Ice here in northern Mn.

Hey guys,I’m new here ,but most certainly not to the sport of fishing.
They call me CrappieKeith. I spend 200-250 days a year on the water.
I tie my own jigs and 99% of the time never use meat. I’m all plastics or hair jig user.
I tie my own & sell them. The jigs range from a 32nd oz. to 100th oz.
Check out my fish from Dec. 1st on to now.








Here is some video rippin lips,



Here are my jigs.

Welcome to IDA! Those are some dandy fish!

Welcome to the site and nice pictures!

You are going to like it here. Thanks for sharing

What lakes do you fish normally, and what is the ice like there right now?

Welcome to IDA

Where in northern Mn are you located!!!!

Nice fish!!!!

nice fish, wellcome

What happened to your legs. Did you fall in

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What happened to your legs. Did you fall in

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I thought the same thing! (2nd picture).

Keith…Welcome, and nice post.

Good looking fish!!
Welcome to IDA!!

Welcome to the site. Nice fish. Thanks for sharing. Where are you from?

Palisade,just north of the big pond.

Been hitting Big Sandy& we have a good 8″-10″ of ice

Are you going to be at Hunters for the GTG? I will be there. Hope you can make it. Looking forward to meeting alot new people.

Hunters point on Mille Lacs??
Where & when???
Do you have room?? I’m just south of you in Palisade.

It’s the 07 Cabin Fever Reliever out of Hunter’s. Go to the general discussion area on this site. Look for the cabin fever reliever post and follow it. I hooked up with some others guys already. Post a message looking for some one to stay with. Going to be ALOT og people and ALOT of fun.

I believe I’m booked already for that weekend. If for some reason it falls through,I’d come down for the day.

Welcome to IDA CrappieKeith!! Glad to have you join us.

OK now that I got that out of the way. Where do I make my order for Hair jigs??

Great looking fish. Looks like you had alot of fun.

I fish them with a spring bobber & a good flasher.

I tie them on with a loop knot so the jig hangs freely & I use a small splitshot 14″ up from the jig.

good ol palisade, I lived in Kimberly for a few years, fished damn lake alot and swam in long lake. I don’t suppose you went to Aitkin high school did you?? shoot me a pm, I might have a few ?’s for ya.

shane

Went to Rat lake last night,no mules just eaters.



They were semi aggresive.I used this yellow & white jig.
No minnows were used in the taking.

hey keith do the colors in your jigs make a difference. and would you say your jigs work better than those at the markets. i am wondering because i am interested in them too. what time would you say the crappies are most active accroding to your experience. thanks.

Was out with crappiekeith 12/30 caught 2 11 inch crappies 1 8 1/4 bluegill on the jig it diffently worked on that lake dont know about any other lake will try for perch on the pond. I drove 2 1/2 hour to fish for 5 hours just to drive 2 1/2 hours back to work at 4pm. I had a blast fishing with crappiekeith and friends I learned a lot about fishing mcgregor area lakes. Thanks keith and hope to fish with you soon.

A general rule of thumb for me is to go with yellows or green in stained waters.In clear water whites.

So yellow&black or yellow & orange or yellow & blue vs.. White & black or white& orange or white & yellow or white&pink.

As to biting times,every lake is different.Early morning & late afternoon seem to be the best.Some lakes are good at night even. These seem to be clearer lakes.

Yup it was fun Schlenkki. Come when you can stay longer. I’d put you up if you need a place so we could get a good day plus in on the hardwater.

Here’s to driving the hook too the bone.

Say who’s that guy in the background?

Here’s a few more.
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Killed them on the Horn again today.