This year was year #10 of the annual Delavan Wisconsin Opener trip. For the second year in a row, my partners were cousin Nick and Chris. Lots has changed since the first opener. Got married, bought a house, had kids, changed jobs, new boat, new trip fishing partner(s).
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6 (solo)
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
And finally year 10
This year was interesting in the fact that the power fishing of spinnerbaits/jerkbaits/chatterbaits/rattletraps was a super tough bite that we never got into. This style had highlighted every other opener, but the fish through us a changeup. Just about the only thing that consistently worked was plastics. Rigging 3 guys with a specific size/style plastic bait went through all my tackle reserves, but it was worth it.
Saturday morning
1 fish on a chatter
Switching to plastics. The occasional 3-4 pounder, but 2 lb males galore
The last 10 years have been fun fishing with Ben (Yami Master), Coyote, Nick, and Chris. Throughout the years we have also met and chatted with many members of several different sites, and friendships have been formed. You never know how long you are going to be able to continue to do something, so I cherish each and every trip and hope there will be more.
View from our room
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6 (solo)
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
And finally year 10
This year was interesting in the fact that the power fishing of spinnerbaits/jerkbaits/chatterbaits/rattletraps was a super tough bite that we never got into. This style had highlighted every other opener, but the fish through us a changeup. Just about the only thing that consistently worked was plastics. Rigging 3 guys with a specific size/style plastic bait went through all my tackle reserves, but it was worth it.
Saturday morning
1 fish on a chatter
Switching to plastics. The occasional 3-4 pounder, but 2 lb males galore
The last 10 years have been fun fishing with Ben (Yami Master), Coyote, Nick, and Chris. Throughout the years we have also met and chatted with many members of several different sites, and friendships have been formed. You never know how long you are going to be able to continue to do something, so I cherish each and every trip and hope there will be more.
View from our room
