On the second boat, with Brian guiding Max & Julie, they also had an amazing day. They caught almost 20 bass with top honors going to Julie. She caught several over four and a couple close to 5 pounds. A variety of lures were used by them to entice many a follower and several takers. If they could have caught only half of the fish that they saw, they would have caught over 50 bass all together. Another excellent day on the water!!

I fished with Bill & Patty today, again on Lake Memphremagog. The morning saw a light drizzle and wind from the south at under 5 mph. The air was humid & around 65 degrees. The water temp was at 74 degrees on the open lake and relatively clear in most places. The topwater bite was really slow at the start of the day and we soon changed to Berkley Power Jerk-Shads to entice the over 50 bass caught. Open, deep water was where we managed to take the bigger smallmouth up to 5 pounds. A slow presentation was required to entice them into hitting the soft baits. All day they caught fish with no particular period of time being better than another. Never having caught Bass before, they will take back to Alberta an incredible memory of just how great the Bronzeback can actually fight!

I fished with Steve today on Lake Memphremagog for a half day. The weather was humid & foggy in the morning with the temp around 70 degrees. The water was about 71 and crystal clear! There was a light, variable breeze that eventually lifted the haze & fog and warmed the air temp into the upper 80s by afternoon. The topwater bite was on at the start of the day, but soon disappeared and had us changing the presentations to Jerk-Shads & Senkos to continue the action. Smallmouth & Largemouth were both being caught in various areas. Steve was here for the week so I gave him the condensed tour allowing him to understand many areas & many different techniques. All in all, a pretty productive half day with about 20 or so bass caught up to over three pounds!!

I fished a Bass Quebec tournament with Paul today on the Ottawa River. Cool morning air gave way to scortching heat by afternoon with winds from the east at 10 to 15 mph. Water temps were in the mid 70s in the bays and slightly cooler on the main river. It was another tough day of fishing with several good smallmouth being lost early in the morning, by both of us. The largemouth bite was also rather slow, but big bites are all you’re looking for in a tournament anyhow. Paul managed to Grubb up a couple of beauties over 5 pounds each by flipping to heavy cover. By the end of the day at weigh in, we finished a respectable 6th with just under 17 pounds for the best five fish. Overall, a pretty good day!

I fished with Harry on Riviere des Prairie today. The water was high & muddier than usual. I knew we would have a tough time when we saw a dock floating in the river with a boat still tied to it. The water temp was near 74 degrees and the air temp was cool but rose to the 80s by mid day. We drifted along current breaks and adjacent flats with spider jigs & tubes with some success. Close to 15 bass were taken with the largest being about 3.5 pounds. No concentration was found, just one here, one there. We fished until about 4:30 PM when an electrical storm had us running for the trailer. Within minutes after we were off the water, the skies let loose with a torential down pour. Close call indeed!