I had the pleasure of fishing with Evans once again this season and this time he brought another friend, Ron. We spent the first day on the St-Lawrence River and caught many fish up to about 4 pounds. The second day, we decided to try Mississquoi Bay on Lake Champlain. Once again about 25 fish were caught with most being in the 2 to 3 pound range. There were a few up to four pounds taken and many others lost. The air temps actually climbed into the upper 60’s on the second day. The water temps still continue to drop with a steady fall of a degree or so each night and the fish are moving shallower due to this. Overall, a great two days!

I fished with Alex & his friend for a half day on Lake St-Louis today & had a tough time getting into the fish. To say the conditions were tough would be an understatement! The ride up the lake was rough with an east wind of about 20 knots interfering with the western current direction. This created a terrible chop and about three footers. We had to fish quite slowly to get the few bites that we received. By actually seeing some of the smallmouth swimming around and just how big they were, didn’t help matters. Senko’s & tube baits managed to take about 10 fish in a four-hour period and a few others were lost as well. The air temps were in the low 60’s but the water temps dropped due to the cold northeast winds that we experienced during the last few days. Not the best day, but considering the conditions, not too bad either!

I fished with Max & Denis on Lake St-Louis today. We began trying for Largemouth Bass in the shallower weedy areas and flipped for about an hour or so. A few fish were landed up to 5 pounds and a few others were lost. The weather was quite cool & cloudy and the air temps were barely 55 degrees. The weather changed during the day and it finally warmed up enough for t-shirts in the afternoon. We moved around & managed to get into about 20 to 25 smallmouth bass up to about 4.5 pounds before the day was over. All in all, a fairly productive day on Lake St-Louis!!!

I fished for King Salmon on Lake Ontario for 3 days with my wife Christiane & a friend, Rick. The fishing was slow but very rewarding with wire lines & downriggers being used. Trolling flashers & flies on the wire & J-Plugs on the riggers accounted for the 10 or so fish hooked up. The largest salmon went around 25 pounds & the others ranged from 12 to 20 pounds. All in all, a great time with the weather cooperating quite well. The air temps were in the 60’s to mid 70’s most of the time making this experience on Lake Ontario a very enjoyable weekend trip.

Once again, I fished with my wife Christiane on another day off! We headed out to Lake Champlain again in search of Largemouth Bass. Air temps were probably in the 90s with unbelievable humidity. The water temps got into the upper 70,s. There was literally no wind! What a scorcher! It took Christiane about 3 casts after I showed her a new technique, to hook into the first bass of the afternoon. At almost 4 pounds it was a nice way to get started! She continued to catch more as the afternoon went on and it seemed like she was getting the bigger ones too! At the end of the day we probably had close to 15 or more landed and several other missed strikes. Pretty good afternoon for less than 6 hours of fishing!!