Opener???

[LOWinEYEin]

The northern Zone is C&R only from May 1 to June 18th. Other inland water Opens May 1st, 5 in total with a 14 inch minimum.

[EBass]

Whenever their opener is yep you can catch and keep them. I don't know why their opener is so much earlier. Different strokes for different folks.

[LOWinEYEin]

Except the Northern zone, C&R only for the dates above but for anything south of that you can keep them.

[Hello High Water]

Doesn't that mean the population will consistantly decrease since that time is critical spawning time? Isn't that why ours is late May?

[Deitz Dittrich]

may 1 is bass opener in much of WI... they open all species except muskie at the same time. Not sure why, but they sure do get a lot of Minnesota's dollars because of it. I know a lot of people who buy WI licenses and onlyl fish it for the first few weeks that they are open and we arent.

I can also tell you that their bass population is no better or worse than ours even though their season opens earlier than ours...

[Hello High Water]

Is it true that you can fish and keep bass in Wisconsin on the 3rd of May? If so why does their season open so much earlier than ours? I am new here and really enjoy the information I can obtain here. Thanks for that.