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Well with all this cold the Hardwater crappie fishing is about to begin. Just purchased a portable shelter. Heard there were a few on some of the Iowa Great Lakes, 2-3 inches of ice. Maybe a week or two for me. Been 25 years since I hit the hardwater, looking forward to it. Anyone else ready?
Money is a little tight but I bought a ground blind at Farm and Fleet for 25 and gonna try it for a wind break. I thought my brother was crazy for ice fishing but I caught the fever last year.
i feel like a trendsetter now ...lol , now to get you and luke to take a polar plunge like i did last year at heritage
I got out on the Mississippi River back waters ( Bussey )Sat. morning and on local lake and Cedar River back water today.Some crappies,large mouth bass, gills, perch and pikes on sat. and just a mess of small crappies today.
Ponds around Sioux City area are 7" thick... Hit a nice patch of gills. about 30 in a 2 hour period .. Nothing special but for a first day out, it was nice to get the Pole to "DIP" a dew times:)
Great reports lebruce and team adcraft.
I hope to hit a local pond this weekend for my first trip. Deer hunting has been taking my time. If not, the week of New Years I will hit it hard.
Just purchased a Eskimo quick 6 Ice Hut.....
I am amazed on something this big that sets up so easy.
Took me 30 seconds to set it up right out of the box..
Love this thing...:p
The winter crappie bite will get going here in Mississippi in Jan. Right now we have high water in our big crappie lakes, and the crappie are scattered.
Sardis Lake has been the best so far this year, and should be much better in Jan. Yall come on down and get some dixie slabs.
If you need a guide John Woods is the best we have here. John is a 3 time National Champion, and just won his 3rd National Title in Oct.
www.johnwoodsguideservice.com
Good Fishing to yall.....crappie cowboy
I'd love to fish Grenada again and catch some of those HUGE slabs again. I'll make it down there again some time. I thought the lake was a fairly easy one to figure out when I got there. It reminded me of one of my local lakes up here but on a way larger scale ( about 6+ X ).I envy you Guy's down there with such great crappie waters.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappie cowboy
HOLY CRAP YOU GUYS ARE DIE HARDS!:eek:
luckily I catch enuf in the summer to put in the freezer to get me thru winter, wow i love to hunt in fall and winter, but ice fishin? I admire you for the strength and courage to do it, my hats off to ya:cool:
hopefully all the rain and and heavy snow wont mess up the ice conditions , or cloudy up the water and mess up fishing the rest of the winter.We had alot of rain in central Iowa and all the creeks are running full with muddy water. Will have to see what it does to the reservoirs.It will be awhile before Ill get a chance to get on the ice.PJ