Turn up the heat!

Holy cow is it hot out side! We had another day on the water chasing Northern Pike and Largemouth Bass. I had three guys in the boat that I have not seen in a long long time. These three use to be guests at our families resort , all with kids.

The day started out with absolutely NO wind. I was thinking " Oh boy here we go again!". One of the guys ( Dave ) was looking for a larger Northern Pike so I set him up with....you guessed it.....the Dixie Dancer spinnerbait. This bait out performs ANY spinnerbait on the market. I challenge you to prove that statement wrong.

David started right away with a fish and surprised us all. this was Dave we were talking about...he doesn't catch fish I'm told....lol. The absence of wind was going to make this tough. We ventured down the weed line picking up some smaller pike. But no big ones....yet.

I was throwing everything under the sun ( what a bright sun it was ) including some plastics for the bass . The fish just wouldn't respond to even Power Worms . I decided to use something I haven't thrown in quite some time, Zoom Baits Big Critter Craw. The minute I put this thing on I had fish hitting it over and over again. Not to my surprise the fish just wouldn't hold onto it. They wouldn't hold on to anything for too long. I suppose I could have thrown a live leach and bobber at them but I just can't do that. I finally ended up catch a few bass with one being on the larger side but we still needed a little wind.

We ended up catching fish but didn't get that big fish until I decided to move locations and saw Davey struggling with a bigger pike in front of the Lund. His rod was bent over the side of the boat and the drag was singing sweet music. I landed the fish and he was pretty happy and EXCITED. Remember is was saying he is full of energy..........I mean FULL.

After a high five and some pics taken ( not with my camera....forgot ) we headed for a new location. About twenty casts into it the David B. show began again. I saw his black and orange spinnerbait disappear and told him to set the hook. He did a great job at the hook set and the fish came out of the water. It was a good 3 1/2 pounds and Dave was getting excited. I told Dave if the fish starts to jump to lower his rod into the water and reel the fish back down. As soon as I finished my sentence the fish did the same thing...right out of the water and Dave forget most of what I said. But that's ok cause he was right in the middle of a battle.

All in all it was a decent day but still not what I wanted but again the guys were happy an that's all that matters. It was so good to see these gentleman again after sooo many years. I just wish I would have taken pics with my camera to post but maybe next time.

Stay tuned for my next post. Muskie fishing on Deer Lake with a retired president of Budwiser! This will be our third trip this year and should be fun.

Be safe and keep your lines tight!!

Great day with Great people!!!

Last night I logged on to the Weather Cannel to see what was in store for us for this morning. It said north winds from 4-8 mph and high of 71 F. Well they were close on the temp but failed miserably with the wind. The trees were blowing with gust up to 15-20.

With the colder temps I decided to slow things down a bit and try some Texas rigged Power Craws with a 1/8th oz. weight. Jeff and Marty from Duluth, MN had on a couple of spinnerbaits tied on. Marty's first cast with a Dixie Dancer produced a very nice largemouth. I was thinking " I hope this works all day" but soon realized we all should be throwing crawdads. After changing the the guys lures we started putting some fish in the Lund. Marty was on fire after figuring out how these fish were biting. Jeff was soon to catch up. A little while later and more pictures taken, the guys switched spots and now Jeff was on the bow deck ready to rock and roll. It didn't take long for Jeff to show his fishing prowess . Several pictures and hand shakes later we decided to move out of the wind. By this time the fishing slowed and we decided to call it a day.

I am not sure how many fish we ended up with but Marty said he stopped counting his after 9 or 10. Jeff was right in there with some pretty big fish. Me, I was too busy netting fish , taking pictures and making sure Marty was having a good time ( inside joke ) .

This was an unexpected great day on the water with some good guys. It's tough to call these guys clients when they are truly good  friends. My  family looks forward to these two families checking in at our resort and is sad when the week is over.

Thanks again to the wives for waking these guys up and for giving permission for them to go!

Be safe and keep a tight line!

Eric
www.northstarguideservice.com

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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