Scorching Hot Action

Scott & Peter were to be fishing with me today finally, after several previous postponements. We met at the ramp right around 8 after last night’s outing & very little sleep and proceeded to get into fish almost immediately. Winds were out of the SW at 5 to 10 knots but were unfortunately scheduled to go lighter throughout the day. It may have only been in the 70’s but the humidity made it a whole lot stickier. Sunshine and slight cloud cover occasionally were what we fished in through the entire day with the emphasis on the sun. Peter wasn’t much more alive as he finished his shift at 2 this morning and probably could have used a few more hours of shut eye too! As with most days lately, the reels were firing right on cue but this time the first several fish were smallies up to almost 4 pounds. We even had a double bass bite that made for a nice pic too! I actually moved from this area in search of walleye as they too wanted to learn more about how to catch these fish. Right on cue, they hit and we were soon changing from bass to Walters as the rods were kept bent while the wind blew. Several hours of bass, walleye, pike and even another small Muskie had everyone entertained until it stopped. Right on cue, the bite went out like a light when the wind died, making my life that much more difficult. To add to that scenario, we had a ton of floating grass and that really sucked. I was forever cleaning the lines due to the vegetation. We went from active fish biting every few minutes to working hard for just a few bites each half hour. They weren’t even really hitting hard as several were drive byes or they got off on the way in. It’s amazing how they can be affected that much with a subtle change like the lack of wind! Except for a little flurry of activity that lasted less than an hour, we struggled for the remainder of the afternoon from about 2 o’clock on. We did manage to land several more fish but with the flat calm conditions, high humidity and those damn “Dog Pecker Knats”, we were wasted. By 4:30 we had just about enough and called it with another double header. One walleye and a northern and we were on our way. The boat traffic was also a bit of a pain as I was constantly adjusting my troll due to all the other boats just playing around. You can’t blame them though as it was really a nice day to be on the lake. Overall, just another day in paradise!!