So how did the MN Musky Opener treat you all...

[RuKiddingMe]

Hit a North Metro Lake this morning about 5:15 am, and by 5:45 I had a 31" and 39" in the boat, and nailed a 41 shortly after 8:00 am. My best opener so far hands downs, and a personal best day to boot, 3 fish one outing...

I threw nothing but gliders all day REAL SLOW with ever so important pauses...

RU

Spill the beans guys...

[Whopper Stopper]

Congratulation on your fish! WOW!

We were on the same lake as you. In 2.5 hours we had 14 follows and some of the bigger ones were in the 43"-46" range. It was unbelievable however none of the would grab our baits. They would follow to the boat and follow a figure 8 around and then just sink out of sight. We saw all ours on bucktails it seemed the color for us was something with orange in it. We had a blast!

WS

[letsfishjeff]

Not so good here. Went to leech an didnt even see one. I thought it was to early but wanted to try! Wind an rain. was still fun.

[basscrazy]

wasnt so good but..... I did have one fallow halfway to the boat and thats enought to keep me going after them.

~Matt

[buzzsaw]

Just one on Lake Minnetonka... she was pretty nicked up from a past battle... landed him on a chartruese buzzbait.

[minnesotamusky]

Not good. Spent the weekend on Mantrap. Had a small one on, but it got off. A few other follow-up's. Heard a 38 incher was caught on Saturday.

[shamalex72]

zero. tried mille lacs saturday afternoon and sunday morning. fished mostly vineland bay, not even a follow. it was still nice to get out there though.

[TBone1]

Nice start Buzz.Gotta love fishin that west side. I had one follow and a good solid hit Saturday. Cant figure how I didn't hookup.

[waltinader]

A few freinds and I went out and only could get fallows nothing would hit. We tried all kinds of different lures and still could not get them to bite.

[Esoxmn]

So how did the MN Musky Opener treat you all...

Like a baby treats a diaper!!

[cybermuskie]

The lake I was on today wasn't as clear as normal, due to all the run-off from the rain. So I didn't see a thing a fish. Then it poured again.

[Guest]

I was out on Harriet Sunday morning from 5:00am to about 10:00am. Saw a follow. all she did was come and sniff the lure, which got my blood pumping but other then that, I was pretty much skunked.. That and all the sailboaters came out on the lake

[guideman]

Man it was great t0o be out there chasing Muskies again. Boated a 36"er with a client on Saturday morning and then took my wife out the rest of the day in the rain.

We raised 9 fish just ahead of the late afternoon thunderstorms, unfortunately only one would bite.

It was a 44"er, caught on a Black/chart bucktail in very shallow water. Most of the fish we seen were very lathargic and many of them had spawning scars on their tails.

All in all a pretty good day.

"Ace"

[Muskyfreak131]

Hello Everyone,

Hope that I can make some new fishing and passing info buddies on this forum. Oh well here goes my first post. It was so great to actually be out chasing after them muskies. My other half and I hit the Cass Lake area. Had 7 follow-ups got a 37 incher boated on a glide bait. But got a real surprise of hooking into a 39 1/4 northern. Boy lot of the gals were still awful rough looking from spawning. Happy fishing and good luck to ya all. Hope to see ya on the water soon.

EJ

[Team Northland]

Fished the Bemidji area this weekend. Saturday morning (5:30am - 11:00am) fished Plantan. Had 4 follows right away in the morning and that was it. Fish followed on a Rad Dog, Grandma, and the new glide bait from ERC. Fished Bemidji in the late afternoon and evening. One follow and a ton of pike. The pike would just hammer the wood (ERC/Burt/Manta). Lots of rain and we got drenched. Sunday fished for a couple of hours before the rain chased us away. One pike to show for.

[jeffro]

Leech lake Muskies - 1, Jeffro - 0

Not even a look in 8 hours of fishing.

[muskieboy46]

What is this new bait from ERC?

[bassman186]

Went to Lake Waconia with Waltinader and another buddy. Went out at 5am. Waltinader stayed with til 8am. while he was with we had 2 follows. After he left we had 5 more follows. It was fun, until we had to race back to the landing before it began to down pour.

~Matt Jung

[RuKiddingMe]

The new ERC bait is the hellhound. Heard good things about them but tough to get your hands on.

[muskieboy46]

thanks rukiddingme

[ARMAN-21]

The ERC Hell Hound is a great bait! I picked one up at the Extreme Expo this past fall, I love the action. Had 2 follows on one last weekend.

[DUCKJ]

Was out in the Cass lake area on Sat and seen 1 fish then back to the Brainerd area on sun and seen 8 fish with a 41 in the boat.

Duck

[jeffro]

Is anyone out there been catching any fish?

[Fish to Win]

First time I went out Musky fishing and I fished my butt off and Zero fish. Went out to Baby lake in Hakensack Thur-Fri-Sat and I had 11 follows and zero bitters. Buddy in my boay had the same numbers. It's cool to see a 35 to 40 inch fish swim up to the boat but frustrating in the same sentence. I'll keep on trying to hook one on and keep a positive mind. I live in the TC metro and was going to try Indy.

Good fishin-

[TBone1]

I Have been going out a few times a week,lot of follows and have hooked up with 4 fish, the biggest a 44" and have blown a couple good solid hits and have caught some pike. I'm starting off much better than last year, hopefully it will get better yet.