I fished with Andre & Marcel today on Memphremagog for smallmouth bass. Ironically, the first two bass to be hooked into were both largemouth. The weather warmed up quite well today with a high of 81 degrees. The highest water temps were just above 56 degrees with a S/SW wind of 10 to 20 knots. Sunshine was above us for most of the day until a late afternoon cloudbank came through and chilled the air just a bit. As usual, Fin-S tipped jigs and jerk-baits were the lures of choice used to capture close to 50 fish today. Some of the bass are finally starting to move into their usual areas but the bulk are still in deep water awaiting warmer water. All in all a pretty good day!

I tried another lake with my buddies from yesterday, but the water was also very cold there as well. There were a few smallmouh bass caught and several perch and one large walleye of over 7 pounds. The conditions were pretty much the same as Memphremagog with water temps around 47 degrees at best and winds were still blowing from the north at 10 to 20 knots. Thankfully, there was mostly sunshine to comfort the chilly air temps in the 40’s. We tried Mmphremagog again in the afternoon and managed to get into several smallmouth and a bunch of perch, but not the numbers I am accustomed to at this time of the year. The winds are supposed to take a 180-degree turn in the next couple of days and that should mix the colder water with the warmer stuff, causing a little more fish activity.

Today was a slightly better day on the lake but equally as windy too! Danny, Stephan, Sam and his brother joined me for a cold windy day on lake Memphremagog for bass. The winds were still from the north at 25 knots and the water temps were close to 50 degrees in some of the shallower bays. The offshore structures were a little cooler and very hard to fish under these conditions. The bay on the other hand was a little easier and had some fish willing to cooperate. All of the guys managed to hook up and some better than the others. There were about 30 or so fish caught today with about half of them being smallies. There were even a couple of largemouth caught as well. Our air temps were a little cool as well but with the sunshine it wasn’t too bad at all. Still a tough day on the water!!

Bobby & Francois joined me today on a trophy lake for lake trout due to the incredible winds on Memphremagog once more. This has been the 3rd straight day with north winds in excess of 25 knots. To say the fishing was tough would have been an understatement! We tried everything through the day and still only came up with one laker and another lost at the end of the day. Even on a smaller lake we still had waves of 4 foot or better in the late afternoon. The air temps may have been in the upper 50’s but the best we could find for the water was barely 41 degrees. It’s a good thing that the sun was out all day, as the air temps would have felt more like the 30’s instead of what it was. Better days ahead!!

I fished with Brian for a few hours today and started at the crack of ten! We tried to get on Memphremagog, but due to the 15 to 20 knot winds from the north had to settle for a smaller body of water instead. The water temps were still between 37 & 40 degrees depending on the areas we fished and the lake rolled with 3 to 4 foot waves as well. Within the first 3 minutes, there was a lake trout of around 4 pounds in the livewell and shortly after, another closer to 6 pounds lost at the net. One shorter laker was caught after and a few more hits and follows, but with the strong winds, tough fishing was all we got into. By 4:00 we were ready to get off the lake as waves of 3 to 4 feet were all over. I hope this north wind blows itself out real soon, as conditions really need to change in order to have those incredible May days of fishing.