Blazing Birthday Beatdown

Well, another brutal day on the water again today! No wind, current or any movement at all for Dan, the birthday boy! We had blazing sunshine and insane heat & humidity, all day long! Thankfully the fish were on fire too!

We started out with a really slow drift, float fishing and caught bass, walleye and a strange bonus catfish. When the floating weeds became more than we could handle, I brought him to a smallmouth spot I hadn’t fished in quite a while. I wasn’t sure what it would be like with the huge drop in our water level, but apparently the fish weren’t affected. In fact, they were more than willing to hit top water and other baits fished from the surface to the bottom. We remained here for several hours and then headed back to where we began in hopes of fewer floaters.

The drifts had to be aided by the electric motor, otherwise it would have been like being anchored! After one painful pass, I decided to raise the roof to escape some of the heat. It was still painful but at least we had some shade! The fish were also slow but we managed several more walleye and bass before we called it quits. Neither of us could take this any longer and by 4:00 we were done! We had roasted long enough and were looking forward to something with air conditioning!

Today was a great fishing day filled with plenty of action. Both walleye and bass with a few extras thrown in just for fun! Dan also landed perch, pike and of course that bonus catfish! I know this flat, hot low water won’t last forever, but hopefully we won’t have a hurricane with winds from the wrong direction. Unfortunately, you just never know!