Kicked off the 2018 campaign on a lake south of the metro. We launched at 5:45, successfully avoiding opening day ramp madness. I fished with two sons and a grandson, 4 of 5 members of Team Mac. It was a surprising mixed bag day. I fished with my youngest son and we had several nice northerns with his biggest going 36". Also, we each caught a 20" walleye (mine came home for Mother's Day dinner for the missus). Also, several big crappies caught on bass gear and twenty LM (our actual target species) from 13 - 193/4". Slow rolled horizontal baits (chatterbait, small spinnerbaits, and small swim baits) combined for a little over half of the bass with a tx-rigged tube producing the rest. With the recent cold weather, as expected, the LM were not on the beds and were not very shallow. After hunting and pecking around a little, we eventually located a nice school in a small depression out near the opening of a large spawning bay. The depression had cabbage which was no doubt holding them with a depth of 4-5'. We boated eleven from 16 to the 193/4 before they turned off. I would've killed for some power poles as we were constantly on the troller trying to keep in position in a gusty east wind. Grandson boated a plump 19" LM and numerous smaller fish on swim baits. Water temps were 54-59. Just a very enjoyable day on the water and a great start to the season. Heading to Fergus area Wednesday for a long weekend.
Anyone else enjoy some good action?