Pymy

[Backstrapsandfillets]

anyone hitting it yet..be there the first week of trout hope the crappie and eyes are biting

[Goliath13]

Heard reports from the warm spell a few weeks ago. I was out last Sunday 3/20 and didn't see another boat. Only managed 1 perch, 1 gill.

[chaunc]

Fished the south end out of Jamestown today for a few hours. Didn't even mark a fish let alone catch one. Checked a dozen spots too. Headed north next time I go up.

[Nwpacrappie]

I fished the south last year and did pretty well.. I went out of Jamestown, and fished around the islands. I am new at this crappie fishing! anyone have any advice where to look if I can't get them around the islands? I only run a 14 ft alum with a 9.9 so public launch would help if the north end is a good shot.

[Backstrapsandfillets]

Hoping by the 19th they will start hitting good..been years since I fished open water there

[Nwpacrappie]

I am headed up on the 22 and then again on the April 30-may3.. If I hit them I will post online.. Does anyone know a good baitshop in the Jamestown area by the way? Last year during our yearly camp/fishing trip the baitshop we used didn't give us much advice when we asked where to catch eyes. (Wouldn't even give us a starting point) We fished eyes for a full day, only landing a few.. the second day we asked the baitshop owner where the crappie spots were or to point us in a direction.. He responds by saying he picks them up here and there, never in numbers.. After that response he goes on to tell us he limited in walleye the day before and wouldn't give us an area. I talked to a group at the dock and they explained where to catch crappie and where the walleye were at.. I don't expect anyone to give me their honey holes, but responses like try brush piles/stumps for crappie or ledges for eyes would have worked.. You guys ever fish Lake Erie for perch or eyes pm me and I will tell you where to go for the Bite.

[Backstrapsandfillets]

I hear they are considering lowering the limit and putting size restrictions on the crappie..making it 20 for a limit plus 9" length minimum. .

[Nwpacrappie]

I did hear that as well, to be quite honest I don't think it's a horrible idea.. We all know some people just get to excited, and keep every fish they can until their 55 gallon drum is filled.. (Little exadurated, but you get the point).. Take a look at lake simcoe in Canada prior to the perch transportation limits.. I remember family coming back from there in the mid 90's with 5 full coolers packed to the top with perch.. (I know environmental factors play a huge role of fish population, but I don't think that helps- took the perch years to recuperate size and numbers).. When you have excellent fishing for a species, I feel like conservation and protecting the species is important.. I enjoy my yearly trips to pymatuming and catching a few fish, if i was not for catching a few I wouldn't go there.

[chaunc]

I did hear that as well, to be quite honest I don't think it's a horrible idea.. We all know some people just get to excited, and keep every fish they can until their 55 gallon drum is filled.. (Little exadurated, but you get the point).. Take a look at lake simcoe in Canada prior to the perch transportation limits.. I remember family coming back from there in the mid 90's with 5 full coolers packed to the top with perch.. (I know environmental factors play a huge role of fish population, but I don't think that helps- took the perch years to recuperate size and numbers).. When you have excellent fishing for a species, I feel like conservation and protecting the species is important.. I enjoy my yearly trips to pymatuming and catching a few fish, if i was not for catching a few I wouldn't go there.

I would like to see a 25 fish limit put on the lake. Size doesn't matter as we don't want only small fish there. Over population could probably take place there if all the biggest fish are taken and only leaving the littler ones to spawn. This lake has been producing great numbers of crappies as long as I can remember and I've been fishing it since the 60's. Can still go up and catch 50 a day from May to January when I find them. But like I stated, 25 per person per day, is a good limit.

[Nwpacrappie]

Man chaunc that gives me hope! Before I started researching crappie fishing I thought the spring spawn hit and after that the fish said "talk to ya" and were impossible to catch.. I fished the crappie and perch in the spring/fall and eyes in the summer.. I will have to arrange a few more long weekends down there this summer.. Do you ever fish the crappie at night with a light in the water?