Anyone else looking forward to first ice crappies?

[canadianwiggler]

As the title says, who else is looking forward to getting out on the hard water soon?

Also I'd love to hear if anyone has any tips for catching them this time of year.

[P-row]

I'm more than ready to hit the ice. As for tips....I find the brush piles and fish with plastics.

[Buffy the panfish slayer]

You bet! Actually, as rare as ice is in this part of Ohio, we're looking forward to fishing for anything through the ice. I'm going to try using chronimid flies for panfish this year. I figure that dropping thos down ought to work pretty well with a little scent on them. We've done pretty well with tiny spoons tipped with a waxie. I'm guessing Sudbury gets ice pretty early? Used to show dogs up in that area.

[canadianwiggler]

We've had ice up here for about a week now. We don't have crappie though. We have to go south a bit to find 'em. I'm hoping to try for them next weekend if the weather stays cool for the rest of the week.

I had good luck for crappie late in the ice fishing season using emerald shiners, micro tubes and tiny Swedish pimples.

[barrelslime]

Id love to but with 60 degree temps I wonder if it will ever happen here ...............

[P-row]

Barrelslime.....if you don't mind the drive, I'll do my best to put you on slab crappie and stripers thru the ice.

[barrelslime]

Barrelslime.....if you don't mind the drive, I'll do my best to put you on slab crappie and stripers thru the ice.

Let me know when and where!!!!!Thanks

[river scum]

another week or three here, n yes im ready.

[jjcaper]

went to jacks lake today 2 to 4 in ice

[P-row]

Barrelslime.....pm sent.