Yesterdays very warm temps and a 30 mph wind pretty much ate most of the ice. Time to hit the water. Another problem is the lack of the preferred bait, shiners. With no open water till now bait shops have not been able to obtain the shiners. We will have to see if the minnow trappers can get some shiners now that the water is open. The shiners may not be in the shallows so this may be an indicator on the location of the walleyes. Stay tuned.