This was to be the last day for Ron, Sam & Doc and I wanted it to be a great one for smallies. We started on a smaller lake for bass and it didn’t take long before the first hookup to occur. Doc was into a top water fish on his second or third cast and an LDR (long distance release) soon followed. Too bad as it was a good fish! In a few short hours, they had shots at over 20 fish and landed less than half of them. I decided to head to Memphremagog for the second half of the day instead of staying on this lake. Weather was overcast once again and air temps never reached 60 degrees. There was a good wind from the north and 10 to 15 knots and the water temps were 62 degrees at the highest. Fortunately though, the top water bite was fantastic! Between the three guys, there were over 100 smallies caught & released up to 3.5 pounds. Everywhere we went, there were fish hammering the surface baits. In fact, we lost all track of time, as 7:00 PM was the first thing we saw. Another area was fished with multiple hook ups and we headed off the lake for the day. All in all a perfect end to a great smallmouth experience for the guys!!!

Ron, Sam & Doc were back with me on another trophy lake for smallies once again this morning. The day began overcast with light winds from the S/SE, intensified to 10 to 15 by early afternoon & turned wet with full rain. Water temps were 62 degrees with air temps below 60 by afternoon as well. They were hoping for a good top water bite and began with zaras for a while. Doc was the first to hook up with a good fish and landed one over 4 pounds right away. We mixed it up a little during the day and went back & forth between spooks and jigs, catching on both presentations. All three guys landed big smallies of almost 5 pounds today on surface baits & jigs. Less fish were caught today but the conditions weren’t anywhere near as good, as yesterday. By day’s end there were close to 20 huge smallies caught & released. All in all a great day on the water!!

I was back out again with Ron, Sam & Doc on a trophy lake for smallmouth bass this morning. What a beautiful day with sunshine throughout, and a light wind for most of the day. The air temps went into the upper 80’s and water temps were between 61 & 66 degrees depending on the area. It didn’t take long to begin hooking up, as we were about to find out. An average fish was above 4 pounds from the start of the day right up till the end of the day. Tubes, & small, light jigs accounted for the almost 40 smallies caught today with the largest going near 6 pounds. There were a few fish over the 5-pound mark, but most were 4 to 4.5 pounds. Most of these large smallmouth were caught & released in 4 to 12 feet of water. All in all, a great day for really big fish today!!!

I fished with Ron, Sam & Doc today on Lake Memphremagog for smallmouth bass. They were really hoping for a top-water bite, but the weather lately had been just shutting the fish down on the surface. The day began just like all the others, misty rain! Air temps were 55 degrees and the water temps were around 60 degrees. No wind made the morning fishing pleasurable as we caught on the usual soft plastic jerk-baits. A few fish began to hit the surface prop baits also as Doc quickly proved to us. During the afternoon we had to slowly crawl grubs and tubes in open water to get the fish to bite as nothing was going on in the shallow water at all. Later in the afternoon, the fish finally began hitting the top-water presentations and just about every cast had explosions. The sunshine and 80 degree temps had the fish active and we were in heaven. Water temps warmed to over 65 degrees causing the lake to come alive. Many more bass were take on surface lures by all before we decided to call it quits around 7:30 PM. All in all a great day as both the fish and the weather finally cooperated. Once the clouds moved out, the skies just lit up with sunshine making the fishing absolutely spectacular!!! Close to 100 bass were caught & released today!

I fished with Jim & James these past 2 days on lake Memphremagog for smallies. The weather sucked, but the fishing was all right. Saturday saw rain falling throughout the entire day under really overcast skies. Water temps were around 60 degrees and the air temps fell to 53 degrees during the day. There was a wind of 10 knots from the north that chilled the air as we fished. The fishing was rather slow with all the rain staining the water, but we managed to get into 20 or 25 smallies up to 3.5 pounds, all on soft jerk-baits and grubs. Sunday saw overcast skies once again with air temps topping out at 55 degrees. Fortunately, the rain never really fell until around 3:00 PM allowing us to fish effectively. Once again, the soft plastic jerk-baits accounted for the majority of smallmouth bass caught up to 3.5 pounds once more. With all the cool weather and rain we have received, the water temps fell to 55 degrees in a few areas. These fish were all holding in 8 to 12 feet of water and some even deeper! The winds were blowing at 15 knots from the N/NE causing 2 to 3 foot waves later in the day. Over 60 smallies were caught today as the action improved over yesterday’s total catch. All in all, a great day on the water!!!