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Species
CrappieSeason
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Insects
Mr. Ice Ice Bobber - EOL 3"
Out of Stock
Berkley Trilene XL 4lb / Clear
$5.99
$9.99
Pflueger President Micro Spinning Reel - EOL 20
Out of Stock
Plano EDGE 3500 Box 3500
$19.99
StrikeMaster Bait Puck - EOL 3"
Out of Stock
Rapala Jig Box Small
$10.99
$15.69
Rapala Stainless Steel Forceps 5-1/2"
$11.99
$14.99
Ice Hole Tackle Depthfinder Weight - EOL Yellow
Out of Stock
Species
CrappieSeason
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Spoons
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Insects
Basin Crappie Fishing in the winter is a fun way to catch numbers of fish, I like to find the basin and drill out the area where the break stops. Use your electronics to locate the fish, they are normally suspended and dusk and dawn are the best but this bite normally goes all night. Tie your jigging rap directly to your line with mono and go up about 2'-3' and tie the barrel swivel then to your braid. tip your jigging rap with a small minnow head or a wax worm or euro larva drop down to just above the fish and start jigging. good Luck!
HotbaitRapala Jigging Rap 1 1/4" / Gold
Out of Stock
Berkley Fireline - EOL 6lb / Crystal
Out of Stock
Berkley Trilene XL 4lb / Clear
$5.99
$9.99Pflueger President Micro Spinning Reel - EOL 20
Out of Stock
StrikeMaster Bait Puck - EOL 3"
Out of Stock
Plano EDGE 3500 Box 3500
$19.99
WOO! Tungsten Lure Wrap - EOL Black
Out of Stock
Rapala Stainless Steel Forceps 5-1/2"
$11.99
$14.99
Frabill Ice Safety Kit - EOL 3-Piece
Out of Stock
Species
CrappieSeason
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Spoons
Structure
Points
26 feet of water in Harrison Bay. Cut the tail off and put it on the treble of the spoon. Had to weed through some small ones, but the night bite was on. We all came home with a pale of decent crappies. Fished till 230 A.M. fun!
Species
WalleyeSeason
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Spoons
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
35°
We are still in early ice, we can't drive on the lakes right now, I like to find a area that has a access point close to some deep water and close to a weed line. The Walleyes are eating perch, sunfish, crappies and other minnows in the weeds. Sun up and sun set are the best times to be out but midday can be just as good. Drill out a area and find the weed line and use your electronics to set up just into the weeds on the edge and drop your spoon down and bang in on the bottom a few time and reel up a foot or two and start working it. I like to use braid as a main line and a mono leader. use a swivel to attach the mono to the braid and use a snap at the spoon or tie direct. One tip is to use the temp feature on your Aqua Vu to find warmer water under the ice, sometimes there are warm slicks of water under the ice. Good Luck!
HotbaitVMC Tingler Spoon 3/16 oz / Perch
Out of Stock
VMC Tingler Spoon 3/16 oz / Yellow Perch
$3.29
$5.29
VMC Tingler Spoon 3/16 oz / Glow Pink Fire UV
Out of Stock
Berkley Fireline - EOL 8lb / Crystal
Out of Stock
Berkley Trilene XL 6lb / Clear
$5.99
$9.99WOO! Tungsten Lure Wrap - EOL Black
Out of Stock
Rapala Hook File 4"
$15.99
Species
WalleyeSeason
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Spoons
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
There was roughly 4 to 5 inches of safe ice in the bay that we were fishing. This particular fish came off a tip up in 6 feet of water, but we caught a few roaming what’s left of the weed line in 8-10 feet. Rattling spoons tipped with a minnow head were most productive.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Matted Grass
Late summer on Lake Minnetonka can be a great time to find matted vegetation. Find milfoil that has grown up to the surface and created a canopy. Typically this takes at least a 1 ounce weight to punch through. Choose a weight heavy enough that it gets through at least 75% of the time. Make sure you have a 7' 4" or longer rod, 50lb+ braided line and a stout hook. My set up is a 7' 4" Extra heavy rod, a HD reel with 50lb braid, a 1.5oz tungsten weight (pegged with bobber stop), a 5/0 owner jungle flipping hook with a beaver or creature style bait like the Reaction Innovations beaver
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Once the largemouth have finished spawning and have moved out of the shallows out to the weedlines, they can be caught on ned rigs. The Outkast Tackle perfect ned head is awesome paired up with z-man finesse TRD in various colors. Keep this setup light around 3/16th to 1/8oz for best results. Spinning rods with 10lb braid to 10lb fluorocarbon seem to work best.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
This report is for 11/6/2021. Water temps around 50 degrees. Clear bluebird skies. Overall super tough day. I don't get skunked often and this was one of those days. Tried many things and didn't get a single bite. Jerkbait, nope. Drop shot, nope. Jig or chatterbait nope. Lrger swimbait for fun, nope. Had a single medium pike or muskie follow all day. Mostly fished outside weedlines. But also tried up shallower as well. Saw a single cruising bass in like 3 feet of water. It was a nice day, but didn't catch a thing. Skunked.
Species
Panfish / BluegillSeason
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Minnows
Black Lake - Night Bite Started early morning at 3am and walked onto the lake instead of driving on it due to not knowing the ice conditions before and wanted to try out the smitty sled. 1st hole drilled at 15ft, marked some fish on the bottom, switched the Livescope to forward view and started scanning and found a group of fish 8 ft in front of me. Inside Setup: Drilled two holes, 1 for livescope and 1 for the Dangler Rod Holder. Setup on the Dangler was small treble hook, split shot sinker 8" above hook and small crappie minnow. Today's jigging setup was a small gold/chartreuse 4mm, wonder bread 4mm glow and pink uv tungsten with some plastic. 3am-4:30am: The bite was consistent on the tungsten utilizing heavy jigging and making sure the glow was always luminating triggering some bluegills to come up and hit. Nothing much for size but it was consistent enough to keep you busy and had the random crappie come up. Dangler rod holder was setup around 8- 10ft, fish came from either in front or behind me suspended and automatically took the minnow drop after drop. 4:30am - 5:15am: The bite slowed down on the tungsten jig but the dangler rod holder and minnow continued to produce when a suspended fish was to come through. 5:15am - 6am: The bite started to slowly pick up on the tungsten but more followers then takers. If fish came through suspended they continued to take the minnow. Majority of the time, the crappies came in single or groups of 2. 6am - 6:30: Started jigging a 4mm pink uv tungsten jig with white copee p3 plastic 1 ft off the bottom, bluegills were not interested at all in what I had. Dead sticking the tungsten, saw a fish slowly come up to the tungsten, grabbed the pole and started to lightly jig up, the fish started to follow aggressively, paused and watched the tip. Set the hook, drag slightly pulling, it was a bigger fish, at 1st I thought was a big crappie or bluegill. Felt the head shakes, removed the livescope pole out of the way, noticed the fish tangled my other dangler setup in the hole. Keeping the rod tight, able to pull the fish through. First look of the fish, it was a walleye! Hook was on the edge of the mouth, able to hand it and land it. 6:30-7:30: Bite slowed down, got my limit on panfish and a eater walleye, packed up and headed home.
