Well summer officially arrived today with a high of almost 90 degrees. If it weren’t for the 20 to 30 knot winds from the S, it would have been unbearable. Mike joined me today for the toughest day yet for trout with everything else to show for our efforts. Lots of small, smallies & 1 of almost 5 lbs. We found one area on the lake with only 57 degrees there & tried it without success for a while. I think that every boat was taking advantage of the heat wave today as the waves were coming from all directions with the boat traffic.

Well great expectations were met with even greater disappointment today when we arrived at the boat ramp. The winds were blowing 3 footers at best directly on to the launch causing us to change our plans entirely. I had wanted to use this ramp to be able to troll some of the deeper shoals looking for salmon, but had to settle for another game plan as well as a place to launch. Air temps were almost 60 with steady rain falling & 15 to 25 knot winds form the S. We were in 60 degree water & I knew it would be tough to get the lines down deep enough to meet their comfort range, but tried never the less. We had a few short strikes on the deep lines before we finally connected with a fish over 40 feet of water. To our amazement, it was a largemouth over 4 pounds. Several more smallies , pickerel & even jumbo perch were taken as well before we just abandoned the area entirely & called it quits. Between mother nature & the suspended bass & pickerel we had enough. Misty rain with an occasional shower was all we had to show for our efforts today!

What a difference a day makes! Warm temps, no wind & no rain made for a much more enjoyable day of fishing. Unfortunately we didn’t land any lakers that made the slot size, but we did get five that were close. We even tried casting again along the drop off where we were hooking up, but no takers. They all wanted flies on the deep lines down 15 to 20 feet but they were small. Along with the trout were of course more jumbo perch and a few small bass. Water temps on the open lake were 53.5 to 55 degrees & some of the bays were once again close to 60. I could see that most of the bass were now shallow & staging to spawn, so we fished over much deeper water in the 20 to 40 foot range. I might try a different area tomorrow morning and troll along cliffs to see if we can’t get into some salmon or rainbows for a change. No pics again!

Frank & John accompanied me today on Magog out of Georgeville for a day of trolling flies for trout & salmon. All I can say is “what a miserable day”. It rained pretty much all day with heavy rain in the morning quite frequently. To make matters worse the only thing eating the flies today were perch & an occasional bass. The water temps were great at 53 degrees in most areas & the air temps were slightly higher. The only good thing was the winds were light, but from the N. By noon, we had to head in & get a change of clothes for Frank because he was soaked to the bone. Luckily for him, I had everything he needed to stay warm & dry for the second half of the day. We decided to try deeper water & began casting both jigs & jerkbaits with only a few followers to show for our efforts. No trout today, but the weather is suppose to change for tomorrow. We all hope!! No pics again!

Frank joined me on the lake today in hopes of taking home a laker or two to eat. The air temps weren’t any higher tan 62 degrees at best & the water temps never exceeded 53.5 where we were. We were also blessed with heavy cloud cover, an occasional rain shower & gusting winds from the N/W at 10 to 20 knots. Our first spot only produced a few small bass & perch, but each day before had showed great potential when we had follows from lakers. Because there was only two of us in the boat, we decided to cast the break lines instead of the usual fly rod troll. This however didn’t work out & we soon set up the other rods & began to troll. On the first pass over deep water, one of the rods went off & I knew it was a lake trout. Unfortunately it didn’t stay on for long & left us empty handed. The other reel also fired briefly, but then went silent. Short strikes are a real pain! Both flies were mangled & we had to reset them for another pass. This time one of the deep reels fired & the fish was locked up. Once again however, it came off at the boat when both lines somehow became tangled. More bad luck with the trout! We did finally manage to land a couple of lakers but they both fell short of the slot size & had to be released. Too bad the first one wasn’t landed as I think it was close to 4 pounds. It would have definitely made the cut! The rest of the day was spent catching only perch & an occasional bass using this technique. The trout just didn’t want to cooperate today & left us a little short. All in all, still a good day despite to lack of fish. No pics today!