Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Fishing Opener

May 8, 2013

The small ponds are opening up and lake ice is open aboout 20 feet in some places and where the rivers go in and out.  Sorry to say it doesn't look like ice will be out for the opener this weekend, unless some unforseen miracle happens. 

We have been trying to get an answer from DNR regarding river closures and were told to check their website and listen to the news, regarding any river closure decisions.

Naturally, minnow trapping has been another issue.  After checking with several trappers, looks like we will have crappy and fathead minnows, also light northern and then crawlers and wax worms.  Haven't been able to round up spot tail shiners, or shiners of any kind and also no luck on rainbows yet.  This is just a real tough opener. 

I would hope in a week or ten days, everything should be open and we will all be back in business.

Wish we had better news for you, but hope if you are up in the area you will stop by, pick up some bait and maybe try fishing from shore or open bays on smaller lakes.

Give us a call if you have any questions.  Hope to see you this weekend.

Good fishing!

Froggy and the gang

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