Another picture-perfect fall day and Gaetan & Michel enjoyed it, catching fish. We may have headed out in cool temps, but conditions changed once the sun rose, making this a beautiful day. Both walleye & bass were on the list to do and they caught a limit of Walters before we headed for the smallies. Michel had the biggest bass for the day, but they both fought plenty of quality. Soft plastics and dropshot accounted for all of the fish today as nothing seemed to want anything fast. By days end, they were fully content on all the action from today and left with their dinner tonight. Overall, another great fall day on the water!!

Took a road trip with Darren today, to try for some big smallies. We weren’t looking for numbers and hoped to get into only size. Although still big, they weren’t really the ones we were looking for. With water temps at almost 60 degrees, the fish were everywhere. Unfortunately, so were the boats! Despite all our efforts, we had to settle for average big ones instead. The huge winds didn’t help either, as they blew over 25 knots by afternoon. Regardless, it was still a great day out! This warm fall weather is about to change and I think it will trigger the really big ones into feeding more. Bing on the cold!!

Rich was flying solo again today and hoping to get into a good fall bite for smallies. I knew with the weather conditions and no winds forecasted, he should have no problem. It was a little choppy at the start but calming down throughout the day and he was excited to get started!

We hit the first spot and he boated both bass and walleye to kick start the day. Our second place had us fishing for a few hours and he managed to catch, on several different presentations. These fish were eating! The next couple of spots were good but not great and we kept moving in search of another loaded one again. Eventually I stumbled onto a similar area and he pounded on the fish until it was time to go. It was just one of those days!

Fall is a great time for catching footballs and Rich did exactly that today. He landed so many good fish that we didn’t want to stop to take too many pics. I’m not sure how many more of these perfect days are left in the season but hopefully there will be several more ahead. Rich definitely caught em today!!

Drew & his sons Drew junior and Fin were with me today and hoping to get some firsts. They had never caught sturgeon, bass or walleye before and I wanted to make it happen. Hopefully the fish would cooperate and they would all slam!

I made a long run to a sturgeon spot right away and found some fish on the bottom to anchor up on. It wasn’t long before we received the first bite and Fin was locked up. It may not have been big, but it was the right species and we were officially on the board! The others soon got their turn as well and before we knew it, everyone was landing sturgeon. In fact, many of them were caught in the few hours we remained, making for a great morning of fishing.

I decided to switch areas and species, with bass being next on the list to catch. I headed over to a shallower rocky flat and set them up with dropshot rigs. Drew senior didn’t waste any time before bending a rod with his first ever smallie. Both his sons soon followed and soon everyone was on the board with bass. Several more smallies came aboard afterwards and a few really good ones were landed by Drew and Fin. I think Fin may have caught one of the largest bass so far this season, with his catch! The fish cooperated for a couple of hours in this area and I remained until it stopped. I had wanted to try another spot nearby, but soon found out that a boat was occupying it and moved on. We were going to try for the third and final species of the day!

I ran to an open water area that I was sure would produce, to finish up the day. The winds were perfect for a drift and it didn’t take long before Fin was hooked up. He was into a good walleye and was about to have another species. Several pics were taken once again before releasing his high-end keeper. He soon followed up with another slightly smaller one and managed to land it as well. Multiple drifts were made over the area and Drew also managed to hook into a good fish as well. He fought it for a bit and handed over the rod to his son Drew to feel the fight. As it turned out, this was to be the last fish of the day, but a good way to end their trip.

This family outing was a great one, both for weather as well as fishing. They got to land three species that they had never caught before and technically all slammed in the process. I know that today won’t soon be forgotten by anyone! It was definitely a banner day, filled with plenty of action throughout. Great times were had by everyone on this beautiful fall day!!

Luca & his buddy Alex were with me today, hoping to catch a big fish. I knew that the possibilities would be good for them as it was fall and big fish season. We were going to start with sturgeon and hopefully they would get their wish!

I spent plenty of time checking different areas out before finally locating one place that looked good. It was here that they both got their wish! Alex managed to land his personal best big fish, with a good-sized sturgeon. Luca also caught a couple much smaller, but managed to land a big catfish, that definitely surpassed anything he had ever seen. After boating the big fish, they wanted to try for bass and we switched locations to give it a try.

As with this morning, I had to make a couple of moves before getting on the fish. Alex did however manage to catch a pike on his third cast. Oddly enough, that was the only fish for this spot! I shifted presentations in another area and they began catching several bass on dropshot rigs. These fish definitely wanted something smaller and much slower. We remained here for a while until the bite slowed and eventually moved on.

The remainder of the day saw a few more fish landed, but mostly small in size. The time definitely went by fast and before we knew it, it was time to go. They had both caught more fish today than they had in the last month combined making this a very successful trip for them. Although I would have liked more action, the fish were a little slower than expected, with the full moon. I always find it tougher during this period and today was no different. Overall, it was still a great day for fishing!