Guided Craig and Brian for a half day starting at 3:30 pm. I've known Craig now since I think my first or second year of guiding and it's always great to have him onboard. Brian first came along with him a few years ago. Both guys are exceptional tattoo artists! I've had reports all over the map lately, from very hot fishing on Sunday to a very slow bite on Monday. I wasn't sure what to expect on this hot day but was glad the wind was up. We also had a chance of storms/rain in the forecast.
The bite wound up being very good. Brian had the hot hand to start, landing 3 or 4 fish as well as dropping some, and Craig nabbed a nice 29"er as well. Then we had a line of fairly severe thunderstorms move through. I watched the skies like a hawk and with my new (since February) Samsung Galaxy 21 I could bring up the radar (Thankfully I no longer have to bother people for their phones.) We got off the water with time to spare and tied up at the Long Point Marina while waiting for the storm to pass. After we were able to get out again, the wind had died but the fishing and then wind soon perked back up again. Craig wound up with the hot hand "post-storm" landing a 31" laker and a few more and we wound up with a boat total of 9 fish landed and probably as many dropped today.
