What was your 1st fish caught on the 2006 opener?

[bigb56303]

sat afternoon didnt get out early a 15" walleye briggs lake south east of st. cloud

[JiggingSpoon]

Well to be honest, a 26 1/2 inch walleye on waconia at 2:30 AM was the first fish of the year. That makes for a good start to a great year.

JS

[gvt]

I didn't get out over the weekend, but I did get out yesterday. First fish of the season was a 26" Mille Lacs walleye!! I hope it's a sign of things to come!!!!

[brassman]

for the 2006 open water season it was a 20" or so northern, but on opening morning it was a spawned out 20" LM Bass.

[mudslinger64]

23 inch walleye

[Eye-lander]

17" walleye on Mille Lacs. Tasted spectacular!!!

[mark n]

Goldeye

[BobberTom]

24" walleye.mmm good

[Random guy]

I don't even want to admit it but it was a bass . Big one! About 4 1/2" long.

I had to wash my hands, wash my jig, wash where it touched the side of the boat and I have been attending therapy trying to get over the whole deal. Bass in a musky boat, that’s like vandalizing a church.

[Ihateriversnags]

Ya know Jon,

I've heard that those who are "bass-o-phobic" secretly have a special place in their heart for those wonderful creatures. Wondering if perhaps this may be you? Perhaps washing everything and saying a prayer may be your way of keeping the "bass bug" away from you in the hopes that nobody will discover your dark secret!!

Now if I could just get that darn pike smell off of my hands!!

[Random guy]

Even if I wanted to I'm not pretty enough to fish bass.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Quote:

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Even if I wanted to I'm not pretty enough to fish bass.

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dude.. that is soooooooo true!

[fisherchick]

16.25" Walleye on Winnie. Continued to catch 13 more w/in slot, while the other two people in the boat combined to catch 5. Lucky me!!!

[Ole #1]

14" Walleye 12:05 am on opener, lake Vermillion. It was great to see the lighted bobber go down for the first time this year.

[PierBridge]

2 1/2 pound bullhead......

[youngie22]

12:04 19 3/8" Mille Lacs Lake Walleye, caught just south of myr mar, and north of access in 14' of water, trolling a big glass husky jerk. What an awesome night; alot of hungry boys in the shallows

[dovix]

23" northern on my new 9.5 foot SlabSeeker ultralight, 4lb solar mint line with no leader, plastic micro-minnow on a 1/32oz jig head. I just LOVE ultralights, that snake nearly bent my 9.5 in half, but somehow managed to not bite off the 4lb line.

[Gus]

about a (12"max) pike on a shiner under a bobber.

Followed that up by an 18" eye though.

[waltinader]

15 3/4 " walleye was my first opener fish.

[Captain B.R.K]

First fish was a 22" walleye taken on Mille Lac's

[Northlander]

My 1st fish of the year was a 24" walleye caight while perch fishing. On Sat of opener my 1st fish ( wich took many hours in the mud of the St.Louis River this year) was a 17" eye. Just now is the river finally getting back to where it should be after the HUGE rain we got right before opener. Worst opener on the river in at least 20 years.

[bigyooper]

This was my second fish,

6# test no steel leader on my bluegill rod, out of my float tube. 39.5" 19#