2011 C & R Opener where you gonna be.

[Durand Dan]

Looks like I'll keep fishing in Ohio!

[djkimmel]

Looks like I'll keep fishing in Ohio!

Lucky you...

[Revtro]

Ahh the ole "where ya gonna be on the opener" post.     Kinda warms your heart doesn't it?  I love this annual post because it signals that the season is finally upon us after a long and cold winter.  I'll be on LSC barring a hurricane. 

New tackle in the boxes...Check.
New line for the reels...Check.
New Rods to replace broken ones...Check.
Spark plugs...Check.
Batteries...Check.
Foul weather gear...Check.
New flares...Check.

Just have to test the trailer lights and brakes, grease the wheels, and get licenses, and we're good to go.  We're just about there!  Yee Ha! 

[FishermanJohn]

Fiance is graduating from Oakland U on the Opener (poor planning on her part    ) so I have to stick nearby.  I think I am going to head out to Orchard.

I'm excited...I've had my rods and reels cleaned by November, tackle organized by December, and have been obsessively/compulsively checking it monthly since. 

[djkimmel]

Do you need anything else to do? (My stuff is sitting about how I left it last fall)

[FishermanJohn]

Do you need anything else to do? (My stuff is sitting about how I left it last fall)

Nope!  Hitting the Maumee already for some walleye action!

[djkimmel]

Lucky you

[Durand Dan]

Do you need anything else to do? (My stuff is sitting about how I left it last fall)

Nope!  Hitting the Maumee already for some walleye action!

I wacked a couple (Rattletrap) on Oxbow Lake outside Defiance on the way home from work this morning! I great to be on it again!!

[djkimmel]

Well I did say lucky you.

[mikesmiph]

Well, it looks like we're going to have to miss it this year. I have to go back in the hospital for a SMALL procedure again on my leg, on the 29th. Will be spending the night. If I get out in time on Saturday, maybe Veronica and I will meet you guys for lunch.

[djkimmel]

That's a bummer Mike. Make sure the surgeon knows you have important things to do the next few days!

[dartag]

only 7 more days.  Going to be interesting since the water is so cold.

[McCarter]

i cant friggin wait.  the cold water is actually going to make it great for blades and jerkbaits.  a lot of the fish were already spawning this time last year so the smallies were a little tough to target on the main lake.  but this year it is going to be lights out.

McCarter himself

[EKennedy]

LSC...if the weather holds.

[Mike S.]

Muskegon on Saturday.  White on Sunday.  I also have Monday off, but don't know where I'm fishing.  Guarantee it will be a different lake than the first 2 days.

[BNL]

Water temps were in the high 40s (48-49.6) when I launched my boat this past Thursday.  What is the temperature when smallies start moving up to spawn?  Next full moon isn't until May 17-19.  Given the tight weather conditions, would you think the smallies would be on beds by then?  After that the next full moon is in the middle of June, which seems like a more like time for the largies to move up.

It is going to be an interesting spring.

Anyone have an open seat for the gathering at White Lake? Just curious.

[Durand Dan]

I got my Metro Parks Stickers in the mail today. I'm thinking Kensington!!

[fuzzygrub1611]

 LSC or Belleville Sat. 4/30

[bassinman#1]

Kent for sure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bassfan586]

LSC  on sat