they sure did...no one knows why
Good luck to all on the opener, I probably won't make it out until the afternoon but not going to miss it. A little trivia...On average over the past 20 years, the new walleye opener on May 1 is 3.25 days earlier than the traditional 1st Saturday in May opener. Twice in the last 20 years, May 1 fell on the first Saturday.