Matt & his son Joe joined me this morning for a half day trip. They were hoping to get into a few fish that they hadn’t caught before and I planned on making it happen. Trolling was going to be the first method we would be using and a few fish were landed after about an hour of washing lures. At least the floating weeds were tolerable today! Pike and walleye were caught, but not the numbers I had hoped for. I decided that we would make a change and a long run to an area to cast for bass & walleye.

It didn’t take long after we arrived before Matt & his son Joe were both into fish. Walleye were coming in the boat consistently, along with a few bass as well. Matt even managed to land a good sized northern from the area as well!

With time getting on, I decided to remain on this spot as the fish were still biting. We eventually finished off here with them catching several more fish, before we were done.

It was a pleasure fishing this morning with the conditions just about perfect, weather wise. Both Matt & his son had a great time getting into plenty of fish in the short time out. Hopefully the next time they are in the city I will be hearing from them again, for another trip and more great action like today!!

After many great trips, today was one of the most difficult days spent on the water. A cold front moved in overnight and turned yesterday’s SW into an even bigger NE wind. The waves made it more difficult to get a trolling bite going with even more floating vegetation, everywhere. Absolutely impossible to keep the rods clean!

After trying to find water that wasn’t just choked with grass, we finally had a rip that lasted about one second before it was gone. Eventually I did get another to stay pinned and Amy reeled in her first ever smallie. I thought we might get another but unfortunately that was the only one. I tried for about another 30 minutes without anything and eventually pulled the lines out of frustration. I had probably cleaned them over 100 times already and had enough!

I decided to try something different and switched gears completely. I had all four of the guests, casting lures in another area, in hopes of bass bites. John was the first to lock up with a dropshot, but slack line caused the fish to get off on the jump. Mike also lost his first fish on the jump, but at least we had action. They did however both manage to land their next fish and things were starting to look up. It wasn’t easy fishing here with the huge waves and a few more missed strikes were had before Mike finally landed the biggest bass of the trip. We were limited to time with only a four-hour morning trip, so I remained here until it was time to depart. Unfortunately, Mike had the last bite before we packed up and headed back to take out!

Our run back was in three footers and not pleasant! Although we remained dry, it was still a rough ride, with the wind against the current. We made it back to the ramp without incident and were all glad to be out of the cold wind and waves. Fortunately, everyone had caught fish today in these extreme conditions, despite the poor trolling bite. I just hope that the conditions change soon and that the weeds float away allowing me to get back into the troll once again. It has been a great bite for both quality as well as quantity and definitely the best method when I have a full boat, like today. Hoping for better days ahead!

Stephan and his sons, Henri & Eli had another great day on the water today. What started out with flat calm conditions, soon turned into giant SW winds. Eventually blowing at 15 to 25 knots. The trolling bite was our only option and it proved to work out quite well. The boated pike, walleye and bass in numbers and had a great time doing it too. Firsts were caught all around, with pike and walleye before we ended the day. Our biggest problem would have to be all the floating weeds today. At times it was almost impossible to keep the lines clean! Overall, however, it was still a great day, with plenty of action to keep everyone entertained!!

Morning and afternoon trips saw me on the water all day with two different groups. The first gang consisted of Laurent and his son Olivier as well as his nephew Ariel. We began dropshotting areas that held both bass and walleye and had some success with them. Unfortunately, the constant weeds on the line had us shifting gears halfway through their trip. I moved to another area where I began a troll. This proved to be much more effective as the big walleye were on fire. In the remaining time we had, they boated many more fish. Too bad we ran out of time as I left them biting!

The afternoon gang had Rodman, his father Rafael and son Rafi, as well as their friend William. I immediately headed back to where I had left biting fish and was surprised to see that they weren’t around anymore. I covered the area thoroughly with only one pike bite for our efforts! Time to move on.

I figured that I would continue trolling old waypoints until I found some fish and that I did. Eventually I ran into a few pike and Rodman got to do battle with the fish of his dreams. He had finally hooked into a small musky and was thrilled to catch his first one. After this, we resumed trolling and for the rest of the afternoon, hammered the walleye once again. Just like the morning trip, the walleye were quite plentiful. They even managed to take a few of the high-end keepers home with them.

Today was another great one for both groups and loads of fish were landed by everyone. Hopefully the next few days will be the same with the weather about to change. I’m sure I will have to make many more adjustments to be able to keep us on fish again. Only time will tell, but I will definitely do my best to satisfy everyone on board!!

Scott and Frenchie enjoyed another day filled with plenty of fish. We may not have had the best conditions, with a big NW wind and an overnight cold front, but we fended alright. From walleye to bass and even one huge sturgeon, they caught fish all day long. Almost all the areas we fished held something and they definitely ended with a bang. On the last place we stopped, there were numbers of big bass landed on soft plastics to end with a bang. Frenchie definitely had the hot hand today but Sott held his own too! Just another day in paradise!!