I fished with Tim again, today on St-Francis. The conditions were a little different than last week when we got together. The air never got above freezing and we had ice forming on our guides, all day. The water was over 45 degrees with sunshine & blue skies and the wind was from the west at 15 to 20 knots. We dragged tubes & spider grubs for very lethargic smallmouth bass along deep weed edges & caught about 15 fish in a 6-hour period. There were a few over 5 pounds but most were in the 3 to 4 pound range. These fish were definitely in a negative mood as we missed plenty of light hits and lost many more. Overall, a rather tough day with us working hard for every fish we caught!!

I fished with Tim today on Lake St-Francis. The weather was a mild temperature of about 40 degrees at the start of the day and warmed up to about 50 degrees by the end of the day. The water temp had remained stable since last week at 46.5 degrees. Light winds from the east allowed us to fish slowly & precisely, in selective areas. Spider grubs & tubes accounted for the more than 25 smallmouth bass caught. The largest weighed in at 5 pounds, 9 ounces! We had several that were between 4.5 & 4.75 ponds making for a great day of fishing. All in all a super day!!!

Another day off and Lake St-Francis bound! An incredibly humid and foggy day was what we encountered today. Thanks to the survival suits though, we were quite comfortable! Air temps were in the mid 40’s with no wind at all. The water temps were about the same as Monday, 46 to 47 degrees. Fishing was a bit slower than usual, but all in all quite good. There were about 25 smallmouth bass landed and plenty of others lost in the short time on the water again. I even managed to land another Musky on a spider grub. This one however, was over 15 pounds and lots of fun on lighter tackle. Thankfully, the weather is holding out and allowing us the pleasures of great fall fishing. Every day there are great numbers of huge smallies caught & released up to & over 5 pounds.

I had the day off, so I decided to go out to Lake St-Francis and play around a little. The area that I usually launch the boat was semi frozen, so we had to blaze a trail with the aid of the net handle and the electric motor shaft. Fortunately, the wind had most of the creek open and it didn’t take too long to get to the channel and all the open water. The air tenps were in the low 40’s and the water temps were around 46 degrees. We had a pretty good wind gusting to 25 knots, but it was very fishable. In the 5 or 6 hours f fishing, we must have caught 30 bass and lost several others. I even managed to catch a Musky of about 12 pounds on a spider grub. Overall a great day!

What a cold day! I fished with Tony today on Lake St-Francis and had ice forming in the guides all day long. The air temps started just over 20 degrees and didn’t make it above freezing all day. Thankfully, there was no wind and it got sunny around 11:00 in the morning. Tubes and spider grubs were the ticket today. Tony started out the day with his first smallmouth bass caught, being an honest 6 pounds. “It’s going to be tough to top that one,” I said. There were only 3 fish during the entire day that went below 3 pounds and the balance of 30 bass exceeded the four-pound mark. There were several over 5 pounds and most were around 4.5 pounds. What a day!!!!