The Fishing opener is May 9, 2009.  A holiday of its own in Grand Rapids!  The Grand Rapids area is an exciting place to be during the fishing opener.  Local bait stores are usually open all night on this weekend so you can start fishing as early - or late, as you wish!  Be sure to stop at the annual Friday night fishing opener BBQ downtown Grand Rapids on your way to you favorite lake.

Home to more than 1,000 Grand Lakes, the Grand Rapids area is a fishing mecca for anglers in search of crappie, northerns, walleye, panfish, bass and perch. Fishing season begins just after the early spring warm-up and fishing opener in May, through summer and on to autumn when fish go on a feeding binge in preparation for freeze-up. However, the fishing doesn't get put on hold with the thickening of lake ice. Some of the area's finest fishing takes place during the Northwood's winter season.