Opener 2016
We fished walleyes harder today and the bite was tougher! Only ended up with 7 legal fish - caught at least another 10 that were undersized. Fished a bunch of new spots again and always love learning new things. Most fish caught on plastics. Bigger bass today (still caught 50+ smallies and largemouth) - with probably our best 5 at over 20lbs. (again all CPR'd). So many bass that it seemed difficult to get to the walleyes! Ended up with some big northerns - biggest at a girthy 32" - a Matt Hock monster. Matt also caught the biggest smallie of the day - a 20.5" behemoth. Water temps still between 47-51 degrees. Weeds were key to finding fish. Better weeds in 10-12 fow. Ended up with another 20ish crappies - just enough for a fish fry - some real monsters - 14"+ fish. Got to tell you that the new Motorguide Xi5 is out of this world - spot lock feature is a dead lock anchor. Made the day that much more relaxing - I can push the anchor mode and move all over the boat while staying put! Still have some openings for the month of May - book us and have an awesome multispecies day on Houghton Lake (www.nofishleftbehind.com)!