crappies

is anyone catching any crappies or gills out on menomin or tainter, i saw some boats over the cribs that are out there.

There was still some ice in cemetary bay on Sunday. Saw one guy fishing in a boat. He was moving around a lot, so i doubt he was doing well. Talked to a guy coming out of Tainter, said he had caught around a dozen, nothing special on size (10 inches). However, a lot of the brush that you would usually fish this time a year is above water, the water is down a solid 3-4 feet. I will prolly be trying it sometime this week or weekend.

TipUpsOnly:

The water will be that low until they get the boards backup on the dam providing they went out with iceout. I haven’t been in that area for several years now, but you would think that that same brush will hold crappies once the water warms.

Mark

Fished Tainter today from 1-5. Kept 18 crappies & threw lots more back. Size was 9-11 inches & water temp between 53-59 degrees. The fish were schooled up in the shallows, but not all that active. The most productive approach was sight fishing, then throwing a minnow underneath a bobber set at 2-3 feet.