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July 19th 2019

Fished every day this week but no reports, sorry!
Today however I had Eric & Caroline in the boat for a very strange weather day! We started drifting for bass & walleye, but the lack of wind made it feel like we were anchored. One bass later, I headed to an area and switched to trolling.
Flat calm conditions even made it difficult to troll but we did manage to get a bunch of pike and one nice walleye. Scorching hot conditions had me raising the top but there was very little relief. No wind had the dog pecker knats out in full force and sticking to us from the high heat & humidity!
Eventually the winds picked up and I headed back to open water, to resume drop shotting. For the remainder of the day, we drifted over deep water shoals and they hooked plenty of fish. Unfortunately most of them were lost on the way to the boat, but they did manage to land quite a few as well. A mix of walleye and bass with one lost northern made it into the net!
As the afternoon passed, the winds got considerably stronger and the waves became three footers. Although a little difficult, we made it work and kept at it right until 3:30, before we called the day. It was a real scorcher without the top up and the breeze of moving felt great. I couldn’t raise it with the winds as we would have been moving way too fast to get a good drift. Thoughts of using a drift sock crossed my mind but we braved the elements and just hydrated more by drinking plenty of water.
This was definitely the hottest day so far and hopefully it will continue to heat up the water, setting the fish up in their summer patterns. It’s been a grind each day with the ever changing conditions and wind directions. A little stability would be nice for a change, but I’ll deal with whatever Mother Nature has to offer. After all, she has the final say in this matter!

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July 15^th 2019

After relaxing over the weekend, I was back on the water this morning. Mark was in once again, all the way from Scotland. He joined me with his two sons, Noah & Adam, hoping for a good day.

I searched for about 15 minutes for the juvenile sturgeon I had located last week, but soon gave up. The water temps had fallen again and they were gone.

Plan B was to head to an area and troll for pike & walleye. We set the lines, began covering water and eventually hit the first fish. Soon after we hit others and both species were coming aboard. There were even a couple of keeper walleye that made their way into the livewell.

We ended the morning in a different area and they landed a few more fish in the remaining time including the largest walleye of the day! Noah brought the last fish into the boat and we were done!

Although not what I had planned, having a backup is always a good idea. I had intended on fishing sturgeon but settled on the pike & walleye. In the end, they were able to bring 4 walleye back with them for a good dinner tonight. Tough bite but great results!

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July 12^th 2019

Joseph was with me this morning along with his granddaughter Alexandra. I was hoping that the storms we had come through last night didn’t kill the bite. Only time would tell!

It took all of about 30 seconds to fire the first reel once I had the rods in and Alexandra battled a really nice walleye to the boat. We worked hard for the remainder of the bites we got after this and struggled for a while too. Mostly pike but a few more walleye and one really nice smallie was landed before I decided to switch it up.

We packed the trolling gear away and went for smallies on soft plastics. I taught Alexandra how to cast and it didn’t take her long to get the hang of things. She even managed to hook a couple on her own! With only the morning to fish, time flew by quickly and before we knew it, we were done.

They both managed to land several nice fish this morning despite the cold dirty water from all the rain recently. I’m sure that if we hadn’t gotten the electrical storm last night, the fishing would have been much better! Regardless, they had a great time and Joseph enjoyed seeing his granddaughter catch fish even more. Great half day of fishing!

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July 9^th 2019

After a day of scouting yesterday without clients, I was back at it again this morning! Barry had his three kids, Leiha, Paige & Justin along for the morning and I was hoping to get them into a pile of fish.

Our trolling bite was definitely slower than expected with short strikes and less fish than I usually see. They only managed one walleye, with the balance being northerns. Time for a change of plans!

I ran to a smallie area and instructed them on how to manipulate the soft plastics they were throwing. It didn’t take long and Justin was tight to his very first smallmouth bass. He couldn’t believe the difference between the largemouth bass he was used to catching.

For the remainder of our time, they all hooked and landed, or lost, plenty more bass. The bite was definitely better than our troll earlier and I was just glad to have them on active fish.

Half days are always tougher as you can’t work through the slow periods as easily as full days. The clock is always ticking whether they bite or not! Fortunately I didn’t have an afternoon trip scheduled so we stayed on the bite about an hour longer.

Great times were had by all with many fish being landed in the end. Leiha however got top honours by slamming out 4 different species. She had managed to land a couple of really jumbo perch on the same baits the bass were eating. Sure wish we had the afternoon to keep the ball rolling. Water temps were climbing steadily, making the fish more aggressive. I always hate leaving them biting!

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July 7^th 1019

I had double trips today with Ben & Jen in the morning, followed by Lori & Geof in the afternoon. Both couples had a good time catching all kinds of pike, along with some walleye & bass.

Morning cold front conditions made fishing a little slow by my standards but they still managed to boat plenty of fish in their short 4 hour trip. We ended up fishing smallies for the last hour and they brought some good ones to net.

Lori & Geoff in the afternoon had a much quicker start to their trip with pike coming in hand over fist in the beginning. Geoff landed the only walleye and it was his first one too! We were even checked this afternoon by the game wardens! Nice to finally see them on the lake!

When the bite slowed a bit, we headed to an area I knew, holding tons of gar. Lori wanted to see them and hoped to actually catch one. They were all there, but not really eating. One fish grabbed a senko and was hooked for a while, but eventually came off as I tried to grab it. Oh well, at least they saw plenty of them!

Bass were the last species we went for and although slow, there were still a few of them landed in the remaining time we had.

Today was exhausting but by having great people in the boat, it made it all worthwhile. Both couples had firsts with the pike & walleye and ended with the bass. Four hours go fast, but doubling it up in the same day makes it go even quicker! Busy day but loaded with fun!