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Location: Northern Illinois | Ok...for opening day the first lure you will put on will be a __________________.
Mine will probably be a Phantom Softail but could be a Rizzo Wiz. |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | Probably a black soft-tail phantom, hogwobbler, shallow raider, red october tube and maybe even a bucktail.
Edited by Kirby Budrow 2/25/2014 8:57 AM
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| the lake i fish is bucktail all the way for opener, but i will try a phantom and the new suicks im getting!!
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Location: Contrarian Island | going to vilas for the walleye opener... taking bets if we'll be putting tip ups out again like last year!
first bait in Madison will probably be a baby squirko
Edited by BNelson 2/25/2014 9:01 AM
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| Shadzilla zombie |
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| Small bucktail as fast as it will go.. |
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Hoping to be out on deep clear lake in Indiana (how is that for Lake X-ing it?!) that is shad and perch based in forage. Since it will HOPEFULLY be pre-spawn, I'm thinking something in the medium to a bit larger size...so an old-school 9" cisco kid in silver/black will probably do it if I'm fishing off the breaks. If we're going medium depth (7-12') just a bit over the break, I'd go with an 8" HR shaker. If those two tactics aren't showing fish, I'm seeing going sharrrrow w/ a bomber long a slow twitched. If that doesnt work, I see going in for a lunch break then convincing my partners to troll for a few hours. |
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Location: Ontario, Canada | Bucktail for me too. Cover the water and see if that's what they want. If not, a super shad rap in bluegill or perch got it done for me on opener last year.
My first post gentlemen! After being a lurker for years, I recently signed up and look forward to contributing when I can. |
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Location: Lake "y" cause lake"x" got over fished | either a 6" muskie Treat, a new customer spinner or a mid medussa |
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Oh wait, you wanted ONE bait? |
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Location: ON | Homemade spinnerbait |
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| Senko for this kid.... |
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Location: Appleton, WI | Slammer 6 inch twitch bait
Edited by Paramuskyhunter 2/25/2014 9:43 AM
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Location: Wisconsin | Twitching a Crane, and if not working will go to a small bucktail |
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| sucker color Tyrant 7" shallow Czar |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | jig and a minnow or an x-rap … plan for walleyes and hope the smallies are like they were last year. |
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Location: Central Minnesota | The way this winter is going I'm gonna use an 8 inch sucker on a tip up. |
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| 6" kickin minnow or Mepps #5 |
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| It's interesting. Last season, I began with working smaller baits, and working most of them slowly. Had minimal action. But then again, it was a weird season with Spring being so late. What's interesting was that a buddy of mine was throwing double 10's and big spinner baits and burning them right off the bat and had a lot more success than I did. |
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| Esoxrox - 2/25/2014 10:37 AM
A tipup
Dang it, you beat me to it. |
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| If my boat partner throws a phantom I'll throw a shallow invader until he catches one on the phantom, then I'll switch to a phantom, wishing I had done it sooner. |
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| Muskie Train MF shad will be first out then baby squirko if fish are slow.
Jeff Hanson
madisonmuskyguide.com |
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Location: Garrison, Mn | If it's a repeat of last year. I'll go with the Twisted Sister. The muskies were sitting in 12" of water. |
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| opening day will be ice-out, 6-7" streamer on a sink-tip line for me. |
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Location: Oconto Falls, WI | jonnysled - 2/25/2014 9:58 AM
jig and a minnow or an x-rap … plan for walleyes and hope the smallies are like they were last year.
Smallie fishing early last year was OFF THE HOOK! Not only a ton of giants, but they were heavily schooled up for the first month or so. I will also have an X-Rap on one size down from the "musky" size, or the "musky" size one.
Walleye opener, if it is open water and I have tagged out on my turkey, will be a Rapala Minnowrap.
Musky opener...way too early to say what I will use. I will let the conditions at the time indicate that.  |
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