I was able to get out on Lake Altoona for the day on March 1st. I first made a trip to Gordy’s Hardware Hank to get some bait and then out to the lake I went. I started fishing at about 10:30 AM.
I fished in 13 FOW. I fished an area known as Flag Point. I started off using some small crappie minnows on a plain hook under a slip bobber about 12″ off of the bottom on one pole and on my jiggin pole used a yellow and green jig, until I lost it and used a couple of other different ones tipped with a waxie. The waxie didn’t work well so switched to minnow heads. The action was slow, but steady. The bites on the waxies were very light. If it wasn’t for my Aqua View Camera it would have been tough to have known if I had a bite. The pole with the minnows I didn’t get that many bites, but when I did they hammered it. I found the smaller minnow the more bites also, not just from smaller fish either.
I ended up catching 15 perch total. I kept 8 of the bigger ones. I let most of the big females go…need them to keep stocking the lake. I have heard many reports that the fish aren’t biting out here, but I haven’t had a problem catching any. Here is a few photos for you.
In the first picture are the fish I caught.
