A Foggy Start

After two previous cancellations, Baily and Lorenzo were finally with me today. The usual plan of attack was to start with sturgeon, move over to bass and them possibly troll for musky at the end of the day. We encountered a big fog on our way to the starting location and spent the last mile or so idling through the worst of it. The fog was so thick that I had to be careful not to run into anything or anyone! Thank God for GPS!

Eventually, we arrived and I wasted no time setting up the rods. Lorenzo reeled in the first sturgeon and although decent, it wasn’t what I was looking for. The second one however was substantially larger and he did battle with it for about 10 minutes. Plenty of pics were taken as this was definitely his personal best! Baily saw the size of this fish and didn’t want to fight anything this big. She lucked out with a smaller one a while later, when the fog finally lifted. We fished for a while longer without any more bites and thoughts of pulling the lines were on my mind. The sun was now shining and it seemed like the right time to make a move, as the bite had just died.

Smallmouth were now the target and after a quick demonstration on technique, they began to catch. Baily had the largest one from this area and it was big! They both managed to catch several good ones each and missed a bunch of other strikes too. We even had another encounter with a musky when it decided to make one of the bass his own. Baily was reeling in a bass when it just stopped and the line started going out. Tough luck for the fish as the line eventually broke and the musky just swam off with its dinner!

With a toothy predator lurking in the area we were fishing, the bite quickly died and we were forced to move to another area, nearby. Here I had them casting dropshot rigs and almost immediately landing fish. Several other bass were boated from this spot before we moved again. This last area saw some big ones once again and Lorenzo managed to get the second biggest bass of the day.

With time lapsing quickly on this beautiful sunny, windless day, I decided to make a long move and spend it trying for a musky. Unfortunately, it was not to happen today. Plenty of bait and a few good marks later, we were done! Regardless, today was a picture, perfect outing, despite the early morning fog. Numbers of good fish were landed along with one really nice sturgeon. Baily may have gotten this trip for her boyfriend’s birthday present, but they both enjoyed a great day on the water. The fish were just a bonus in their eyes, as they relaxed with another spectacular day on the water!!