OK, re-spawn, spawn or post-spawn

[RandyFish]

With the real opener next weekend, what "stage" will the largemouth be in?

The water is still cool, so are we behind as far as spawning?

I know that LMs can be in all three stages right now, but where are they most likely to be?

Pre-spwan, post spawn, spawn?

My guess pre-spawn/spawn?

What is your best guess and why?

RandyFish

[gspman]

The real opener is not next weekend. It is on the 29th. Beats me where they'll be. I'm not experienced enough yet.
gspman

[Mark Christianson]

A little early to tell where the bass will be "two weekends from now".

Better check back early next week for opinions. A lot can happen this week that could change things around a lot for the May 29th opener.

Not May 22nd.

[Deitz Dittrich]

If I had to guess I would say YES

Again opener is NOT next weekend its 2 weekends away..

and I would say that most fish will be PRE-spawn, some will be in Spawn and its possible for a fefw fish to be POST-spawn...A lot can happen between now and the 29th.. I would guess most to be in the starting stages and pre-spawn...

[Dan Wood]

Yea, it is tough to guess at this point. It depends a lot on the weather and what the water temps do over the next two weeks. I'd guess there will be fish in all 3 stages -pre, post, and spawn.

[SluggoMaster]

Based on my observations this weekend I noticed MANY fish on the bed or starting to move up in the clear/cool lakes where the water temps were upper 50's.

The last couple of weeks on murkier lakes, where the temps have been in the 60's, I have observed bass on the beds frequently when chasing the sunnies.

So, based on this, I would assume that depending on the water clarity, you will most likely be in POST-spawn for the most part, unless you are in a really cool water lake. I know there are some bass that spawn later, but I will be after the post-spawners in a couple of weeks.

Good luck all!

[BigMike]

I'm thinking the same as everyone else - there will probably be some in each stage. The weather will really help determine how fast the water starts to heat up - the forecast says highs in the upper 60's/low 70's and lows in the upper 40's and low 50's with a lot of rain showers for the next two weeks. To me, that says that the water is going to warm, but not as quickly and if it stays on the cooler side, chances are the fish will be in the pre-spawn to early spawn. And that mean great fishing and your best bet for huge bass because the larger bass usually spawn earlier than the other fish.

Too early to tell, just a quick forecast/opinion which will likely change as the next two weeks shape up.

These next two weeks are killer, the wait for bass opener is rough - that is why I go down to Pool 2 for legal early season bassin

[RandyFish]

I stand ocrrected on the date!....Sorry guys, I just got ahead of myself.

[LOWinEYEin]

Considering last year, I pulled alot of fish off their beds. They were sitting right in front the Green Cattails. Correct me if I'm wrong. And I posted the results last year on this site ....And I'm still here.

Hopefully this opener will be just as productive as last year.

[EBass]

All of the above. Also, it depends where the lake is located. Like if I go north to Atkin they will be prespawn and spawn. If in the cites it should be spawn and post spawn.

However, I haven't been on a lake yet since the ice went out. And my Merc is getting fixed (should be back later this week WOO!)

[luv2senko]

Had a tourament on Lake Wissota in Wisconsin. The smallies spawned last week and are slowly starting to go on a post spawn feeding frenzy.

[Lunker]

Last opener I was up north. The water was still pretty cool and all the fish we caught were up in the creeks around new pads, beaver dams, wood, and other structure. The next week they were all out of the creeks in the mouths under pad fields and weed edges. All the fish opener were caught on white tubejigs, the next weekend senkos were hot. Really depends what the water is like on opener, but I'll be eyeing similar spots, but be prepared to move till you find the fish.