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It's called fishing because you just never know
Outdoors Columnist I was at the baitshop picking a few chubs the other morning when a fellow guide walked in. The day before I had seen him on the same lake I was on. I asked him how he did.
"Pretty well," he said. "It really helped me decide on where to fish today."
My customers had caught about a half-dozen northerns and a 22.5-inch walleye and then we pulled up and went to Mille Lacs. I wasn't going to go back to that lake, but when the other guide told me had done pretty well it made me realize I probably just never found a hungry school of fish.
That's part of fishing. You never know how things are going to be from one day to the next, especially this year.
No matter who you are or how long you've been fishing, it just really doesn't make sense sometimes. With all the electronics and all the fancy baits and sensitive rods, you still need some cooperation from the fish.
There aren't any secret spots anymore so what it boils down to is who finds the hungry school first. Sometimes it's me, sometimes Tim, sometimes Butch, sometimes Tim H. and sometimes it's none of the above. It might be a competitor that finds them or it might be your neighbor, but whatever the case I have realized there's one thing for certain: there's a lot of uncertainty in this game of fishing.
For example, the other day we were on Mille Lacs fishing bass and I had one of my clients throw to a specific spot. He was beat to the punch by his co-worker and wham! a 43-inch muskie on a senko. It was pretty cool to see the fish get landed with 8 pound braided line.
Q: Walleyedan, when you're jigging for walleye's with braided line, do you tie the line directly to your jig?
A: No. I'm going to try it, but normally I use a barrel swivel and a 2-foot fluorocarbon leader.
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