Gaetan & Michel were with me today and hoping for a sturgeon or two. I wasn’t sure how it would be, due to the big winds from the west, once again. We travelled a long way to almost set up, before the winds got even bigger. It wasn’t going to happen today!

Plan B was to fish for bass and walleye and I headed to some deeper places to give it a try. The shallow areas are all still too dirty from the rain last week and the daily winds definitely weren’t helping either. At least deeper, we would have a chance!

Several places were fished but only small fish were caught before we moved to a different area on the lake. Although I was marking all kinds of fish, most of them refused our offerings. Both Gaetan and Michel had chances, but not many fish were caught!

It wasn’t until mid afternoon when they started catching better fish and this lasted right until the end. Bass, walleye and even a good-sized pike were landed before we were done. They decided to call the day one hour earlier in hopes of avoiding some of the traffic heading home.

Today wasn’t what I had hoped for but despite all that mother nature threw at us, they still managed to get into a bunch of good fish. In the end, it all worked out. They even got to take a few of their catch home to be eaten tonight!!

After cancelling the last 3 days due to winds and heavy rains, I was finally back out with John & Kim. They were going to have to work for the fish today as the winds were still big! The water was also very high and stained and I wasn’t sure how this would affect the fishing. Only time would tell!

Our first spot only produced a few bass and they were on the small side. After 3 drifts, I decided to make a move and try another area nearby, in hopes of better results. This place was also slower than I had expected, but at least the fish were bigger. Both John & Kim landed some really good bass, giving me hope. Although I was marking many fish, only some of them wanted to move to eat.

I changed areas frequently and they managed fish from each place we stopped. As the afternoon passed, I decided to try a couple of the places I was at this morning and amazingly enough, they were on fire now. I’m not sure if we just hit a feeding window or if the water was cleaning up, but they were eating. We ended the day dodging storms all around us, but all the while catching fish.

Today was an interesting one filled with many challenges. Thankfully the fishing picked up in the afternoon and many fish were landed, again! Both walleye and smallies were fought today in this high, dirty water. I only hope that in the next couple of days, it clears up allowing for higher numbers again. Better days ahead!!

I had the pleasure of fishing with two different families today. Kelvin, Susan & their son, Nathan were with me in the morning and Craig & his son, Dominic in the afternoon. Both groups managed to catch plenty of fish and had a blast. Kelvin hoped to get into smallies and he did just that. Along with the bass, they also managed to fight a few nice walleye too!

The afternoon saw more wind than I hoped for and the direction wasn’t great! We had spent the morning dropshotting, but now the wind direction saw me making a long run to try trolling. In the end it all worked out because they managed to catch some really nice walleye and pike. They ended their trip by dropshotting in 3 footers, from a ridiculous direction. I had to angle the boat just to stay on the area, but they caught several more fish including some big ones again!

It’s always a challenge to have two groups, especially when the conditions change during the day. I adjusted a few times and managed to keep everyone on fish and that’s all that counts. Great fishing by everyone today!!

Adam & his son James were fishing with me today and he brought his brother-in-law Dominic, along as well. The three of them were hoping to keep a few walleye for dinner, along with catching some bass for the fight. I knew this wouldn’t be a problem, as we had his son James in the boat! Last time out, he put a beating on both his father as well as his grandfather. This little guy has a hot hand when it comes to fishing!

We headed to our first spot and I had to use the electric motor to control our drift, due to the light north wind. I would normally use the current to move the boat, but there was no movement at all. The north wind was acting like an anchor! Several fish were taken on the first pass and many more even missed. Domonic managed to land one really nice bass that received the first pic of the day.

With a couple of small walleye in the livewell, we made the second drift in hopes of a few more. They were feeding 5 people tonight and hoped to get enough for everyone. I told them not to worry!

With each pass, fish were being caught and soon there were 5 keepers in the livewell. James managed to get one that wasn’t going to be part of dinner, when he landed a 25-inch fish. This was also his personal best walleye to date! A few quick pics later and it was returned to the lake.

We had made several passes over this area and caught fish each and every time. A mix of bass & walleye were brought to net and a few more pics were taken before another move was made. The next place produced many more bass and a few other eyes too. When it slowed, I decided to try one other place, before making a long run to troll.

They stuck with the dropshot on the next spot and with more current here, they were able to get a better drift. A few more bass were landed, along with several being lost. I had noticed that the wind had died out completely and now the lake was a mirror. So much for the long run to the other side to troll as I really needed the wind over there! I still tried a troll, but remained where I was and set the lines to give it a try. I didn’t even get the fourth one in when the first one began to scream. James reeled in another big walleye, giving him two for the day. Things were looking good for the troll right here!

After covering plenty of water, without another hit, one of the reels fired hard. Too bad it went silent quickly though and the fish never got hooked up! It took quite a while longer to make another reel scream but eventually it did and Dominic managed to land a good sized northern.  Unfortunately, this was to be the last fish caught by trolling. Time to go back to dropshotting I guess!

I headed to a flat in slightly deeper water and this was where we would end our day. The last couple of hours saw numbers of bass and a few more walleye caught before we were done. Both Dominic and James had real big ones on their lines but unfortunately the hooks came unpinned when their fish took to the air. Too bad too, because they were definitely worthy of pics! In the end, they were able to take a limit of good walleye home with them that would surely feed 5 people. Along with these fish, there were lots of other catches by everyone that were released. This turned out to be another high-numbers day that had plenty of action throughout. Oh yeah, James also finished on top with the biggest and most fish of the day!!

Francis and his father, Sylvain were with me today in pursuit of anything! They just wanted to catch fish and I wasn’t about to disappoint them. Bass & walleye would be the two main species targeted and dropshotitng would be the method used to get them. As usual, I was sure it would work out!

The conditions were a bit different than yesterday, with barely a breeze from the north. We also had a severe drop in air temperature and I was actually wearing more clothes just to keep warm. The fish didn’t seem to mind however as they were being caught. Both Francis and his father managed to land and or lose several bass and walleye from our first spot, by making multiple drifts over the area. This would be true for every place we fished today!

The second spot also had fish and most of them were walleye. They managed to put a few eyes in the box to take home too! Every area that was fished held either bass or walleye and some of them even had both. It was nice to see a mix of species. Plenty of perch were also caught from the places fished too!

Time passed by quickly today and out last area fished put several more bass and a few walleye in the boat once again. Not many pics were taken today as most of the fish landed were of average size. There were more big ones lost than landed today!

Both Francis and Sylvain had a very enjoyable time out and the weather was picture perfect for them as well. Plenty of fish were caught and several of them were going home for their dinner tonight! Overall, it was a very productive day!!