After a cancellation last Friday, Jiang was finally able to get out with me today. He was in from Shanghai and wanting to catch something big. We were heading to fish for sturgeon and anything else that happened to bite our lines!

Setting up in a NE wind again was getting really old. It definitely wasn’t easy trying to see the bites with the rods in the holders. Eventually, after a few missed strikes, I decided that holding them was the only way to go. This proved to be the right choice as many fish were caught afterwards. Both sturgeon and drum came aboard, along with a few bass as well.

We spent the day on only two places and they were equally as good. A few more sturgeon and bass were also caught in the second area and one really big beast was lost due to an insufficient sized net. I won’t be making that mistake again!

Overall, it was another great outing, even with the crazy NE winds. I don’t think Mother Nature knew what to do! The gusting wind had the boat moving all over, making it next to impossible for the rod holders. In the end, we managed to make it work and made the best of a difficult situation. Just another day in paradise!

Yvan was back with me today and we headed right to an area in the open water. I thought I’d try for walleye before the winds kicked up too big, again! We stayed for almost an hour with only a few fish to show for our efforts, despite seeing all kinds on the sonar. They just didn’t want to eat! I soon decided to pull the plug and try to fish for sturgeon instead.

We weren’t settled in for too long before things started to happen. Yvan did battle with a nice big one soon after arriving and I knew it would only get better. In the next few hours, we had all kinds of fish. Sturgeon, catfish, drum, eel, and bass were all landed. Not wanting to remain here all day, I decided to try another deep-water area in hopes of some good smallies. Apparently, it was the right move as we managed to land all kinds of fish in the remaining time. Most of the bass were quality ones too!

Today was a mix of weather and winds with cloud, rain and sunshine throughout the day. Couple that with a swirling wind from just about every direction at times and you have an example of what we endured. Despite all of this, we still managed to have a great day of fishing!!

Richard and his friend had a late start to a half day of fishing today. We began at 9:00 and were scheduled to stop at 1:00, but ended closer to 2:00. The conditions made it difficult with the wind from the NE, once again. I was able to get them both into a sturgeon at the start, but they were on the smaller side. From there, we switched over to bass and managed a few more, smaller ones and a walleye as well. It wasn’t until the winds died down almost completely that they were able to get a decent bass. Too bad it was the only one! We hit a couple more spots without any luck, before we were done. If I had more time, I would have tried a few different things to get them into more fish. Time flies when it’s only a half day!!

Phil & his son Zev joined me today and what a day they had. Multi species was the target and there were plenty of firsts for Zev! We spent the first few hours anchored up in an area for sturgeon and he boated bass, sturgeon, catfish, redhorse sucker and an eel. A total of 4 new fish for him to start!

I decided to try some deep water smallies next and we managed to get into some good ones. The drifts were a little tricky, with the wind angled against the current once again. Phil had no trouble getting the hang of the vertical presentation and Zev eventually figured it out too with a couple of bass as well.

With limited time remaining, I decided to try another section of the lake for walleye and perch before we were done. Unfortunately, the floating weeds in this area were almost impossible to fish. We did manage to get into a pile of perch but Zev was the only one to land a walleye. Too bad it was an under and released to bite another day. Some of the larger perch were kept for a meal, instead of the anticipated walleye.

This day was filled with plenty of action, from all kinds of fish species. Phil & Zev saw many different kinds of fish and caught a great variety of them. In the end, a bunch of tasty perch made their way home with them too. Overall, a great way to end the day!!

Conditions for today were forecasting huge winds from the W/NW, that would eliminate all kinds of good fishable water for me. I was going to have to focus on a couple of miles of slightly sheltered areas and decided to begin with sturgeon, before it all blew up! Callum and his father were with me from Australia and looking for a few new species to catch. We were able to get 3 smaller fish in the first few hours, before the winds got out of control. A quick switch up to bass provided more action, but the fish weren’t very big either. I was forced to fish in the shallower water, knowing that the bigger ones were out deep. Eventually I had to give it a try and moved offshore to where the winds were big. Boat control wasn’t easy, but we made it work nonetheless! A couple of areas were targeted and several more bass were caught, including the biggest ones of the day, Both Callum and his dad managed to catch a couple of good ones before we were done.

Today was a tough one with the big winds and direction but somehow it worked out. They both caught plenty of fish that they had never even seen before. They’ll be spending a couple more weeks in Canada before heading back to the land down under. Summertime is beginning for them now, as we wind down on ours here in the great white north. Great times were had, with great people today!!