Lakes Area Bassmasters, May 2nd, Long Lake, WI

Lakes Area Bassmasters kicked off the season on Wisconsin's fishing opener at Long Lake in Polk County, Wisconsin. All but 3 members were in attendance, so there were 8 anglers ready to start the season on a beautiful May 2nd morning. I was more than excited and ready to my hand at a brand new lake.

7 a.m. was our takeoff time and my dad and I were all set with our 16 rods between us in our SmokerCraft. We started the day on a steep bank shoreline. I was casting a Storm Wiggle Wort, hoping for a crankbait bite. On my 3rd cast I hooked into a nice northern pike. We landed him and after a little surgery, we set him free and I was on my way to retying my lure. About 15 minutes later, I caught my second pike. So far, I have about 10lbs caught in pike, with zero bass to show.

For those curious about the conditions, it was a high pressure day with high skies and there was about 20mph winds later in the day. The water temperature never rose above 52.5 degrees. Long Lake, despite its name, isn't large or that long at all. I believe it is in the mid-200 acres and crystal clear. I could easily see the sand bottom in over 12 feet of water. So to get to the point, this is less than optimal conditions.

To make a long story short, I zeroed for the day. Out of 8 anglers, only 3 guys brought fish to the weigh-in, and a limit was not caught. In total, only 6 fish were weighed, out of a possible 40 that could have been brought to the scales.

I would like to say "Congrats" to those that caught the fish under those tough conditions. It was a very frustrating day, but to be honest, there was nothing I would have rather been doing. I guarantee these posts will get better with some photos of nice fish caught. Stay faithful and Team BassAckwards will come through.

Thanks for visiting!

Carl