fishing reports Opening Weekend Reports

[Jim Almquist]

Anybody get out this weekend and have some success? Wanted to hit Superior but the wind and temps kept me home,

[07TUNDRA]

Got 13 walleyes on island lake ( north of Duluth ) Saturday, nothing over 14 inches. Got about 4 Sunday on island lake, same size. Extremely slow, normally where river runs in lots of action but not this year. 

[certified jumbo]

We got some steelhead , walleye, Northern and crappie.  I would call the weekend "fair ".   Everyone got some fish to take home for some eating. This 41" rather thick post spawn northern was the highlight. 

[nlayne882]

Went on the river both days. It was fairly consistent, had to work a little bit but we found fish

[Odonata]

Fished the St. Louis on Saturday, was on the water by 5:20 AM.  Caught a 8 decent (2-5 lb) walleyes and a few small ones.  Left by 9 because of other commitments.  Fishing slowed around 8:30 IMO.  Hit the steelhead rivers on Sunday, went 4 for 8 with a buddy on the upper shore.  Used crawlers on the river, didn't even open the minnows.  All fish were male, one with a purple tag.  

[Surface Tension]

  I hit Rice lake. Water temps was 48 degrees and you know it was cold and windy. 
  Northerns were lite up but no gills, crappies, or eyes.  I think they all followed the leeches into the mud.

This weeks warm up should help out a lot.

[Northlander]

sat I fished plastics and jigs from shore on the SLR. fishing was good until 9:30 am then boats started moving around in the area and my bite slowed.

Sunday was a good morning with lots of eyes caught on spinners and 3 way rigging small cranks. Windy shore lines and flats were key.

yesterday did a shore fishing expedition starting at the 23 bridge and working down to oliver. many eyes and crappies caught on jigs and plastics. Slow current made fishing from shore easy with a 1/8 oz jig. Northland Mimic minnows and gulp smelt did the best.

[Jack Stasney]

Did good Saturday. Got out about 5:30am. Fished till about 10:45, but things slowed after 9:30 or so. Got a bunch of under 15in walleyes jigging in the morning, and man were there a lot of Rock Bass around. Then went to cranks and everything we caught from then on was 17-22in. Caught three Crappies on cranks too. Missed a couple of bigger fish, but all in all was a great day.