With the tournament in the past, we had our options open for what to do. We contemplated walleye, pike, trout, and the usual, panfish. What do you suppose we chose? Panfish… We don’t get the opportunity to fish together two days in a row that often and we had some new spot to try out. As we drove down the road to where we intended to go, we opted to take a pit stop at a community hole that has been on lately.
We fished around for a while and caught some fish but after a little over an hour had had enough.The crappie were not bunched up and the big perch were few and far in between. To top off the slow fishing, There were lots of people around making all sorts of noise. Packing up the truck we hit the road to the next spot.
The next spot took some time to get into. We had to drive, walk, and search for fish. After finding enough water to hold the flat fish we were after, it didn’t take long for us to start bring the fish above the ice. With a depth reaching slightly over 10 feet, the crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed were being caught all the way up to just four feet below the ice. The size on average wasn’t great but we saw three different age classes of crappie. Using an underwater camera, we found that the weeds were thin and the bottom was all sand. A few bass were cruising through the area but were not active. After being content with what we had found, we packed up the truck again and headed out.
The next spot we wanted to fish was not a go. The ice looked sketchy at best with open water randomly and varying shades of ice color. We didn’t even bother going out to check it and headed back to where we started the day.
To wrap up the day, we kicked open the holes from the morning and worked through them. The bite was slow and we decided to make a big move to another sweet spot on the body of water. Bobby punched the holes and I followed looking for fish with the camera. The first few holes were barren but as we got up into green weeds the fish started to appear.
Crappie, bluegill, and perch were common for the rest of the day although hard to catch. We fished until it was close to dark but called it a day just after the sun set. The temperature was dropping fast and the bite wasn’t worth getting too cold. Good day overall on the water and it is always nice to expand our fishing locations!
D & B Ice Adventures 