Anyone have any luck on the zumbro yet?

I was out on the zumbro yesterday and tried shallow, deep, with plastics and slip bobbers and have had no luck.

are you talking about zumbro lake or river?

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I was out on the zumbro yesterday and tried shallow, deep, with plastics and slip bobbers and have had no luck.

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The nice bite found right after ice-out was helped along by the warmer weather, but those crappies settle down fairly fast and get right back into their usual routine of scattering throughout the lake for a few weeks before coming to gather near their spawning sites.

Another week, maybe two, and they’ll begin to show up in more predictable areas.

Lake zumbro, thank you for the advice.

I hit the lake this morning and got fish. Purple/chartreuse or bluegill/chartreuse plastics under a float. 1/32 head. No bait.

The water temp at the surface was between 55 and 57 degrees depending on where I was at, but at about 7 feet the water struggled to get above 49 degrees.

90% of the crappies today were rising to hit and hit hard. One white crappie was an eye opener at 13.75 inches. Shes still swimming. I got a nice largemouth on the 7.5 foot untralight today too…..maybe 5 pounds.

The baitshop reported that a guy had to fish deep water, 25 to 30 feet and troll live bait at mid-column to get crappies. That’s a nice report….I didn’t have a soul around me today.

thats good to hear. I have been told they are moving into the brush now on the river down by wilcox as well.