Cold wind, freezing fingers, runny nose and BIG PIKE!!
Author: Nam Nguyen's Angling Adventures
Pike Craziness!
Getting pike slimed with my cousin, Binh Nguyen. Started the morning twitching jerkbaits with long pauses and burning chatterbaits as it got warmer. The fish were on fire yesterday from 10 to noon!
Cold Front Bassin’
Squeezed in a quick couple hours of bass fishing with my cousin Binh before my niece’s birthday party. With the cold front, fishing was slow, mostly a jig and spinnerbait bite. Fun times!
Farm Island Lake Walleye
Old school style. Rented a basic boat with no trolling motor or depth finder. Did some homework to see areas of potential. Dropped in and jigged an ACME Tackle Company Hyper-Rattle and BINGO! Farm Island Lake 25” brute of a walleye! #fishouflage #acmetackle #hyperrattle
Fishing with a Passion
While observing JT working a small swimbait last night I couldn’t help but reminisce the days I was fishing the same exact spot using the same exact lure over 35 years ago. Seeing his passion, laser focus, jigging and getting that swimbait tail kickin’ I can’t be more happier. He caught his first northern pike and an even bigger one a short time later. Way to go kiddo!
Big Pike on the Lazy Ike
Y’all remember the old vintage Lazy Ike?! I had a couple sitting in my tacklebox and decided to pull them out yesterday. Boy talk about being pike slimed!
Jigging with the Muscle Back Craw for Late-Summer Bass
Bright, clear blue skies, no wind, but the fish were mighty active yesterday. My cousin and I caught and released over 30 bass all between 14″ to 18.5″. All on a jig & craw, wacky worm, topwater frog, and an inline spinner. Enjoy the video!
Like old times…
Back to my roots! Working the shoreline last night on one of my favorite childhood lakes and this one grabbed my piranha swim jig. Some things never change. Fun times!
Big Largies on Independence Day 2021
A fine summer day of bass fishing on Independence Day 2021. Happy 4th everyone!
Big Turtle Lake Smallies 2021
Stacey, Joshua, and I made our fourth family vacation/fishing trip together to Arcadia Lodge up on Big Turtle Lake. This was probably by far our best trip to Arcadia Lodge! We stayed in the Rustic cabin for the second time.
Stacey was brave and went on the new big swing drop and big slide of the many water toys. Joshua loved swimming every day and floating around with his life vest. Ice cream in the lodge was our treat and playing foosball, billiards, and ping pong kept our family entertained for hours. Joshua created another Arcadia tie-dye shirt to add to his collection. Stacey and I are going to make our own shirts next year.
Weather was in the low-50s to mid-80s for most of the week. The first two days a cold front came through putting temps in the low 40’s. The smallmouth fishing was slow early in the week but as the week progressed the fishing got better. Most mornings started off slow but the action picked up later in the day, especially when we had a little bit of wind. The 1/8 oz. skirted jig or the 1/4 oz. mushroom jighead rigged with the X Zone Lures Muscle Back Finesse Craw worked slow with twitches and long pauses did exceptionally well.
The highlight of the week was on Thursday evening, July 24th the night of the full moon, I saw several nice smallmouth all packed on the point and channel where I happened to be fishing. Several surface activity spotted of bass slurping bugs and baitfish off the surface around the 8:30 pm mark. I quickly put on my favorite topwater, the Rebel Pop-R. With that tied on, I caught 4, lost 2 at boatside, and had 1 snapped off. Check video below for the full action.
We really enjoyed our stay, rebooked again for next year before we left. Looking forward to our next trip!
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