Wheeler 4-2

Fished wheeler again this morning. Decided to go try a new spot I just knew would pay off, boy was I wrong. After fishing for about a hr and half with no fish decided to run back to harbor. I only caught 10 total for the day but had 6 nice 10"+ keepers that I threw back. Water was dingy and 65 degrees when i headed in about 1145. Most people I talked to said fish were slow for them also. Didn't catch enough fish to really have a color pattern they were far and few between. Not a great day catching but was a great day to be fishing.

Glad you were able to get on the water again. Experimenting is part of the fun. Been an odd year. Fishing was better in November and early December...size-wise and about a month later than when my big ones normally come. Have not seen any true signs of the spawn yet in Cotaco. No worries...just being on the water is fun!

Man yea if we caught them every time we went wouldn't be any fun. I learned a little today even though i didn't really catchem.

We got out there late after I got off, bout like 130pm fished til 5 and only had one crappie. But finally got to get on the water. It was 4 other boats and a yak out there when we got there didn't see anybody doing any good really

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Originally Posted by Spaceman

Glad you were able to get on the water again. Experimenting is part of the fun. Been an odd year. Fishing was better in November and early December...size-wise and about a month later than when my big ones normally come. Have not seen any true signs of the spawn yet in Cotaco. No worries...just being on the water is fun!

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We fished the grimmel hole on Cotaco today only caught 7 keepers but when I cleaned them the egg sacks did not look like they was not in any way ready to spawn,this year has really got me stumped

Different this year for sure a lot of fish we been catching has eggs but the only ones really showing is the big girls and they still like a week or so yet! But we got some cold weather coming they may affect em

There is a lot of people catching them and have been catching for a while. I would suggest not getting stuck with one lake. Its been over 3 weeks since I have got to gone with my dad having knee replacement but My best Friend and his nephew had a 2 Man limit Sat. with fish being right were they were a month ago. I think when the water temp moves around 65 a lot of times people get stuck with thinking they have to be shallow and they are not. We caught fish in Jan. with 45 water temp in 4ft and same day caught them in 20ft. We have been logging our fishing trips for the last 15 yrs and this year seems to be right on schedule as the past 15 yrs for average. Things can change from yr to yr 2 weeks either way depending weather and water conditions. Some days better than others and some yrs lakes better than others.