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For those of us who have other commitments or have decided against ice fishing in the rain, let us know how you are doing ! |
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Location: NW WI | I can say I tried!
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Location: Minnesota | yea but you forgot to drill your hole. but like the pic
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Location: central Wisconsin | Well I did fish open water today. water temps between 50 and 55 degrees. I had one small sub 30" on for a few seconds till it jumped and threw the hook. A lot of guys fishing, everybody I talked to got skunked. |
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Location: Green Bay, Titletown, WI | I had the same water temps. Saw a few mid 30's males cruising the shallows, none of them were paired up either. I got skunked... |
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| Lost what may have been a decent fish in the lake, then went to river and did net a 38 just so the opener would not pass without a catch. |
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Location: SE Wisc and Vilas County | I went to work and also got skunked. hopefully Monday morning I can put one in the net. |
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| Got out at 5:30 and by 7:20 we had moved 2 and caught 1 that was 33". Saw 1 other low 30's caught about 7:45 and then they basically shut down. About 2 p.m. we caught a 20" large mouth and about 6 p.m. we moved a 40" muskie. After moving a few around early I had high hopes, but the muskies had different plans I guess. I'm also sure the way too many sailboats on the lake didn't help, as they cut off large chunks of fishable water for a decent time. Here's a thought, don't have a huge sailboat event on the busiest lake in the state,on opening day of fishing. Seems ill advised to me but to each their own.
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Fished two lakes yesterday and got our limit of 'eyes. Dinner was great! |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | sworrall - 5/5/2013 8:51 AM
Fished two lakes yesterday and got our limit of 'eyes. Dinner was great!
Through the ice, or were you actually able to get a boat into the water?
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Location: one foot over the line | Fished Petenwell for 10 hours, temps ranged from 51-55, never saw a muskie. We did take 30 min. to hammer a bunch of stripers that at least bent the pole. |
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | Fished 4pm to 8pm on pewaukee lake with good sucess. Moved a couple muskies, caught a 35-inch, a nice pike and a 21-inch largemouth bass. All the action was around 7pm. Then it shut down. This afternoon I plan to fish the same hours. Lots to do around the house, garage and yard rite now. The afternoon bite is always better in the Spring. |
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Location: SE, WI. | Mike; That word "always" is going to get you in Trouble...LOL Moved 3 musky Sat. Between 10;30 am and 12 noon. Moved 4 on Sunday Mourn. Most fish were between 36 - 43, But no takers. Talked to 2 boats that did really well. One boat had 4 boated by 10;30AM...and the other had 5 boated before Noon. Most people I talked to never seen a fish after 12 noon Sat...Hmmm! Except for NE winds, conditions were excellent.
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | tcbetka - 5/5/2013 9:08 AM
sworrall - 5/5/2013 8:51 AM
Fished two lakes yesterday and got our limit of 'eyes. Dinner was great!
Through the ice, or were you actually able to get a boat into the water?
TB
Open water on a couple lakes in the area. Some floating ice chunks here and there, and VERY cold water fro 39 to 41 degrees. Walleyes were all males staging on the breaks. |
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| Had around 30 follows the last two days. Couldn't get any to eat and then today finally got one. 46 1/4" |
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Location: SE Wisconsin | Saw 7, lost one and we put a 34 in the bag between 6am-1pm. To-do list today |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Beat the walleyes up again tonight, and Sue got a big crappie. Water warmed to mid 40's. |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | Hopefully in another week, weather permitting... |
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| Trying again with the picture...
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | Beauty ! |
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Location: Greenfield, WI | We saw 6 Sunday morning before 9:31 AM, but no strikes.
It was great being out on the water again.
Mr. Worrall, Debbie and I are looking forward to our Federal Express shipment of wrapped and frozen walleye filets should your freezer become "Capacitorially Challenged"!
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | No ice on Pewaukee. Spent Saturday in Neenah picking up my buddy's 619 and didn't fish till Sunday. Caught 2 small muskies one of which the slamner was half it's size, it's amazing that they attack baits 1/2 thier size. The other 2 guy's we're throwing girly baits and caught 4 bass, one was 20 inches.
Wednesday night muskie league should start soon.....
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Location: Racine, Wi | Was out Saturday and Sunday on Pewee. Got 2 on Saturday, both in the morning. Nothing huge, a 32 and 35. Cranks and gliders in less then 6 fow. Got 2 shorties on Sunday, one on a bucktail and one on a slammer. Both shallow. One early and one around 1pm. Saw 3 others on Sunday and got a super fat largie as well. Gonna do some exploring today, but the other lakes have muskies spawning for sure, so we'll see what happens. |
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Location: La Crosse, WI | Fished Pewaukee on Saturday for the first time with a buddy who lives down there. I didn't have any luck but my buddy had 3 follows and caught a little 27 incher. Also caught a 18 inch smallmouth.
Went to Oconomowoc on Sunday just for a change of scenery. No action on muskies but my buddy caught a 19 inch smallie and a 15 inch largemouth. We did see a bunch of muskies under the dam and throughout the channel that runs into the lake. Pretty neat to see, I'm thinking it will get good down there in a week or two. It was fun to fish some different lakes and to finally get some baits wet. |
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Location: Greenfield, WI | In early spring the view at the Okauchee Lake Dam is the ultimate candy store and tease for muskie fishermen. There are many times that the bridge overlooking the dam should nearly be closed to vehicle traffic due to so many viewers.
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| Pewaukee kicked my butt pretty good. My wife had a small follow in the Am on Saturday. Then she had a hit that didn't hold. I had a little "bump" and came back empty. Did catch a cute 15 inch smallie and a 32 inch pike, though.
Got one heckuva sunburn on Saturday and I have to admit, after ten hours of casting, neither one of us was going to roll out of bed to do it again on Sunday! |
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Location: La Crosse, WI | It was definitely neat to see! We didn't see any huge ones, a couple in the low 40 to mid 40 inch class along with a bunch of mid 30 inch males. Some of them looked really beat up from the spawn and others were very clean. It was like looking in an aquarium. That was worth the trip down alone. |
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | Sunday afternoon I got out from 5pm till 8:30pm. Action was good for pike (2) and bass (2). One muskie hit on the first few cranks of the reel. Had a good battle going before it came unhooked. Huge boil and disapointment but that's fishing. Raised two other muskies also.
Ok "afternoon bite is always better" as I stated in a earlier post might be pushing it. Lets just say I usually do better in the afternoons than mornings in spring. Opening weekend is the exception.
Weird year so far. Most fish I have seen and heard of caught have been very clean. No real signs of spawning on east end fish. Others who have been fishing the west end have seen and caught scared up fish. Strange because the east end of Pewaukee warms up faster than the west end. Guess we had a bunch get it going during that warm up we had earlier.
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Location: north central wisconsin | We held our annual Consolidated Musky Club outing on Saturday, south of 10(members could fish anywhere). Everyone was met with a late spring, 49 degree water. It was the poorest showing for fish captures/sightings since we began this outing about 7 years ago. With that said, after a bit of rain in the morning, it was a nice day. My partner and I fished Muskies for about 3 hours in the morning, before he decided to try for White Bass/Walleye's and got a 32"ish Musky on his 1.5" crankbait. He switched back to Muskies for a spell, then picked up his spinning outfit again, catching a walleye and a smallie. About 10 minutes later Ole' said 'I'm hooked up', and I saw his rod doubled. Luckily she was lethargic enough to not make any crazy runs, and it only took 10 minutes to land her. 45.5". He ended up with the winning fish. Another member got a 42" Musky for 2nd place. |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | Very nice...the old "reverse psychology" move!
"I'm not fishing for muskies... Fish ON!"
Seems to work more often than not in the Spring.
TB |
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | We had 14" of solid ice, some spots 18". Fishing was slow
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | Never ice fished an opener.
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Location: Pewaukee Lake | Fished Pewaukee Saturday afternoon and Sunday Morning. Saturday brought me 3 follows all mid 30's fish. Did manage one pike. Sunday stuck a 43 and raised two other good fish. Had the kiddos with and they had a blast!! |
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| Fished Madison lake chain Sat/Sun. Fished from 5am - 2pm on Saturday. Nothing all morning. Had a lazy follow from a nice mid-forties fish in Turville Bay. Thought things were going to heat up with the front coming in quick, and it did, for bass and northern. Caught several nice bass and northern right before and again right after the rain showers that pushed through. Sunday fished Wingra. Had a lost hook-up on a grim reaper spinner bait with 3 orange blades slow rolling on the weed edges and later caught a 22 in LMB. No musky netted in my boat this weekend.
What were people using that did have luck netting one this weekend? I expect the patterns to change quite a bit over the next week with consistent 70 degree temps in South WI.
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Location: Pulaski, WI | Fished Pewaukee Sat & Sunday. Had nothing going on, stopped by Smokie's and they said fish shallow. Got a 34-1/2" on Sat and 38-1/2" Sunday on glider. Fish were clean. |
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Location: Eau Claire,WI | I got 2 while fishing for bait, aka walleye. Both came on a 1/16 oz jig with a small minnow.They were 32 and 26 inches.Pretty fun on 6 pound test line,both were released so I can catch them another day. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | got a mid 40's wahoo but the tail got eaten by a huge barracuda ... off to enjoy it on a beachside grill ... :0)
it was a suspendo ... but arguably came off the break-line
and caught trolling |
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Location: Greenfield, WI | Lucky you johnnysled for being out on saltwater!
Why would you ever fish fresh water if you had regular access to saltwater?
I can't wait for WahooFirst.com to be up an running......I'm sure Mr. Worrall is working on it! |
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | Im not 100% sure all the lakes will be open by this weekend up in Vilas. Some dudes were still driving Atv's out on Sunday. Warm weather will help, but the long term forecast includes the possibility of snow again by the weekend. Lows in the mid to upper 20's.
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | We were on an Oneida County lake tonight, and the ice had obviously just busted off. A good section was full of ice floes, and there was weeds and trash everywhere. Fishing wasn't real good either... |
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Location: Racine, Wi | Sled, can we assume you didn't pinch the tail when you were measuring that wahoo? So you could speculate that it could have been longer, but with no tail to pinch I think any measurement is invalid due to the "bitten off tail" (if that's not a fish story too)  |
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Location: SE Wisconsin | Back at it after work tomorrow... Ribs still bruised from opening days adventure. Sounds like some nice fish were caught over the weekend. I wish I had gotten out on Sunday, but a happy wife is a happy home.
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | I ice fished with Saric on Saturday, he said he;s going to leave them all for you. |
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Location: Pewaukee Lake | Pic of 43"! Muskie hunters in training!!!!
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Location: Hudson,WI | Only 2 more weeks for those of us in the northern half of Sconnie. |
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| Had 4 follows down here in Iowa last Saturday two of which were actually strikes that missed the hooks. Had a lot of fun and definitely gaining more confidence in what I am doing now that I am seeing some fish. |
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Location: Minnesota | June 1st cant come soon enuffffffff
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Location: Not far enough north! | No closed season down here in IL but it was still the first day on the water for me. NE winds had me a little concerned Sunday but it worked out alright. Water temps were 60 and we put three males in the boat. A 38 and two 39's. Two were really beat up from the spawn the other pretty clean. Just nice to be on the water again (been since september for me...) |
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