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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
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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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| 2 Pounder |
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| Weagle and Suicks |
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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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Location: New Hope MN | probably a black jig. |
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Location: one foot over the line | snag hook and dynomite |
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Location: Richland Center, WI. | Shumway flasher in black with martian green blades. Reel slow now.
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Not sure when Opening day will be up here,,-24 last night -30 the next 2 nights and next week -15 to -20 for low's.
But when Spring arrives up here, I'll throw a Mag Double Dawg in the morning, a Hell hound/Reef hawg in the afternoon and a Weagle at sun set.
Gotta start somewhere.
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Location: Detroit River | Depending on what the water color is I'll either be putting on a pearl, vomit, or black w/purple flake Bondy Bait on. |
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Location: c.wis | 1- black or canadian crush 6" soft tail phantom
2- jig n minnow
3-big creek chubs on circle hooks |
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| Perch Diesel got the job done last year. Might be iced over this year |
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| Smallies and walleyes, until muskie season.
Then, I'll wake up and decide what to chase.
Hopefully, the muskies will cooperate, a little better than last year.
I will start off with some of my own bucktails, and slow moving topwaters.
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Location: St. Lawrence River | most likely a bucktail |
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Location: Aurora | Chatterbait running behind double 8's body & blades.
I call it the "Numby-Tingler" |
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| DDD. 6 years in a row with at least two fish on opening day. No need to break away from that when going for 7 openers in a row. |
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Location: MN | T_Peterzen55 - 2/25/2014 12:03 PM
2 Pounder
My thought exactly.  |
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| Buckethead, maybe my golden sucker. |
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| Sidejack - 2/26/2014 5:02 PM
Chatterbait running behind double 8's body & blades.
I call it the "Numby-Tingler"
Do you have a pic of that? |
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| I was Hoping it would be a Rattle Trap, but It may have to be a different Lure if the Lake I am heading to next Wednesday does not open up! |
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| All black Medusa baby! can't wait |
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| 6 foot Tony Rizzo rod, #5 musky killer, 30lb cortland braid. Going after Louies world record. Grindstone.
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| You mean 36 lb cortland dacron? |
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Location: Wakefield, MI | Worm and a bobber. |
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Location: Aurora | #1netman - 2/27/2014 6:45 AM
Sidejack - 2/26/2014 5:02 PM
Chatterbait running behind double 8's body & blades.
I call it the "Numby-Tingler"
Do you have a pic of that?
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| Live chicken after chumming the area with lean ground beef. |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Bondy - 2/28/2014 8:02 AM
Live chicken after chumming the area with lean ground beef.
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Al |
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| Bobber dawg. |
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Location: Appleton Wi | Twitching a homemade crank bait and burning double 10's |
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| 9 inch georgie,downrod 20ft line 6 ounce weight over 18ft of water.. big girls rest after spawn. they don't move far but they eat if the baits in front of them... openers here on l.s.clair can be fickle..
maybe this year i may need my auger and jig thru a 10 inch hole lol. |
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Location: Detroit River | woodieb8 - 3/2/2014 1:13 PM 9 inch georgie,downrod 20ft line 6 ounce weight over 18ft of water.. big girls rest after spawn. they don't move far but they eat if the baits in front of them... openers here on l.s.clair can be fickle.. maybe this year i may need my auger and jig thru a 10 inch hole lol. We might have to commandeer a Coast Guard ice breaker if this crap weather keeps up. |
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Location: Waconia,MN | Phantom or suick for me. |
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| for me gotta be a regular bulldawg if its warmer its gonna be a pounder |
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Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan | White or perch colored mini medusa. If that doesn't work then buck tails and cranks will be it for me. maybe a pounder or two if it comes down to it. |
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Location: MN | bigred2198 - 2/25/2014 8:58 AM
the lake i fish is bucktail all the way for opener, but i will try a phantom and the new suicks im getting!!
That makes absolutely prefect sense! "Double face palm" |
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