Last years opener results

[andy j]

I have never fished mille lacs for the opener. I keep hearing everyone say that they catching a ton of fish. Give me a idea of how many fish you caught on a average trip and in how many hours. Leeches seem to be the best bait?

[BigPointBlake]

It depends on the wind. Last year we got most of our fish bobber fishing from sundown till 3am. I know we would have got some drifting the sand off Big Point during the day if we had wind. Leeches are your best bet. We averaged about 20-25 fish every night. The trick this year is catching fish in that **** slot. I hope this helps.
-BPB

[andy j]

B.P.B.
Thanks for the info. what depths for slip-bobbers after dark? AJ

[skyking]

We went week and a half after opener and had really good luck from 5-9:30pm with the slip bobbers. Caught 50 walleyes in 4 hours! Can't beat that. Leeches were the all-around best, but I was outfishing the other guy 3-1 with crawlers until it got really dark. Good luck.

[james_walleye]

Catching slot fish is the trick to what? You cant have fun catching and releasing 20" plus walleyes all day long?

[BigPointBlake]

What I ment by the "trick" was getting your limit of slot fish. I agree that it is fun to catch big fish and release them, but I also like to eat them. I can't justify driving 150 miles to pet big fish and relesase them. Thats just my opinion.