Another double trip today had Elan’s family in the morning and Samantha’s family in the afternoon. Both groups caught fish, but the second party saw more action. The overnight thunder storms had the fish in a bit of a funk when we began and it took a while to get the first rip. The fish were definitely shut down and scattered, causing me to cover a lot of water for the bites. Despite all of this, there were still some good fish landed!

The afternoon started out with us heading elsewhere, due to the increasing winds. They were blowing from the west at 20 to 30 and this increased the size of the waves. With two kids on board, I wanted to find an area to fish that was somewhat protected. Unfortunately, I had to settle for one that was only slightly better. It didn’t seem to matter though as we were quickly hooked up!

Although it wasn’t fast & furious this afternoon, there was still plenty of action. The two kids boated both pike and walleye and many of them. I had to troll differently this afternoon, due to the wind direction, but the results were great. By the time we were done they had boated enough fish to keep them happy and even had a few walleye to take back home. The 4 of them would be eating good tonight!

Today was a bit of a challenge and adjustments were needed to put everyone on fish. In the end, the afternoon was definitely the better half of the day, with 2 happy kids catching more fish than they could have imagined. As always, Mother Nature rules and today it showed. The overnight weather definitely had the fish in a negative mood this morning. I’m sure glad they changed their attitude this afternoon!!

Tom was with me this morning, along with a couple of his coworkers. We had a mixed fishing day, beginning with trolling and ending with dropshotting. Casting cranks & soft plastics in between allowed them to boat both bass and walleye. With a later start and earlier finish, it cut our day short. Regardless, they had a good time. Six hours of fishing in total, but some really nice eyes were boated!!

Double trips today with Rich in the morning and Darrin & his son Ryan in the afternoon. Both turned out to be productive with plenty of trolling for pike & walleye. Rich spent the last 30 minutes of the morning targeting bass and had several shots at them. Unfortunately, he only managed to land one, but it was a great one.

The afternoon saw similar results on the pike and walleye and Ryan was able to complete his request for them. Having never caught either before, he was quite happy to tick them off his young, bucket list.

Winds were almost nonexistent today and the heat was definitely upon us, as I grinded it out till the very end. The fish are also on the move and beginning to set up in their summer locations. Things are changing and adjustments are needed to have successful days now. Looks like the soft plastics and dropshot rigs will be coming out soon. I can’t wait to add those to the arsenal. Hopefully the next time out!!

Today I had the pleasure of having a mom and her two kids on the boat! Isabelle, Atlas & Orion had a blast just being on the water and the fish were a bonus. Plenty of pike and one walleye were caught by the kids with mom capturing everything on her phone. In between bites, the two played in the livewell with the fish. Most were eventually returned, except for one. They were going to have it for dinner tonight!

Half days always go by fast and before we knew it, it was time to head in. On our way back, the kids both took their turn at driving the boat, with a little help from me of course! I think this was the highlight of their fishing day. I always love teaching young kids about fishing and I think they will be wanting more. They also have a package waiting for them at Canadian Tire, compliments of mom’s online shopping today! I’m sure it’ll get plenty of use too!

I was back on this water today with Justin, Bill (Boots) as well as Colton & Tyler. We had another day of NE winds and this one began cooler than it should be, for this time of the year. The water temps were also colder than I would have liked and this scattered the fish once again.

I trolled all over today and switched lures and depth throughout to get the numbers we did. Another day of mixed pike and walleye and a few bass at the end. Tomorrow starts the season for bass and I will be targeting them as well. Each species will now be open and this will make the fishing much easier.

Overall, today was a bit of a grind but there was no shortage of quality fish. We may have had a few dead periods but in the end, they all had a great time landing plenty of fish. They even managed to take some of them home for fish tacos tonight. No complaints there!!