O.K. -- let's get the message board chatter going. The open water season arrived here in Central Illinois within the past week, but the cold temps overnight put some skim ice back on the ponds last night. I was planning on my first musky fishing of the season this weekend but might put it off until next week. Believe it or not, one of the local lakes is best the first 3 or 4 weeks of the open water. My group will be heading up to Camp the first week of August this summer. All of our prior trips have been earlier (mostly the middle of July). So, we are interested to see if the patterns are any different in August. Any thoughts, comments, or suggestions would be appreciated. One thing I'm interested in knowing is if the big walleye on the shallow rocks pattern would still be viable in August.