Was able to get my 11 year old out for his first ice fishing trip of the year this morning to chase some crappie.
Pre-Trip:
-Picked out a lake with good survey numbers of keeper crappie
-Picked a starting point (purple pin)
-had 5 rods rigged (tungsten fly, slender spoon, slab rap, ripping rap, jiggin rap)
Fishing:
– drilled 10 holes starting at the purple pin towards the red pin
– started checking holes, found crappie in the 3rd hole, we caught 6 of them.
– went back and checked holes 1 & 2, found another pile in hole 2, caught 4 of them and called it a day due to the wind
– kept 10 crappie from 9″-10.5″
– also caught 1 bluegill on the tungsten fly
– the crappie were aggressive again today, my son caught 4 on the slab rap, I caught 6 on the slender spoon.
– I only have 1 flasher right now, we took turns working the marks.
– taught him how to fillet fish, with a knife and an electric, he’s like me and prefers the electric.
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