Sean Colter's Blog

The walleyes are staging up for a great shallow water bite that we should see in the next few days. The fish are starting to concentrate on there typical spring spots and we are finding large schools in these area in the 11-13 FOW. Northland Gumball jigs tipped with a silver spot tail shiner is a great option. Gumball or parrot have been our best two colors. Looks for the next 2 weeks to be a bite that happens in the 4-8 FOW pending the wind and time of the day. Great time to get to the water and catch some walleye frenzy!

The week which all anglers look forward to each season, the final week before the opening day of the Minnesota Fishing Opener! Wow, what a great feeling and the excitement in the area is amazing again this year. I hope everyone had a good winter, well as good as one like that can be and you’re ready for Spring and Summer open water fishing and outdoor activities! Before moving into this weeks fishing information I wanted to say HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to all you wonderful moms out there, hope you have a great day!

So with Opening day knocking on the door and the single digit countdown upon us, what is the last minute preparation for making opening day a fun day on the water? A few things to think about before heading out:

1.) Did you grease those bearing on the trailer?

2.) Did you spool up new line on those reels?

3.) Did you buy that new boat license?

4.) Do you have the proper amount of lifejackets in the boat?

5.) Do you have a throw cushion in the boat?

6.) Did you replace of fill the lower unit in the motor with oil?

So now that you’re about ready to hit the water, what are some good lake options for opener? Winnie, Leech, Bowstring, Splithand, Round, Red Lake and a few others are all good options each year and I’m sure these lakes will be producing some solid action. As for presentations, it’s very difficult with water temperatures pushing the low to mid 50’s already, to use much but jigs and minnows. I would expect that good concentrations of walleyes will be in the 8-12 feet of water on most of the listed lakes and those jigs will be a simple way to put plenty of fish in the boat.

We will be trying our luck on Leech Lake this season and from 6 am until noon I, along with KQ 105.5 Jason Manning will be updating you on the bite live from Leech on Saturday. We will be kicking off our Friday Radio Show that we will be doing every Friday morning around 7:40 am. We will be talking about the latest and greatest bites, presentations and much, much more each Friday, so be sure to tune in! A Huge thanks goes out to the sponsors of the show, Rays Sport and Marine, Deerwood Bank, and Glens Outdoors!

I can’t hardly wait to get back on the walleyes and look forward to bringing you the reports week to week and hope you have a fun and enjoyable season and remember to save a few fish for me.

See you out there!

Sean Colter

www.seancolter.com

218-244-2954

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