I headed out to comb the beaches in search of pre-spawn smallmouth bass.
When I left the house the air temperature was 60 degrees and
by the time I got to Presque Isle State Park it was 45 degrees.
Needless to say, this did not help my cause. Lol I knew fishing
would be tough and it would be compounded by the NNE winds.
I did not get to the first bay on the Isle until 1030 on purpose.
The one reason was the weather. I
needed the rain to pass through because no one enjoys fishing in the rain when
the temps are in the 40’s lol.
I would only use
the eggbeater here and I had hopes to fish Elk Creek in the late afternoon, but
those hopes were crushed by the storm.
They had some type
of fishy tourney for Yakers this day and even knowing the weather was dismal
they were out in good numbers.
I did see some guys
doing well with a Carolina rig and 3” creek chubs. They caught some nice walleyes and really
decent smallmouth. Not my fave style of fishing, but they where putting on a
clinic.
I did get a hit though
on my soft paddle tail swim bait, but that would be all I would get all
day. I was satisfied with that, at least
it was something.
I hiked about 4
miles of shoreline. I was nice to see the different waterfowl. This area is a huge
migratory birding area.
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