Opening weekend was nice on Saturday, very,very wet on Sunday. Of course, Monday was beautiful. The bite was as expected. Many fish using shallow cribs, shoreline wood, and especially weeds. Bait Rigs Slow Poke Weedmasters jigs and redtails or tuffies (large fatheads) were the ticket. I also got into some aggressive fish using 4" Berkley Hollowbellies rip jigging thru the weeds.
Saturday was definitely a morning bite and things seems to slow off during the middle of the day. My customers and I managed around 30 total walleyes and probably 10 pike and a mix of SMB's and LMB's. Saturday evening a good friend and I went out for "fun" and got a meal of eaters. The bite actually died for us by 8 pm....kinda weird prior to "prime time".
Sunday's soaker was the wierdest bite I've ever seen. Got a few pike and SMB's in the morning, along with some crappies. When the middle of the day down pour came thru, we put around 20 fish in the boat(walleyes, bass, pike) during that 1 to 1.5 hour downpour and east wind. I've had some great days during a light rain(both musky and walleye), but as far as a out right down pour, I've never seen it to be good, only right after the rain stops...anyway, with the fish biting, it was a lot easier to tollerate the rain.
Monday was an awesome day....cloudy in the morning turning to a warm, sunny day later...the walleyes were on fire and my customers and I ended the day with 14 fish over 15" for the freezer. We practiced selected harvest and for 4 people to keep 14 fish over 3 different lakes, the resource isn't getting hurt.
This brings me to another subject, once again the masses are out slaughtering the crappies day after day....what the hell do these people do with all this fish??? I get sick of cleaning 15 crappies much less 25 day after day....also the amount of 24" plus walleyes that get kept from locals also makes me sick, these are our spawners and the need to be released to keep the future of the lake.
I will keep things updated, and by the way, last night's town board meeting seemed to show where most people stand on the landing fee, which was good. With a little more public concern, I believe this issue will go to rest.
Good Luck!