Richard and his friend had a late start to a half day of fishing today. We began at 9:00 and were scheduled to stop at 1:00, but ended closer to 2:00. The conditions made it difficult with the wind from the NE, once again. I was able to get them both into a sturgeon at the start, but they were on the smaller side. From there, we switched over to bass and managed a few more, smaller ones and a walleye as well. It wasn’t until the winds died down almost completely that they were able to get a decent bass. Too bad it was the only one! We hit a couple more spots without any luck, before we were done. If I had more time, I would have tried a few different things to get them into more fish. Time flies when it’s only a half day!!

Phil & his son Zev joined me today and what a day they had. Multi species was the target and there were plenty of firsts for Zev! We spent the first few hours anchored up in an area for sturgeon and he boated bass, sturgeon, catfish, redhorse sucker and an eel. A total of 4 new fish for him to start!

I decided to try some deep water smallies next and we managed to get into some good ones. The drifts were a little tricky, with the wind angled against the current once again. Phil had no trouble getting the hang of the vertical presentation and Zev eventually figured it out too with a couple of bass as well.

With limited time remaining, I decided to try another section of the lake for walleye and perch before we were done. Unfortunately, the floating weeds in this area were almost impossible to fish. We did manage to get into a pile of perch but Zev was the only one to land a walleye. Too bad it was an under and released to bite another day. Some of the larger perch were kept for a meal, instead of the anticipated walleye.

This day was filled with plenty of action, from all kinds of fish species. Phil & Zev saw many different kinds of fish and caught a great variety of them. In the end, a bunch of tasty perch made their way home with them too. Overall, a great way to end the day!!

Conditions for today were forecasting huge winds from the W/NW, that would eliminate all kinds of good fishable water for me. I was going to have to focus on a couple of miles of slightly sheltered areas and decided to begin with sturgeon, before it all blew up! Callum and his father were with me from Australia and looking for a few new species to catch. We were able to get 3 smaller fish in the first few hours, before the winds got out of control. A quick switch up to bass provided more action, but the fish weren’t very big either. I was forced to fish in the shallower water, knowing that the bigger ones were out deep. Eventually I had to give it a try and moved offshore to where the winds were big. Boat control wasn’t easy, but we made it work nonetheless! A couple of areas were targeted and several more bass were caught, including the biggest ones of the day, Both Callum and his dad managed to catch a couple of good ones before we were done.

Today was a tough one with the big winds and direction but somehow it worked out. They both caught plenty of fish that they had never even seen before. They’ll be spending a couple more weeks in Canada before heading back to the land down under. Summertime is beginning for them now, as we wind down on ours here in the great white north. Great times were had, with great people today!!

After several days of cancellations due to weather, I was back out again today. Radu & Dragor were with me, looking for sturgeon and walleye. Although a strange combination, I knew I could make it work!

We hit the sturgeon first and only caught one small fish in the first couple of spots, but the third one was a surprise. Here we managed to get two big channel cats and a two huge drum. One of them was almost 15 pounds! Great fights by all of them too! Once it died, I relocated once again, to a distant area for bass.

I switched up the techniques to dropshotting and they managed to catch several smallies before I moved again. I wanted to get them some walleye and it took quite a while. We were definitely on fish, but the lack of wind and bright sunshine had them shut down. They literally had to force feed the fish worms. Thankfully we had brought them for the sturgeon! In the end, they managed to get into a bunch of bass and walleye before we were done. At least they were able to take their limit of eyes home with them.

Today was a mixed bag kind of day with sturgeon, channel cats, drum, bass, walleye and perch landed. Talk about one heck of a variety of fish! Overall, a great day of fishing!!

Rabih & his son wanted to try fishing for their first time and joined me for a half day trip, this afternoon. I wasted no time and headed directly to the deep-water area that had been producing lately and set them up to fish. The weather was spectacular, with bright sunshine, warm temps and almost no wind. Totally different from what I had seen lately! After a brief orientation on the operation of the rod and reel, they were ready to go. It didn’t take long for his son to hook up but unfortunately it came off while reeling the bass in. Soon after, he was into another one and this time able to land the bass. This was his first fish ever and hopefully not his last!

We spent a while, making drifts over the deep shoal and both of them landed several more fish. They even had a double header that made for a great pic!

Things had slowed a bit and I decided to try their hand at casting the shallows with soft plastics and made a move. Although the fishing wasn’t great, they were able to learn quickly how to cast and managed to hook into a few more bass. One of them was a real good one and his son received another pic of his catch.

Time went by quickly with a half day trip and it wasn’t long before we were done. Their first experience was a success, with several quality bass being landed. I’m not sure if they will continue to pursue this again, but they definitely have the basics under their belt now. Great day, with great times fishing today!!