I broke my standing rule and fished opening weekend. Not many people at Horsethief, maybe 10 boats at the most and only 10 - 12 people on the shore. Fishing from the bank was slow to none. Out on the lake, the boats were picking up a few, with a couple of lunkers showing up. On Sunday I decided to troll the east arm with my pontoon boat and fins. Using a black wooly bugger with green tinsel I limited in about 15 minutes. All in the 10-12 inch range. At the same time a child about 6 years old, caught one of the holdovers on a little green "ninja turtle" fishing rod. Kinda cool. I checked the stomachs on all my fish and found only power bait.

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