2011 C & R Opener where you gonna be.

[mikesmiph]

Got out of the hospital WAAAAAAAAy later than I had hoped. Missed lunch at White Lake Inn, but met a couple friends at Kent. Only got to fish for a couple hours. I got skunked, like I always do at Kent. Theo caught a couple northerns. At least I was in a boat again.

[fuzzygrub1611]

 I was on Kent today too. I got skunked too. But i did get my new boat out for the first time. II am one happy camper!

[dartag]

Had a pretty good day on White.  Fished a Jig and Chatterbait all day.  caught most of the fish shallow near docks or cover.  Explored a most of the canals since the wind was really blowing on the lake.  Even caught 2 nice smallies under docks after lunch.   Water was 52-55 degrees.  Caught 5 pike and only gave them one jig.

[t-bone]

Fished with Capt Charlie on White. I had 10 bass, 4 keepers. Two were decent size 3 to 4lbers. All largemouth. had 4 pike as well, they were everywhere. I caught most of my fish on jerkbaits.  Vision 110 was getting it done, switched to a clankin rap and that made a difference. While waiting for the ramp to clear, I caught 3 bass in about 10 casts. That was a nice flurry.

Charlie had a handful of bass and couple pike, with a lot of followers.

[huston]

Tjrock, I saw you guys coming in when I was launching at Harley Ensign. Your father was walking kind of stiff and said to mee he was going in for back surgery. Hope it all works out. I was in the green & gold Astro with my nephew. We went to the canals in Anchor Bay since I didn't want to deal with the wind and waves. We caught Largemouth and Rock Bass. It was my first time out and I was not sure about electronics, boat maintenance, etc.... also so I stayed around that area. I sure wish we had some good weather.

[thedude]

we ended up in a smaller local lake not far from my house. was going to do hardy but with the wind and muddy water, figured it was going to be more of a hassle than anything.

Showed up, hit a windy flat and smoked about a 15lb limit in the first 45 minutes. Moved around the lake and caugh fish sporadically here and there including a few nice ones. Went back the well a few times and got a few more. Good day all in all. several 4+ lb fish, probably 20-25 fish total including a nice walleye.

sunday i met a friend at "big lake" down south of town. we fished for a few hours and boated a few smaller fish, biggest was probably 2.5lbs. Normally this time of year i'm chucking traps or jerkbaits non-stop, but the jig bite has been on fire.  Nothing quite like the feeling of leaning back into a 5lber on a jig... love it.

[t-bone]

Here is the picture of my largest on White Lake - short but fat, the fish that is!

[tjrock]

Huston, Thanks for the well wishes for my dad. He goes in on the 18th for back surgery. He broke it in a car accident back in 1976 and they had to put two pins and a plate in it way back then and now he has two herniated discs and arthritis below where the pins and plate are. He said they are going to fuse it below the pins and plate and replace the two pins. Hopefully this works as he's already had about 25 injections and is on quite a few pain meds which don't seem to be helping much anymore. It sucks he retired 4 years ago and now can't enjoy it because he's in so much pain. I was glad he felt well enough to go out that day and actually catching a few nice smallies made it even better.