Greg and Patrick: Roosevelt - 8/23/2024

A fishing trip with Patrick was long overdue. We are busy with kids, work, and summer travel. I hadn’t been fishing on Roosevelt since the end of June, so I was excited to wet a line! Patrick has Garmin Livescope on his boat, so I enjoyed learning more about how walleyes behave. Patrick had 2 rules. 1) No live bait…ouch. 2) No bananas on the boat. I broke this rule by forgetting to eat my banan on the drive to the lake.

We launched out of Porcupine Bay. With the forecast for winds gusting up to 40 mph late in the day, we didn’t want to deal with the big water on the main lake. We hit a variety of spots up the Arm that frequently hold fish. Marking fish on traditional sonar and Livescope was not a problem. We found them relating to weed edges, rock piles, points, and channel edges. It didn’t take long to distinguish bass from walleyes by their movements and how they related to structure. It was easy to find yourself watching the Garmin screen with fascination and frustration. Soooo many fish just don’t react to your bait.

We ended up catching 15 walleyes, 8 smallmouth bass, and a chinook salmon (washdown from Lake CDA). We started fishing around 10 am and got blown off the water…cold and wet around 530 pm.