Tonka crappie report 4/16

Main lake water temps 45 to 47. North coves/small bays 50 to 52. Did the milk run and found crappies biting in 2 of my spots – the other 2 held a lot of bass and small sunnies but no crappies. Plenty of action once I found them. They wanted it small and shallow. Power minnows did zip but Culprit paddletails and Exude micro shads cleaned up. Best presentation was 1ft down below a bobber pitched along docks although some bigger fish were caught along rock shorelines. Bonus fish of the night was a 22″ largemouth. Biggest crappie was 11″ most averaged 8″. Bite will get better this week so get out there.

Stanman- I have never fished Minnetonka. Are there any spots where a guys and a couple of kids could fish them from shore. Nice report, thanks for the info.

John

Good shore fishing spots on Tonka are few and generally crowded. Plus I use the term “good” loosely. Grays Bay bridge area is the best area for actually catching fish followed by Black Lake in Spring Park. You’ll know where you can fish because there will a bunch of people already there. Stop in a Wayzata bait and maybe they can point you to some better options in the area.

Love2fish(John)…

let me know when you want to get out there, I can fit you and 2 kids in the boat.

we were on cetinlake in tonka pitching white jigs /w pink heads tiped with minnows up against the stone wall as you come through the channel just under the bridge and slaughtered the crappies ill be back out on the thurs while the get’ens good …. its about 6ft of water there

Crappie bite is in full swing. Fish in every spot I hit last night and size has improved. Crappies were very aggressive and wanted the lure to be moving.

Ditto, Mark. Been getting my fish in the weeds b/n 6 and 10 feet. The crappies are hyper-aggressive.

oh yes , we got about 35 -40 fish in the boat this morning crappies are in full swing

We got 30-40 fish in the evening yesterday. 1 spot out of 5 payed off.. the wind was *just wrong*. Its hard to catch fish in tidal waves!

We got all of our fish on hair or feather jigs tipped with a crappie minnow under a float. Most of them wanted it just after it landed, or *popped*, others wanted it not to be moving at all. Chartreauce with a white head, or pink and white both did well.

well i was out tonight and managed 2, both decent size, nothing to brag about. both caught on green beatle spins.

shane

where can a person get some minnows and a few jigs by minnetonka? i’ll be coming from blaine. also are the docks in the water at the landings?

Thanks,
Bryon

I was out Friday afternoon, got five in Brown’s Bay. Pretty slow where I was. In one spot I could see the fish– they ignored minnows and plastics but a couple hit a piece of pink Gulp on a jighead.

Stop at vados on HWY 65 in fridley. Its right across from the high school.

docks are in at the landings…

don’t forget wyzetta bait (sp) and also gander on 65.

shane

Brought a couple of kids out yesterday, went out in Emerald. Caught about 40, ranging in all sizes. Kept about 20 for the frying pan. Tageted fallen trees and brush with plain hooks and minnows.