Just about here........

The Minnesota bass opener is just about here.... Finally It has been a long time since I have been bass fishing on the home turf. Trips to Missouri and Wisconsin have helped but it just not the same as driving down the road and being on the water chasing the green fish. Saturday I was able to sneak away from home for an hour or so and run the boat for the first time this year. I ran the way it was supposed to. Everything worked and it should be ready to go on Saturday. I will spend 2 days prefishing for tournaments the following weekend. I hope to spend a day on Clearwater prefishing for the FOM. The other day I hope to be on Syliva/Twin giving it a go for a GHB club tourney. Monday will be a little closer to home for a few hours on my favorite lake. For all of going out on Saturday good luck. I will post a report next week.

Wisconsin Opener Days 2 & 3

Day 2 found us back on the new secret lake. The bass continued to be very aggressive. The jig bite was on fire. Dewey and Saz and Mark and Jimmy tried the walleye thing and caught a few. We stayed on the lake till just afternoon and then left to meet up with Matt, Roger, Steve and Steve. We tried a new lake again and found it was a wasted trip. We fished for an hour and left. We all then went back to the "Nam" and finished out the day. Guy and I had our 4 fish in an hour or so and then just fished for the fun of it. Day 3 was going home day so Guy and I only planned to fish till noon. We went to secret lake again. Guy scored a 17 3/4" walleye to start the day I soon followed with a 19". The walleye bite was really slow so we headed to the bass spot. I started with 2 quick ones and a few misses. Guy just couldn't get on track on Monday. We then moved to a spot we had tried Sunday but it was so windy we just couldn't fish it right. I caught a few more there. Guy was still struggling. After talking to the crew on the water. They had done ok on the walleyes. Dewey had boated 3 walleyes and Mark finally caught a walleye a dandy 21". Jimmy caught a largemouth on a bass jig so that made his trip. Saz caught another nice smallie. By then it was time to call it a trip. This years trip was one of the better openers we have had. The fishing was outstanding. Thanks to Saz for letting us stay at the cabin. It was great to see the guys again.

Wisconsin Fishing Opener Day 1

Guy with a nice Wisconsin walleye

Friday evening Guy and I traveled to Cable, Wisconsin for the fishing opener with our opening day crew. This year we met up with Dewey, Saz, Mark and Jimmy. Saturday morning was soon upon us and we were on the "Nam". Guy scored the first Walleye on his second cast. We had good action for the first 2 hours and then it slowed. We had 3 of the 4 we could keep with the limit restrictions. We should had 4 but I threw one back I shouldn't have. Then we couldn't catch another under 14". After a mid morning lunch break we tried a new lake (sorry I am sworn to secrecy on the name) Guy and I were going to start bass fishing and on his 5th cast he hooked up on a 19" walleye on a DT10. He quickly followed that up with a 15" smallie and a 15" largemouth on a jig. After moving to another spot he was flipping the jig again and connected with a 23" walleye. As we moved to the wind blown end of the lake Guy just started hammering the largemouth on a jig. I finally broke the ice with a nice 17 1/2" on a RT Jig. We continued to catch them the rest of the afternoon. Saz and Dewey got in on the action as well. Dewey scored a fat 20" as well as a nice 18" largemouth and Saz caught a 18" smallie on a jerkbait.