2020 Opener Success

25.5" X-Rap Shad Shallow (Pink)

20" Shad Shallow

24" SK Colorado Blade (Black/Red)

12" Senko KO (GP)

12:00-2:30AM Eddy's Jetty North Corner
3:00-4:00AM Mac's Twin Bay Point
5:45-7:00AM GOMH SE
33-30℉, PC, 0-3mph N

I arrived at Eddy's with 10-minutes to spare.  There were two guys with a boat that decided for whatever reason to fish from the Jetty.  Winds were ideal for being out on the lake.  They took the North Harbor mouth.  As I was getting my baits set Casino Security stopped.  He told me it was closed, but he wasn't going to kick us out, but if the police stopped we'd have to go.  At about a quarter after one of the guys at harbor mouth caught one.  Just after that, a truck with two guys arrived.  They went to the center jetty and one of the guys caught several fish.  Around 1AM my guides started freezing up, but I didn't realize it.  I ended up breaking off a Jerk Shad when my line cut at the spool. I didn't check my line and ended up breaking off my first bite losing a Shad Shallow.  It wasn't even a big walleye.  I missed a bite then caught one on the chart Shad Shallow.  I missed a good hit on an X-Rap.  I put on the Pink Shad Shallow and that was the ticket.  Unfortunately, the Security guy came back and kicked us out just when I had the fish dialed. Lantern Man's Son showed up as I was putting my gear in the car. He had gotten some silver, but no gold.

I decided to give Mac's Twin Bay a try.  It's not the fishing spot I had hoped it would be, but I was able to make casts and catch a big (25.5).   I hooked into another big, but it broke me off when it went on a run.  I think it must have got me on a Zeeb because that was Fireline I had just put on.  A little while after that a mid 30's ski or pike swam by.  At 4AM I headed home for a quick tackle change and then I was off to the GOMH.

Wheel House Guy had been there since 4:30AM and didn't get a thing.  I started on the NE side and missed a toothy that hit on the craw tube.  It wasn't happening so I went to the SE side. I got two toothies. One on a Strike King Spinnerbait (24") and one on a Grass Pig (19.5).  Delroy's Boys got a couple of jumpers.  I bounced and went to Bulldog and got one small bass on a Neko Rig.

I called it a morning at 7:30Am

I got word that the Trophy was ready.  I put off going to get it until 4PM and it was sleeting so I didn't try her out.