds had rolled in and it looked like it might rain, but it was still flat calm. I switched locations and techniques over to dropshotting and instructed them on what to do. On their first drop over deeper water, they were doubled up. Quick learners!

We finished off the day with dropshotting and both of them managed several other fish on their lines with some of them coming to net. In the end, they were able to take some good eating fish back with them. Along with the fish was the knowledge of some new ways to catch them. This would hopefully prove to be useful the next time they fished from shore on their own. Up until now, worms were used to catch only catfish! I’m sure this will all change the next time they wet a line! Great day on the water today!