Spring lake (by Prior Lake)

[walleye_fisherman]

How is the crappie bite going on Spring Lake? Anyone picking up the a few walleyes out there. I have been out to Prior the last couple of days and it is starting to pick up, but so are the crowds of people.

[pathogen]

I went to Spring today and must have lucked out. I hadn't been there in a number of years but usually caught fish when I went. I went off to an area that I fished in the past, eyeballed it up with a couple landmarks and drilled my holes. I set up my Vexilar and immediately thought something was wrong, it was lit up like a christmas tree from the bottom up about 10 feet. Anyway, I put down my line and it never got to the bottom before a crappie hit it...and this was repeated for 1 1/2 hours with the occasional bluegill thrown in. I never had time to put down a second line. I guess I caught 40 or 50 fish, all of which were put back. Eventually I was able to get the second line down and schools came through rather regularly until about 4:30 or 5 pm. Then I saw few fish and couldn't get anything to bite. I did ice one walleye about 13 inches. Most of the crappies were on the small side but if I had been hungry, I would have had no problem sorting enough for a meal. I'm wondering if everyone else was catching fish, I saw a lot of houses being moved.

[Johan]

Pathogen, Where approximately were you located on the lake. I have been all over this lake for the last 2 weekends and have 3 crappies and about 5 small sunnies to show for my efforts. I have moved all over the lake and can't seem to find them just an occasional blip on the vex. I found a place tonight that looked promising with decent activity showing on the vex. I caught 2 crappies the first five minutes then the vex went blank and nothing for 2 1/2 more hours. I probably should have moved again but I got lazy. Any help would be appreciated. Email me if you would rather: [email protected]