Bass Opener

[bassNspear]

Im from Minnesota, and thinking about coming over for the bass opener, being that its before ours.

If im going to come over the boarder, and dont want to go to far, where does a guy go. I live in the west park of the cities.

Thanks for the help

[Nick Kuhn]

Well there's Bass Lake in St. Croix county. From the sounds of it there's a fairly good number of bass in it (go figure), but there doesn't seem to be much size. Otherwise you have to head a little north to Polk County. Wapogasset might be a good bet, I know it has a good population and some decent sized fish, and you have a chance to even hook into pike up to 40 inches as well. Another good early season bet would be the Apple River Flowage. A few years back Team Bass opened their year with a tourney on the Flowage (it gets really weedy late in the year), and I think a 20lb bag won it. I haven't caught many (I fish it for ski's) but with all that cover and the abundance of small gills there's bound to be a lot of quality fish in there.

And then there's my cabin's lake, Magnor. Probably wouldn't recommend trying it as there really aren't areas to target that will consistently produce fish, particularly early in the year. Late fall they will occasionally stack on a few places and you will just destroy them (we're talking a fish over 2lbs every cast destroy), but during the spring they are widespread. Quite a few 20"+ fish in there to be had, but I can't say I'd recommend it over the other lakes. You can get lucky there but it really is a gamble.

[trimbelle22]

i would agree that bass lake is a good lake for numbers, used to be a lot better and hold some bigger fish as well.

a lot of people bass fish bone lake up in polk county, lots of good structure there.

[OLY]

mallileu in north hudson can be pretty good. Large mouth and smallmouth its the closest lake to the cities. It has a dirt ramp but Ive launched a 21ft triton there many times with no problems.

[Deitz Dittrich]

J'man,

I wouldnt say that I spend as much time over in Sconnieville as I do MN, but I do spend my fair share over there for sure. Unfortunatly I will be Turkey hunting opening weekend. But you will find me over there every weekend after that till MN opens, and then even more after that.

I find many of the WI lakes get less pressure, and can provide some great bass fishing. Just got to puddle jump till you find one that fits your style!

You have my e-mail bro, shout out if you want some help!

[Nick Kuhn]

Just an update, Jim Doyle (Wi Governor) will be on Wapogasset for opener, so things might be crowded there. If your looking to meet some high profile people though that might be your ticket.

[onthejob2]

When is WI Bass Opener??

[Nick Kuhn]

May 3rd. In the northern zone (forget where it is but I know these areas we speak of aren't in it) from May 3rd to the 24th it's catch and release only with barbless hooks.

[newoodhntr]

General Inland Waters Dates for Hook and Line Harvest

Northern Zone - catch and release First Saturday in May through the Friday preceding the third Saturday in June

Northern Zone - harvest Third Saturday in June through the first Sunday in March of the following year

Southern Zone - harvest First Saturday in May through the first Sunday in March of the following year

[newoodhntr]

I fogot to add this was taken from the Wi. fishing regulation book for Large and Small mouth Bass.

[Nick Kuhn]

Oops, your right it is June, May 24th is muskie opener in the northern zone. My bad.