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Mad_Angler
05/03/2024 12:38PM
  
I was wondering how the warm spring should change fishing opener strategy.

I'm assuming that the walleye spawn will be oven and the moving water will be filled with suckers eating the eggs.

I assume that the trout will be a bit deeper than usual.

Are those assumptions correct?
What general strategies should I employ?
 
KungPowKing
05/11/2024 04:29PM
  
What will the smallmouth bass spawn look like this year? Any idea on timing?
 
shock
05/03/2024 06:25PM
  
Mad_Angler: "I was wondering how the warm spring should change fishing opener strategy.


I'm assuming that the walleye spawn will be oven and the moving water will be filled with suckers eating the eggs.


I assume that the trout will be a bit deeper than usual.


Are those assumptions correct?
What general strategies should I employ?" Yes the walleye spawn should be over, AND yes them suckers will be slurping down some spawn along with whitefish but they will sit out from the flowage. If surface temps are still under 52* i think for opener lakers should still shallow. but will change soon.
i think the opener will great for the Grandslam !
 
timatkn
05/03/2024 11:27PM
  
My assumption is it won’t be much different. Winter was warmer than normal for sure, but the spring has been all over the place.


For example, I am fishing a lake in southern Iowa this week. Same time of year as last year, the lake never even froze over and the water temps are almost 10 degrees cooler than last year…


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KungPowKing
05/12/2024 03:09PM
  
We're going fishing the second week of June and am unfamiliar with spawning cycles. We are targeting the big four but would like some advice on which species will be more active at this time. Any help is appreciated.
 
Pinetree
05/12/2024 04:20PM
  
KungPowKing: "We're going fishing the second week of June and am unfamiliar with spawning cycles. We are targeting the big four but would like some advice on which species will be more active at this time. Any help is appreciated."


smallmouth bass should be real active, early spring and if water warms up lake trout will be going deeper. Still morning and evening should be able to get lake trout at 15 feet unless surface temps already hit 70.
Walleye fishing should be excellent.
 
Pinetree
05/08/2024 10:30AM
  
timatkn: "My assumption is it won’t be much different. Winter was warmer than normal for sure, but the spring has been all over the place.



For example, I am fishing a lake in southern Iowa this week. Same time of year as last year, the lake never even froze over and the water temps are almost 10 degrees cooler than last year…



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For walleyes the main thing is spawning has been done for a few weeks already. Usually, Memorial weekend for walleyes is much better than opener.
 
Pinetree
05/11/2024 08:52PM
  
KungPowKing: "What will the smallmouth bass spawn look like this year? Any idea on timing?"
It shifts into high gear when water temps hit 60 degrees.

 
atha231
05/14/2024 11:14AM
  
We are going the first week of June (6/2-6/8) any concern about how the weather will affect the fishing?


For reference we are going to Quetico through Prairie Portage then going Basswood->S chains->Agnes.