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I spent the day with Neil on the water, battling NE winds on the second day of a major cold front. To say it was a challenge would have been an understatement! We managed to catch plenty of fish but had to go deep in order to get the good ones. Both bass and walleye were landed but not many pics were taken! Big waves again because of the wind direction and I had to use the electric motor pointed downstream in order to get the right presentation! I can’t wait to get back to a normal wind again!

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After a relaxing day off yesterday, I was back on the water again this morning. Randall had his son Jack and his niece & nephew from New Zealand. They wanted to catch some bass and possibly a sturgeon. I had brought all the gear for the big fish but unfortunately it wasn’t meant to be. I marked a few, but not the ones I usually catch and after about an hour of trying, pulled the plug completely. We were off for smallies!

Jack managed to get the first good fish and it was a beauty! The others all landed a few of their own but slightly on the smaller side. I hit many areas and each one produced fish, but not the ones I wanted. I jumped around plenty and kept going deeper until I finally hit some of the bigger ones. Conner & his sister Grace managed to catch a few larger ones but it was Conner that had the bigger fish. Jack on the other hand landed some of the largest of the day and took big fish as well. We had a few doubles and even one triple header that caused a little chaos netting.

Today was one of those scorcher days and I needed to put the top up to stay a bit cooler. Temps reached into the 90’s and the roof was welcomed!

We finished the day with a few drifts over a walleye area and Jack managed one small fish from there. Both he and his father Randall did catch more smallies though before we were done.

This was another great day but a little on the hot side. There was also a lot of boat traffic on the water with this being such a nice day. Plenty of cruisers returning home after their vacation causing waves from all directions. I was glad it was finally over! Regardless it was still a great day for fishing!

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What do you day on your day off? Go fishing of course! Christiane and I headed out a bit later than usual but were fishing by 9:00 this morning. We had waited for the rain to pass and decided to hit the water for several hours of pleasure fishing. I was on good fish lately and wanted her to enjoy a day on the water, with me being so busy lately. It was going to be a great day!

Once we arrived and I saw the conditions, I knew we were going to crush them! Winds were blowing, as usual, but were a perfect 1 to 2 foot chop. Ironically it was also from the right direction for what I wanted to do! Add to that the complete overcast sky and the recipe for walleye was just about perfect. The fish didn’t stand a chance!

When I say it didn’t take long, I mean it really didn’t take long! Christiane made her first cast and was tight to a fish 5 seconds later. She definitely wasted no time getting on the board with a nice keeper. It went into the livewell as today was the day we were going to keep some fish to eat. Lately the clients were all taking fish home and it had been a while since I was able to.

Fish after fish came aboard throughout the morning and several were on the large size too. Some nice pics were taken before their release and the livewell was getting pretty full with a number of good keepers. We were even able to cull up to slightly larger ones several times over!

I decided towards the end of the day to head over for a few smallmouth bass for Christiane and left this area to give it a try. First drift locked her up and now she was battling a smallie. A second bass soon followed along with another walleye before we were done. This was the perfect ending to an absolutely perfect day!

It had been quite some time since Christiane had been in the boat fishing and I believe we were still trolling at that time too. Today she more than made up for the lapse of time by catching all kinds of fish! With practically nobody else on the water due to the weather, we had a relaxing 5 hours of unbelievable fishing. Now the fun was about to begin as I was going home to clean fish! A small price to pay for a few great meals of fresh walleye!

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Kayden was treated to another day on the water by his grandfather today. Tough conditions with absolutely zero wind had us drifting very slowly. I needed to make many adjustments in order to pass over the areas I wanted to fish. Kayden managed to land a few nice bass from the first spot before I switched over to another area. I was looking for walleye but knew they wouldn’t be moving much in these conditions!

Our next location saw 3 fish come aboard along with a couple of perch and two of them made it into the livewell. Kayden seemed to be the only one reeling any of the fish in and I hoped his grandfather would soon follow.

The wind finally started to blow a bit, but not from a direction I wanted. It was moving us crossways and I had to drop the electric motor in just to stay on the path I needed. This seemed to work fine as three more walleye were added to the tank. We held out a little longer to try and get a sixth one but it turned out to be a 25 incher and had to be released! Hayden managed to reel in all the fish today but his grandfather had many missed strikes too!

This was a real scorcher day with very little to no wind and dog pecker knat central! I was able to keep them on fish the whole time but it was a grind to get them to bite. Thankfully they were able to bring almost a limit back in the half day trip. I guess they’ll be eating well tonight!

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Denny & Chai were with me today on this sketchy weather outing. We set out in overcast skies that eventually turned into a light rain. A couple of times it let up, but soon started again. The winds picked up too during the rain causing a slight adjustment in the drift. Fortunately I had enough confidence in the area we were in to hang in there. After several misses, both Denny & Chai were able to get the hang of what to do and began landing fish. They put several good keeper eyes in the boat before we were done here.

Our second area was equally as good and this time there were more bass than walleye caught. Denny did manage to land a couple of good eyes that culled two of the earlier ones caught from the first location. While we were drifting, another storm was on the way causing me to stay here a little longer than I had wanted. The path it was taking would have crushed us if I had of made the move. I wanted to go to another spot to cast for bass and waited out the storm. In the end, we received only a light rain for about 10 minutes and made the move once it was done.

The winds had increased after the rain and we were now running in 2 to 3 foot waves to get to where we were heading. They were also blowing out of the W/NW making for a bumpy ride. We finally arrived and I set the rods up with soft plastics and instructed them on what to do. Several fish were missed before they actually managed to hook into a few and they were good ones. Both Denny and Chai landed a couple that were photo worthy. Unfortunately one of the bass that Denny caught required deep hook removal and I didn’t want to stress the fish out more than it had already been. A quick release to ensure its survival was required!

We packed up shortly after 3:30 and readied for the nasty run back to the ramp. The waves were even bigger now and almost at a 45 degree angle to how I needed to run. It was a little bumpy at times but we stayed dry and made it back without issues. This was a great experience for these guys and they had a fun time catching all kinds of fish throughout the day. I’m sure they will be back in the near future to enjoy even more and can’t wait to have them again. Great day for fishing!