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Craig & Herm were back for their annual fall fishing trip, for smallies today. They would be with me for a couple of days, looking for a few giants and I aimed to make it happen!

We hooked up early and headed to the water in hopes of some great fishing. Although we launched in clear cold weather, our run to the first spot had us in a snow squall! It even lasted for a little while giving Herm his first fish in the white stuff! Eventually the clouds blew through and so did these conditions, but the wind actually increased. It was going to be a blustery day!

With only a few fish to show for their efforts at our first stop, I decided to try a little shallower to see if anything was going on there. Apparently it was the right decision as Craig nailed back to back giants! His two fish were the reason why they always come back in the fall. Herm had the next two fish but only managed to get one into the boat as the other unfortunately came off on the jump. Too bad this was all they wrote for the area and I made another move in hopes of better numbers!

Our next spot had them throwing different baits and several other fish were hooked, with about half coming into the boat. They may have been smaller but at this time of the year, every fish is welcomed.

We hopped all over today, stopping on several productive areas and both Herm & Craig managed to land a bunch more fish. Both shallow & deep patterns were working but not for great numbers. The average size was big but I would have liked to see a few more fish!

With the strong north westerly today, the electric motor fought both the current and the winds and eventually the batteries just gave out. I still had some power but not the strength I needed to fight the conditions. I had no other choice but to use the small engine as well as the electric in order to continue the day. Fortunately I have the means to get the job done and we carried out the day successfully!

With daylight savings time upon us now, I was scheduled to leave earlier and hit one last area before calling it a day. Both Herm & Craig managed a couple more quality fish here, before we were done. We packed it up and headed back to take out.

Although the conditions may not have been ideal today, there were still some great fish landed. We will be back again tomorrow and with any luck, they will have another day filled with giant football sized smallies once again. I’m just crossing my fingers for decent weather and not the heavy precipitation that is forecasted. With these temps it may even snow, but hopefully not!

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Not much to report about today other than it was garbage! What was supposed to be a double trip day turned out to be a morning trip only, as I cancelled the afternoon clients! Big winds equal big waves and the water still hasn’t cleared up from all the rain and 100km winds from a couple of days ago. Oh the fish were still in the right areas but getting them to bite and slowing down enough for them to see, wasn’t easy!

Jean and his friend Rafa booked this morning and were completely new to fishing. I had thought that I would get them into a decent trolling bite but even at extremely slow speeds, the fish never ate. It wasn’t until we went down and drop shotted that they were able to finally get a bite. The winds were pushing us so fast that I had to slow down the drift with the electric motor. This also caused water to roll over the bow at times and made standing up front next to impossible for a newbie!

Despite fishing several areas, we did give it our best shot and managed to avoid the skunk. By 11:30 we were done and it couldn’t come fast enough for me! We ran back to the ramp in big waves that rolled 3 & 4 footers, crossways! The best part of the day was that I actually got my trailer lights fixed, thanks to Don! It turned out to only be a fuse making everything a quick fix! Now I can finally travel in the dark again!

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Tino was back out with me again today and looking for something big. He was definitely about to get his wish as we were heading to the land of the giants!

When we arrived I was a bit nervous of the water color from the torrential rains and yesterday’s wind. Instead of being crystal clear, it was like mud. This would surely have an effect on the bite! Along with the conditions, we also had plenty of company as it was the weekend and there were lots of boats all around. It definitely wasn’t like the last time out!

The fishing was slow and we really had to keep the presentations in the right areas for a long time in order to get bit. Some decent bass were landed but I wasn’t satisfied with the numbers or even the size. I made a move to another area late in the morning and it was here that Tino hooked into something large! In fact after a couple of minutes of drag screaming from the reel, I actually had to go after his fish. I knew it wasn’t a bass and figured that it was likely a musky. Eventually after about 5 minutes of fighting it on light tackle, I was able to get the head into the net and boga around the jaw. It was a great fish for 10 pound line and several pics were taken before releasing it back to the water.

We spent the remainder of the day jumping around looking for more fish and managed one really good smallie late in the afternoon. It was hard to fish the areas I wanted with boats seeming like they were in another tournament! Everyone was livewelling their fish too, making me think that there was another event going on.

We fished right up until 3:00 and headed back to the ramp soon after. This was definitely a tough day for fish but the ones we caught, were good ones. I know that once the water cleans up, everything will return back to normal and plenty more fish will be landed. Hopefully a couple of days will take care of it as I will be back soon. Better days ahead!

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The last day for sturgeon fishing saw Darren & I heading out for bass. Neither of us really wanted to anchor up and wait to get bit, so we decided to go for smallmouth, in hopes of a few giants.

With bad weather on the way, all I could hope for was a delay in its arrival and the radar looked like it just might happen. We fished through the morning without any precipitation and pounded smallies one after the other. It was just like old times with no boats in sight!

The rain did finally catch up to us however and from noon until the time we left, it literally never stopped. Intermittent at times and heavy at others, we just kept catching bass! In fact we fished through it all and caught bass even in the worst! In the end however, we decided to call it a little early and quit before 3:00.

Today was one of those days when you were glad to be on the water. A lack of boat traffic made it relaxing to fish and despite the wet afternoon, very enjoyable. We may not have gotten into any monsters but plenty of quality fish were landed making this one of the best fall days of fishing yet!

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Ryan & David joined me this afternoon for a half day trip. We started at 1:00 and were scheduled to fish until 5:00 pm due to their morning meetings. We were also targeting musky in hopes of hooking into something large as they didn’t really want to fish for sturgeon. Hopefully we would get it done!

We spent most of the time in one area, trolling over a good number of marks, but only managed 3 short strikes. It seemed like these fish just didn’t really want to bite! Even with several lure changes and depth adjustments, I still couldn’t get them to go. There were also plenty of smaller fish showing, making me think that they had an all you can eat buffet down there and possibly the reason for the lack of interest. Most of the other marks looked like walleye so I decided to pull the plug on the troll and try drop shotting for those fish.

After another 30 minutes of missed strikes and only one perch to show for our efforts, I decided to relocate in hopes of salvaging the trip. We were off to another area further away and with any luck, a few more fish in the last hour of the day.

It didn’t take long for both of them to hook up on a double but it was David that managed to bring his fish aboard. It turned out that this was his personal best walleye and a few pics were taken before the release. Ryan on the other hand dropped his fish before we could even see what he had on the line. Shortly after, David managed to catch a decent smallie and I thought things were looking up! Too bad that was it for this area and another move was had!

The next spot only had missed fish once again and despite our efforts, nothing was landed. I decided to try one last attempt at getting them into fish and switched it up to trolling crank baits along the edge. Just like before however, only missed fish were had. In fact a few were actually on but came off before they could reach the boat signifying the type of day we were having! In the end, we just ran out of time and decided to call it a day.

Today was definitely the slowest fishing I have had this season and despite our attempts at putting fish in the boat, they just didn’t want to eat. They both had a number of bites that were light, but almost all of them never really got hooked. The biggest disappointment was definitely the musky as they were doing what they do best, being hateful! I was glad to see some fish caught, but would have loved to fish a whole day instead of just a few hours. I might have been able to move around more and find some active fish with a little more time. Tough day overall but David & Ryan still had a good time, away from work and in the outdoors, fishing!