weekend crappie frenzy!

MT Bucket: Weekend crappie frenzy
The crappies were biting again on tonka, with the warmer water they are up on top of the weeds 4 to six feet down. I must have caught 40 on saturday, and another 30 sunday afternoon, many were smaller but anough keepers made for a good day.
I got most of my fish on a blue glow tube, that was hot for me, tightlining with hi vis fireline, slowly letting it glide down, when the line stoped fish on! I also got some on a little atom jumbo wedgee. Jack got plenty of fish on a jig and 2 inch power minnow below a float.

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Video: Jack gets a nice "Jack' fish hehe

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some keepers for the pan!
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Tonka, eh? Nice lake...too busy for me. I suppose that this early the booz'in crew hasn't hit the water yet. My fishing there has been limited to being on the ice and it was a zoo there every time too.

The Zumbro has finally settled into a spring pattern. These few days of consistent high pressure with sun and warmer than normal temps have worked wonders. Now I'm too busy to fish it seems. lol

I would love to fish the zumbro sometime maybe I might have to give it a shot soon.

JJ

Oh and thanks for the pics MT I still enjoy your pictures

JJ....The Zumbro was cooking today. Great bite up until the wind got attitude.

I caught around 90 in 3 1/2 hours. Gulp and other plastics did the trick. The core water of the lake finally got back to 54 degrees and that turned them on. Should hold together now finally. Let me know if you are going to hit the lake a day or so ahead of time and I can send you some areas to check out.

Ma and I had a crappie dinner tonight. Darn, they were good.

yeah I will do that thanks . oh and now im hungry for crappie thanks lol

JJ

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Originally Posted by CTom

Tonka, eh? Nice lake...too busy for me. I suppose that this early the booz'in crew hasn't hit the water yet. My fishing there has been limited to being on the ice and it was a zoo there every time too.

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Haha, I hear you! but:D we were in lafayette sp? bay and had it pretty much to ourselves :)

hey baron im new to crappie fishing but i managed to find some in about 15 ft off a point on tonka, i mostly caught sunnies tho that were too small to keep (around 7") i couldnt keep the sunnies off the line, but i new there were some big crappies in the bunch... any tips on keepin the sunnies off?!

gman234, yep, use a bigger bait, keep upsizing til you stop catching those pesky sunnies, the sunfish might still peck at it, but you will not have to pull many in, plus the sunnies pecking on the bait sometimes triggers crappies and bass to bite! good luck!

hey baron thanks fors the advice! i went out with a buddy today to the same spot and i caught some 9 and 10 inchers, man there fun to catch on light tackle. I also hooked a huge one that i thought was a bass till i saw it shimmer and knew it was a crappie it had to be around 15"!!! but it jumped and spit the hook..i noticed that happened to me a few times on the crappies anyways there is a crappie contest on lake minnetonka this weekend ( maybe your participating) biggest fish wins a boat or something. any more tips? :) much appreciated