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Scott was back again today with Chris & Ian and hoping for a musky. We would be spending the entire day in pursuit of a big old toothy critter. The question was, would it work? Only time would tell!

I covered plenty of water throughout the morning and afternoon but we never had a touch. Bait changes as well as locations all proved to be ineffective. With about 30 minutes remaining in the day, they asked to fish for something other than musky and I obliged. We were close to an area that I was sure they would get bit!

Chris was tight to a fish on his first cast and brought a nice walleye to the net soon after. They were all dropshotting and had equal chances of hooking up. Ian was probably the newest at this technique and was soon into a fish of his own. As it turned out, this was a large walleye that turned out to be his personal best. At the same time, Chris was once again locked up and managed to bring a high end keeper into the boat for Ian. He was hoping to bring a couple of fish home for dinner and we needed another. I decided to take a few casts as well to see if I could help out and was immediately tight to a heavy fish. Although it wasn’t in the slot, it was a healthy, fat walleye and quickly released after the fight.

With only a few more minutes to go before we had to depart, Scott also hooked into a fish. His fight was a little different than all the others and once at the boat, I realized why. Instead of a walleye, it was a nice smallie and worthy of a pic before being returned to the water. Several casts later, Chris came through with the final fish of the day and added a second keeper to the box. We were officially done!

The musky fishing may not have been what we had hoped for but we did salvage the day! With very little time remaining, I somehow managed to put them on catchable fish. At least everyone had their turn at a bent rod and Ian would be having fresh fish for dinner tonight! I only wish we had of switched up sooner as there’s no telling how many fish they could have landed! Gotta love Musky!

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Well, back out again soon, just didn’t happen as quickly as I had hoped! After over 2 weeks of not being on the water due to the conditions, Val & I were finally able to give it another try. This time we were fishing in much warmer temps and little to no wind. Would the fish still bite?

We hit the water at 10:30 for Val’s half day trip and were fishing not long after. I had decided to try a little trolling to see what was going on and we were quickly into a good fish. Val managed to bring a fat walleye into the boat that was returned after a couple of pics. This was going to be a great day!

Well we trolled for quite a while before our next bite but it was worth the wait as Val brought another good over to the net once again. We may not have been seeing tons of action but the fish that were being caught were definitely good ones!

I eventually stopped on one of the waypoints I had to try a little drop shotting. We were in an area that held fish and I wanted to see if we could catch a few more by fishing slower. Right on cue, I had a heavy fish on the line but unfortunately it just came unhooked on the way to the boat. Val on the other hand managed to get bit and landed a good high end keeper that made its way into the well for dinner tonight.

We had spent most of our time with the dropshot technique today and it definitely paid off. Several more quality fish were landed and released in the time we remained. Unfortunately there was only one other walleye that was small enough to keep and it joined its friend in the tank as well. The remainder of the fish were all too big but really nice quality eyes! They were definitely feeding up for the winter with the bellies they had!

Today was an excellent weather day, but I only wish there was a little more action. Plenty of fish were landed despite all the missed strikes and light hits. Val even managed to catch a bonus smallie from the same area that we should have photographed. It was a pale bass but still a good one too! Overall a successful outing that proved to be a painless one with the great weather we received. Hopefully there’ll be a few more good days left in this season too!

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Val was back today for the afternoon but on a different puddle. We were hoping to repeat what had happened last Friday and decided to get an earlier start. We would be fishing from 10:00 till almost 4:00, looking for those golden fish. The question was, would they cooperate again?

Right out of the gate on probably the first or second cast, we had a bite. Unfortunately it didn’t get hooked up and it took several casts again before the next bite. This fish also got off on a jump and I realized that it wasn’t really what we were after. It’s always nice to get the bonus bass bite, but we were after walleye!

In the first hour or so we didn’t have much action, but we were still able to put a couple of keeper eyes in the livewell for Val tonight. The opposing winds to the current flow had fish positioned differently and I needed to make some adjustments in order to get bit. Once I realized what they were doing, some larger fish started to bite. We both landed bigger eyes but it was the keepers we were after!

I moved around plenty, covering water in search of more fish and we had just that. Too bad most of them were either missed strikes or just fish coming off. We even did a little trolling and Val managed to land one of the biggest walleye of the day. This was to be the only bite using this technique and we opted to return to casting once again. There was definitely more action this way!

For the remainder of the day, we stuck with casting and several more big walleye were caught. Along with them, there were a couple of other high end keepers, but the missed fish were just insane. I don’t remember ever losing so many fish with this technique! Most of them were just coming off after 5 to 10 seconds, on the way to the boat. Right up until the last cast, they kept falling off! I was actually glad when the day ended as I don’t know how much more of this torture I could have taken!

Although the fishing wasn’t what we had expected, it was still pretty good. Plenty of action, just not as many fish landed as we had hoped! All I know is the next time I get back out I will want a little redemption! Look out fish, I’ll be back soon!

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Scott, John & Chris joined me today for another fun day on the water. What started out as a rainy one soon turned into just overcast skies for the duration. The strong winds would be a different story however as they forecasted gusts over 30 knots for the afternoon. I would have to move around and find sheltered areas to fish!

They began tossing baits on current breaks and Scott hooked up on his very first cast. His fish was a real good one and a great starter fish. Generally it’s bad luck to catch a fish on the first cast, but this area had plenty. He was soon into another one slightly smaller a few casts later and things were about to get ugly. John also began catching bass and within the first hour they landed a bunch. It was just Chris that hadn’t brought one to the boat yet and he wasn’t about to either. We decided to make a move for unforeseen reasons and were heading somewhere to fish walleye instead!

I set them all up with drop shot rods and made a demo cast on what to do. Within 30 seconds I was tight and the first of many walleye was landed! For the next several hours, fish after fish came aboard, but they were mostly small to medium sized keepers. I wanted something bigger and made a few moves looking for the larger fish. One spot produced a huge northern for me as I was also spot casting new areas. It had to be the largest pike I had seen in a while and even worthy of a pic. They got into many more walleye from here as well, with most of them being larger than the previous spot we had fished.

It was looking like the forecasts were right for winds as they began to blow big in the early afternoon. We were fishing an area now that was in the open and could feel the strength of the blow! It wasn’t easy to fish in these gusts and I decided to move back to slightly sheltered water, in order to feel the subtle bites. We would just have to remain here until some of the gusts subsided, before hitting another area nearby.

The afternoon was now closing in on our departure and I decided to hit another place before we had to go. Despite the winds still being big, I thought we’d give it a try. Well I guess it was the right decision as Chris managed to hook up on a giant smallie soon after we had arrived. It was a nice change from all the walleye he had previously caught and a beast of a bass. In fact, I believe it was his personal best smallie too! Scott also hooked into one of his own at the same time and I really thought we were into an area that was loaded. After landing both of them and taking several pics, they were looking for more. Unfortunately all they could come up with were several walleye before we were done.

This day was filled with plenty of fish regardless of the big winds and by seeking somewhat sheltered areas to fish, we were able to fish comfortably. There may not have been tons of bass caught, but the ones they did manage to land were good ones. Chris’s monster was just the icing on the cake after all the walleye they reeled in. Today’s action was practically nonstop throughout the day with very little slow times and they were even taking a few of the smaller eyes home to eat tonight! Just another great day for fishing!

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Val was back again today but this time he was with me for the entire day. Although we started later than I am use to we were still going to be fishing longer than usual. Hopefully he would have a great time catching both bass and walleye!

We headed to the first area in hopes of a quick hook up and that we did. On a demonstration cast, I was tight to a good one and immediately handed him the rod to fight the bass. It wasn’t long after bringing in the fish that he began to hook up on his own and numbers of smallmouth were landed. A few of them were really good ones too!

I knew with this nice weather that we would be having company and tried to focus on one area as much as I could. Unfortunately it wasn’t long before the boats started coming and we were forced to relocate and change up the techniques we were using. I decided to move away from the others and try a little further offshore. After landing several more bass it became insane with boats and we had to pick a spot that I hadn’t really fished hard this year. Despite landing a few other smaller bass from this area, I wasn’t feeling the love! We were going to make another move and switch to another species. It’s always bad when a client says “let’s get out of here, it’s way too crowded”!

We made the long run to our next area and were both glad we had decided to move. At least here we would be alone and able to fish wherever we wanted!

I tried one place and didn’t stay too long when we weren’t able to hook anything. The second area however was loaded and for the next couple of hours, plenty of fish were landed. In fact, Val had no trouble getting a limit of eaters for him to take home! We were into them good now but weren’t able to land anything of size from here. It took right up until almost the last ten minutes before Val actually got into a quality eye. He could tell by the weight that it was better than all the others we had seen. This would be our first fish from here that was photo worthy!

Despite all the boats out today, we were still able to get into plenty of fish. I would have liked to stay fishing smallies a little longer, but the heavy traffic had us pulling the plug early. Thankfully I had a backup area that kept producing for the rest of the day. In the end, Val managed to catch plenty of fish and that’s all that counts. Another day without any wind with Val was also a great thing!