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Opener Spots for Wader Fishing


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Good luck to all those that will venture to those spots. smile

Spoondog welcome to FM.

Just something to keep in mind, once you reveal good fishing spots over the internet they will be getting a lot of pressure from those that read them and no longer be very good at all. Fishing reports are always welcome but you may just want to say the name of the lake rather than specific locations.

Again just something to keep in mind, welcome, and thanks for sharing.

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I have tried Washington and Ripley. You are correct..these spots can be pretty good dome years.

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I'm pretty sure Washington and Jennie had quite bad winterkills this past year.

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I'm pretty sure Washington and Jennie had quite bad winterkills this past year.
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Thanks for the tips Spoondog, don't pay any attention to the whiney haters you see here. Keep the tips coming and goodluck fishing this year.

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Glad to see that some people will take tips without whining about it half the time people are complaning that no one will give any information about anything, so good luck to you to SpitnArgueDuckClub

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Don't sweat it Spoondog. Glad to have to aboard! You're more than welcome to share any information you wish. There are a lot of ways to give helpful info without giving out spots if you don't care to and the choice is yours.

Good luck this weekend!

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Thanks for the tips Spoondog, don't pay any attention to the whiney haters you see here. Keep the tips coming and goodluck fishing this year.

If you read my earlier post you would see I am not a whiny hater. Yeah it is spelled whiny. I was just having some fun with the other two.

All of the above spots are great. I have hit them all and they all produce fish.

Again welcome to FM Spoondog, and best of luck fishing.

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Originally Posted By: SpitnArgueDuckClub
Thanks for the tips Spoondog, don't pay any attention to the whiney haters you see here. Keep the tips coming and goodluck fishing this year.

If you read my earlier post you would see I am not a whiny hater. Yeah it is spelled whiny. I was just having some fun with the other two.

I guess a "whiny" hater would know how to spell his own name, my bad. By the way don't mind this post I'm just having some fun.

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Lakes that have the Crow river flowing through them should be good areas.

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What is interesting about the original post is that I have fished Washington for 20 years and never knew about the first spot mentioned.

I see the post both ways.....I want the hopefully "prime" fishing spot limited to a few boats (rarely happens) though if i didn't know any lakes in the area at least I have something to check out.

I personally would not get that specific though at least Washington didn't make the Star Trib top picks for opener like a few years back. I'll take my chances with the online gossip compared to the paper.

Washington and Belle can be a cranky B*&<h early in the year so unless one tries and tries and tries again who knows.

Good luck to all. May your bait be lively and your rods bend often.

See you on the lake

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  • 2 weeks later...

just wondering if anyone tried these spots out that i gave i was out to these spots and i really got them, north side of washington by the light on that dock is a really good place to be at about 10 p.m. when most are going home. i see some people took my advise about jenny going on the north side off that point to the right of the landing, i had to wait a few days before i could get out there south side of jenny wasnt too bad either, both creeks produced, but just thought i would check in ck1

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