First Timers
juillet 5, 2021
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Another last minute cancellation for this morning had me hitting the water with Christiane instead to scout out a few other areas. We fished for several hours and managed to get into more bass & walleye but nothing great. Water temps are 68 degrees at best and way too cold for this time of year!
Tony & Sabrina managed to pick the best part of the day by booking an afternoon trip. They were both very new to fishing and were instructed on how to cast first. Once the orientation was complete, we slid in for a few bass!
With cool water temps everywhere I wasn’t expecting a great shallow bite but thought we’d give it a try. At least they would practice their casting! After what seemed like forever, Sabrina finally managed to bring in a smallie and although small, it was the first fish of the day. We covered plenty of water and only managed a handful of others before we made a long move.
I had noticed that the NE winds switched to SW and this was the first time in 3 days that the direction was returning to normal. With this change, I headed to a spot that I was sure would produce.
Tony managed to catch a couple of bass and Sabrina as well but these fish just weren’t active. We practically had to deadstick the baits in order to get bit. Time to change locations again!
Well this area didn’t seem much better as we picked up a few more bites before I decided to change depths completely. I headed to a deeper ridge and switched them to a drop shot. First drop and Sabrina was tight to a nice walleye. Too bad after a couple more drifts this was the only fish landed!
Time was passing by quickly, so I decided to try a highly trafficked area in the channel hoping for better success. It was here that we spent the remainder of the time making a series of drifts over open water reefs. It was also here that the majority of fish were caught before we were done. Both walleye and bass were taken and multiple hookups were seen on every pass. Too bad we didn’t come here earlier! The biggest problem was all the boat traffic and waves they created while we were trying to fish!
Overall today was a success and although the fishing was tough, they still managed to get into a bunch of fish before we were done. For first timers both Tony and Sabrina did well and now have a better understanding of what fishing is like. I think they may even want to try it again sometime!
