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Mad_Angler
05/20/2021 07:16AM
 
bretthexum: "I think most areas will be post spawn. Yes, it's been cold but ice out was fairly early though. "


I just got back from Seagull Lake...c it was sorta slow.


I didn't catch a single fish from shore despite having smelt in the water almost all the time. I also tried leeches and lures from the camp site.


We catch a few lake trout trolling but just a few.


We did have decent luck a sunset for walleye near the Alpine inflow. One night we caught 3 nice ones. Two were prespawn males. We also caught 3 big suckers. I assumed that the suckers were there because the spawn was over...
 
Mad_Angler
05/10/2021 06:37PM
 
I've been on several fishing openers. But I am not sure what to target this year.

Folks talk about it being a cold spring. So, will lake trout still be shallow?

And what about walleye? Will they still be prespawn staged by moving water? Will they have already spawned?
 
outsidethebox
05/10/2021 08:14PM
 
Lake trout, MA. Nothing more wild than trying to boat an early Spring, shallow water laker.
 
bretthexum
05/10/2021 09:52PM
 
I think most areas will be post spawn. Yes, it's been cold but ice out was fairly early though.