Sturgeon Bay...Nuthin' to see here

[slonezp]

Brief story. Pics are the best I could do seeing as I'm no @A-Jay  I took some crappy long arm shots and selfies because dad's arthritis and lack of tech savyness gives him issues with taking phone pics.

Day 1

Got up to Sister Bay around 3:00 Sunday afternoon. Took care of a few things at my folks summer home and then dumped the boat in the water. Water was 48*. Fished for 3 hours without a bite. Did see some fish cruising the bottom in 17fow, had 1 follow.

Day2

Launched in Sturgeon Bay. Fished an area that is normally productive for an hour without a bite. Headed to Little Sturgeon and got my first bit an hour later. Dad got one as well about 45 minutes later. We're now 3 hours in with 2 fish. Head to another area for a short bit and then headed to where we would spend the rest of the day. 

 

Day 3

Was a bit foggy at the beginning of our trek. Visibility about 20ft. Without the graphs, I would not have been able to launch until 10am when the fog cleared.

Be they fish or humans, the female of the species can be completely turned on one day, and completely shut down the next. Caught 1 female today and a bunch of males.

[Darren.]

Looks like a *fairly* good two days  

Edited May 23, 2018 by Darren.
Gah. DayS plural....

[slonezp]

[Darren.]

1 minute ago, slonezp said:

Yeah, so are you a size 7 or...13? Perspective is everything!! LOL.

 

Would love to have a couple days like that on my local reservoirs.

[slonezp]

I would say our best 5 went 25lbs. Nice thing about the small males is they were all 14-15" and upwards of 2 lbs.

2 minutes ago, Darren. said:

Yeah, so are you a size 7 or...13? Perspective is everything!! LOL.

 

Would love to have a couple days like that on my local reservoirs.

Those are size 12 and that's a buck bass. I sent that to my son because he said the pics I was texting him were of 12" fish LOL.

2 of the females were a solid 5 and one a solid 6. I had a break off at the boat of one I guess would have been over 7

[Yakalong]

looked like a great time 

[lonnie g]

I would take those two days anytime! and with DAD makes it great!nice pics good looking smallies

[Dwight Hottle]

Sounds like your really getting into them. I knew you would get hot sooner or later. 

[slonezp]

20 minutes ago, Dwight Hottle said:

Sounds like your really getting into them. I knew you would get hot sooner or later. 

Timed it right this year. Last year I was too early and the 2 years prior to that I was too late. Ice just left the bay 3 weeks ago and I believe this is the first round of fish to spawn

[Dwight Hottle]

Sometimes timing is everything. Helps to be fishing a world class fishery too.