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Mark Christianson Grand Master

Mark Christianson

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Well, where is everybody headed to for the opener?? Yes, the "real" opener. smile.gif
Bass time!!!!

Just wondering what areas people like to hit for the opening weekend. I am not looking for specific lakes, just generalizations if you want.

I am headed to Ottertail County(land of over 1,000 lakes). I will never get to fish all of the waters I would like to try, but I will die trying.... wink.gif
I have a very lucky connection to fish a privately owned lake up there, and nothing I have ever fished compares to it for quantity and quality. Last year was the first time I fished it, and I am headed there Saturday morning. Chances are pretty good, that I will be spending most of the weekend out there. But, who knows what will happen? It all depends on the fish. There is no shortage of bassin waters to try, if for some reason they are not biting on my primary lake.

I just cannot wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Where are you going??

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jt24 Community Regular

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Sounds like you got a nice lake to go to. I am heading up up to the same area. I am going to be on walker and ottertail for the weekend. Need a fishing partner? Would be nice to learn more about bass fishing from someone who knows how to fish them. That area is unbelievable with the amount of lakes within 50 miles. I just never get time to get to any other lakes. Maybe when the kids are older i will have more time. Later Jamie

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I'll probably be pre-fishing for a TeamBass event on Platte-Sullivan and also heading out and doing a little pre-fishing on Green Lake in the Chisago chain.

My guess is inside weedlines will be the key! But I have been wrong before and will be wrong again!

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Heading to the Hackensack Area and plan on puddle jumping form one small lake to another. Will be at the cabin from the 25th until the 7th.

Can not wait.
Tad

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Potato Lake, Hubbard Cty... on Wally opener the surface temps were in the low 50's... i would guess that bass are in pre-spawn... will try to target weed lines near flats.. should be a lot of fun..

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Mark Christianson Grand Master

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Temps aren't going to go up very fast at this pace.

Opener was 50-52 degrees. Apparently it was pretty cool this past weekend again.

Can't wait to test the waters!!!!!
Is it Thursday yet? (I have Friday off, so I can sit and stare at the water to prime myself for Saturday)

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I envy all of you guys. I have to hold off another week. My brother has his graduation this weekend so i won't be bass fishing. But the weekend after opener i will be hitting the waters around alexandria. It can't get here fast enough. Good luck to everyone this weekend.


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I also will be jumping the lakes in Ottertail Cty. I have a few targeted. BigLake.. Email me with your lakes and I will let you know mine too!! [email protected] Nice to have a few insides in that county. Like you said.. Lots of lakes to cover with little time!!

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I'll be cuttin the hooks off a couple of scumfrogs and throwin in the shallows for MAMA in the Wright county area.I have my first tourney of the season next weekend so I don't want to soarmouth the girls so they bite next week!!
Nothin like a 15# stringer for a 5 fish limit!
Tight lines
Basswacker

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Mark Christianson Grand Master

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Ebass
I can nail it down for you.
Ottertail County!!!!!

bklimek
Are you related to the Klimeks north of Brandon? I assume so.
We have a Klimek with 40 acres near us
south of Vining. The Dad Klimek used to own 40 acres right next to us, and sold it about 10 or so years ago.

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It sure is funny how a company`s sense of humor can show at such a fragile time. I was just informed I am forced to work on sat. morning. This will be the first bass opening sunrise I have ever missed. I hope sombody saves a parking spot for me at the ramp. Good luck everyone. Flip

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It should be an interesting bass opener for sure. I've been monitoring the bass here (Otter Tail Co) and last week bass finally started showing up in the shallows at pre-spawn, and yesterday I checked popular areas and the bass abandoned their spawning areas mainly because of the weather, I assume. The weather has been way cold and wet for a long, long time. Water temps are struggling to reach 53 in the shallows right now.

Last week there were sunfish, crappies and bass choking the shallow areas! I did not see one fish yesterday. I suspect the fish will return once the weather warms up again.

I am not going to target bass in their precious state. I just hope a lot of others don't disturb them on their spawning beds.

[This message has been edited by ChuckN (edited 05-25-2004).]

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I didn't know Ottertail Co was such a hot destination. I grew up in Brandon and I fished that area a lot as a kid and when I come back home. I don't see many boats out fishing for bass in that neck of the woods. I'm not complaining. There is so much water to fish in the Douglas/Ottertail area. I will be back hitting those spots this weekend. Happy Bassin' smile.gif

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Tick - Tock - Tick - Tock - Are we there yet!? UGH, this week can't go by any slower!! And no I still haven't even decided where I'm going - that's a good problem though smile.gif

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I can't stand it any more. I have been waiting to bass fish in MN since last October 20th. Sure, I fished pool 4 and Wisconsin, but nothing beats MN bass fishing. My boat is loaded up and ready.

Let's get ready to rumble...

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