Bangs Lake

Nice report lundman, good to here the weeds are thick!! 
Hope they keep them and not poison the lake for weed control.
Here the walleye were doing really really  well earlier this year! Should be a banner walleye ice season coming up.

Spent an enjoyable day on the water.  Purchased my season launch pass, then purchased some minnows from Wauconda Bait (the old Wauconda Boat building). Ended up catching 4 gills/pumkinseeds over 7" and around 50 gills 3-5".  While on the water I met the police Sgt. He checked out my safety gear and sold me a sticker so I'm good to go for the season.  It was nice to be back on the lake.  The weeds were very, very thick. All fish were caught on 1/2 red worm suspended on a small hair jig under a slip bobber.

Anyone out chasing panfish yet on the open water?  I'm planning on giving it a try tomorrow.

Ice conditions? Is anyone catching out there? Be safe, tight lines!

Yesterday there was a solid 3” out there. 

How is bangs doing, any ice?

About 12 inches still. Been a slow year compared to the last few. Tons of fish marking in 18 fow but tough to get them to bite. Caught some nice Crappie this year, had a night where we pulled in about 13, couple over 11 inches. Thats about it. No flags for the 2nd straight year. No matter where we set them they never go up. Love getting out there still, just wish the fishing was a little better this year. 

I hope everyone had a great time this weekend for the fishing tournament, I would like to hear what the biggest fish was.

Unfortunately I couldn't make it up there this year because money is tight and with the possible chance of catching covid, I'm unfortunately in the  high risk category. I hope they had a big turnout for the derby because the proceeds go to a great cause.

Yesterday I fished in front of Lindy's again from 2 - 7.  Only caught one dink gill from 2 - 5:30.  Ended up with several 9 1/2" - 9 3/4" crappie between 5:30 and 6;30.  The crappie all hit a #8 gold tru turn hook with a tail hooked minnow under a slip bobber fished within 2' of the bottom.  Was marking fish all day but just couldn't get them to go.  The snow on the ice sure makes it a lot tougher to drag the gear around.

So it looks like we're going to have cold weather till the fishing derby starting on the 28th and hopefully the ice will over 15 inches thick by then.

Them 3 crappie's would of made a great meal, but I'm glad you through them back if you didn't have the time to clean them that night and I hope you catch them again the next time you are out fishing and have the time to make them into a nice meal.