Boat Loads of Fun

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August 6th 2018

 

I had a full boat today with Steve, Don, Big John & Little John. In from Kansas with their wives on a convention, they chose to fish. I knew they had made the right decision as we headed out in pursuit of some Canadian fish! Northern pike & walleye were the targeted species and hopefully they would be catching them good!

As usual, I began deeper than I should have as we made our way towards the shallows. All four lines were in as I covered the water, awaiting that first bite. They only managed to get 3 pike in the first 30 minutes and I knew I had a problem. They should have been able to catch many more but for some reason, the fish just weren’t biting. Time to go into full search mode!

I was trolling various depths trying to find where the fish were holding and was quite far from where I began when I finally saw the water I was looking for. Almost on cue I had a rip and this is where it began! For the next several hours they were into fish, one after another. Both walleye and pike were coming aboard and things were finally back to normal. I even managed to livewell a few keeper walleye for dinner tonight! Several of the others were overs and pretty good ones at that!

As the morning passed, it was getting considerably hotter out and I decided to put up the top for a little comfort. We could now troll a little cooler in the intense sun that had been baking us! With the wind and top it actually felt 20 degrees cooler now as we kept the troll going. I was still on fish and reels were firing often with both species. So far, Big John had the largest eye landed but I wasn’t satisfied with its size. I knew there were much bigger in the area and worked hard to locate one of the sows.

Into the afternoon, after the bite had slowed, I decided to venture back into the deeper water to see if anything was active. It didn’t take long to get an answer when 3 reels fired simultaneously! Too bad the first one was short lived but the other two stayed pinned. I netted a nice pike for Little John and immediately tossed it back when I saw what was on Steve’s line. He had what I was searching for and was tight to a big eye! I wasted no time getting her in the boat and quickly photographed his trophy from various angles before the release. It was definitely his largest ever and I was glad to finally see one today.

As the afternoon wound down and after many, many other fish being landed, I noticed a storm in the distance. I wasn’t sure if we were going to get hit or not, but checked the radar just to be sure. It was definitely coming our way but we were going to get lucky. It would be staying north of us and pass us by!

By 3:45, I packed things up and we headed home. Back to the dock we went with another great day of fishing & an unbelievable number of fish landed again! What had began slower than expected, turned completely around when I finally found the fish. They had moved from the usual holding areas and although it took some time, I eventually located them. These guys had experienced the best fishing of their lives and seen Canadian fishing at its finest! Three of them will be back out with me again tomorrow and we might switch it up a bit. If the weather permits, I’ll be taking them for a different species. Crossing my fingers that we have another similar day filled with tons of action once again. Only time will tell but either way, they will be landing more Canadian fish, once again!!