Yami and I hit the water at Geneva at 3:30A for our second annual Fall trip. The temp was a blistering 38 degrees, but we were dressed warm. We started with buzzbaits, then trolled cranks, then tried loud jerkbaits......nothing. Finally I put on a Mops7 Special (Senko) and was hooked up within 5 minutes
Yami switched up to plastics too, but until sunrise we could get nothing but rockies. After the sun came up it was buzzbait time.
I caught another on a jerkbait and Yami then broke out a spinnerbait and caught a smallie and this guy
Later in the morning we decided to head out to Delavan and luckily the pike were willing to cooperate.
The wind was pounding into Lakelawn. This guy came in the first couple minutes
Then Yami outdid me with this 35 1/2'' on his first cast with his new favorite lure
A few minutes later he added this 32''
We were getting tons of snakes so I decided to give the bass a whirl
Yami on a Yami
Trolling a Husky Jerk
We stayed the night at Lakelawn Resort and Coyote met us there at 6. The weather was terrible and Mike had to work later in the afternoon so he never made it out. Yami and I finally got on the water at about 8:30. On about my 10th cast I had a fish bite through my 50lb leader casting a Super Shad Rap. It was a clean, sharp cut. Maybe it was weakened prior, I don't know. After a few more snakes I tied on a Jake and viola
St. Paticks Day Pike
Yami caught a bunch of bass this size
All in all it was a great little trip. The fish aren't quite in the feedbag mode, but they are getting close
I think I wore Yami out