Denny and his grandson Body joined me this morning for a half day trip. What was supposed to be full, ended up changing due to the heat & humidity. Just as well, as I too was feeling the temps lately!

We drop shotted and trolled and managed to get into both walleye and bass in the short time out. I even extended the trip until noon due to the slower than usual fishing. Although marking fish wasn’t a problem, catching them was! In the end, they enjoyed their time on the water as Denny got to fish with his grandson. Good times were had by all!

It took until today for the water to finally reach 70 degrees this season! I hoped that the fish would be in a better mood, but with flat calm for the 4th day in a row, along with intense heat and humidity, I didn’t expect any change. I was right!

Alex & Ryan were in the boat today, hoping for a mix of fish and to learn different techniques to catch them. We began with a troll, where we could and managed to land a couple of pike and one walleye. Alex did however lose something quite a bit bigger that just came unpinned during the fight. I eventually pulled the plug on the troll as it was getting next to impossible to keep the lines clean from all the floating weeds! We were going casting for bass next!

After a long run, I set up on a big rocky flat and began teaching them how to cast. It didn’t take long before both of them were making great casts and eventually hooking up on fish. Alex had several bass on and managed to land a few of them. Ryan managed one good walleye and missed a few other fish as well before we relocated once again.

Clouds had rolled in and it looked like it might rain, but it was still flat calm. I switched locations and techniques over to dropshotting and instructed them on what to do. On their first drop over deeper water, they were doubled up. Quick learners!

We finished off the day with dropshotting and both of them managed several other fish on their lines with some of them coming to net. In the end, they were able to take some good eating fish back with them. Along with the fish was the knowledge of some new ways to catch them. This would hopefully prove to be useful the next time they fished from shore on their own. Up until now, worms were used to catch only catfish! I’m sure this will all change the next time they wet a line! Great day on the water today!

Another day with a double-booking saw Cody, Magic and Goose in the morning and Cliff in the afternoon. It was also another scorcher as the temps rose above 90 degrees with sunshine and zero wind. To say It was hot would have been an understatement!

The morning gang managed to get into both bass and walleye, but the bite wasn’t great. We spent the entire 4 hours hitting several places to get it done. Tough bite this morning with more fish lost than landed!

This afternoon wasn’t much different with the loss of a couple of fish right off the start. From there, we moved around a lot and had the lost fish thing follow us around, until finally connecting on some nice walleye. This seemed like a pattern everywhere we went.

Overall, this day was one of the hardest, so far this season! Both trips today were a grind and the fish didn’t make it easy. They just kept coming off! In the end however, everyone had a good time sharing another beautiful day on the water with plenty of laughs along the way!!

Ming & his son Hugo were with me this morning, along with his sister and her husband. We began the morning trolling and despite the flat calm conditions, still managed to catch a few pike. They were wanting to cast so I didn’t stay long and headed to another area to accommodate them. Here we managed to get into both walleye and bass and remained until their trip was done. Half days go so quickly and before we knew it, we were on our way back to the docks to take out.

Although the fishing may have been slower than I wanted, the results were as expected. Flat calm, bright sun and plenty of floating weeds made for a tough troll. We were forced to cast for most of the fish that were boated today. Plenty of other strikes were missed too! Still a great time out on the water!!

Jonathan & his son Abel experienced another great day of fishing today. They started off with pike and walleye and managed to land a bunch of good ones. With the weather cooperating, for a change, they were treated to an almost perfect summer fishing day.

Late in the morning we switched it up and changed over to bass and eventually sturgeon. Both species were once again landed, making this an incredible father & son outing. They were only able to take one high end, barely legal walleye home with them, as everything else was above the size limit. Not a bad thing, but it would have been nice to get just one more keeper today!