Wisconsin Opener 2017 Part 1
It has been a long Wisconsin spring. We had a wide range of weather and temperatures. Anything from 20 degrees to 80, sunshine to snowfall. This has made the bite difficult to lock down. Early in the season the pike bite was hot on spinners during their spawn. The temps rose and I was able to boat over 40 bass and a nice 4.5lb bass in one day on PowerTeam Lures Grubs and the James Gang Fishing Lovertail2 both covered in JBs Fishsauce . The two weeks following were slow when the water temperatures dropped back into the 40s with the cold temps. I was able to coax a few bites, but not the hot pre-spawn bite while temps were on the rise. The first weekend in May, Wisconsin Fishing Opener, a sacred day to some (myself included), was no different. I'm still in winter sleep mode, my mind still sleeping late to avoid the bitter cold mornings from the Wisconsin winter. To avoid side affects (severe irritability) I ease into my summer up-and-at-em-for-fishing sleep schedule by w