Diamond is a gem

Well, after agonizing over where to go yesterday morning, I finally decided that you can’t trust the weatherman and ignored his warnings, heading for Diamond lake. Sure enough, four hours of fishing with nary a drop of rain and a sunburn that would make a lobster jealous.

Started out trolling for crappies, and while the fish were cooperating a little, my daughter kept insisting that 5 fish in an hour just wasn’t doing it for us. We headed up shallow and bobber fished for ‘gills, and man did we catch some whoppers.

The only down side to fishing Diamond was the weeds, the lake is weed-choked already, and it’s only 10 June. Constantly de-weeding the TM prop got old after about the thirteenth time, and it still wrapped in enough that I had to take it off when I got home and pull some more.

All in all, a very positive experience. Three good crappies and a dozen or so gills that all went 9″. Crappies are in open water, but for the gills you needed to find a break in the weeds, cover (other than weeds, fallen trees or overhangs seemed best), and bottom transitions from sand to muck; find a spot like that and fish as close to shore as possible, and the gills will come-a-runnin’.

Take a kid fishing and start with your own!!

That’s about what it takes…Just don’t check the weather and go fishing…

Diamond is a gem of a lake. Some big crappies come out of there. I have been wanting to get down there. Maybe this week sometime I will make the trip. Its about 1 1/2 hours for me to get there. Congrats on the great fish sounds like the two of you had a great day.

Mmmmmmm… Tasty!

Nice bucket . The story had me wanting to get down there now with the pics I have to get down there. I am green with envy right now.

Good report John

Glad you and your daughter had a productive day!
One of the best days I have spent on the water with my daughter was not far from there. Hawthorn crappies for us Tough to beat panfish and kids

It was a haul, but it was worth it. Always a little nervous putting in a couple hours drive time to a new lake with thunderstorms in the forecast, but everything worked out well.

Might have to head back in a couple of weeks, the wife and kids are going out of town for the weekend and I’m planning to do some fishing; not sure yet whether to hit the big river all weekend or mix & match with some of the area lakes. I think a few more warm days and the crappie trolling bite will really pick up at Diamond. We marked lots of fish, just not many willing to bite yet.

Unfortunately, around that same time, I expect the wingdam bite to start rolling… Decisions, Decisions.