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Fished on tuesday, kept 11. Caught with a black and chartruse bobby garland, or red and chartruse. Didnt seem to matter. Fished with a cork set about 16 inches deep. Probably caught at least 50. Out some from the spawning banks. Went back yesterday morning fished till about 10:30 same thing. Not much to brag about but, putting a few in the freezer. Good fishing to ya.
I fished Hillsdale Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week. Fished from 6am to about noon each day. Caught 200 fish give or take a few over the three days. The tough part is only 24 keepers out of the bunch. I guess for Hillsdale only 1 out of every 8 fish being 10" or better has been typical for me.
Monday was the toughest. Caught about 20 Monday with very few shallow fish and 6 keepers The keepers came from about 10' of water and were right on the bottom.
Tuesday was the best day with 100+ fish but only 15 keepers. All were caught shallow with jig under a float.
Wednesday was good from about 6am to 7:30am then things really slowed for me. Same pattern for Wednesday...fishing shallow with a jig under a float and caught 70+ but only 3 keepers.
Took today off from fishing but going back tomorrow morning with my boy...see if we can't find a higher concentration of bigger fish somewhere.
Sounds like fun congrats
Thanks for the report
I am going to Hillsdale tomorrow morning. We hope obviously to have some keepers but overall I just want the kiddos to catch some fish. I am new to Hillsdale lake and have very little knowledge of decent bank spots. I don't expect anyone to give up their holes but could anyone make a suggestion or two for taking a 4, 6 and 10 year old for some decent bank crappie fishing? Thanks in advance.
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Originally Posted by runout789
The Dam or the swim beech rock jetty will produce a few fish without to much hassle.
I Fished Hillsdale Thursday from 11:00am till 5:00pm Same Story,,caught at least 120 Males in 2 to 6 ft of water,nothing over 12",,only Cleaned 15Attachment 161672
Thanks for the reports
Thanks for the report
Fished HD on 5-18. Caught about 25 in 3 hrs in 5-12 feet of water. All were too small to keep. Mostly used sliders, caught a few with minnows.
0n 5-22 I caught about 15 during mid-morning in shallow water by a creek channel. They shut off at about noon. I worked several banks around the lake and caught two more till about 5pm, then the bite was on again. We caught about 30 in shallow water, but only 2 were keepers all day. It was fun anyway.
We used beetle spins with several colors of sliders on sickle hooks. I think we did better with lighter color jigs and mono line. They didn't seem to like my braided line, so I switched to mono.