Opening Day: Where are you gonna be????

[Rozman]

Well said Rolland.

[chironomid_guy]

Pierre and Summit North of Kettle falls are open............

[Toni]

I think I will sleep in and maybe do some house or yard chores.

[kevinb]

I'll do the deal. Tradition. And you know what I like about it....I see WAY more people involved in fishing than any other time. YES, it can be a pain, and not so attractive to the more experienced anglers, but let's take a step back, and think about the whole picture. This is the SUPER BOWL of WA State fishing. The MASTERS, the WORLD SERIES. Do you know what people pay for advertising during the SUPER BOWL? Even though some of us despise it, you can't argue it is a great stage to promote fishing, involvement, and conservation. Whether it's trout, bass, walleye, halibut....let's catch some fish! I'm sure I'll be chatting with many Sat., clean water and kids all the way!!



(PS....yes, I will be collecting Power Bait from the windy side of the lakes and reselling it as "rainbow color" for $2 a jar... )

Way to go Rolland,thats called thinking outside the box. I never thought of the opener like that but it makes complete
sense. Good luck everyone!!!

[Big Smooth]

Me and my freinds have rented a barg at Mineral. The crowds are enough, so there is no way I'm going to wait two hours to put my boat in and two hours to take it out. Top that off with no parking.. Pfft. My boat stays garaged and for a small fee I'll use someone elses.

Good luck to all.

[Dustin07]

Where can i get details on the lake wilderness derby tomorrow??

[kevinb]

Where can i get details on the lake wilderness derby tomorrow??

Not sure,I know theres a thread on it somewhere in here but can't seem to find it.
Rich,where are you?

[kevinb]

Change of plan for tomorrow. I was going to Tapps but my sister flaked out from baby sitting duties.I refuse to
put my son in the boat here now that all the idiots are making their way on the water. Might give Trout a shot with the family...its only 5 minutes away but the only drawback is very limited parking,then plan B would have to be Tanwax.
Good luck everyone and be safe.

[Bigbass Dez]

Im gonna hit the road at midnight tonight , drive over to lake roosevelt , we should make it there by 4:30am drivers meeting at 5 am blast off at 5:30am fish till 3pm .. hit the hotel that night an wake up at 4am and do it again baby !!

It is sooo cool to see all the campers,rv,trucks over in eastern wa . they line up over night at all the lakes ready to start casting at daybreak ..cool stuff to see !!

I get really excited about opening day and i dont even fish for trout just knowing that soo many people are excited to FISH , that really gets me pumped up man !! =d> :thumright :thumleft:

GO GETM BOYZ !!

BBD

[Dustin07]

found the derby info
http://www.maplevalley.com/derby/

[kevinb]

[quote="Bigbass Dez"]Im gonna hit the road at midnight tonight , drive over to lake roosevelt , we should make it there by 4:30am drivers meeting at 5 am blast off at 5:30am fish till 3pm .. hit the hotel that night an wake up at 4am and do it again baby !!

It is sooo cool to see all the campers,rv,trucks over in eastern wa . they line up over night at all the lakes ready to start casting at daybreak ..cool stuff to see !!

I get really excited about opening day and i dont even fish for trout just knowing that soo many people are excited to FISH , that really gets me pumped up man !! =d&gt]

I know your already out of town but good luck out there.


I'll be out a little later today.

[fishnislife]

WOW! =d>

Nice reporting everyone. Over 40 reports today and I'm sure there will be more tomorrow, just for opening day.

What's the total count Surpreme Overlords?
New record for one day?




I got out to bass fish, and yes it was busy where I was. More boats on the lake today then I saw on that lake all of last year. I'm just glad it's over.

Hope everyone had a good time. Any stories to share of your opening day?


fishnislife

[Aaron]

Last year was our best opener yet (36 reports) and this year we're at 45 and counting. Day after opening day last year we had 49 reports and I imagine we'll beat that too.

Funny you should be the one asking about reports... even admitting you got on the water, and we don't have a report from YOU!

I expect you'll rectify that.... ;)

[Dustin07]

I opted to hit Deep lake on sat as my brother and I left at O-dark-thirty to turkey hunt capitol forest at 4am......

I limited back at deep lake in about 2.5hrs of effort:

[Dustin07]

And I had to take a little YJ-specific pic for the "what did you do with your YJ today" thread on the jeepforum:

[ruthven78]

Man I totally forgot fishing.....so much going on, getting garden ready, doing other things...plus havent been on the site for awhile

If the April weather would have co-operated more the garden would have been already to go for the Mid May Planting

[Aaron]

WOW! =d&gt]Surpreme Overlords[/b]?
New record for one day?
fishnislife

The final tally is in. On opening day we had 78 reports, and on the following day we had 63 reports. That's a total of 141 reports for opening weekend. Last year we had 36/49 (85 total) for a 40% increase in report submissions! On top of that, Big D put in the 20,000th report!

All is well in report land.