How was the walleye opener?

[Kingfisher]

How was the walleye opener? What depth where they at? Which lure worked the best?
Where did you fish?

[Guest]

Mille Lacs from shore west side Husky Jerk Clown one 18", missed one, and possibly another miss.

[smallmouthguide]

By seeing the lack of reports, I guess we can figure that the walleye opener was not to hot.

[AaronM]

Windy and cold on LOTW.

[walleyedan]

We fished from 7:30-2:00! Caught 6 keepers on Pelican!

Walleyedan

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[Cyberfish]

We got walleyes on the St. Louis river !

[musky hunter]

I'd characterize it as a slow opener on the St. Louis River. Saw very few fish caught, talked to only one boat that actually had a respectable catch, and did manage to get a 16" and a 19" 'eye myself, but a lot of work to do that in 3-1/2 hours. But it was just enough for a great early mother's day supper!

[Fish Toys]

KingFisher
Did you get out any or are you still on the treadmill? I've been busy so I never even thought about going out. I've even been tempted to sell my boat being I never get out like I used to. There are enough people around with boats to tag along with? Hint?
Stay warm & dry.

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[Bruce Mosher]

We had a good Opener. Maple Lake in NW MN. is usually a good opener. It was Windy and Rained almost the whole time. We started Fishing at 6 pm and quit at 9 pm. The wind was perfect for my favorite point using the Wave Buster Bobbers a 1/8oz Glow Jig and My Dad used the Foam Walker (casting out and slow retrieving).Leeches and crawlers both worked. I caught a 25", 21" and keeper size Walleyes. Most of the Walleyes were in 8 to 9' of water. We brought home 11 eaters. It was fun. Bruce Mosher

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[Kingfisher]

Fish Toys, We did not go on the opener, but HH and I plan on going Tuesday, sounds like the weather will be nice. Yes, still on the treadmill and cardiac rehab. You are welcome in our boat any time, just give me a call.

[Lunker]

I did pretty good on Riley in the morning, bad on byllesby in the evening. Ended up with 5 on the stringer in the morning and could have caught more but had to leave. Also caught a lot of pike and bass.

[rollz2002]

eyes were hitting early on winnie and cut foot managed to catch about 25 and kept 16 by 9:30 then went home and slept.

[rollz2002]

eyes were hitting early on winnie and cut foot managed to catch about 25 and kept 16 by 9:30 then went home and slept.

[SportFishin']

Got 3 Walleye on Minnetonka 2-15" & 1-19" & missed a bunch more all came at Sunrise on the rocks then shut down when the pressure got to bad. All in all a great morning on Minnetonka.

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[big_fish_guy]

my 9 year old boy and I got 12 eyes on cut foot sat. morning. all between 15" - 17". He actually outfished me, 7 to 5. Must have been his method... have dad put shiner on jig, drop jig in water, let rod sit on edge of boat and screwaround, see rod tip bend, reel in fish. I guess the waves were doing the jigging for him. Was a good first opener for him, didn't complain when it rained or anything.

My dad cought a 29" and released it. Otherwise they ended up with 4 keepers.
(I didn't tell him til we got in that He could have kept that 29". He was under the impression that it had to be under 17".

[G_man]

Caught 'eyes and bass on the St. Croix River, problem was all the 'eyes were around 14". Keeper size 'eyes were hard to find according to everyone we talked to and that was quite a few people.

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[Tonka Boy]

I fished a lake near Alexandria and did ok. We ended up catching 5 eyes in 8' water with 3-ways and leeches. We couldn't keep the bass off our hooks no matter what! I bet we caught 50 of them mixed in with walleyes and northerns. Imagine if we'd actually targeted them.

I also saw a boat run into another. He had a tiller and couldn't see around the guy in the front of the boat. He hit a stationary boat at about 20 MPH but they all seemed alright. 5 minutes later they were fishing and everything was back to normal. Weird!

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[DUCKJ]

my brother,a friend and i had an awsome sat. we boated 35 to 40 eyes and over 100 fish all together(eyes,norts,smallies,rockbass). we ended up keeping 16 good eaters with the bigest eye being 28 inches(released). we went out at midnight and fished till 3, went in for some chow and back out till noon. didnt fish sat night or sun.
happy hunting
duck

[Ely Lake Expert]

Four of us kept 20 walleyes from 17-20 inches on vermillion saturday. It was great fishing.

Ely lake expert

[Pig_sticka]

had a great opener north of duluth, lots of smaller walleyes 10-15"
friend got a 15# northern, about 6 boats were watching the fight that lasted about 20 minutes on 6# test.
didn't get any huge eyes but very fun weekend overall.

[Amandafish]

Not good at Mille Lacs, bobber fished Rocky Reef,Andersons,trolled every were in between ,3 fish ,no keepers,water temp.was only 47. All 3 fish caught were in 14 feet trolling shad raps.We still had a fun week-end!

[Moses2531]

I headed out west and fished OtterTail Lake. I got on the water at about 4:30 and got 2 nice 15 inch walleyes out in front of the river mouth. Once the sun came up I couldn't get anything but decent sized Perch. The reports from other guys was that everyone was catching a lot of small fish, me and my dad got about 20 small walleyes. Towards dusk we pulled in another three 14 inch walleyes so we ended our opener with 5 respectable 'eyes. The weather wasn't too bad, it was pretty windy and it rained fairly consistentally. I heard that guys on the water at midnight caught their limits in front of the river mouth. The walleyes were mostly caught in 10' of water with 40' of water very near. All in all, a decent opener, we got dinner at least...

[Cliff Wagenbach]

We had a great opener on Vermilion!
My boat and a follow boat boated 89 walleyes on Sat. Lots of small fish but we caught one 25 incher and everyone took home their limit of 14" to 17" walleyes!
Really nasty weather on Sunday!
Cliff

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