Mike & his son Ryan were to fish with me today for another eventful day of smallmouth bass action. Usually when this father & son pair gets together, Ryan manages to outdo his dad, but not today! The conditions were slightly better than yesterday with a little less wind at 10 to 15 K from the W\/NW & the air temps reached into the mid 40\u2019s by afternoon. Water temps remained constant at 48.5 to 49.5 degrees and sunshine was upon us for the entire day. I believe this time out, it was Mike that drew first blood with a solid 3.5-pound smallie and the gloves were off. It didn\u2019t take too long before Ryan countered with one of his own and outdid his dad with a larger bass of over 4 pounds. The ball bounced around several times in the first hour or so, but Ryan had the largest at 4.75 pounds under his belt. We fished several other areas in hopes of getting into a mother load of quality fish but only picked at them slightly. Although the fish were of quality size, I still wasn\u2019t happy with the numbers and continued my search. Mike locked up with a real heavyweight in deeper water and we thought he had a huge bass until it showed near the boat. To all our amazement, it turned out to be a big walleye of over 7 pounds instead. This was a bonus fish and I snapped a few pics before releasing her back to the water. Although it wasn\u2019t fast & furious, the action was still constant as we managed to get into fish all day. They were pretty much hooking & landing bass on regular basis and equally as many. Towards the end of the day I hit on an area that was holding better fish and both Ryan & his dad had a flurry of activity that lasted for over an hour on some of the better quality fish of the day. They were catching 3 to 4 pound smallies on average and Ryan even hit one that weighed almost five. He had beaten his personal best so many times throughout the day that we lost track altogether. By the time it was all said and done, I would have to say that both of them had caught about as many fish, equally. Although Ryan had landed the largest smallie, his father took top honours with the walleye! This time out, Mike had held his own and Ryan didn\u2019t walk all over him. I can\u2019t wait to see what happens the next time out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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