How did everyone do this weekend?

[hamms-scooter]

What were you after and did you succeed?

[Bottle Fish]

I was after anything. Did I succeed? Yes, caught more 3-4 inch perch in an hour than I did all last season. I look at it as still being better than nothing and I got to try some of my new gear out as well.

[Fred_Bear]

I went home from college this weekend to finally chase some crappies around. Had to drill a lot of holes and do a little work for them but once we found them it was definitely a success. I kept track for a little while and caught 15 in 45 minutes. Average fish was around 10" and biggest was 12". Great way to start the season! Now I just need to find some big gills... sure found plenty of 6 inchers this weekend but no good ones.

[JSK76]

It was the worst first ice, fishing I've had with one 8" walleye but it was still great to get out.

[bstone1954]

Went to Buffalo lake today....marked fish but not much biting. Talked to others at public access and they reported the same - they had a camera. Fish would come up take a look and leave. Don't know what's up with that. Could get anything to work today, switched baits, colors, depths...guess it wasn't meant to be today.

[erickol]

Got out briefly on friday, then for a couple hours saturday. Saturday night first meal of crappies this hardwater season. Man was it good to get out.

(I also caught a boatload of dink perch)

[mnguy152]

I had the same thing happen o me this weekend like bstone did.Marked alot of fish but very few or really light bites.

[OnAFly]

Got skunked, but it was still great to be out.

[gwiff100]

went out to an area lake on fri/sat.

Friday the bite went from 330-6.

Sat. it went from 6 - 9... really odd...and man were those eyes hugging the bottom..maybe 4in off the bottom?

5-6 friday, 4 sat. (with a bunch of early season jitters and misses.(

[buddha]

Chased walleye and got nothing. 6 pike and a bunch of perch. I wasn't very mobile this weekend but will be full force this weekend. Will hit Gull at some point. The pike were fun to catch at least. Watched the one hit my bait on camera.

[icefishing21]

Went out saturday morning on a south metro lake and ended up icing 2 northern's, a couple small crappies and my buddy pulled in a 28" 9.5 pound walleye at noon right as we were about to pack up! great ending to a slow morning. I fished marion and orchard a little yesterday but didnt really catch a whole lot.

[thatoneguy]

Five nice walleyes (threw two back, ate three for supper with the wifey); 50+ perch (threw them all back) and one fat & sassy eelpout. A very nice opening weekend, considering that all happened in about 2 1/2 hours.

[Northlander]

A few eyes, pike and 1 nice perch. Only been out twice and only for a few hours a time.

[JediMaster]

Went out for a couple of hours on the St. Croix river, only got a couple of perch.

[ROOOOSTERFISH]

Skunked also at a southwest metro lake but also it was nice to get out and get the rust off. Looking forward to getting out again soon.

[fishnowworknever]

Couple small ones and a nice fat 21" that went back.

[deadeye]

Got a couple fish swimming in hot oil. Not anything spectacular for sure but enough to make me happy. The ice was the worst I have seen in a long time. Very spotty.

Found out the vex battery is shot, kind of a bummer considering its only a year old. It was cool to fish old school and still get a couple though.

[JimBuck]

Hit the gills pretty good on Sat. Nothing ALL day sunday on a lake that has always produced for me. Sure felt good to be out there again.

[bloc004]

Group of four of us got 5 northern and 9 bass on tip ups. A 5 lb northern and a few 3-4 lb bass. It was great to get out and see the flags flying!

[Blainebob]

Couldnt get out this weekend-darn overtime! Everything ready to go though, hitting it hard this weekend,then 2 days of work,6 days off,3 days of work,6 days off! I wont leave the lake!

[Irish]

went out for about a hour Sunday afternoon looking for some crappie. Marked a couple of fish but did not catch any. I was not real mobile seeing as the ice was still a bit spotty. Felt good to get out though.

[Freedom1]

Went out last night on Ham Lake for a couple of hours and did not see anything. A guy next to us saw 2 decent northerns and a bass, but did not catch anything either. Ice was good (6+) but the lake had very little snow, so there were big spots of black ice and you could see straight to the bottom like you were on glass. That was a little freaky!

[kdawg]

so there were big spots of black ice and you could see straight to the bottom like you were on glass. That was a little freaky!

It freaks me out every time!

[crappiekid]

Out sat to local lakes. skunked well couple little perch crappies and smaller walleye, too small but fun!

[Woody61]

1 7" gill in 3 hours down here. But it was still fun to get out.Not so fun when I folded the clam and snapped of a rod tip.