Minnesota Saturday fishing

[throttleplate]

Wife and i took the 1 hr drive to detroit lakes area to get some crappies. Water was 47 * air temp 55 * and no wind and cloudy. Lake was flat as a board and crystall clear so i knew we woudnt catch fish untill the evening and it was only 2pm.

 

I was throwing a bunch of crappie lures, jigs, tubes, curly tails and nothing. Sat down for a couple hrs and ate sandwiches and when 5.30 pm came it started to get busy, caught some bass and sunnies and i seen many bass cruising the rock bank back and forth. The only bait that was working was the Gulp 3 inch minnow on a small black jig usig a bobber.

 

Then the bite died and still no crappie so it was so nice out i was determined to stay late to catch the crappie bite if they are even going to bite. Well at 8.30 pm the bite was on and i caught a big fat sunnie and a pike whom wrapped his snout in my 12 lb flouro leader but at least it didnt bite it off.

 

Then the crappie went crazy at 9.00 pm and still using gulp minnows but this time i dunked them in yellow spike it garlic flavor and they were hittin it and now it was pitch black out and still they were on. I had a headlamp on my head so it could see the bobber slightly. Then my wife wanted to try the spike it and she hooked up with the crappie. We now had enough fish for a sunday meal so i stopped fishing and put all our gear up and into the trunk while she cleaned the fish. Got home at 12:00 midnite and it now 2am and i am typin this report.

 

It turned out to be a great day, a long day but great day. Talked to some fisherman in a boat and he said the weed growth is 2 to 3 weeks behind schedule from normal. The Detroit lakes area weather looks good for all next week and into saturday gonna be high 60,s and the bass  should be spawning and with really no weed cover goin to be interesting.

[A-Jay]

Nicely Done ~

Hope you both enjoy your fresh fish

Cue the hot fat !

A-Jay

[TnRiver46]

 Nice work, enjoy the crappie meal! 

[gim]

9 hours ago, throttleplate said:

Then the crappie went crazy at 9.00 pm

I have been catching mine during the warmest time of day this spring, usually midday.  I have been able to find sizable fish up to 12.5+ inches, but none bigger. I’m after a true freak (15+ inches) though, not 12 inchers anymore. So I tried going at sunset the other day instead. I stayed out there until 9:30pm using a lighted bobber. Once the sun went down, I did not have a single bite. So much for the night time experiment crappie fishing. Think I’m done pan fishing for the season, I really have no interest once bass, walleye, and eventually muskie opens.

[gim]

I think you're a few hours northwest of me throttleplate, so I'm likely dealing with warmer water and more weed growth, which helps in the spring.  Its been getting down to below 40 degrees here every night for almost a week now, which really doesn't help especially in the morning.