Ming & his son Hugo were with me this morning, along with his sister and her husband. We began the morning trolling and despite the flat calm conditions, still managed to catch a few pike. They were wanting to cast so I didn’t stay long and headed to another area to accommodate them. Here we managed to get into both walleye and bass and remained until their trip was done. Half days go so quickly and before we knew it, we were on our way back to the docks to take out.

Although the fishing may have been slower than I wanted, the results were as expected. Flat calm, bright sun and plenty of floating weeds made for a tough troll. We were forced to cast for most of the fish that were boated today. Plenty of other strikes were missed too! Still a great time out on the water!!

Jonathan & his son Abel experienced another great day of fishing today. They started off with pike and walleye and managed to land a bunch of good ones. With the weather cooperating, for a change, they were treated to an almost perfect summer fishing day.

Late in the morning we switched it up and changed over to bass and eventually sturgeon. Both species were once again landed, making this an incredible father & son outing. They were only able to take one high end, barely legal walleye home with them, as everything else was above the size limit. Not a bad thing, but it would have been nice to get just one more keeper today!

Dimitri was in the boat today, from France and flying solo. For the second day in a row, the weather looked perfect and I knew we were going to catch fish. Hopefully several species he had never seen before too!We trolled for a while in the morning and managed to catch both pike and walleye. Some overs and some keepers came aboard and one of them even went into the well for his dinner tonight.The balance of the day was spent on bass and sturgeon and he managed to catch both of these as well. With very little wind and mostly sunshine, we had a picture-perfect day of fishing.Dimitri’s first trip to Canada was a great one as today’s outing was just the start to his vacation. He enjoyed fishing for some different species and managed to capture both walleye and smallmouth bass for the first time. I only hope that the rest of his stay will be equally as good as the start!!

Yvan was with me today and flying solo! He was up for anything so we were going to do it all, starting with a troll. Flat calm conditions, for a change, greeted us and a couple of smallies were the first to come aboard. They had completed their spawn and officially moved offshore to bulk up. A pleasant surprise, but not really what I had expected from the place we were fishing! We held in the area and managed several more fish including pike, walleye and another smallie, before moving on.

The second spot yielded a bass, casting small cranks, on the very first cast. Although there were plenty of fish in the area, we only managed one more bass and a surprise, long nosed gar! It too ate the crankbait!

I tried a couple of other shallow spots for smallies and we only managed one bass on soft plastics. I found that the water closer to shore was quite stained and I think this was accounting for the lack of fish in the areas. Time for another changeup!

I decided to troll again and hit a weedy area nearby in hopes of a few more biters. We did manage another half dozen fish and this time they were all northerns. I think we had a walleye or two on the hooks but unfortunately, they didn’t stay pinned for confirmation!

As time was getting on, I decided to make a long run in hopes of bigger and better fish. I tried trolling again in this place but had to pull the plug quickly when I couldn’t keep the rods clean. The floating eel grass on the surface was so annoying that I relocated altogether to avoid the hassle.

This new area was definitely a lot better with almost zero floating vegetation. The wind had also picked up slightly, adding to the improvement. We trolled once again over key waypoints and ended with several more pike. The last fish to fire the reel turned out to be a high-end keeper walleye and signaled the end of our day. I always like to end on a fish and this was definitely the way, to call it a day!

Yvan may have been up to anything at the start of the day and everything was what he got! We covered plenty of water and caught many a fish in the process. In the end, he had slammed on the fish species and even saw an exotic one in the mix. The gar was definitely not something you see every day. Overall, it was a great day to spend on the water!!

After enduring some biblical storms yesterday and all through the evening, I was back out today with a family of four. Tehmina and her husband Jonathan, along with their two sons, Xavier & Elias were spending the morning fishing with me. Conditions were tough to start and although I was marking plenty of bait and fish, they didn’t seem to want to bite. Eventually we began catching and they were all surprised with the size. Several walleye that were overs came aboard and photos were taken before the release. It was tough catching a keeper but we finally managed one high end fish that was boxed. They also caught some pike and decided to take one good fish back with their walleye.

Although fishing was tough, everyone had a great time and they were going to be having fish for dinner tonight. I think the afternoon bite would have been better but we pulled off the water before. They had a great morning out with the family and were happy to have been able to get out after the storm. I think another day should have these fish settled down a bit more and with any luck, tomorrow will be even better. More great days ahead!!