Took time away from bass fishing for good old fashioned take it easy catfishing results were well worth it we both left wore out !! multiple 12-16 pounders of pure rage all released
Chicken liver marinated in garlic powder leave the the baitcaster button pushed and tighten up the tension knob enough so they can take line freely with out a backlash and wait brings back memories of doing it when with my dad when I was the boys age!!
Fished the quarry today in South Elgin. The gills are off the beds and biting along the deep rock walls or deep water in weeds. Crawlers on 1/16 ounce jigs did the trick. Lots of young of the year bass/gills in shallow. Spawn was a success!
Took the kids to the lake today and we all did well! Kids were catching nice gills on twister tails and a couple small bass on ned rig for me. Good day to be on the water! All fish caught along weed line in less than 4ft of water.
Crappies are pushing against the bank, I find it most productive banks that are on the north side of the pond and wind blown. They are stacked and it’s one after another. Before the rain this week they were very shallow, today slightly deeper. Plastics doing the trick and at this time of year no need for crappie nibbles. Pictured is a 12 and 13 inch crappie.
Sniff how deep is your lake ? And how big ? Is it a strip pit? Or a large pond ? Got a 3 arc lake from my back door moved in 3 years ago caught alot of 12 inch bass cpr has big gills cpr and crappie 14 inch as of yesterday bass are 14 to 15 inch Yes your over populated bass why not call Dnr and get some out and find outs what’s wrong with your lake
Went out Thursday afternoon till dark at shadow lakes with my buddy and it wasn't too good, caught a few bass, 1 perch, and a bunch of warmouths.
Decided to take my buddy out to our family pit Friday afternoon till past midnight. Friday was a better day, kept catching 11 to 14 inch crappies on large walleye minnows, had to keep 2 of the 12 inch crappies because they swallowed the hook too deep and into the gills, started bleeding all over so I knew if I turned them back then the would just die and then be wasted. Culled a few small bass to make a nice meal, also let all the bluegills go because we was only catching 10 and 11 inch'ers. Even with the rainy night on and off we used most of the minnows ( and I bought 2 dozen of each crappie, bass and, walleye minnows with small roaches as well, also the trout and wax worms ) it was a great afternoon and night of fishing. My buddy wanted to keep most of the bluegills and crappie but they was the breeder stock and he understood. I hope that everyone that went fishing today did as well as we did.
Going to include a picture of the fish I kept for eating.
