What's your favorite NY opening day???

[slipbob]

Okay everybody what opening day of what season is your favorite??   Do  you love our April 1st trout opener or our first Sat of May walleye, pike opener or our 3rd Sat of June bass opener.   My fave has to be the 1st Sat of May wally opener.  Because water temps have hit the 50's by then and all species are quite aggressive by then.  Crappie are still prespawn but shallow and easy to catch in wood and walleyes and perch are post spawn and ravenously feeding and the weather is nice too.  I can't wait untill May 1st.  It's real sweet this year because May 1st happens to be a Saturday that's only 28 days from now or 4 weeks you can tell I'm excited and counting it down.

[walleye_1]

I'm excited about May 1st as well but not for the walleye opener. Can you say SPRING TURKEY SEASON!! I'm thinking a bird in the morning and some walleyes in the afternoon. Now that's what you call a good day!

[bigdave1018]

amen to turkeys and may 1 pike opener.

[oakorchardfishking]

god bless opening day of walleye season! 

[FrankM]

Opening day of Walleye is THE opening day as far as I'm concerned.  We usually hit Chautauqua and start trolling stickbaits at 12:01 AM.  Historically we would limit out by sunrise but last year was terrible.  We fished Chautauqua on 4 different nights throughout May and had to work all night just to catch 1 or 2.   Anybody have any ideas for Walleye opener this year?

[Penguin]

Walleye, without a doubt. I don't fish for trout anymore, too many goofies out there beating the water to a froth for stockies that taste like cardboard. Forget bass. The smallmouth are a lot of fun, but I catch all I want when I'm fishing for panfish and 'eyes.

[BuckShotJon]

IN MY OPINION

First hunting openers are more important to me that of fishing openers. But for fishing the Pike opener is my favorite, Trout fishing opener is important because of tradition. The Bass opener is growing on me because I am started to really like fishing for them.

In hunting its a toss up between turkey and bow hunting as my favorite openers. I love both very much.

Jon

[Utes]

Turkey and Walleye, not necesarily in that order

[iceice]

TO be in a treestand one hour before daylight on October 15 is the deal for me.just ahead of the dozen or so outdoor sports I live for.

[wkules]

I was going to say Walleye of course! BUT, I must admit the idea of being on the lake by 1:00 pm with a bird in the freezer does sound like heaven!!

[hosscletuslulu]

Opening of shotgun season for deer is mine always brings back past memories of being in the field with friends and relatives especially dear departed grampa who got me started hunting and fishing

[fishfinder2004]

the first day that the lakes freeze up.

[wny angler]

the northern pike opener is my favorite-been fishing silver lake opening day for years .i'll be on c_-_-_s lake this year the fish are bigger 

[reelcharacter]

Trout opener would get my vote. Not so much for the species or the April fool's weather that always seems to come our way, but for the time of year. To me it is a hearlding of spring with more good things to come . . .

-Reelcharacter

[howey1176]

As of now my all time favorite for hunting is deer.

As far as fishing goes I get equally excited about trolling for smallmouths on Lake Ont. as I do ripping a buzzbait across the shallows for pike on May 1st.

Havn't gotten into the eyes yet, don't really know how.