butternut opener

[Flambeau Riverman]

can't help you with the eye's could you please let us know water temps
and how the weeds are coming in will be up 1st week of june on ski patrol
and it's the wife's favorite lake.
Thank You.

[Joe Brezinski]

Teenfisher,
The water temps are in the low to mid 50's. Stay shallow. 3ft to 6 ft. Use 1/16 to 1/8 oz jigs tipped with small minnows or use #4 bait hooks with slip bobbers. Muskies are still extremely shallow. Saw a dandy last nite. The weed growth is starting to develope and the cabbage starting to bud. Use a little piece of gulp ahead of the minnow if you can't get bit. With the high winds the water is a little cloudy stay with orange or chartruese color jigs and hooks.
Good Luck Fishing
Joe

[teenfisher]

thanks for the advise joe. i will try to make sure to report back after the fishing. and yes flambeau riverman, i will get the water temps for you and weed growth status.

[Flambeau Riverman]

Thanks teenfisher looking forward to your report.
I have to admit I'm a little jealous still a month before
we get to wet a line. Have a good trip and Good Luck fishing.

[teenfisher]

well, i went out. had to rent a boat from northern pines because my boat is broken at the moment. conditions were tough considering the trolling motor did not work and there was no fishfinder. to make matters worse there was 30mph winds. tried fishing windswept shorelines but the wind was just so furious that fishing was near impossible for us as we didn't have the suited equipment for the conditions. tried fishing bays that were out of the wind somewhat only to find last years weeds. the spots that did have good weeds were in the danger zone of the wind. we stopped the fishing at around 2pm like most on the water as the wind was just getting worse. talked to some others who had either caught nothing like us or had caught a couple some walleyes and northerns as well.

[Flambeau Riverman]

teenfisher,
sorry to here your trip didn't go well. (broken boat been there)
on all the sites i go on they said that for the northern wisconsin opener
that the winds were brutal everywhere.
usually when i see white caps and winds 30mph i tend to avoid
butternut there's not much shelter other than the island.
didn't know northern pines (miss bob) still rented boats me and the wife
usually eat lunch there we just pull up to the dock and tie up the boat
i think thats another reason its here favorite lake and that most of the
musky's she's caught inculding her PB have came from butternut.
we still have 31 more day's till are first trip.
hope your next trip is better good luck.

[teenfisher]

yea me too. i'll be back up north in a month but don't know if i'll be on butternut. water temps were in mid 50's i'm pretty sure by the way but i don't know because we didn't have a fish finder. just going off other reports... yea northern pines is great, just wouldn't rent a boat from them again but i won't need to hopefully haha. ever since the husband left, northern pines has been slipping because the lady has to run that place by herself. hopefully she gets through the tough times so i can continue to have great times on butternut.