Some decent Smallies...

[WatterBoy]

Not sure why, but finding the fish was a grind this past weekend. We had some real close friends of ours at our cabin with us, and 4 of the 6 of them like to fish. That meant 3 different outings on both Friday and Saturday and one more on Sunday to get everyone on the water as much as possible. So, as the guide, I was "stuck" fishing most of the weekend.

The best fish of the weekend came about 10 minutes before sunset on Saturday when it took down my Pop-R in my favorite sunset topwater spot for Smallies. It weighed 4lb 4oz and was 18.5" -- my first 4 pound SM of the year.



Earlier in the same outing, in almost the same spot, our friend caught this 3lb 14oz, 18.0" Smallie on a fluke.



The only other photo-worthy fish came the following morning. We had just finished working a shoreline and were going to head to a weedbed before packing it in for the weekend. As I went to stow my rod on the opposite side of the boat from where I'd been fishing, I noticed a dark "object" that I thought was a fish. The light ripple on the water was enough to keep me from being sure it was a fish until I saw it move. I couldn't see it after it headed away from the boat at an angle, but I cast my Zoomie a bit in front of the direction it headed. A few seconds later I was hauling my second-best Smallie of the year into the boat -- another 18.5 incher, but not nearly as fat as the one the night before, and only 3lb 10oz this time.