Post by rong on Jan 5, 2014 0:57:33 GMT -6
I found a new pond to try ice fishing about 10 days ago. I had no idea that it contained crappies but found some nice fish like these right off the bat.
I did well for the first 3 outings, but since then haven't gotten into the larger fish in any numbers. I tried again yesterday and got both bluegills and crappies, but the action was slow. The wind was absolutely brutal. If you stopped to catch your breath and looked behind you, your shanty tracks would be already half filled in.
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I headed back again today and got over a dozen each of the gills and crappies, plus a perch, but again, not the size fish I got spoiled with from my initial outings there. The bite really dies off about an hour after sunset, so I decided to try another pond in the dark hoping for a place to fish where the bite would continue into the evening.
Finally! A place where the fish don't vanish when the sun goes down. I fished in 15 feet of water using spikes on a glow teardrop jig and the crappies were very active. They were loners...one single fish would show up every five minutes on average, but basically single one would hit. I stayed until I landed 2 dozen with some decent ones in the mix.
It was a nice nice to be out in the fresh night air with the fresh snow coming down.
I did well for the first 3 outings, but since then haven't gotten into the larger fish in any numbers. I tried again yesterday and got both bluegills and crappies, but the action was slow. The wind was absolutely brutal. If you stopped to catch your breath and looked behind you, your shanty tracks would be already half filled in.
I headed back again today and got over a dozen each of the gills and crappies, plus a perch, but again, not the size fish I got spoiled with from my initial outings there. The bite really dies off about an hour after sunset, so I decided to try another pond in the dark hoping for a place to fish where the bite would continue into the evening.
Finally! A place where the fish don't vanish when the sun goes down. I fished in 15 feet of water using spikes on a glow teardrop jig and the crappies were very active. They were loners...one single fish would show up every five minutes on average, but basically single one would hit. I stayed until I landed 2 dozen with some decent ones in the mix.
It was a nice nice to be out in the fresh night air with the fresh snow coming down.
