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Nick and his son Quintin were joined by Henri today and looking to catch some fish. We decided to start the day in search of pike & walleye and although a little slow in the beginning, they managed to get quite a few. Quintin was having a blast, reeling in all kinds of big fish, or so he thought!

I eventually moved to another area, casting for bass and Nick was the only one fortunate enough to hook up. Other fish were also missed, but not landed!

Quintin had wanted a big fish and I was able to put him on a huge sturgeon that beat him up for about 5 or 10 minutes. Henri had the same thing with another one and the two of them managed to bring both fish to the boat before the release!

We were experiencing poor winds and conditions and I thought we’d move to another area for more bass. Unfortunately, all that was landed from here was one nice walleye by Henri.

The winds were from the NE today and at times bigger than I would have liked. After one more unsuccessful stop for bass, they called it a day.

With the heatwave dropping today, came the switch in winds and the fishing changed too. The active fish became more lethargic and difficult to catch. We did however manage to grind it out and put plenty of fish in the boat. Overall. it was a great day!

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Mike and his two sons, Caden & Teagan were with me for the morning & looking to catch some fish. I gave them the option of what they wanted and we decided to head for pike & walleye. They had never caught pike before and had limited success with the walleye. Hopefully the fish would cooperate!

Once we arrived, I began covering water and finally found some fish for them to battle. It may have begun with a couple of pike but soon we were into the walleye as well. They even had the first double of the morning with two good walleye on the lines!

I focused on one stretch and managed to get them plenty more fish as I went back and forth. A couple more double headers were even seen too! Despite another day with intense heat, the action was on fire for a while. Caden almost had the biggest eye of the season but fell short when it came unpinned before the boat. Although tough to handle, he did redeem himself with one of the last fish of the day. This one wasn’t quite as big as the one he lost but it was definitely a large eye! We ended on a high with another good walleye and called it a day with the release. All the fish got to live today!

I couldn’t have asked for a better outcome for these 3 guests as the fish seemed to come alive this morning. It seemed like old times with plenty of action in only a half day trip. Everyone landed their fair share and a couple of new species were landed by some. They definitely all landed their personal bests in both categories! Great day all around!!

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Alain & Claude picked the hottest day of the year to fish today, as it was a real scorcher! We trolled for a good part of the day under the comfort of the roof, but little to no wind. Pike were landed but it was a real grind to get bit. I found water to be 70 degrees in most areas and over 75 in others.

Later in the afternoon I decided to try a little dropshotting in deeper water and they managed some walleye. The floating weeds made it difficult to fish where I wanted but we made it work. In the end, we were all glad to be getting off the water! Tough day, physically!

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Rick was back again today, looking for more action. What started out as cool air temps and a nice chop, soon turned around and became brutal. We trolled for most of the morning and monopolized on the bites with plenty of good fish. Pike, walleye and even a big channel catfish ate the trolled minnow baits! We were both surprised to see the channel and added it to the list of exotic species for this time of the year. In fact, it was Rick’s first cat to date!

Once the winds decided to lay down, the heat got turned up! This is when we pulled the plug on trolling and tried casting for bass in the shallows. A few were caught by covering water and even a couple of sturgeon on tubes. I had been wanting to try another spot that I hadn’t looked at this season and was glad I did. We managed to put a couple more walleye in the boat that were good keepers and several more smallies too!

The rest of the afternoon was spent spot jumping and just trying to stay as cool as we could. It wasn’t easy as the lack of wind and high heat & humidity was tough. In the end, we called it quits around 3:00 and headed in! He still has tomorrow morning to fish before he heads back home and we just wanted to get of the water today. Although it is supposed to be even hotter in the coming days, I’ll still be out there, grinding it out. I’m sure the roof will be raised just to stay sane as it’s going to be insane on the water!!

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Bob & his 2 sons, Jesse & Josh joined me this morning for a mix of pike & walleye. Although not fast and furious, there were some really good fish. They all managed to get pike, walleye and even a few smallies. Bob finally landed that elusive walleye he’s been trying to catch all his life. He even got to take it home as it fell in the slot!

Rick joined me this afternoon and despite not catching any pike (no worries) we were able to get into plenty of other fish. Both walleye and bass were boated and 3 of the walleye came home with us for a dinner tomorrow night. Flat calm conditions were the kiss of death with so much floating vegetation everywhere we went. It definitely made for tough trolling in the places we fished! Overall, a tough but rewarding day!!