Thanks Fat Boy & Raquettedacker.
Hi guys,
It's been a while since I have been fishing but the family and I went to Fishing Lake for a few hours 2 days this week.
Day 1. June 19th.
We decided to use the boat. Some of the family opted not to fish. My uncle and I did and were on the water by 5:10 pm and going until 9:00pm.
During that time the weather was mostly cloudy with a bit of a wind and some waves from the S. Toward sunset it calmed right down.
Water clarity is still quite good, with the odd bit of brownish orange algae floating with the waves.
The fish must have been in preparation for the upcoming storm, for after only 8 min of trolling and we were into fish.
This is the first fish and biggest walleye of the day, caught by my uncle.
It was a bit over3 lbs.
Once we found them we just anchored in that spot and that's where we spent most of the time and found most of the fish.
The fish were biting fairly steady. My uncle and I got a double header on walleye.
This was an average walleye that day.
There were no other boats on the lake, but, one cabin had quite a few guests and they were all out fishing off shore and also landing fish, so the fish seemed to be eager.
Before we were on the lake we chatted with a cabin owner in the area. He said the fishing has been not bad there for a while and as well at the other lakes in the area.
I also heard that there was a nice 6 lb walleye landed and released a week and a half ago right off shore.
Once we got on the water my uncle caught his largest walleye on a medium Len Thompson spoon, but later lost it on a snag. He then caught his other fish on a double tail grub. I had the best luck on a jig head that I painted myself and did some modification to. I added a clear lip to the jig head which gave the single tale grub I was using a nice tight wiggle that the fish seemed to like.
I also made a few custom crankbaits that I will try sometime this open water season.
In the end we caught 8 pike & 10 walleye .
We also lost 5 more fish that threw the barbless hooks on us as we got them close to the boat or tried to net them.
We kept 4 pike and 4 walleye. They will be a good meal in the next day or so.
The big pike of the day was mine, it's in the middle and my uncles big walleye is on the bottom.
We packed up and were off the lake just as it began to pour rain.
Day 2. June 21st {Summer solstice and first day of summer}
We again returned to the same lake to try our luck.
On the way to the lake we stopped to look at a new whitetail faun and it mom.
This little guy appeared less than an hour old and unable to stand. Mom melted into the trees as I approached, and the fawn crouched down.
I got to about 5 feet and snapped this photo.
Do you see me?
I could probably have touched it, but I didn't want my scent on it in case she abandon her baby. I also didn't want to be a subject in the next When Animals Attack video with the mom deer.
Once we got to the lake the plan was to use the boat again, but, just when you think you have it all figured out, mother nature changes the plans for you, and, we were greeted with strong NW winds and white caps. Not good boating weather, despite the warm temps and sunny skies.
The family and I had a lunch together and I waited until 4:20pm with no signs of it letting up so I decided I would try some shore fishing. Casting was a bit tricky in the strong wind and the lures would not go where I intended, but, despite that, the fish were still around in the murky stirred up waters. I tried one spot for 5 min but kept getting hung up so moved to a new spot a bit down the shore and on my first cast had a little pike on but lost it just as it jumped near the net. A short time later I get another solid hook up and land the first walleye of the day.
This one was at the 3. 5 lb mark.
The next fish was a pike at 4 lbs.
After seeing those 2 fish my uncle joined me and we fished the rest of the afternoon together. Catching fish off and on.
Around 7:30pm the winds finally let up and the lake calmed to just gentle waves. That's when the fish began to feed harder and we were catching them a bit more frequently.
My uncle quit at sunset but I went another 15 min and caught one more fish before leaving.
In the end we had good shore fishing results with myself catching 3 pike & 8 walleye and my uncle 3 pike and 2 walleye with 3 fish getting off on us.
On this day all the fish went back.
There were a few shore anglers further down the shoreline and they were also catching a few fish.
My uncle caught all his fish on a smaller Len Thompson spoon, and I caught mine on a Pelican Lures spoon and on a Storm wildeye swimshad.
All in all it I feel it was a really good 2 days of fishing and I am looking forward to the next trip out.
WW