Non Stop Action

This was going to be an interesting day as the weather forecast called for 100% rain for the entire outing. Thankfully, they weren’t totally right and for once it was for the good. We launched in overcast conditions and little to no wind and were fishing not long after. Although the air temps were just 68 degrees, the humidity made it feel a whole lot warmer. Rick & his son Jeroen were from Europe and in for a real treat as I set the lines to begin the troll. If it was only half as good as yesterday they would be thrilled, but I knew better. Three lines in the water made for 33% better odds and I was banking on this when the first rod fired within the one minute mark. It was a small northern but it broke the ice. There were plenty more pike before I finally got the first walleye to eat. This fish came from shallow water and not anywhere near the areas I fished yesterday. It was a beautiful 5 pound plus eye and into the livewell for some shots later it went. Although Rick had caught the cousin of this fish before in Holland, he had never really seen one with yellow coloration. The Zander pales in comparison to the beautiful Dore that we have here in Quebec and he was impressed. When we finally located some fish it was just crazy as reels were firing off every couple of minutes making this really exciting. I knew we weren’t going to be lucky all day with the weather and eventually we had the rain move in on us. It didn’t last too long but it was annoying as we were always putting it on and taking it off. Sort of like « Wax On Wax Off »! By covering plenty of water and focusing on specific areas I was able to keep them on fish all day long. There were even 4 more beautiful walleye landed with 3 of them close to if not six pounds. Northerns up to 7 pounds were caught along with many, many others slightly smaller too. It may not have been the best all around weather day but the action was fast & furious from start to finish. At one point in the afternoon, we even had the clouds break up and sunshine move in for a while. This was really a messed up day, weather wise and we were overcoming it with the quantity of fish being caught. I may have stayed out even longer if it weren’t for the thunder that we heard close to 5 o’clock. This is never good and within minutes we were blasting off in the direction of the boat ramp. I’m not a big fan of electricity and when thunder sounds, lightning isn’t far behind! I don’t think either of them were too disappointed as this was probably the most fish they had ever caught in a one day outing. They must have boated around 60 fish today and lost plenty of others along the way too! Action from start to finish, non stop! They will definitely be taking loads of memories home with them as well as some excellent pics of their catches of the day. Another safe trip on the lake with no mishaps, despite the amazingly low water levels!!