Go BIG, or go home!

I did my first crappie trip of the year yesterday up near grand rapids. We found some nice fish. Interestingly, my buddy had his limit before I iced my first fish..

These fish were acting odd. Mike was nice enough to clue me into the fact that he was getting them all on 3/8oz buckshot and a BIG jig with the biggest fathead in the bucket. Once I went back to the truck and pulled out my reserve walleye tackle, I was getting them too. I’ve caught them many times before on this lake, always on more typical crappie offerings.

Thanks Mike, you’re a star in my book. You’ve taught me yet another valuable lesson. I’m sorry about what my wife did to your truck!!

I got most my fish on a w3 jigging rap.

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Interesting that they bit only the big tackle… Glad you got some good meat to go with it!

We found the same thing this weekend up around Walker. We caught a few during the day but were tough lots a lookers only a couple would bite. Once we upsized our lure and just minnow head. We started to do better and a lot more action. Fishing 38 ft but all fish were suspended around 20 ft. Just kept moving around if you didn’t see the large school keep moving. Was a great trip and what a weekend to be on the ice.