Now that the corp shut off the water, has the crappie bite been better? Is the spawn still going or is it nearly over? Anyone fishing out there?
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Now that the corp shut off the water, has the crappie bite been better? Is the spawn still going or is it nearly over? Anyone fishing out there?
Wipers were excellent tonight. Fish were stacked and staionary. Taking all sizes and colors. Found a few nice 12" crappie also. Fishing very well IMO.
Were you fishing the dam?Quote:
Originally Posted by DuckHuntingUSA
I was thinking about getting out of the office tomorrow and taking the day off. Has anyone been on the walleye at all since they have dropped the lake back down? What's the water clarity like? Also I'd have an open seat if anyone wanted to join.
Heard they were catching them on main lake points and flats. I'm going out later today to try my luck. I'll report back on how things turned out.
A little windy today
Mid lake off hard breaks 23 to 32fow. 21 down off the wire with the traps. Throwing 6" swimbaits down the lower edge of the break. Getting bit on every cast for about 45 minutes till the trolling motor started getting into the battery. Got kinda wild in the big waves, doubling every pass, tripling when I could get 3 out. Big fun, real good fish.Quote:
Originally Posted by cy912
I take it that was to your previous post about wipers?
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Yep. Sorry. But the Crapie were suspended out there also. Looked like they were more in front of the wipers, over deeper water, where the rise started at about 36' suspended 14 to 19', moving around. Shad clouds were real high in the water, starting at 2' down, seemed like the crappie were following um. Only caught 3 big Crappie on a big white bomber.
Nice well I'm going to give the walleye a try tomorrow. They were hot at banner creek earlier this week. I had around 50-60 one evening but not a single keeper. Its fun to catch them but occasionally you'd like to bring something home for your efforts.
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Catching tons and tons and tons of shorts. The bite is good but the big fish just aren't showing themselves much yet. Need a week of consistent warm weather and it's gonna get good.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappie_hunter15
Thanks Brian I actually just pulled off. Wind was bad or could have caught then all day long. Ton of shorts for me all over the lake had 3 keepers.
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Yup, it's a grind for the overs. I've had my fair share of those already this year, I'm ready for the 24-25-26s all summer long.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappie_hunter15
Sorry for the late reply, been on vacation for the past few days, but I did go out last Thursday evening along the dam. The white bass were biting ok but the size was rather small compared to previous years, maybe 10 inch fish was the average. They were biting right at dusk. I did get lucky and caught a nice wiper on a jerkbait right at dusk as well.
Did you get any pictures? I want to see the size of these wipers you speak of. And yea if you could get into a school of them the action could be fast and furious.Quote:
Originally Posted by DuckHuntingUSA
Our average Wiper ranges from 5-7 lbs. Last night we had three in about 20 minutes all between 5-6 lbs. I personally don't target Wipers unless I have clients out. But they always manage to show up when I'm Walleye fishing and often become a nuisance when doubling and tripling up, I've just caught too many cookie cutters. I guess I'm jaded. But again, always fun on guide trips. Here are just a few samplings.Quote:
Originally Posted by cy912
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Brian
What baits do you use to target wipers?
I usually troll with stick baits at various depths along channels.
Some days it doesn't matter what you throw at them. Generally if I'm targeting Wipers for clients, we'll troll #6 Flicker Shads until we find an active school. I'll drop a waypoint and go right back to the spot and grab jigging rods with anything from a small 4" swimbait to a Berkley Twitchtail minnow. But, often times they just want to chase and won't touch anything but a crank moving anywhere from 2.5-3 mph. On Tuesday I was throwing a Rippin Rap (for Walleye), and the Wiper were SMOKING it on slack line ripping it on and off the bottom. With that said, jigging spoons can always be really fun in a school of them too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spine guy
Thanks. I very much appreciate the information.
I've been trolling at ~1.5mph so I guess I'll try speeding up a little
That's a great middle speed for 'eyes, but with the increasing water temps those Wiper will want to chase. Make sure those rods are secure and get ready for that drag to scream!Quote:
Originally Posted by Spine guy