Christine wanted to surprise her husband Tom with a walleye fishing trip for his birthday. After initially not being very comfortable with fishing at night, she eventually changed her mind. I’m glad she did and so was Tom! Tom caught his first walleye in quite some time as well as the biggest of the night! Christine caught her first walleye ever and mixed in a very nice smallmouth too boot! Two more friends added to the growing list. I look forward to them returning in the future!

Dawnell thought her son Cash would love to go fishing, something he definitely did a lot more of as a very young man. Up from WV on vacation, they decided to drag boyfriend Zach along. 2nd group from WV in a row to jump onboard. The three of them laid a beat down on the fish catching the biggest of two species of fish for the year so far. An 11 lb drum (aka sheephead or gaspergou) and a 5 lb slob of a smallmouth! The friendly banter and obvious closeness of this group made the day very fun! Ended the day with somewhere north of 30 fish total! Had a boat first triple header and a duble header to boot! Ok Two smallmouth over the 20” trophy season regulation! Great day on the water!

Abby surprised her fiancé, now husband, Bryce, with a smallmouth trip for Christmas. Turns out both of them are accomplished anglers. Even on a slow bite they managed a 20 fish day! Caught em deep, caught em shallow, caught em in between. Super nice young people with strong family values. I antipate them staying together a long time! Great day on the big lake!