Took my son, brother and future son-in-law to Hicks on opening day. Had never fished this lake before but took a left at the boat launch and began trolling. The first couple of fish we caught we 9-10". We then caught a 15". Talked to one fisherman that had limited in about 1 1/2 hours and he told us where some nice ones were hanging. He was right. We caught three more that were 15" and one beauty of 20". We caught 4 limits in about 3 hours of fishing, with plenty of fish on but lost right at the boat. The only complaint we had on this lake was the people that were trolling were not watching what they were doing. We need to be watching out for the other folks so lines don't get crossed. Other than that beautiful day for this years opener.

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