The oysters are out!

[Stick in Mud]

I ran into my first clusters today. I imagine the rain and warm temps over the next week or so should really get 'em going. I'll see if I can figure out how to upload the pic with my new phone.

[TigerBlood]

Cool. I'm too chicken to eat anything other than morels (or store bought). But it's cool to see pics/stories from others who are more experienced on other shrooms.

[Stick in Mud]

I think oysters are one of the easy ones. If I could figure out my new phone, I'd have the photo uploaded by now.

But yes, it's always wise to be safe. I saw some galerinas today that, if consumed, would kill a guy.

[Stick in Mud]

That's a small portion of this morning's take. The vast majority of the oysters were very, very small...give 'em a few days. A few of the morels I found were pretty crispy, too. And the pheasant backs were prime size, at least here. Nothing too big.

[Herky2002]

Didn't find any morels today, but did come across these really big oysters:

[pushbutton]

Ok guys, you got me walking tomorrow.......

[Matt Breuer]

You guys must've had rain down there? We've had none... at all. Need some to keep the morels going and get the oysters started!!

[Stick in Mud]

We hadn't had any rain for a while....it was actually getting pretty dry out there. It *poured* yesterday, though so it should be pretty good out there.

[pushbutton]

Finally made it out, and in central minnie, it is pretty much prime time. Saw some pinning, and some getting borderline, but most were just right. Suppose we got about 10 lbs until the skeeters made it too maddening to continue. Will probably hit it up again today, but man o man, the state bird is just brutal for this time of year......

[Stick in Mud]

Looking good! I spend the weekend hiking around northern MN, and I didn't see a single oyster. With the heat and the rain the last few days, I bet they'll be popping in a day or two up there, though.

[pushbutton]

Yeah, know how jealous of those oysters you are We went out again today and loaded up on some more. Hit our early season chicken spot and thought i might be able to rub it in, but no go. Did see some hen remnants that I apparently walked by a few times last fall.......

[iland99]

I went for a walk yesterday hoping to find some morels that survived the heat. I found three that were pickable but the rest were mush. I found a few oysters that were just starting out and picked 3 others. We had 3.75" of rain on Friday/Saturday at my house, so it should be a great week for oysters! Might even make up for the extremely short morel season we had around Park Rapids this year.

[Stick in Mud]

Those hens are tricky, that's for sure. I found four or five myself this spring while looking for morels.

And oysters aren't THAT bad. I'm going out myself this evening to pick some.

[fishfinder72]

Is there any specific spots you look for oysters? i have never picked them but would like to go after some. My morel spots were slow this year but i managed about 10lbs.

Any help on oysters would be appreciated.

Thanks

[pushbutton]

In general....in the spring....look for low lying aspenish type areas. They will mainly be on distressed or recently fallen. Fallen limbs as well. Did find one huge cluster on a recently fallen oak, however. Later in the year you find more on hardwoods.