Opener

Anyone hit Osakis on opening weekend?

hit Osakis Fri. for crappie, the action was dead! jumped to a couple different smaller lakes for opener day,action was very slow

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hit Osakis Fri. for crappie, the action was dead! jumped to a couple different smaller lakes for opener day,action was very slow

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Sounds like a typical Osakis opener…

I’ve been fishing that lake from the time I could crawl, and Osakis typically doesn’t pick up until Memorial Day. That is when the weeds come in and the water stains, making fishing for pretty much everything in there easier.

More generally, I consider the Minnesota walleye opener the most over-hyped event in fishing. I am a native Minnesota, but I have to admit after five years in southern Iowa that the first half of May is the one time of year I would rather be fishing here than back home.