Opener Reports....

[whitebassman]

Not fishing per se, but wondering if anyone got checked or ticketed this weekend for invasive species, minnow transport, etc.?

[Ed Carlson]

No problem....Rain washed everything away....we good.

[Wish-I-Were-Fishn]

No problem....Rain washed everything away....we good.

Ha!

[GlassEyeangler]

amazingly no!

kinda strange the DNR is always at my Opener lake, and they were nowhere to be found yesterday.

the rain must have kept them away...i'm sure they are in full force today though.

[Ed Carlson]

The DNR lives with a tight budget for man hours. Lots of rain so it was a relatively slow traffic day even for an opener.

So today with the sun out it's likely a different story and they will be hitting the lakes in force.

[Slabasaurus]

For the first time since I've been fishing, A CO checked our boat for licenses and vests and checked the live well. I fish more days than i don't fish, it's astonishing I've yet to have one actually check that I was valid and our boat was in compliance. Funny thing is as we were fishing a small bay, everyone we talked to said "it was nice to see them out there." I completely agree with that.

This was Yesterday (the 14th) in the am on Green near Chisago. Weather was nasty, cold, windy, rainy... blah. Not too many boats out, but we were definitely not alone where we were tryin to hit em. The low traffic made me a bit surprised I did see the CO checkin folks.

Nobody was at the launches checking that I saw. I would assume today they'd be hittin the launches, as ed mentioned, with the nicer weather.

[DARK30]

Morels saturday morning and walleyes saturday night Fished with some buds out west. We limited on eaters but no big ones this year. Water 55 degrees. 2-3 feet of water from dusk until 1 a.m. or so. Floating raps and plastics...turned out to be a decent night.

No weeds found on the boat.

[DARK30]

The weather had us worried but it turned out good...

[reinhard1]

glad the weather picked up for you along with the fishing. great video! good luck.