Did someone say rain?

This August started out with a bang! Holy cow did we get rain! I think most needed a snorkel just to find our way around. I believe we ended up with around 3-4 inches over night on Sunday making the fishing a little slower than I would like. But we still went out a gave it a shot.

I would be fishing with two teenage boys from the Duluth area. This is their second outing with me as I have been guiding theirs dads for the past 8 years or so ( maybe even longer but ya know time flies ). Brady and John wanted to try for some Large Mouth Bass and Northern Pike so thats what we did.....tried. We hopped in the Lund and were on our way. The boys started throwing the trusty Dixie Dancer Spinner Baits and I was using a Berkley Power Worm. After about 10 casts , John ended up landing a pike that would find the livewell. I was thinking " OK this wouldn't be so bad", I was wrong....it was. I landed two nice bass with the worm and Brady was still working hard.

I ended up moving with the intention of returning to this area that has produced so many fish in the past. I have posted people pics in previous blog that were on this same lake. Brady ended up breaking the ice with a respectable northern. John was still living on the memory of that first and only fish at that time. We started to pull a few more fish but still wasn't what I wanted for them. These kids are a blast to have in the boat. Nice job on the ipod boys!!!

By days end Brady ended up with about eight pike, I finished with 4 pike and two bass while Johnnie only has that one fish to remember. I think he gets that from uncle Jeff.

Today is my day off and then I have the dads on Thursday. Still not sure what they want to chase as this is a common question with these guys right up to the last second....lol. We may go for walleyes or Jeff may get his way and go for bass. It's a coin toss. I will try to get some pics to post being that the boys didnt get theirs taken.

I want to thank the boys mother as I know they are the ones who got the two ready on time cause their dads must have been sleepin'.

Lets hope the weather stays stable and the fish are biting! Stay tuned for further post from Thursday and Friday.

Be safe and keep your lines tight,

Eric

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