Hard‑fighting Smallmouth Bass Day

CJ’s 8th Birthday was a huge success. This kid is one heck of a fisherman despite his age! Very smart, funny and respectful young man who listen to instructions and hammered some beauties! Gradma got him this gift, he brought along his mom and prceeded to have him a big day on the water. Started off with a decent drum, caught several outstanding smallmouth and ended the day with a drum over half as tall as he was! His mom Ashley refused to let him have all the fun catching several giant bass herself along the way. All in all a great day on the water.

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.