Bass r on the bite trolling husky jerks in 15 to 20 feet of water!
Trolling is not exactly still fishing. 
You are on the right track by pulling cranks. Was up last week and we caught a lot of fish trolling that 8-15 FOW. Find a weedline for the pike.
-J.
Did anyone make it out?
I took my 9 year old grandson and his friend out on Saturday. Got started about 8 and quit at 2. 26 smallies and 1 northern. 14 of the smallies were 20″ or over. Biggest 3 were 21″ +. Smallest 17″. First cast for friend he got a 19 1/2″. His previous biggest fish ever was 12″ large mouth. Those 2 boys will remember this trip for a long time. Very few other boats out and most of them were trying to tuck in behind points to get out of wind. Boys pulled in all the fish. My job was to net, replace bait s, adjust baits, tie jigs, measure fish, photo, and most important avoid being hooked. I enjoyed myself as much as the boys. All fish were measured and boys would guess lengths. Grandson made a comment on one fish that “it was just another 19 incher”. Think they might have been spoiled?
Wow. That is some good fishing. Way to go taking kids out like that. They will probably remember that day forever. Yeah, I think they might have been spoiled a little bit. Thanks for putting up a report.
Nice job Dahler. Love getting the kids into action like that. I enjoy myself just as much watching my 5 year old son catch fish too. Priceless.
We got out for an hour or so Friday night and a couple hours Saturday in the wind. We had some good waves up on the North end. Got a few incidental walleyes, but also hooked into a big pike on Saturday. The rod bent over and started ripping drag right away – just like getting snagged on a rock. Grabbed the rod and knew it was a big fish. Fought him for 15 min, with multiple long runs. I had to back-reel and even put the boat in reverse to stay close to him. Saw him briefly before he took off again and broke the line. Just too bad he didn’t hit the other rod which was rigged up with a bigger bait and steel leader. Exciting though…
I’m heading up in the morning to hopefully get into some nice smallies. Hoping the rain holds off. Has the bite picked up at all?
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