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I practiced a little and got opening day real easy. Maybe I got lucky. First opener in a few years for me and really looking forward to it.

Excellent angling Vinny!

Had a lot of fun today at the Big B. I would call it quality over quantity. We still got about 60 between us that included a dozen four pounders and a nice five pounder. A lot of three pounders also. The topwater bite was just okay on the PopR and the whopper plopper. I switched to the flipping the ...

You always get at least one.

Nice angling as usual.

Nice pics. Healthy fish weren’t they?

A couple observations from yesterday. I think the lake is real healthy. The bass are chunky, even the smaller ones. There are occasionally huge balls of shad appearing. The water looks great. Since the lake is so full there is a ton of submerged brush and you can get hung up easily. Some anglers did ...

Time for a whopper plopper?

Solid angling as usual.

Nice Clint Eastwood reference. Nice three pounder also.

That is a big brush hog. Your persistence pays off again.

Back here at Pelican Lake in northern Minnesota with my buddy Scott for our annual angling extravaganza. The first day started out cold and windy but the afternoon was nice along with the fishing. We got about 45 largemouths and smallmouths between us with most of them nice three pound chunks ...

Plenty of skeeters and plenty of pike.

Nice display of angling prowess by the Murray master.

A+W root beer, Dr. Pepper and Canada Dry Ginger Ale with Jack Daniel’s.

Hey, I’m going to get some brush craws also. They look ideal for Minnesota.

Way to make the adjustment. Solid angling again.

The man, the myth, the legend.

I’ll take 9 bass on a San Diego lake any day. Nice angling.

Nice job with the Pickachu. I might have to throw my black cockatoo in two weeks. That’s a good size bobcat.