Red Childress
08-27-2016, 06:46 PM
We had action each day with very few daily followers. The fish we did see were very nice so that was enough to keep us motivated. Everything that thought about eating, did just that. The wind and waves were big for 5 of 6 days with rain, blue skies, lightning and tornadoes. Wind direction changed 3 times and kept us moving from spot to spot to avoid floaters which was a blessing because it forced us to adapt and explore. We found some awesome new water to fish and waypointed a ton of stuff. According to the walleye and perch guys, they were struggling as well so we came away with most of our ego intact. Aside from not achieving my goal of casting-up a 55" fish, it was a blast.
Quick story to share......On Wednesday evening, we had storms move through our area. As we watched the storm move up the lake from the South (at around 630pm), we wanted to fish really bad. I had netted a big fish the day before (see pic below) and earlier we had decided to spend our evening shift in that area. The only thing we had to decide was if we should fish or head to the apartment. We eventually packed up and left. We spend the next couple of hours having a beverage and watching this massive death cloud move up the lake in front of us bringing some big rain too. The next morning we turned on the 5am news and tornadoes had hit southern Ontario area......the area very close to where we wanted to fish. (A great friend and walleye pro had always warned me about the unpredictability of Great Lakes storms and I sure am glad we got out of there.) There are smarter ways to die than holding a 9ft. graphite rod in the middle of a 227,000 acre lake during a T-storm. :)
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Quick story to share......On Wednesday evening, we had storms move through our area. As we watched the storm move up the lake from the South (at around 630pm), we wanted to fish really bad. I had netted a big fish the day before (see pic below) and earlier we had decided to spend our evening shift in that area. The only thing we had to decide was if we should fish or head to the apartment. We eventually packed up and left. We spend the next couple of hours having a beverage and watching this massive death cloud move up the lake in front of us bringing some big rain too. The next morning we turned on the 5am news and tornadoes had hit southern Ontario area......the area very close to where we wanted to fish. (A great friend and walleye pro had always warned me about the unpredictability of Great Lakes storms and I sure am glad we got out of there.) There are smarter ways to die than holding a 9ft. graphite rod in the middle of a 227,000 acre lake during a T-storm. :)
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