Couple of Nice Ones

  • suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
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    March 10, 2014 at 7:57 am #1360416

    Couple of nice pan fish I picked up over the weekend in northern Minn. We were perching on Winni but hit another lake one evening.

    Paul Heise
    River Falls, Wi
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    March 10, 2014 at 8:57 am #1395105

    A handful with a glove on even! Holy smokes! Very nice catch.

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
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    March 10, 2014 at 9:10 am #1395107

    They only measured a little over 9 but what they lacked in length they made up for in girth.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    March 10, 2014 at 9:59 am #1395116

    Those are nice white crappie. You can tell by the bands. They could be a hybrid too.

    Nice fish Thanks for sharing.

    chamberschamps
    Mazomanie, WI
    Posts: 1089
    March 10, 2014 at 11:55 am #1395152

    Quote:

    only measured a little over 9 but what they lacked in length they made up for in girth.

    That’s what I tell my wife. She appreciates a good joke.

    Mudshark
    LaCrosse WI
    Posts: 2973
    March 10, 2014 at 12:25 pm #1395170

    Quote:

    Couple of nice pan fish I picked up over the weekend in northern Minn. We were perching on Winni but hit another lake one evening.


    Nice ones

    The big question is how were the Perch biting

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
    Posts: 18623
    March 10, 2014 at 12:36 pm #1395176

    The perch were a little disappointing but we lost 1-2 days to high winds. The guys willing to fish hard still could not put a daily limit on the ice but we got enough for all to take home a couple meals and had a fish fry for 9 guys up there. Highlight of the weekend was poor ole Matt. Drives all the way up there then on his second hole the auger does something and snapped one of his finger IN HALF. I’m still a little shaky even typing it. yuck!!!!

    Bob Schultz
    Wausau,Wi
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    March 10, 2014 at 12:47 pm #1395185

    Ouch!!!

    Was the bite slow or just trouble catching better fish?

    Nice gills! Care to tell us how deep they were?

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
    Posts: 18623
    March 10, 2014 at 2:01 pm #1395206

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    Ouch!!!

    Was the bite slow or just trouble catching better fish?

    Nice gills! Care to tell us how deep they were?

    It was slow and hard to catch good fish. The first day was a bust. Road closed with wind. They had to rescue the guys that were already out. Second day not much better. That’s when we went after these gills on another lake. Got a few perch and big crappie there as well. I saw our Winni catches compared to many others at Nodaks so I know we were right there in the running but it was still disappointing. Been that way for a few years. We are already talking about skipping Winni next year. It use to be nothing to get 20 jumbos per guy there in a day. Nothing. Now we cant get 20 fish let alone many jumbos.

    Mudshark
    LaCrosse WI
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    March 10, 2014 at 2:36 pm #1395218

    Well hopefully things will improve in the next weeks…..
    It’s either that or Leech for me….

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
    Posts: 18623
    March 10, 2014 at 3:45 pm #1395231

    The ice is so thick drilling holes is a chore and makes it difficult to drill as many holes or move as much as we would have liked. Also we only fished the roads so being mobile with sleds would allow access to lots of otherwise untouched water. I would go again if it was closer.

    Mudshark
    LaCrosse WI
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    March 11, 2014 at 2:36 pm #1395446

    Thanks for the info Mike…
    We’ll have to see how the weather goes

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