The Myth, The Legend, The Mille Lacs Crappie.

[Justin Dog]

Hey schr...know who this is...? I bet you can guess.

I say we go up againbefore the ice melts and try for the night bite. I think we could do well....

[PLfisherman]

My dad was up in isle on wednesday and fishing was slow but he said there were a lot of people fishing close to shore in wahkon are they fishing crappies or what just curious if anyone has any clue.

[potis]

If you want crappies on Mille Lacs you MUST check out Isle Bay or Wahkon Bay this time of year.as soon as the ice goes out North Twin Bay is a awesome place for slabs.Check out the crappie hole just out from Buzzies also.

[Shack]

potis,

Thanks for the tip dude.

I am tempted to go one last time on the ice for crappies this weekend. I am tempted and I am almost positive I will. We will se though.

[Shack]

Anyone planning some post ice crappie action?

I hear this is the time of year to target crappies!

It does sound like we might have an ice out before opener!

Between catfishing trips, I might head up for a ML monster crappie.

I wish it could happen!!!!!!!

[maros91]

A plan is in the works with my buddies and I. We might hit up my late season perch hole also. Perchies, perchies, yum, yum, yum.

[Shack]

Hey Biff,

Is that hole the one I am thinking of????

Or was it a bust???????

[lucy1205]

some pioneers. That bites been goin on since the injuns taped that well. try it in the spring boys, straight up plates. them perches are gone BIFF. ask PERM why us injun boys cant do what we want. after all were reduced to 9,113 acres of our 300 million plus acre state. wa seechie choo

[DHanson]

 Originally Posted By: lucy1205

some pioneers. That bites been goin on since the injuns taped that well. try it in the spring boys, straight up plates. them perches are gone BIFF. ask PERM why us injun boys cant do what we want. after all were reduced to 9,113 acres of our 300 million plus acre state. wa seechie choo

What? Is that even english?

[MN Greenheads]

That sounds like "Budweiser English" it's popular up in that area.

[maros91]

 Originally Posted By: shackbash

Is that hole the one I am thinking of????

Shackbash

Never made it over there. The open water thing kind of got me going. I wanted to go with a partner just in case and no one wanted to go. When they did go we hit this other place and found the perchies.

You have mail.

[Shack]

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Biff,

Ya, that open water does make a guy feel skittish! With this snow cover going on right now, I am thinking of ice fishing again

[Shack]

I figure with all the ML crappie talk, the time of year, I would resurrect a thread from the dead

A ton of good info in this thread, read back !

[youngie22]

Wow you made me blink! 'Tis the season again; lets see some pics, if any one gets a chance to get some

[JIGGIN']

WHOA! after last season on this thread, I thought you'd never bring this one up again SHACK! Not to say you can't. sure to be fun to read again...

[JIGGIN']

I am a Grateful DEAD fan after all...

[Shack]

Hey, I was the last one to post on it

It was a good thread!

Isle bay is the way I guess, but when I get up for some panfish, it will be miles away

If one does want to experience a true Mille Lacs Crappie, stop in to Hunter Winfields. I would park in their parking lot and walk out!

If one wants to get a 17"+, 1.5"+ thick slabs, they have to be lucky or find the spots!

Good luck to all and I will post some images when I get out for them next week

Red, red on red larvae !

[TravP]

I was fortunate enough to find them one year on opener weekend. Fishing from a dock on the south end of the lake, the Friday before opener. The dock I was fishing on, was in some pretty dark and somewhat deep water (about 10 feet), and the slabs were piled in. This was quite a few years back, and I was hungry for a limit of slab crappies, and in less than an hour I filled a 5 gallon bucket to the top with 15 crappies. It was similar to some of the first years Upper Red was pumping out the slabs and everyone caught on. They were biting little flu-flu jigs with wax worms, and very thick fish. This was the one and only time I have ever run into them, but come open water, I might try to get back to the same dock. I would post the exact name of the place, but that would make it far too easy.

Those are certainly some nice fish Shack.

I bet I know that place Tom. I used to do the same thing about 7 years ago.

[HunterWinfield]

If one does want to experience a true Mille Lacs Crappie, stop in to Hunter Winfields. I would park in their parking lot and walk out!

Ha Ha.

Glad to see this thread again - fun times...