Opener... Where are you?!?

Panfishing, even walleye fishing, is just not the same. Muskie opener cannot come soon enough. Having lived in a state where there are no closed seasons for muskies, I now appreciate the significance of "the opener." June 5th, please hurry up and get here.

The latest report I have on water temperatures in the river are mid-70s. With the dry summer and hot temps thus far, it's pretty much a guarantee the rivers will see 80+ degrees this summer. Good for us (need the data), we'll see how good for the fish it is...

Angling for the project will start soon. Our focus will be to catch muskies and externally affix acoustic transmitters which will allow us to get fine-scale post-release behavioral data. We need eight fish in a short period of time, which equates to long hours of serious fishing. No worries, I'm confident we'll get our eight in NO TIME.

Random moose, anybody?