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Finally! The 2008 walleye fishing opener has arrived!

After checking questionable ice out condition on the Tower end of Vermilion for the last week we finally got enough open water on the South shore of Big Bay to be able to get out onto a large enough section of water to be able to fish. Even though my clients and I were unable to gain access to my prefered "Opening Day" walleye spot because of a huge ice flow on most of Big Bay I was able to get to a couple of my back up spots and we managed to have a very good day on Saturday!

The morning started off with snow flakes falling as we headed out from the Hoodoo Point Landing! Another "Typical Opener"! With the water tempretures averaging 39 to 44 degrees in these spots the bite was very light and tenative, but fairly steady. All of our fish came out of 22' to 33' of water and were caught on bait rigs with a 3' to 4' leader, 3/8 oz. egg sinker, a size #4 red or green Gamagatsu hook, with rainbow chub as bait. We had to move very slowly to get any bites and had to feed the bait to the fish for a few seconds before setting the hook. We ended the day with 41 walleyes caught! We kept our limits of 16 fish that were 13" to 16-1/2" in length, and released two fish that were in the protected slot.

By 3:00 pm we were all ready to call it a day as the wind had come up and the temperature had begun to drop again. Big Bay should be ice free by Monday or Tuesday. This is only the second year that I have ever seen ice on Big Bay on opener weekend!

The fishing can only get better as the water and weather warm!

Have a great opener and be safe out on the water!

Cliff
Cliff's Guide Service
218-753-2005

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