Any one finding panfish yet

Just checking to see if anyone is finding the crappies and sunnies in shallow yet?

Are they moving shallow at all yet or are you finding them over deep water?

We tried a few spots last Sunday on pool 2 with not much luck.

Going to try again this weekend… practice makes perfect!!

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We tried a few spots last Sunday on pool 2 with not much luck.

Going to try again this weekend… practice makes perfect!!

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AND practice makes FUN!!!
Thanks, Bill

found them on a south metro lake this weekend 12 ft of water using just a pink ratso and a small slip bobber. wind blown side of the lake was almost 10 degrees warmer!!

Friday night from 7 to 11 they were bitin’ good on Upper Red Lake

One thing to keep in mind is that your ice fishing jigs below a bobber work great for panfish in the spring and summer too. We seem to think that because winter is over that the panfish quit biting bait on an ice fishing jig. Thats not true. Their food doesn’t grow huge in the nicer weather. Their mouths don’t grow bigger either. So those little jigs still work great so when you are shopping for small leadheads pick up some of those great ice fishing jigs too before the stores put them away til next winter.
Thanks, Bill

Let me share a little story with you. A true story though. Years ago I was fishing a southern Minnesota lake, called Lake Tetonka, and had my youngest daughter and grandaughter in the boat with me and we were fish right next to a boat that had a couple older fisherman in it. I wanted to fish next to them because older retired fisherman seem to really know what they are doing. Especially guys who have fished these lakes all their lives. Well did I ever see something. Its a learning experience I will never forget. These guys were catching bluegills left and right. And we were catching nothing. No matter what we tried or how hard we tried we caught nothing. We were using the normal jigs and minnows and kept switching colors and jig sizes and still nothing. A very humbleing experience for sure. What these guys were using to haul in fish after fish was waxies on ice fishing jigs right in the middle of summer. What a lesson these guys taught me the hard way. And you can bet the first thing I did when I got off the water was to go buy some ice fishing jigs because naturally I didn’t have any with me. After all its summer and fish don’t bite ice fishing jigs then. Right? Wrong!!! So hopefully you too won’t be caught out on the water without your ice fishing jigs in the middle of summer and learn this lesson the hard way too.

Thanks, Bill

I use waxies in the summer some times. What I have found to be a goto bait when all ales fails for crappies is crickets. Put a lively one on a hook and sink it around crappies and you have fish on

MDP, Do you use the crickets in the river or just lakes? Bill, thanks for sharing the information,there is another guy down here that says he uses ice jigs to and does very well on them during the summer. I will have to try it. I usually just stick with a gold hook and a minnow here on the river (pool 13). Thanks Rick,

Hey Rick, any chance of you AND everyone else sharing this year how you do on your fishing outtings? This way ”WE ALL LEARN” more.
Thanks, Bill