On this Easter Sunday, I was blessed with a fishing trip with my wife Kelly & daughter, Lisa. We headed to Lake Zumbro in search of some crappies for our supper and we weren’t disappointed. It didn’t take long & we were on fish suspended high in the water Column & I knew they were crappies. (They always stage here this time of year)
Armed with my Custom Jigs & Spin Flu Flu’s in a wide color range, we were set! The best color today was white/blue, with pink/white coming in a close second. We fished over the first main drop offs, falling from 12ft to 20 ft being the best depths today.
Our method was dragging these jigs at .03 to .05 mph over the areas I mentioned before. This method is the same thing James & Jason do for walleye’s on the river, just on a smaller scale. Don’t be afraid to think outside the box a little to put fish in the boat.
The water is still stained a bit, but should be clearing up quickly if we don’t get any more rain in the near future. We even saw a guy water skiing today.(BURRR) All in all it was a great day on the water with my girls. We kept a couple fish for the fry pan & the rest went back to be caught another day.
great post doug and some nice fish!! hopefully ill be out there this week sometime
Thanks for the report Doug, Its that time of the year again and start thinking of the home water haunts.
How was the water level?
Great job on the Crappies Mercer’s
They look very yummy
Wow does that look fun! Great job Lisa, Kelly and Doug
I was wondering if you went to a sermon on the water or not.
Thanks and great report!
Chris
great post i was just wondering if anybody had been to the zumbro yet,did you happen to find any gills?
Water level looks good Jeff. Didn’t fish for any gills, But marked a bunch, they were tight to the bottom & the crappies were up high. Chris, I had to give my own, & it seemed to pay off!
Nice job Doug! I gotta get the kids down there soon!!
Chris, you know where to go if you saved my waypoints
thanks doug! i live in byron, and i was wondering where exactly you were fishing on the zumbro… i have tried many times and never had the luck you have it looks like
VERY nice fish Doug. Spring is here.
Hey Bill. Hope all is good with you. hope to see ya back on the water this spring. Some great fishin ahead!
Chris, in the next week or so things will really get going & I think the kids would have a blast! Spot # 4
Nice Report Doug,
and nice day to get the girls on the water.
Jack
Nice report!