Friday Morning Sept 19th Report
Fished this morning with first timers Dan Distazio and his 2 clients Steve and Jeremy. We started out at 5:30 am prior to daybreak making a few trolling passes with large spinner baits. Unfortunately the fish didn't think our offerings looked as appetizing as we figured they were.
As soon It got light out I switched over to my whopper stoppers and made a couple more long passes. Seems that the pike were still in a sleepy mood having not gotten even one bump. I explained to the guys that is hard for the guide to convince first timers that a system works if you just give it time. Therefore I put it up to them if they wanted to pay their dues and hope for results or change tactics and go for the smallmouth.
The first two votes were to go for the smallies, but Jeremy called for one more pass. The others agreed and we continued or quest. It didn't take long and the first pike struck and was boated. Then the second pike was hauled into the boat. Looks like the pike were starting to move. Steve who hadn't caught one yet and had only received one short strike was waiting patiently. At that point I decided to switch a second rod to the hot color and it paid off. Steve's rod got a smash and I flipped the motor into neutral as the reel's drag kept slipping. Steve only shouted "it's a big fish" about 4 times and sounded like John Gillespie.
I of course told him he probably just snagged a pike or he's got a 4 lb pike with 5 lbs of weeds on it. NO MAN! yelled Steve, "I've caught enough big musky to tell when I have a big fish on". I finally conceded to Steve that I was just kidding with him, I reached for the net and Steve's beautiful pike was in the boat. Since it wasn't cloudy and the chop was mild it was time to move on with the position of the sun rising.
As usual my routine was seeking out some bronze backs and we found them and began to score. Actually they weren’t turning bronze yet with water temps staying warm, but as temps drop and the big feed is on you'll notice the difference in colorations. We caught all our smallmouth anchored with crawlers out fishing leeches. 31 ft worked best. The clock was approaching 12:15 and I had my 2 afternoon trip guys waiting at the dock so we had to wrap it up. Good trip, good fishing and good company. What more could one ask for.
Friday Afternoon Sept 19th Report
Waiting at the dock at 12:30 pm were Marty Joyce and his pal Roy. The guys wanted to search out the pike for a while, so we gave it a shot even with the hot sun and lack of cloud cover and light winds not being in our favor. We tried and we failed with conditions not being conducive to the task. Better to have tried and lost than to have never tried at all. (sounds good anyhow).
Decided to swing over to the South shore and visit some smallies. We anchored on a very steep break where we could cast over one side and cover 27 to 20 ft while casting over the other side and covering 27 to 35 ft. Most of the action came straight under the boat in 26 to 29 ft as the boat would swing from left to right. We caught enough smallies to keep the boys busy even though the size of a 14 to 17 inch average was below expectations. The 4 hrs flew by fast and my guys learned some new techniques that they were happy about.
See ya on the water,
Lee
***Poets talk about "spots of time", but it is really the fishermen who experience eternity compressed into a moment. No one can tell what a spot of time is until suddenly the whole world is a fish and the fish is gone. I shall remember that son of a bi*ch forever.
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