Archive for May, 2013

Bass Opener, 2013

Posted by MNAngler On May - 29 - 20132 COMMENTS
Bass Opener, 2013

The Minnesota Bass season typically opens two weeks after the fabled walleye opener. That usually puts it on Memorial Day weekend. The forecast for the weekend this year was for rain. Every day. So this is what I ended up doing last weekend: Unfortunately, the weatherman was wrong and it only sprinkled a little bit over the three days. It didn’t really rain until Monday night. So I missed an opportunity. Forecasts show it getting nicer this weekend, so I’m aiming to wet a line Sunday... (more...)

Chandeleiring Ice

Posted by MNAngler On May - 2 - 2013ADD COMMENTS
Chandeleiring Ice

Sometimes Mother Nature creates contradictions that some might call an oxymoron. A common example of this is known as a sun-shower (rain while it the sun is shining). A happy consequence of such an occurrence is a rainbow. If you’re lucky, you might see a double rainbow. This past weekend, with the sudden change in temperature, it seems Winter and Spring collided and produced a different kind of oxymoron: 70 degree temperatures with ice still on local lakes. The consequence of this contradiction... (more...)


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