A Short but Sweet Day

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After having to cancel the last couple of days due to extremely high winds and heavy rain, it was nice to finally get back out. Don and his family were joining me this afternoon for a half day of fishing and hopefully the recent weather didn’t mess it up too bad!

We began a bit early and hit the water at 11:00 instead of the usual time. I decided to make a long run and try for smallies and apparently it was the right decision. His daughter Kaleigh managed to hook the first one quickly on a soft plastic bait. Although smaller than I usually see, it was her first and I knew there would be more.  His wife Gail followed up with another soon after and this was definitely the size I expected to see from this area.

In a few hours they were able to land plenty of smallies of all sizes before I switched to slightly deeper water and had them fish a drop shot. It was definitely slower than I anticipated but they managed to hook into a few fish from the first couple of spots. I think there were more being lost than landed though and I kept moving on!

The skies had now gone from sunshine to heavily overcast and I could see by the radar that there were showers on the way. I wanted to get them more fish and hit one final area before we would have to leave. It was here that they managed to land several fish, but this time they were walleye. Some of them went into the box but many others were released due their size. I would have liked to refine the area more but the clouds were upon us and I could see the rain falling close by. Time to make the run!

We managed to stay in front of the storm all the way back and decided to give one final area a try before pulling out. Unfortunately it didn’t take but one drift before we had to go. No need getting totally soaked when our time was almost over anyway!

Although it was a short day, there was still plenty of action and everyone had a great time catching both bass & walleye. They even managed to bring a few of their catch home for a nice meal tonight! I’ll be back again tomorrow with a new gang and hopefully the action will be fast and furious in the morning as it’s another short day. I guess only time will tell!