Open Water Fishing 2025
News | Published on April 14, 2025 at 2:21pm CDT


Open-water fishing attracted early spring anglers last week, just a few days after all the ice on Lake Minnewaska disappeared. Although the walleye fishing season doesn’t open until May 10, anglers pursue crappie and panfish in the early spring. Above, there were about six boats in the bay near Captain’s Bar & Grill last Wednesday as afternoon temperatures reached into the 60s with sunny skies. At right, an angler tries his luck from a dock, fishing in the warming waters in the Starbuck Marina.