July 5^th 2019

Bruno, Chris, Mike & Eric were with me today, after an earlier cancellation due to weather. The forecast was calling for possible thunder storms and visions of a short day were in the back of my mind while we raced to our starting location.

It didn’t take long to get the ball rolling as the first pike was landed. We were trolling an area that was just beginning to produce this season, with the warmer weather. Both pike & walleye were targeted and there were plenty landed for the next several hours.

The skies showed several areas receiving heavy rain but we were fortunate to fish under the roof, in just a light drizzle. In fact, it didn’t last too long and we were able to take the roof down, soon after it passed.

After several hours of successful trolling we switched it up and headed for bass. They were throwing soft plastics and in the remaining couple of hours, landed many more bass. It was a great day all around!

July 4^th 2019

Celebrating the 4^th of July, in Canada! Alyssa and her newly acquired family, from her marriage, were all together for a great day of fishing. They had a blast catching all kinds of fish, despite the excruciating heat wave. Absolutely zero wind made for a tough day with all those damn dog pecker knats!

The large walleye wanted to bite today and they managed to get a bunch of them. Along with the eyes, they also landed some good looking pike. They took turns with the rotations and we also had a few doubles, finally!

Although tough conditions were had, we overcame the sun & heat and put a bit of a beating on the fish today. Temps were pushing the 100 degree mark with humidex, but we stuck it out regardless. Thank god for the roof, otherwise I don’t think we would have made it till lunch! Great day on the water!

July 3^rd 2019

Darren & Howard were with me today on what was definitely the hottest day, so far this season! Within 5 minutes after setting the rods, up went the roof and it never came down until the end. We trolled for pike & walleye and even casted for smallies, all the while in the comfort of the shade!

Lots of fish were landed today including plenty of pike and some really nice walleye. For the last couple of hours, we relaxed and casted soft plastics for the bass, boating a bunch of them too!

I don’t know how I managed for so many years without it but am real happy to have the Bimini on days like this! Add to that the XI5 electric by Motor Guide and I never have to leave the cool, shaded area of the boat, except to net fish. Who could ask for anything more!

July 2^nd 2019

Whitney, Jeff & their family were on vacation, all the way from LA, and looking forward to an afternoon of fishing. They were heading to the eastern townships for several days on a lake and managed to hook up with me before leaving.

Their two sons Austin & Logan had never fished before and were really looking forward to catching their first fish! I definitely wanted to get them as many as I could so we concentrated on trolling for pike & walleye. Good choice too as it was a scorcher, but not under the comfort of the roof! It was at least 20 degrees cooler in the shade!

Although it took longer than I had hoped, for the first reel to fire, it was a double and both boys were initiated into the world of fishing!

Plenty more reels fired after and the afternoon was filled with loads more fish. Both pike & walleye were brought to net, with a couple of the eyes making it into the livewell. They would be eating well tonight!

Whitney was the only one without catching anything so I made sure she got the last rod that fired before we called the day. She landed a nice pike and joined the rest, in catching fish today!

Today was a pleasure fishing with the Roy family and I hope we can get together in the future, to do it again! I also hope they are lucky enough to fish, during the rest of their vacation here in Canada!

July 1^st 2019

Yesterday’s weather cancellation had me back out this morning with three generations of fishermen. Jarrett had his son Jayden & his father Tony along for some smallmouth action. Although we got into several fish on our first spot, they were rather small in size. In fact more were lost tan landed when they just came unpinned!

We tried a few other areas afterwards, without much success and finally switched presentations completely. I even had them dropshot a spot, but soon pulled the plug on this as well and headed elsewhere!

The last stop had the best success with numbers of smallies being caught on a couple of presentations. I don’t think it was a location thing, but rather timing. The sun had been out all morning and warmed the water, triggering the bass to bite. By slowing down the speed of the retrieve, we were able to put many more fish in the boat and ended on a high. In fact, Jarrett landed the largest bass of the day on his last cast! I had stretched it out a bit due to the bite and finally called it just before noon!