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#1397016 - 05/11/08 12:01 PM
Opener Reports/Howd ya do
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FishingMN Family
Registered: 08/10/06
Posts: 162
Loc: Isanti/Ely, MN
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Suprised no one has put up there reports on here. My dad and I did fairly well yesterday with 4 smallies and 3 eyes. All were very decent size.
Would go out today, but I dont feel like freezing my butt of again unless the weather changes.
Good luck to you all.
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Darrin
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#1397050 - 05/11/08 01:18 PM
Re: Howd ya do
[Re: Big Country]
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FishingMN Family
Registered: 02/02/07
Posts: 123
Loc: MN
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Only made it out for a little bit...didn't really try to fight the crowds and fish hard, so I ended up talking and exploring more than fishing. Didn't catch any numbers or anything too impressive but i did hook into, and land a 38in. muskie--what a fight!! I've never caught a muskie before and it was a cool expirience...
Edited by fishinfey8 (05/11/08 01:20 PM)
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#1397209 - 05/11/08 05:52 PM
Re: Howd ya do
[Re: fishinfey8]
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Sr FishingMN Family
Registered: 02/11/07
Posts: 404
Loc: Esko, Minnesota or Lake Vermi...
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Walleyes hitting all over on Vermilion got 15 with 8 of them being over 17 inches and the biggest at 26. Our smallest was about 15 inches.
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#1397380 - 05/11/08 09:00 PM
Re: Howd ya do
[Re: vermilionwally]
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Sr FishingMN Family
Registered: 02/05/07
Posts: 568
Loc: Isanti, MN
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Yes, please bring on the reports!
I've been buried under a self-imposed to do list and have only dared to think about fishing yet. It would be nice to hear some good news from y'all.
Maybe next weekend for me?
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#1397625 - 05/12/08 12:07 AM
Re: Howd ya do
[Re: threeball]
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IceLeaders Family
Registered: 03/16/04
Posts: 244
Loc: centerville, Mn, USA
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me and my buddies fished white iron today. we ended up with 6 walleyes with 3 eaters. and also got 4 northerns with the biggest to being 38.5 and 36 inchs.
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Oh Lord,
There he is.
Feels like a big one.
Please don't let me lose him.
I'e never caught one this big before.
I'll try not to horse him.
And if I land him I promise to release him
And make a graphite replica...
If my dad says it okay.
Thank you for the Rapalas.
Amen.
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#1397715 - 05/12/08 07:39 AM
Re: Howd ya do
[Re: fishkid]
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Sr FishingMN Family
Registered: 01/16/01
Posts: 340
Loc: Gnesen Twp. (Duluth) MN
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Went out Sat AM on Island with my Dad and two of my boys. As best we can recall, we caught 1 northern, 4 perch, 2 bass, and 34 walleyes. Kept 24 walleyes for a big feed that night. The ones we kept were all between 13.25 and 18.5. My 7 and 9 year olds were excellent. They got up at 3:15, and had a great time.
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24 ft. blue/white Starfire - "Blue Jeans"
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#1398718 - 05/12/08 07:01 PM
Re: Howd ya do
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HotSpotOutdoors Family
Registered: 01/17/06
Posts: 44
Loc: Wausau, WI
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My dad, brother, and I fished White Iron for walleyes on Saturday and got our limit of 18 (12 - 15 inchers) and released 2 (17.5' and 22") by noon. My brother and I fished Farm for northerns in the afternoon and caught about 10 of them in a couple of hours, nothing big though, the largest was 32 inches.
Sunday headed up to Basswood and froze! We only got 6 on the day, though I can't say we fished too hard. We were back to the cabin by 4pm so my brother and I fished White Iron in the evening and got 7 keepers (12 - 15.5"). We did see 3 large walleyes caught (27", 27.5", and 30") within about an hour Sunday night, unfortunatley they weren't caught out of our boat. Sad to say, it appeared all of those fish were put in livewells.
Fished White Iron again this morning for a couple of hours before I had to head home and didn't get a bite.
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#1398962 - 05/12/08 09:43 PM
Re: Howd ya do
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FishingMN Family
Registered: 05/25/04
Posts: 156
Loc: Lino Lakes, Mn
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fishkid and i fished white iron this afternoon in wind, rain and even a little bit of snow. Despite all that we had pretty good fishing. caught about 25 or so and ended up keeping our limit of walleyes 13.5" to 16". didnt catch one fish over 16 inches.
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#1399781 - 05/13/08 12:56 PM
Re: Howd ya do
[Re: walleyefisher0990]
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FishingMN Family
Registered: 08/10/06
Posts: 162
Loc: Isanti/Ely, MN
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I was out today for about 2 hours maybe a lil longer and caught 2 smallies and missed 2. The rain kinda sucked but it didnt bother me much. The bite wasnt to bad. They were kinda agressive.
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“It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth.” ~George F. Burns
Darrin
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#1399872 - 05/13/08 02:05 PM
Re: Howd ya do
[Re: fishnhuntnboy]
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HotSpotOutdoors PR Administrator
Registered: 02/01/02
Posts: 11327
Loc: Twig, Mn
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Moose Chain, targeting eyes.
Majority of eyes came from 10-12' of water. Not that we didn't look shallower and deeper. The warm shallow water pattern never really had a chance to develop on account of the cold although it did a little and for very short time periods. Jigs tipped with minnows, slip bobbers, and slip sinker w/floaters took fish and in that order. Saturday evening's cold rain was a prelude to waking up to Sunday morning snow. Was tough to get in back in the boat after that but Sunday evening made up for it. Winds calmed and the sun made short appearances. As a group, one 32", 27, 25, 25, 24, and a lot of 22"-20"s. Those were all released and we were able to keep plenty or 16-18"ers for the pan. To add on that, a half a dozen incidental SMB, couple dozen pike,(biggest 42") one perch and a LMB.
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