Catching Crappie at Six Lakes

I got a phone call Wednesday morning from Jerry asking if I needed some Friday therapy, fishing up at Six Lakes. I answered that a directive from my social director would be required but as long as my work was done I was a definite maybe....

That night at dinner I mentioned Jerry’s call to my Social Director and Judy said, yes go and have fun! Jerry said Jeff was still in kneed of therapy as well, so plans were set into motion to meet up early at Jerry’s and leave from there.

We were on the water about 8:00 a.m. and started trolling.....it did not take long and I had a nice keeper crappie in the boat, then Jeff got a couple as did Jerry.

We were catching Crappie for Mrs. OE, and it was determined to keep 10” and better, releasing anything less. All total we caught about 75, keeping 15 for Jennifer.

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The Crappie bite died about 1:00 so we switched to slip bobbers, hooks and red worms to see if we could entice some bluegills to join in the Crappie catch, however only one keeper gill joined in today’s creel. We wrapped it up and we’re off the water around 3:00.

In lieu of pictures I have attached a short video of what we were using and the beautiful day we spent on the water up at Six Lakes, Michigan


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Nice job, cute video. Six Lakes is 20 min down the road fro,m us

You should have seen Steve's Go Pro harness. Red Green would have been proud. I looked like a combination of broken ratchet straps, binocular harness, pieces of vinyl siding(no, I'm not kidding) and who know what else. But, hey, it worked. The bite was a LOT slower than last week end, the water was close to 2 feet lower and there was little current today. Also didn't mark the huge schools of suspended fish. Still had fun, though. Nothing like being in the boat with friends, talking a little trash and doing a little harassing. Good times.

I wondered if it was high H phone version 1 which predates the I-phone or a go-pro. 25 dollar underwear but won't spring for a harness. Sounds about right

Got Queen Jennifers crappie cleaned this morning. We had some real nice fish, I got almost 1/2 gallon out of 14 crappie and a 7 1/2" bluegill.

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25 dollar underwear but won't spring for a harness. Sounds about right

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And all five pair are worth every penny!

I don’t have a go pro yet, it’s on my Christmas list though.

For now I’m using my iPhone to begin with......since I don’t know if they make a iPhone chest harness I made my own using a binocular harness, a piece of canyon blend vinyl siding to attach the phone case to (an extra) which I cut out an area to operate the stop and go button. It’s crude but it will get the job done for now.

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Where there is a will...there is a way ...good job Steve

Funny. My guess was a bino harness.

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I got a phone call Wednesday morning from Jerry asking if I needed some Friday therapy, fishing up at Six Lakes. I answered that a directive from my social director would be required but as long as my work was done I was a definite maybe....

That night at dinner I mentioned Jerry’s call to my Social Director and Judy said, yes go and have fun! Jerry said Jeff was still in kneed of therapy as well, so plans were set into motion to meet up early at Jerry’s and leave from there.

We were on the water about 8:00 a.m. and started trolling.....it did not take long and I had a nice keeper crappie in the boat, then Jeff got a couple as did Jerry.

We were catching Crappie for Mrs. OE, and it was determined to keep 10” and better, releasing anything less. All total we caught about 75, keeping 15 for Jennifer.

Attachment 316368

The Crappie bite died about 1:00 so we switched to slip bobbers, hooks and red worms to see if we could entice some bluegills to join in the Crappie catch, however only one keeper gill joined in today’s creel. We wrapped it up and we’re off the water around 3:00.

In lieu of pictures I have attached a short video of what we were using and the beautiful day we spent on the water up at Six Lakes, Michigan


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How fast do you troll? Couldn't hardly tell you were moving.

Larry, I don't have GPS, I judge speed by watching how fast weeds, bubbles, etc. pass by the boat. I'll play with different speeds every trip till I find the sweet spot. If there isn't anything floating I'll sometimes spit on the water to give myself something to gauge our speed by. I would guess somewhere between .5 and 1.0 mph. Not very scientific but it seems to work for us.

Larry,

Like Jerry said, speed can be all over the place. For me, I akin my speed to drifting. When the wind is too fast, the line hangs back at a shallower angle and it takes more weight and more line out to reach a desired depth.

More than anything, I look at the angle of my line in the water. Most of the time, I stay in the .3 to .6 catagory when I am working a sinker, hook, and minnow combination in less than 15 foot of water. Keep in mind that this is basically "over the side of the boat" trolling. Basically controlling my drift. When I switch over to jigs tipped with either a minnow or soft plastics, my speed does go up a little bit. I do fish with both at the same time but I find that the fish don't like the slow speeds and the jigs whereas they don't like the faster speeds and the hook and minnow. Weird I know but by having both, I cover all the bases!

When long lining, I like somewhere between .6 to 1.0mph but, it isn't something I do regularly. I save that for when the wind is blowing and that is the best I can do. I've found it to be a deadly tactic however during that time.

....and here we spend all this money on electronics to give us accurate readings on speed, and it can just be done by spitting on the water........


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There were an awful lot of fish caught before all those fancy electronics were invented. I'm just as technical with the distance back that I run my jigs when long lining, as far as I can cast then one pull with my 12' Bn'M rod. Figure that gets me down about 8-10 feet. This can change if I'm throwing into or against the wind.

Mrs OE, Thanks you all again.

It was some beer battered Crappie & some Chicken & Herb Rice she concocted for dinner tonight.

I did try some but am waiting for my Salmon.

I took the Blackened Seasoning, seasoned the Salmon, then deep fried it, then another light coat of seasoning.

Not sure how it’s going to taste, as I have never tried it, but will find out.

OE