Final crappie summary Winter 2008

[Turk]

Ok guys this was by all accounts the best crappie ice seaon in five years. How about a quick summary of best lures, times of day and calendar month. I noted:

the best reports came in starting after about January 10th.

Also jigs with crappie worked well with high action, bobber better when action slow.

Others?

Keep Catchin'

[bassphish2005]

Yup,it was a good season! I managed to pull a 2 pounder out of a metro lake that is going on my wall,in fact me and a buddy pulled five fish between 1-13 and 2-4 out of the same area over a two week time frame,with only the two biggest were kept for the wall.We also had many trips to an unamed little lake up north where we caught and released 50+ crappies an evening of fishing in late December.So yes I was satisfied with the winter too be sure.

[hondavxr]

Turk I'll have to agree with you. The slabs this hardwater season were cooperating. It has been the best caught in a few years. Now I am just waiting for all the ice to do and get the boat fired up.

[Burchoid]

 Originally Posted By: bassphish2005

Yup,it was a good season! I managed to pull a 2 pounder out of a metro lake that is going on my wall,in fact me and a buddy pulled five fish between 1-13 and 2-4 out of the same area over a two week time frame,with only the two biggest were kept for the wall.We also had many trips to an unamed little lake up north where we caught and released 50+ crappies an evening of fishing in late December.So yes I was satisfied with the winter too be sure.

Nice work but I think Turk was referring to fishing on the St Croix, not random unnamed lakes

On that note, I did hear an 18" crappie was caught out of the St Croix this year out of the shanty town near Bayport. I did the best on a bobber/minnow combo on one rod and a small heavy jig with a waxie on the other.

[bassphish2005]

opps...sorry