Hi folks, Guided up north for a full day out of my boat yesterday. Took 3 generations from 1 family fly fishing for bass and pike. Nice day with mixed sun and clouds and very little breeze. Water temperature in the lake we fished was 69 degrees to 71 degrees. Water temperature is heating up quickly this year and really need some. Our streams are pretty darn low. The lake we fished yesterday is pretty clear and we had a ton of fun sight fishing. Saw a lot of abandoned beds from bass. Looks like a lot of fish have already spawned and a bit early this year. all of the smallmouth we landed were post spawn fish. We started out early am with popper fishing. Love catching smallies off the top. Our first 3 fish were northern pike who ate the surface fly. Amazingly enough we did get broken off. When finally got into the smallmouth we caught a lot of fish. Landed well over 20 fish and missed as many. We also caught ans released a huge 14.5" crappie, yellow perch, rock bass, and a 2.5lb largemouth bass. The largest smallmouth fo the day was 18" We landed several fish in this size range. Most of the fish were holding on the first drop off from shore. Hard bottom with rock and weed was the ticket. Once the sun got bright over head we switched to brightly colored streamer flies that you could see moving in the water and the fish coming up to eat them. Often we would set the hook based on seeing the fish open its mouth. Red and white, chartruse and copper, and orange and yellow were the colors of the day. Good fishing and am going to do it again today with guests. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. Have Fun, Willy
