Very few crappie, plenty of off species

I played hookey from work on Friday and tagged along with vbottom on a crappie fishing adventure. The lake we went to usually has a decent fall crappie bite but we managed to put just three in the box. That doesn't mean it was a bad day, we had steady action all day. We were long lining jigs and plastics and just got our lines in the water and I landed a small bass and a 9" perch. Jeff was next with a pair of 17" walleye. I got a couple more bass and Jeff got another walleye. It went on like this all day and about an hour before dark we had 3 crappie, 2 9" perch, 2 9" bluegills and 9 walleye in the livewell. On our last pass through the "honey hole", Jeff hooked up with walleye #10 to finish our 2 man limit, a big, hard fighting brute that he lost at the boat. Oh well, 9 walleye is still a very good day. Biggest walleye was 23" and the rest were 17-18.Attachment 410759Attachment 410760Attachment 410761Attachment 410762

Looks like a great fall trip!!


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Wow great trip and bountiful catch, congratulations

Sounds like a good trip. That will be some fine eating

Good job guys. Playing hooky feesh is always a good thing.

looks like a win to me! what depth were they hanging around?

that's a good day of fishing !!!

Way to go…. There hasn’t been much crappie activity here in a long time. ��

They were shallow, 6 1/2-9 1/2 fow. Ate some during the MSU football game and they were tasty.

Yeah, Gary, it's been pretty slow on the Michigan page. Work has kept me from fishing much.

All you have to do is retire ��

Great time


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Between the scenery , the catch and the company, I would say that was a great day. Go Spartans!!!!! Hope they keep going. Tough schedule left.