05-18-2015, 05:31 AM
I did crappy... haha. The first couple of days were overcast and a little rainy (although we didn't get the promised thunderstorm). My fiancee's grandfather owns all sorts of watercraft as he's a retired dentist (also one of the lucky few who gets to be part of the "82% of the shoreline is privately owned" statistic), but most of it still hasn't been de-winterized. We did find an old canoe and clean it out, so we tried running that around along the reedy shores. It's only the second time I've ever been there, but the water level was WAY higher than last July when we went there.
That being said, my deeper never reported anything more than 5 feet deep. We didn't go near the dam though; so I guess that was our problem. There were fish jumping up to get bugs today though, and we chased them around throwing just about everything we had to see if we could get them to bite. My fiancee got one bite but he got away. That was using chartreuse crappie nibbles on a hook a foot or so under a tiny bobber.
I tried that, plus chartreuese and black tubes, plus many different colors of curly tails, under a bobber, free swimming, and dropshotted, Berkley gulp! earthworms in white, and even a white gizzy bug with red flecks. No love. Ah well, it was beautiful out there, especially today. Only one other boat on the water, which is a big contrast from last time I was there. You couldn't go 8 feet in any direction without running into a boat or ski-doo.
I want to go back with live bait next time we make a trip down, probably in a few weeks. It's not a long drive and her grandparents spend a lot of weekends there when things warm up. I bet crickets would slay the crappie. Didn't see a hint of LMB or catfish, but I wasn't looking.
If anyone else goes down though, I want to hear how they do.
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That being said, my deeper never reported anything more than 5 feet deep. We didn't go near the dam though; so I guess that was our problem. There were fish jumping up to get bugs today though, and we chased them around throwing just about everything we had to see if we could get them to bite. My fiancee got one bite but he got away. That was using chartreuse crappie nibbles on a hook a foot or so under a tiny bobber.
I tried that, plus chartreuese and black tubes, plus many different colors of curly tails, under a bobber, free swimming, and dropshotted, Berkley gulp! earthworms in white, and even a white gizzy bug with red flecks. No love. Ah well, it was beautiful out there, especially today. Only one other boat on the water, which is a big contrast from last time I was there. You couldn't go 8 feet in any direction without running into a boat or ski-doo.
I want to go back with live bait next time we make a trip down, probably in a few weeks. It's not a long drive and her grandparents spend a lot of weekends there when things warm up. I bet crickets would slay the crappie. Didn't see a hint of LMB or catfish, but I wasn't looking.
If anyone else goes down though, I want to hear how they do.
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