An afternoon trip saw a strong north easterly wind greeting us as we headed on the water. Pierre & Charles were in for a tough bite as the water temps had dropped significantly, causing the fish to be lethargic. I barely found 60 degrees in most areas and had to try slower speeds and various baits to get bit. I did however locate one area that had over 62 degrees and concentrated here for most of our time. There were many fish landed but very few keeper sized walleye. It’s not always a bad thing when the fish are too big, but they were hoping to bring a few home for dinner! By the time we were all done, they had enough for a good meal and many others were released to grow even bigger. Oddly enough the walleye made up for 80% of the catch today. Not many pike for a change and that was perfectly fine by me! A tough but very rewarding day on the water!

Patrik & Christan were in Montreal for a conference and decided to fish with me today. They had flown all the way from Sweden & Finland and wanted to experience Canadian fishing.  Despite the cold water and slow bite, they still managed to catch a bunch of good pike & walleye. Trolling accounted for the bulk of the fish today but a few were also caught casting hard baits too. A slower than expected but successful day nonetheless!

I was back on the water with Darren today after testing the boat out last week with my wife. It was nice having a working motor again! We were going for bass this morning with a change to walleye by afternoon. Hopefully they would both work out and we would have some success!

The first spot had us directly in big wind and heavy current, but Darren managed a few quick bites with one nice smallie. Several others were also landed but there were more misses than hookups! We moved around a bunch and even switched up presentations to get additional bites after leaving the area. We were having a hard time holding and I didn’t want to burn the batteries out too early in the day!

Sometime after midday we relocated to another area much further away. I knew we would be able to get into some walleye here and hopefully a few more good bass. It wasn’t long before the first eye was hooked into and it entered the livewell for Darren to bring home. Several more were also landed and a few of them joined the other one as well. Along the way, a couple of bass were caught that were definitely quality and worthy of pics. When the action slowed from here, I decided to change locations and unfortunately only perch were caught.

Time was dwindling out for our day and I decided to go back to where we had started earlier. Apparently it was the right decision! We finished out a limit of walleye and returned several others much bigger before we were done!

Today was another great one with slower action, but plenty of good fish. We may have had to work harder than I had expected but in the end it was another successful fishing day. Hopefully Mother Nature will bless us with a few more before I am done. Water temps are pretty warm for this time of year and there’s still plenty of fish to be caught, before freeze up. I’m sure I’ll be back with a few more happy guests in the weeks to come!!

I was back out today after watching the nicest fall weekend pass me by. Motor issues had me off the water and I had to take Scott out in his boat instead. Cory and Manson were with us as well and we were going to make the best of a bad situation! I only hoped the fish would cooperate!

We headed out in sunshine and flat calm conditions, making for a smooth ride to our first spot. They started with dropshot rigs and only managed to miss a few bites. It wasn’t until I changed up techniques that the fish began to come aboard. Cory even landed his personal best! It made the trophy list that the others both had from previous years of fishing with me. It was a giant! Everyone managed to catch a bunch of bass and walleye but Cory definitely had the hot hand today.

By late afternoon the fishing had slowed down, so I decided to make a long run to another area. It was here that we would be spending the remainder of the time catching fish! Plenty of walleye came aboard with several good smallies as well. Double headers and even a few triples were seen in the time we remained. If we had of been keeping fish they would have all had their limits!

Without having to drive home with my boat in tow, I decided to hold out a bit longer and arrived back at the launch by 4:00. It’s always hard to leave when the fish are biting and they were definitely chewing this afternoon. In fact we left them biting!

Scott, Manson & Cory saw a different day today after spending 4 hours yesterday with only a handful of fish to show for their efforts. This was like the Olympics to them with high numbers for everyone! I only hope that I can get back out in my boat again before this year ends. I will be making a decision on what to do tomorrow but I know it won’t be cheap. I may have to bite the bullet for this year despite how good it still is. We’ll just have to wait & see!!