I fished with a buddy Mike & his son Ryan today on Memphremagog for bass & we all had a blast. It began a little slow but really picked up as the day went on with both Ryan & Mike holding their own. Super flukes were the choice baits today, as that was all we were going to be throwing. Some of the bass even hit so fast that the top water bite seems to be at the beginning stages and surface fishing will be around the corner soon. In one location during the afternoon I had the boat positioned just right that they could both cast to a large submerged tree. This piece of cover had so many fish that we spent almost 90 minutes in one place pounding smallies as well as largemouth. Most of the fish today were around 2.5 pounds but a few of them went into the 4-pound range as well. With the fall in air temps today and the north winds, it felt much cooler than the past few days at just 75 degrees as the high. Water temps were up as high as 66 degrees in certain areas but fell almost 7 degrees in some others. Winds were from the W/NW at 15 to 25 knots and there were waves around 3-foot making boat control a little more difficult. To say this was a good day would be underestimating it. The day was great! Total catch count would have to be at last 75 bass with almost that lost as well.

We were all out again today, but we started on a different lake for some trophies. It didn’t take long and A.R. was into a 4 pounder on a jerk-bait, but that was all they wrote for quite a while afterwards. Marc, Rocky & A.R. decided that they needed more action and jumped from this lake back to Magog for more numbers. By their days end, they had had another 100 fish day and were all wore out! I decided that we were going to stick it out and try for some really big fish. We were to find out later that this was a great choice! With cooler water temps on this lake we had a hard time finding water over 51 degrees for quite a while until one area that was wind blown. Here we started with 52.5 and it climbed up to almost 57 shortly afterwards. The air temps were in the upper 70’s and actually climbed to the upper 80’s before the day was over causing the water to warm all day long. With practically no wind at all we were seeing all kinds of huge smallmouth just roaming in from deep water and then it happened. The first fish was a 5.5-pound smalllie and DD was convinced that this was the lake to be on! The gang took a few more bass in the 2.5 to 4 plus range and then DD locked horns with a real trophy. This fish was in the mid 6-pound size and once in the net, looked even bigger. We fished harder when we saw the size of this one and continued to hook up every once in a while with fish up to 5 pounds. We made one more stop in an area before heading off the lake for lunch and Chip hooked into a laker on a drop off. This fish was all of 27 inches and probably 7 pounds once in the net and the first one these guys had ever seen. After lunch we jumped to another lake and before Chip could park the truck and trailer, DD was locked up with a 4 pounder. The next area produced fish for everyone on jerk-baits and soft plastics up to 5.5 pounds. Another area a little later saw the guys locking up with several fish in the 4-pound plus size and many more followers too. We finished the day off shortly afterwards ad headed back to the ramp. There were probably 6 over 5 pounds and several of them in the high fives caught today. One fish was in the mid sixes and plenty of others over four as well. All in all there were probably 25 or so fish landed but they were all big ones today. A great day to be on the water!!!

Today was a real treat as there were 8 of us on Memphremagog in 2 boats. A bunch of our friends wanted to pound smallies and I told them, they were finally on fire! I fished with Matt, Daniel, DD and Chip in my boat and Marc fished with Rocky & A.R. All I can say is what a day on the water! Between the 2 boats, there were over 200 smallmouth bass landed up to almost 5 pounds. Most of these fish came on Jerk-Baits but there were plenty of others landed on soft plastics as well. The air temps managed to get into the mid 80’s and the water temps were around 63 degrees in some areas by days end. Little to no wind was what we fished in for most of the day but there were some 2 to 3 footers from the west by the time we took off at the end of the day. It’s a wonder how everyone managed to keep track of the fish with the numbers we landed, but we did. It’s been a long time coming, but I think the warmer weather has finally arrived. A great day was had by all!!!

I fished with Pierre, Mike & Terry today on Magog for smallmouth bass. The day started slowly but once the sunshine broke through and the temps rose, the fish began to come alive. Jerk-baits and slower moving soft plastic flukes accounted for the bulk of the fish with a few coming on jigs and grubs as well. Water temps rose up to 57 degrees by days end but with the warmer temps coming in the next few days, it should pick up as well. All in all a slightly tougher day than usual, but a great one never the less!

After a day of trying something different on another lake with little success and almost frostbite from the cold north winds, I was back on Memphremagog with my buddy Scott. This was an interesting day to say the least! The fish were very lethargic in the morning, as we had to work really hard for each one we caught. What I did see however was that the fish were larger than usual. It seemed like we were finally getting into some of the larger females rather than the smaller males that we were seeing lately. The day started out with little to no wind and bright sunny skies, but a little on the cool side with temps in the 30’s. Water temps were 51 degrees and stained from the high north winds and rain we had experienced the past few days and fishing was slow. Scott was fly fishing and casting clouser patterns on a sinking line to inactive smallies in deep water and once the water warmed up, crushing them too. I was throwing jigs and running jerk-baits, but only catching on the jigs. These fish were really lethargic! By jumping to various spots on the lake, we managed to get into 75 or 100 nice smallies up to 4 pounds during the day. A typical day for this time of the year, but a long time in the making with all the cold weather lately. All in all a great day on the water!!