Opening weekend ice walleye....tips?

Well, I was in the St Germain area ice fishing last weekend and the ice was 24" plus. I doubt the ice will be off before the WI opener. Does anyone have any ideas for pre-spawn walleye ice fishing tactics?

I was mostly joking around. But remember, for every guy letting them go, there are a lot more keeping them. I agree though, I'd release them too.

I agree with the previous post. I definitely plan to target walleyes during the spawn, but any big fish is getting released, pretty much negating any major damage to the spawning. To be perfectly honest, the 1 fish limit for the opener doesn't bother me, because any female I get is going back in anyways.

Well, sort of. While I usually practice C&R, I may keep one or two from time to time. Kinda hard to C&R with a spear. Not to mention that their "bag limit" is a bit larger than mine. "I don't always fish walleyes on the Opener, but when I do, I prefer Dos Rocas." Stay fishy my friend.

Of course if you are going to fish walleyes while they may be spawning, then you can't complain about the indians spearing them while they spawn. Anglers wouldn't be any better then right?

Well, on second thought, after seeing this, I probably won't bother with the walleyes. Guess I'll put out tip ups in the shallows for pike. http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/documents/ceded/2013InitialBagLimits.pdf I realize that these limits will be revised after the spearing numbers are evaluated but the lake we're on has a bag limit of 1 fish. The tribes don't even spear our lake. It's too stained and they don't bother with it.

I'll be targeting rock humps, points and steep rocky shorelines.

Was up in Eagle River/Three Lakes area on Thursday. Ice looked good for the most part on a lot of lakes. I saw a couple guys out on a lake off 32 north of Three Lakes with a quad on the ice. I'm guessing, in the north woods, guys will be on ice until the 2nd week of May without a question. Maybe longer on some lakes.

Not only the opener but weekend after that people will be on the ice fishing.