It's an excellent feeling to be pursuing and casting for smallmouths once again! For the remainder of this month and the limited time I will have through May 20th, my boat will be targeting them exclusively unless a junk weather day or repeat of last week necessitates having to return to largemouths. Opener weekend has come and gone. Good fishing was had, despite the junky weather. I spent most of my weekend targeting walleyes like most other people in Wisconsin. While we didn't catch tons of them, we caught very nice quality fish that included a 27-incher and 28-incher. All walleyes are now in post-spawn, and were being caught atop sand flats and gravel edges in 5 to 10-foot depths. 4-inch Z-Man Diezel Minnowz rigged on 1/4 ounce Northland Slurp heads are my go-to. Not a single fish was caught on a live minnow. Congrats to good pal and customer, Jim Confer, on scoring his personal best. Walleyes will remain shallower these next few weeks, and good fishing for them will remain. With ice out happening in mid March, I know that many of us were concerned about the early spring and progression of spawn. The few species who've benefited most