8th Birthday Bash on Erie!

Joshua and Alex came for a visit and booked a half - day trip. They were happy to catch anything that was biting but wanted to fish smallmouth and try for walleye if conditions were right. With the wind being light we headed out in the main lake to try for walleye first. It didn’t take Joshua long to hook our first fish of the day, a beautiful 4.5 lb walleye! Wanting to get Alex her first walleye, we made another pass and, after catching a drum, bingo, her first keeper sized walleye hit the net! First half of the plan- SUCCESS! Phase two was to target smallmouth on rock piles and drop offs. Joshua again started us off, boating a beautiful smallmouth and his action remained steady for most of the remainder of the trip. He even tusseled with, and eventually landed an 8lb drum! Alex started slow then continually built up steam boating several beautiful smallmouth including the biggest one of the day! She definitely figured out how to catch them! All in all a pleasant morning with perfect Buffalo summer weather and great clients to boot! I eagerly await future adventures with two new friends!

Took a couple local boys out for a night walleye trip last night. Although the bite wasn’t super strong we had plenty of action and a ton of laughs. Jason had the hot hand boating several quality walleye (the first he’s ever caught). Nick was a last minute substitute and, although he didn’t boat a walleye, he seemingly caught every other species including a couple beautiful smallmouth bass. Just a fantastic night on the water.

Carol, husband Jason and son Brennen came from Arkansas to test their angling skills on Erie. Jason started off hot and maintained a steady catch rate all day! In all my years on the water I’ve never seen hooksets like his! Not only did he lose very few fish, the ones he did land were most likely suffering from mild concussions! Carol just stayed steady all day catching many quality fish. In the process she hooked and eventually lost not only the biggest fish of the day but one of the biggest hooked on this boat in quite some time! Brennen had a good day as well, boating several quality fish. Perhaps the story of his day is how he lost several quaity fish early then kept up his patience, improving his technique - eventually landing the majority of his fish including two smalles on our final drift! All in all a great day with a wonderful family! Three more friends gained!