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| Hey just wondering what people will start out with for the Minnesota or any other northern states openers. Ill be trying spring bulldawgs, smaller sized spinnerbaits, and maybe a topraider or jackpot at daybreak.
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Location: Houlton, WI | Musky innovations titan tube, and bulldawgs |
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| I won't be out there, but I would probably use Shallow Invaders and Phantoms almost the entire time. Maybe a homemade jerkbait as well. Good luck. |
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| Glide baits and Minnow baits.
Favorite Glide bait would be the Magic Maker and for Minnow baits, Slammer 8" minnow bait. |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Daybreak,
Ya gota go with a Weagle in the shallows for about 2-3 hrs......You Will have something hit , so hang on !
After that I'd go with a few different colored Phantoms or Reefhawgs,Hellhounds, ect... moved slower than normal,.. or... maybe fast. Let the fish tell ya. Mag Dawds of course.
Dusk,.... Weagle or Creeper.....Pace Maker, Top Raider.
I also would like to throw the new Cow Dussa, or Cow Girl, but I'll be in Wi. fishing the Mac Tournament with Mr. Winther and netting His fish.....LOL.
Jerome
Edited by Top H2O 5/11/2009 6:46 PM
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Location: Minn. | Last year I changed tactics due to large amount of boats on our local lake. There seemed to be a boat every 75 ft casting the shoreline. At one point in the day I counted 43 boats on a lake of about 800 acres. My brother and I decided to work the secondary breaks between 12 and 14 ft. My brother caught a 40" and a 45" on a Super D, and I caught a 40" and a 48" on Curly Sue. Our best opener ever .  |
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Location: Stillwater | Ill use small bucktails mepps musky killers small shallow diving crankbaits like rapala jointed xraps and small topwater. |
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| some pretty nice choices
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| was that in Minn? thats a ton of fish in prime conditions, but for the opener-nice! |
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Location: Pelican Rapids, MN | Big Blades - DCG's , DCG jr's
Dawgs -mags and pounders
Gliders - Surface an sub
Topwaters - Top Busters, Low-riders
Small bucks - baby Girls, Lily tails
When all else fails, I got some 10" powerbait eels |
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Location: Alexandria, Minnesota | I have had luck the last couple of years using Suicks and Wades Wobbler's. I also like Jack Pots early in the season. In the middle of the day they will come up and smack'em.
Edited by Dave Williamson 5/11/2009 8:39 PM
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Location: North St. Paul, MN | Does your choice of bait change if you're fishing tigers instead of natural strain? I'm thinking of giving the metro tigers an early run and was thinking 6" phantoms, small spinnerbaits, and twitchbaits (slammers, shallowraiders)...make sense? |
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Location: Iowa Great Lakes | My openers May 21st. I'll be throwing Hellhounds, 9" Wades Wobblers, Cowgirls, Mag Dawgs to start and go from there. Dave come on down and warm up for your opener. |
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Location: Pelican Rapids, MN | If I were chasing tigers I would use baby believers, Rattle baits, Baby Depth Raiders, or #9 Shad raps. They seem to like flashy loud rattling baits, especially in the spring! |
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Location: Minn. | 619musky That was Mn. But I'm afraid this year, we may not even get on the lake. Right now the access is only 8" deep. Unless we get some rain soon, I'll have to go to a different lake. |
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| Throw a chatterbait till your arm falls off. rip it and let if fall at times, deadly. |
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Location: MPLS, MN | twitch 7 1/2" grandma |
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| baby ducklings will be all over the place,,,nothing imitates them better then a phat boy bobing back and forth on top like a little helpless one seperated from mother |
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Location: Grand Rapids MN | 8" Swimmin' Joe, Shallow Invader, 6" Sq. Phantom, Mepps 'bous, Chatterbait, Rumbler, Turbo Jack Jr. |
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Location: Ogden, Ut | If I were fishing it, I'd have a WA Wabull in both full and baby sizes available right close...and a Perka.
I think a smaller Slammer or Grandma would get a bunch of twitching time too.
If the weather turned cold, I'd probably try a Hawgseeker Slow Tease or a jig.
S.
(take it for what it's worth, I've never fished the Mn. opener) LOL |
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| I would try a 18" WISHMASTER in a rainbow trout pattern, with a delong killer witch trailer hooked to it! LOL! |
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Location: Maplewood, MN | I'm gonna start out with MI Titan tubes and Phantoms |
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| MuskyFever, are you talking bout the curly tail phantoms or the original |
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Location: Maplewood, MN | the original in firetiger. ooohh yeaah |
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| nice choices
Edited by 619musky 5/14/2009 6:23 PM
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Bait choices for MN opener (June 6th)