Mike was back for another day of fishing as we headed to Memphremagog again. The weather started out all right but soon went to the normal wet weather that we have grown to expect. More rain and air temperatures that barely went over 50 degrees was what we received today. The winds were from the North at 10 to 15 knots and pushed out 2 to 3 footers by days end. Water temps were back down to 50 degrees and the fish wee deep once more. Jerk-baits and jigs still accounted for more than 100 fish today as we caught them in the rain, everywhere. The largest fish were deeper as usual due to the horrible weather. An excellent day on the water!!

I fished with Mike again today, but on another lake. We fished together on Monday and had to cut the day short due to a hook in my thumb. The sky showed signs of sunshine, so I suggested a trophy lake for huge smallies and he jumped at the thought of beating his personal best of 4.5 pounds in a heartbeat. The second cast produced a 4.5 pound smallie and shortly after, a lake trout of 4 pounds. The air temps never really got that warm, but at 56 degrees it felt like Florida! Winds were still from the E/NE at 10 to 15 knots and the water temps were between 45 & 53 degrees depending on the area you were fishing. Mike managed to beat his personal best several times during the day with the largest being an enormous 6 pounds 5 ounces. He had a 5.5 pound bass and two others over 5 as well. Many 4 pound smallies were caught and only one under three pounds. A total of 18 smallmouth bass were caught & released and 6 lakers also. What a great day!!

I fished with Richard, Dax & Andrew today on Memphremagog and had a great day for numbers. The wind was from the E/NE at 15 to 25 MPH making the morning air seem colder than it really was. Air temps were in the upper 40’s and the water temps were around 51 degrees in the shallows. Fortunately, the rain that was forecasted for the day never happened. For the first time in over a week, I was fishing in cloud & sunshine! Over 100 smallmouth bass were landed and many others lost with an added lake trout as a bonus. A competition brewed as Andrew & Dax went into overtime to only have Andrew take a 35 to 34 win over his brother Dax in the end. All in all a great day on the water and no one got hurt!!!

I fished with Mike today on Memphremagog and approximately 25 bass were caught up to 3.5 pounds. The weather wasn’t any better today either. The morning air was a balmy 43 degrees and didn’t get much warmer through the day. It was a steady drizzle and the wind was from the E/NE at 10 to 15 MPH all day long. The warmest water was definitely offshore. We found 53 degrees on the open water shoals and 51 degrees in the shallows. Even the fish were not very cooperative as we got into most of them over 20 to 30 feet of water. Once again, fin-s jigs and jerk-baits accounted for all the smallmouth bass. The day was called a little earlier when I took a rotating excalibur hook in the thumb from one of the jerk-baits. Now I know what a fish feels like!

I fished with Tim & Christiane today on another lake for trophy sized smallmouth bass. The weather wasn’t going to cooperate once more! We had a steady drizzle with intermittent showers and cold N/NE winds of 10 to 15 MPH. The water temps were holding around 44 to 45 degrees and another cold front was upon us again. To say the fishing was slow would have been an understatement! Christiane was the only one to land a bass on a jerk-bait. I had a few hits and some follows, but only got into one big fish and lost it after about 5 seconds. I know it was another lunker! By 1:30 we had had enough and decided to call it quits. I should have opted for Memphremagog on this miserable day, but thought we could get some more trophies like we did a couple of days before. I wish mother nature would be more pleasant.