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Post by Bwoods11 on May 13, 2017 14:40:35 GMT -6
Beautiful day for the opener... We did ok, not great, but who cares, great weather, Cold beer, great times!!  uploading sites for free |
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Post by biglakebass on May 13, 2017 21:03:43 GMT -6
134 bass today. It was an off day.  Goal is 200 a day in early season. But a fantastic day. Had a close encounter on a tom this morn. Making adjustments to get my son to whack him tomorrow morning. |
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Post by Sandbur on May 14, 2017 19:21:36 GMT -6
I hope to be on the lake on Tuesday morning. Not sure where to go.
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Post by Bwoods11 on May 14, 2017 20:29:46 GMT -6
We got a few more... slow overall  |
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Post by daydreamer on May 14, 2017 21:00:19 GMT -6
Beautiful weekend. Here is a 25"er. Luckily we tried mid-day on Saturday as it was slow in morning.  |
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Post by Sandbur on May 16, 2017 3:18:00 GMT -6
I have the boat loaded and bait in the truck at 4:15 AM. It's thundering. I might just as well let my daughter sleep.
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Post by wklman on May 16, 2017 14:23:10 GMT -6
I have the boat loaded and bait in the truck at 4:15 AM. It's thundering. I might just as well let my daughter sleep. Any day is a good day to go fishing art. My cousin and I hammered the fish on a cold and rainy day a couple of years ago. |
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Post by coop on May 19, 2017 6:04:33 GMT -6
I've opened the MN Walleye season 26 out of the last 27 years on Winnibigoshish in Northern MN. One of my favorite things about Winni has been the stained water coupled with the spot tail shiner run making for a great daytime shallow water "bite". Unfortunately, I think that era is over. Zebra mussels have changed the water clarity tremendously. Every traditional spring hotspot looked like an aquarium. I could clearly see the bottom of the lake in 10 ft of water.
There is a strong year class of 17.5 to 19 inch walleyes but the lake seems like it's got bad times in the forecast. Caught zero fish under 17.5, did OK overall which was far better than most.
A few years ago, the state of MN spent $100,000's investigating an organized crime ring of Indian's netting Winni (amongst other lakes), supposedly for subsistence then selling the fish to various commercial operations. The investigation lasted many years. I don't know why but the prosecution went sideways. I'm pretty sure the buyers got slapped on the wrist & the netters walked. Anyway, the nets are back.
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