Wet & Windy Weather

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With 2 half day bookings for today, I wasn’t impressed to hear that there was a 100% chance of rain scheduled! Added to the wetness, they also forecasted a big SE wind too! Fortunately, I was able to reschedule the afternoon trip, but we were on for the morning. This was the only time Keith & his son Rory would be able to fish and they didn’t mind a little rain. Hopefully that’s all we would get!

We met up at 7:00 and headed out in a steady rain. I was dressed for the occasion with a full suit and boots but they only had a rain jacket. They were about to get wet!

We made a long run, in terrible visibility and big waves out of the SE, but managed to reach our starting spot alright. I set them up with soft plastics and instructed both on how to present their baits. Being from Florida they hadn’t really had much experience with smallmouth bass, so it was going to be a learning experience.

After about 20 minutes without any fish, I decided to change Keith to a crank. Rory had missed a couple of fish on his bait and I wanted to give him another chance at redemption. It didn’t take long for Keith to finally hook up an he landed his fist smallie. Rory managed to get into a few as well on the soft plastics and things were finally starting to pick up. Too bad the rain wasn’t letting up though!

We fished the area thoroughly and changed up baits and presentations frequently in order to make it work. Several more smallies were landed along with a nice walleye in the time we remained. A few nice bass were caught on a dropshot, which was totally new to them and they were impressed! I decided that due to the miserable conditions we would remain here as long as the fish were biting. By the time we packed it up to go, the rain was much lighter. It would make the run a little more comfortable, as we headed to one last spot to fish.

The rain may have let up some, but the SE winds hadn’t as we were seeing. It was twisting and bouncing us from the direction I had to take and not much fun running! When I finally arrived to an offshore spot, I realized it wasn’t going to be easy to fish. There were all kinds of floating weeds that were going to interfere with their casts. Regardless, we were going to give it a try!

I was right with the assumption about the weeds, as almost every cast had them cleaning their lines. They did however get a bunch of bites and managed to catch both bass & walleye before we were done!

Today was a rollercoaster for sure, with the SE winds and heavy rains. Keith & Rory didn’t seem to mind getting wet as they were catching fish. A few new techniques were used that may even aid them in fishing future places on their own. Overall, it was a satisfying day despite Mother Nature’s sense of humor. At least there were plenty of fish caught!