Anybody else going to head to WI this weekend?

[Deitz Dittrich]

I am going to try and get ready for the MN bass opener by heading to WI this weekend.. LOL... I hate to say it, but it will be the first time my boat will get wet this year.... man that is sad!... that first hook set will sure feel good!!!! That $50 for the WI licence will not however... LOL

[Rivernut]

Same story Deitz. I am heading over myself. Been out in other boats, but this will be the first time this year in mine. Real Sad!!! Getting the bass itch. I usually do the Wisc. opener w/my usual fishing buddy, but he informed me that he's pretty much shut down this year. So I will have an open seat a lot this year! In fact Tommorrow is open. Anyone interested, let me know. I am thinking of going early. It's a lot more fun fish w/somebody else. Used to like it by myself, I think more to get away from the exwife, than anything else. Good luck to all! Be safe.

[Cabela10]

Hey Deitz, I'm hosting a bass tournament through the ABA on Tainter Lake near Menominie if you're interested in traveling that far to fish. I'm not sure if you're into the tournament scene.

[bassNspear]

when is it.

[Deitz Dittrich]

ohh I'm into the tournament scene, just not into donating money without prefishing if you know what I mean(nor was I planning on driving that far.).. Never fished Tainter.. Thanks much for the offer though!.. might try and hook up with you latter in the season!

[ikeslayer]

forget the 50 for the license how bout 3.30 for gas. yikes. that is a kick in the head. ike

[st.crioxfishin]

I'll be over there for a club tournament. I'll post results after to let you guys know how it went, hope it all goes well.

[st.crioxfishin]

Fishing was pretty good today, numbers wise. Caught around 20 fish but only 7 were over 14 inches. I caught them in 5FOW or shallower. Spinnerbaits were the ticket in the pads, but there were so many short stikes in the morning it was unbelievable. If I got them they were most often hooked on the trailer hook. I also found a lot of fish on the inside weed lines. I caught these fish on a spinnerbait and a senko. Senko worked better in these areas compared to a spinnerbait. I fished it on 8lb floro.

[Deitz Dittrich]

and what place did you get.. what did you have for weight?

[st.crioxfishin]

I ended up in 4th. I had 9lbs winner had 10.5lbs. Very little margin between the top 5 guys, one more big fish would have put me over the top.

[Ray Esboldt]

I'll be somewhere in WI tomorrow. That makes it 4 weekends in a row there for me. Maybe I should think about moving there...NOT!

[sicheneder]

were the males still guarding beds? i was out crappie fishing on bald eagle fri. and only saw one male still guarding a bed. lots big and empty beds

[ikeslayer]

hey bob i heard of a guy once getting lots of short swipers on a buzzer once and he put a trailer hook on his trailer hook. i have never been in a situation that dictated that but i thought i would just throw that out there for you to put in your arsonal. (Why am i telling you this you beat me last year on forest!!!!!)

Any way good job on the finish. ike

[st.crioxfishin]

Ike,

I was contemplating doing that yesterday, but never did. It was a weird situatuion. I'm not sure if the short strikes were just because the fish were too small in that area(only caught 2 over 14 inches in the pads out of about 10) or if the fish were just nipping the bait becasue they were gaurding nests.. Even more I could have been using the wrong bait, maybe switching would have yielded more hook ups. I eventually moved out of the pads to the inside weedline and caught a few more on the spinnerbait over 14 inches that absolutely hammered it, so I don't know what was going on in the morning, but those are my theories.

Also there were an unbeleivable amount of crappies spawing as well as sunnies which had me confused. I thought crappies spawned early and sunnies later? So this had me confused on what stage of the spawn the bass were in. I saw a lot of empty beds, and a few with bass on them. I talked to a guy at the launch who lives on the lake who mainly fishes bass, and he's been catching the bigger females out deep where theres some getting ready to move up to spawn or others that are recouperating out there from the spawn. Water temps were 60-63 degrees...

[sicheneder]

i was out there 2 fridays ago and there was a lot of males guarding beds and i saw 2 pairs in the act. i did see a couple of females recouping shallow, but they wouldn't look at anything. usually right before they spawn there is a lot of females cruising in the shallows, but i didn't see any that day only the ones recouping.