02-05-2009, 04:18 AM
I talked to a fellow a few weeks ago on the ice at Glendale res. He and a friend of his frequents Glendale and they ice fish for bluegill way up on the upper end of the reservoir in the shallows for bluegills, in the weedbeds I suppose.
Its tough finding crappie through the ice at Glendale or Twin Lakes. You kind of have to luck into them or know where to fish along a weedline under water. Crappie love cover so you have to know where its at.
This winter has been slow at Twin for perch and bluegill and even slower for crappie. However, the past two years my son and I slaughtered the perch at Twin Lakes. We were fishing off the face of the dam about midway and about 50 to 60 yards out. The water was about 21 to 23 feet deep. We were catching the perch and bluegills right on bottom using a smoke colored rubber jig in 1/64 ounce weight. Also a small feathered jig with red and yellow feathers and a white sinker head and tipped with a wax worm worked great too.
Later I rigged up a double rig with the jig mentioned above as the dropper and about a food up I put a # 14 or #16 size medium brown fuzzy feathered fly on. The bluegills always took the small brown fly and the jig the perch liked. This year we hit twin about a month ago on a clear sunny day and fishing was slooooowww. Only saw three fish on the ice amongst five fishing parties.
DeeCee
I ice fish not because I like the cold, but because it is the only time I can impress my wife, by walking on water. [
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Its tough finding crappie through the ice at Glendale or Twin Lakes. You kind of have to luck into them or know where to fish along a weedline under water. Crappie love cover so you have to know where its at.
This winter has been slow at Twin for perch and bluegill and even slower for crappie. However, the past two years my son and I slaughtered the perch at Twin Lakes. We were fishing off the face of the dam about midway and about 50 to 60 yards out. The water was about 21 to 23 feet deep. We were catching the perch and bluegills right on bottom using a smoke colored rubber jig in 1/64 ounce weight. Also a small feathered jig with red and yellow feathers and a white sinker head and tipped with a wax worm worked great too.
Later I rigged up a double rig with the jig mentioned above as the dropper and about a food up I put a # 14 or #16 size medium brown fuzzy feathered fly on. The bluegills always took the small brown fly and the jig the perch liked. This year we hit twin about a month ago on a clear sunny day and fishing was slooooowww. Only saw three fish on the ice amongst five fishing parties.
DeeCee
I ice fish not because I like the cold, but because it is the only time I can impress my wife, by walking on water. [
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