Asher the Smasher!

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!

Cory visited from Oklahoma with his wife to see the Falls and see what smallmouth bass on Lake Erie were all about. Leaving his wife to sleep in we ventured out in some windy conditions. It was immediately apparent that Cory was an experienced angler and that proved essential on a stingy bite. We gave it everything we had and he did fantastic. He boated many smallmouth in a variety of sizes, tossed in a couple largemouth and basically wore his arms out hooking many giant drum. The only thing missing was his wife! Well make her come out next time they’re near Buffalo! Made another friend in the process.

Ryan gave his son Wes a gift of a full day charter. Early fears of cold, excessively windy conditions were put to rest. Braving the cold Erie NE wind and morning temperature of 49 degrees, we set out expecting a tough bite. Well, the smallmouth had other ideas. Ryan dropped his lure to the bottom and in less than 20 seconds was hooked up with a big bass just shy of 4 lbs! Not to be out done, Wes hooked his first before his dad released his fish! The battle between father and son continued back and forth until later in the day the young buck gradually surged ahead! In the process also boating the biggest of the day! Ended up with over 40 fish total combined! Tough bite? I think not! Today proved that there’s still plenty of good families out there and thst father / son trips are anong my favorite. Just an outstanding day on the water!