Hawkeye Hooksetters on Lake MacBride

  • Chitwood46
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 145
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    Our club fished Lake MacBride May 18, 2003. We are a multi-species club, and weighed in 2 of the six species that we peruse.

    29 members participated. In 17 boats

    1. 3 Bass were weighed in totaling 9.46 pounds. Largest Bass was a nice 4.06# fish caught by Bob Knight.

    2. 176 Crappies for 56.05 pounds. Largest crappie was a 1.06# fish caught by Mark Harrison.
    Many more crappies were caught, but we have a self imposed limit of 15 per person with a minimum length of 8 inches.

    NO WAKE rules were strictly observed by all participants. We did notice this was not the case of many of the local pontoon boats located on the lake!

    It was a beautiful morning and day with lots of sunshine and temperatures in the 70’s. The water at MacBride was clear in most areas with a little turbidity near some shore lines cause by the wind. Surface water temperature mid-morning was 63.4 degrees.

    The crappies were caught using small tube jigs, twister tails (Chartreuse), minnows, and various combinations of same. They were near shore and limits were taken in 2 to 4 foot of water.

    No white Bass, Northern, Walleye or Catfish were captured.

    The next Hawkeye Hooksetter Tournament will be on Coralville June 7th.

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