Saturday October 23rd (Balsam), Small mouth were hungry

[flexkk]

This was my last trip to fish this season. We went to pull boat out, but first had to fish for the day. It was an amazing day weather wise , cold start lots of frost ,but very light winds. The small mouth were hungry and even caught a bonus pike. I took my daughters boyfriend with me , we had a great day to end the season. I have fished almost every weekend since walleye opener and enjoyed 3 weeks vacation as well but time to get some neglected things done around the house and hope its a good start to the hard water season. I just figured out how to post pictures on here so i hope they show up.

[flexkk]

Another smallie

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Another

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Pike

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Daughters boyfriend with a nice bass

[crappeeeman]

Really nice pictures of those fish. If I take pictures at night they usually turn out blurry. I guess I should hire a photographer. Sure looked like a perfect day on the water.

[flexkk]

Thanks CM it was a great a great day considering it is nearing the end of October . It helps to have someone else taking the pictures as well.

[Jerkbaiter]

Awesome pictures and nice chunky bass and decent pike you guys got !

Great way to close the season , that’s for sure !

Smallies like sunny weather but catching pike on balsam on a calm sunny day is another story

Well done !

[flexkk]

Thanks JB it sure was a great way to end the season. The bass were like footballs and hungry. It was a beautiful day as well water was 55 , it was warmer than the air. Good luck with your fall fishing yet to come.

[metalbuckle]

Well done flexkk

Nice bass.. Beauties.. Looks like a great time and lake looks perfect!

It was a very nice fall day..

Thanks for the report..

[flexkk]

Thanks Metalbuckle
It sure was a nice day and great end to the season,hope to continue reports next season at least i know how to add photos now. I have enjoyed learning from the posts on here the last two seasons. There are some great fishermen on here.

[Rook]

Great day for you. I was also out in my canoe drifting along a weedbed south of the Park. Managed one largie and one smallie. Just casting a spinnerbait and sometimes casting and twitching a rapala. Anything really work for you on the lake or did you use a variety of techniques ? It sure was a beauty of a day to be on the lake !!! Rook

[flexkk]

Rook , it was a good day on the lake. All the fish came on weed/rock transition but were on the rock. 8ish FOW ,we tried a variety of baits but live minnows on a 1/4 oz jig head did the damage . They seemed to be not that aggressive to chase other baits ,but inhaled the minnows. We kept a couple and they were stuffed full of crayfish so maybe slowing things down with a drop shot and crayfish plastics or something like that would work. Also there were only a few panfish around so worms may have worked as well on a jig head. Even the pike came on jig and minnow . Hope this helps.

[Rook]

many thanks for the input...live bait isn't something I go to...will have to keep an eye out for those transition areas !! THANKS