Where did you fish?

  • scottsteil
    Central MN
    Posts: 3817
    May 15, 2007 at 6:39 pm #1240550

    So, where did you fish for opening day and how was the bite?

    Big Pine Lake, MN..the bite was fair in the AM an pretty much dead in the afternoon. Got enough for supper Saturday night.

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 21841
    May 15, 2007 at 6:58 pm #571436

    Fished East side of Mille Lacs. Depths from 12-19 fow, on the rocks. Did very well on the bigger fish, 23-25″, also had 6 in the slot. Fishing was really good saturday night, from 11-2 am.

    big g

    fishinallday
    Montrose Mn
    Posts: 2101
    May 15, 2007 at 7:09 pm #571441

    Fished Ottertail and the bite was on!!! The best opener in the last 10!

    whiskeyandwater
    ????
    Posts: 2014
    May 15, 2007 at 7:19 pm #571446

    Lake Alexander. the bite was terrible, and you couldn’t keep the green carp off the line. Even when we decided we should switch to crappie we then got Rock bass Nnot so much as a snack this year. Saw ALOT of muskies though in the shallows one had to be pushing 50″ she breached just as we were loading up the boat at the dock and she swam right up to the dock followed by a nice male too. closest I got to a fish with any type of teeth this weekend

    ToddJ
    Posts: 52
    May 15, 2007 at 7:51 pm #571457

    Northwest and East side of Mille Lacs, bobbering fishing was excellent, and so was trolling cranks, lot’s of slot fish 16″-19″, with occasional 24″ to 26″. Shallow 6 Feet or less. Great fishing and good times with the boy’s.

    newt
    Pillager, MN
    Posts: 621
    May 15, 2007 at 7:54 pm #571462

    West side of Mille Lacs. Our boat had a limit of eaters in 3 1/2 hours on Saturday morning. Enough for a good fry and a few on Saturday night. Caught a few throw-backers in the 20 – 24 inch range over the 2 days. Afternoons were slow but still productive.

    gjk1970
    Annandale Mn.
    Posts: 1260
    May 15, 2007 at 11:54 pm #571537

    I fished Clearwater on opener and there was as many boats on the lake as there are fish in the lake..
    The lake was packed and the bite was very very slow.

    chris-tuckner
    Hastings/Isle MN
    Posts: 12318
    May 16, 2007 at 12:04 am #571540

    Scott, was that Big Pine in Finlayson?

    centralmneyeguy
    Becker, MN
    Posts: 75
    May 16, 2007 at 12:24 am #571550

    I fished Pelican near Brainerd with my father and brother and we did well. We fished from 8:30 am to 11:00 am and kept 9 between 14 and 18.5 inches and then decided to go in and fry up our catch!

    DaveB
    Inver Grove Heights MN
    Posts: 4330
    May 16, 2007 at 12:02 pm #571656

    Tuck, I am pretty sure it was Big Pine in Perham.

    I was on the Mississippi, but leaving for Vermilion tomorrow for a long weekend.

    scottsteil
    Central MN
    Posts: 3817
    May 16, 2007 at 5:19 pm #571810

    Quote:

    Tuck, I am pretty sure it was Big Pine in Perham

    Yep, in Perham. It is pretty close to our cabin and not near as busy as typical opener lakes, so the family usually starts the MN season off there.

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