With another beautiful day on tap, my buddy Jim and I decided to hit Lake Zumbro Thursday morning. Our target fish were bluegills and crappies, but we found lots of "other" fish willing to bite as well. Those other fish included carp, catfish, sucker, sheephead, largemouth bass, and smallmouth bass.
Our rods and reels were ultra-lights. That UL gear makes catching any fish lots of fun! The lure of choice was a mini-mite jig tipped with a waxie. The fish are established in their summer patterns, usually suspended 8-15 ft. over water as deep as 30 ft. You can use your electronics to spot them.
The recent large amount of rain water coming into the system has produced a huge algea bloom on the lake. There are schools of minnows feeding near the surface on the algea and when you see the minnows, there are usually larger fish under them.
Remember to release most of the gills and crappies so that we can continue to have great fishing well into the future. We released all our fish including gills up to 9 1/2 inches and crappies up to 11 1/2 inches. It was another great day to be on the water. Hope you have a chance to get out fishing soon!
Sounds like a very fun day Mike. Nice fish including the catfish. Nice to see them showing up now. They can put a very nice tug on the end of your line with ultralight rods and reels.
Thanks for the report and pics.
Thanks, Bill
ps. the pic of HOF tells hes been spending time with Briank catfishin. And its paying off. Now you will have to teach me some cat tricks.
Thanks, Bill
Mike,
Nice report, and Hope to see Bill out there very soon with you busting those beauties…
Jack.