Tough But Rewarding Fishing

Jim & Marie were back for their second day but this time the winds were out of the SE at the start. The waves were crashing on the boat ramp for the start and it looked ugly! Some of them even came in over the back of the boat when I launched making for a great start to the day!

I wasn’t sure where I would be able to fish with the big SE and decided to try a small area in the middle of the lake surrounded by shallow water. Unfortunately after fishing it for close to an hour without any success, I was forced to relocate. It wasn’t much fun either with the rain falling sideways!

I made a move to a spot close by and despite several bites on a dropshot, we still came up empty. Next move saw us running in heavy rain once again and we headed to deeper water. It was here that we finally began catching some nice bass and I made a few drifts over the rocks. As luck would have it, the wind seemed like it was laying down, making for easier boat control. This didn’t last long however as it was just switching directions. It went from SE to a straight south briefly and finally a bigger SW. We were forced to pull out of this area after catching several good bass from the depths due to impossible boat control.

The rain was off and on, but mostly on as we headed to the place we began in the day before. It was absolutely howling when we arrived and I didn’t know if the fish were still here or if they would even bite again. Jim had a few short strikes but Marie hooked up on her fist cast and brought a really nice bass to the net for a pic. She added several more slightly smaller ones afterwards but not photo worthy! Jim did have a much bigger one on a dropshot but after a couple of jumps, it came unpinned. We stayed as long as we were getting bit but finally decided to head out when the action just died! I was heading back to the ramp briefly for a short lunch break.

It wasn’t until we were about halfway back that I realized just how bad the rollers really were. We were in three & four footers at times and going with them. After a short break at the docks for our lunch break, we headed back out. Fortunately it had at least stopped raining and we had that going for us!

The afternoon was spent fishing open water once gain but this time for walleye. They both managed to catch fish but it was Jim that landed the most and biggest ones this time. He was on fire with all the fish active in this wind and took advantage of their aggressive behaviour. Eventually we decided that enough was enough and pulled the plug a bit earlier than I normally would have. The rain and wind was more than they could handle and we were done.

Despite the terrible conditions today, both Jim & Marie managed to work through the pain and came up with some really nice fish. The afternoon walleye bite was great and I only wish that the waves had of been slightly smaller for Marie to enjoy it more. Overall the two days of fishing may have been tough as far as Mother Nature goes, but we never gave up and kicked some bass and walleye too! Tough but rewarding!