I was up for quite some time before Joe finally got up. We had our coffee, ate breakfast, then decided to go bass fishing.
It took us a while to finally get out onto the water, but at 12:30 p.m. we pushed off the boat lift and motored down to the reeds in front of Norm's cabin to begin fishing for largemouth bass. I put the MinnKota electric trolling motor into the water, and began fishing with a spinnerbait. Joe used a 5" Senko rigged Texas style, with no additional weight, on a 3/0 offset hook.
We fished from Norm's all the way north into Bass Bay past the old Hancock place. Joe caught three nice sized largemouth bass and a rock bass, I caught two largemouth but had two more get away. I had one bass all the way to the boat when it leaped into the air and spit the hook. Later, I hooked another bass and it too leaped into the air but this time my line snapped and I not only lost the fish but my spinnerbait as well.
Joe with a nice Leech Lake largemouth bass from Sucker Bay
Two hours after we hit the water we returned home. I got some lunch while Joe did a few things on his own.
By 3:00 p.m. the wind had picked up a bit and was blowing at 8-12 mph out of the SSE. The temperature was 75 degrees and the humidity remained well over 80%. The sky was mostly cloudy with just occasional patches of blue here and there.
I still had a few fatheads left so I decided to go jigging for perch and walleye at 4:45 p.m. Joe elected to stay on shore.
The wind had picked up and was blowing at 10-15 mph out of the SE, but the way we're situated on Sucker Bay, the water at the boat lift was calm, so getting the boat into the water went without a hitch. I motored out toward Second Duck Point in 8 feet of water, deployed the drift sock and let the wind push the boat northward toward our house and outward into deeper water on the bay.
I caught numerous perch, although none big enough to keep, and a small "hammerhandle" sized pike. When I ran out of minnows I came home.
After dinner Joe and I decided to go trolling for walleye, my third time on the water today. We got on the water around 9:00 p.m., about a half an hour after sunset, and began trolling from Second Duck Point southward across Duck Bay.
We watched as the 96% waning moon, just a little less than a full moon, rose in the east and moved up over the lake. We trolled for a full 90 minutes, but other than a couple of "bumps and misses" we were unable to hook any walleye. At last we motored back to the lift and came ashore.
I was pretty tired, so soon after coming in from fishing I called it a night. Tomorrow the forecast is calling for stiff winds and thunderstorms throughout the day. We probably won't go fishing tomorrow, but our plan is to go on an all-day muskie fishing adventure on Wednesday. Until tomorrow...
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