Waconia Fishing

[iFishMN.YT]

If your going in daylight, dont go the the 25' hole near pilsbury, night bite only. Not too sure about daytime bite, havent been out much during the light, but sunnies should be biting up on the weeds, 9fow or so, andersons has been a good spot if you can get on top the weeds during the day.

[court29]

for some reason my pm doesnt work so you could email me at [email protected]. thanks for the help

[Moonie]

Went out after work today. Set up by 6:00 in the hole south of pills. Marked fish all evening. Managed to catch a few 9inchers, but it was pretty slow. Light bites on small glow jigs with Minnow heads or euros.

Good night FMers.

[Ice-King]

andersons has been a good spot if you can get on top the weeds during the day.

Anderson's from what I've heard has been dead most of the year. I would have to think so, as theres only a few houses out there

[iFishMN.YT]

Andersons may be slow this year, but I think most of the group that was out there was in deeper water targeting eyes and crappies. There has to be some sunny action on the weeds if you poke around, I was in deeper water with everyone else when I did fish andersons this year but in past years I have always been able to find some sunnys around there somewhere.

[CALVINIST]

I did some fishing last night too. Tried to find some panfish shallow in the weeds, gills partiularly. Drilled alot of holes, but managed only one 9" crappie. No gills. So I decided to go to the 25' hole for crappies. Caught probably at least 30 crappies, nothing over 9.5" Lots of potato chips. What worked this time out was a Glow Demon/euros. Funny they weren't at all interested in the Ratso/euro combo which worked well last time out. Sure would like to run into one of those genuine slabs out there.

I might make it out during the day next week. I'll probably rake the weed tops over for some gills.

[hookie]

I too was out in the deep hole last night and managed a limit of crappies but you really had to work for them. Most of the bites came on a glow with a minnow head. Got 1 or 2 on the waxies but nothing on the euros!

[Jon Hanson]

Me and some of my college buddies might try Waconia tomorrow for a friendly contest. How is the ice, is it still driveable?

[Moonie]

Jon...

no worries on the ice. very thick still. Plus, you can drive anywhere.

[Jon Hanson]

Ok thanks Moonie now all I need to do is find some crappies. My friends are allready talking smack, to bad none of them have flashers lol.

[acman2u]

Calvinist.. Nothing over 9.5? what are you keeping? 9.5 is almost perfect, I catch 1-2 of 12-13"and toss them back, then get a ton of less than and barely 8". I try to slot my crappie between 8.5 and 10. Id be happy with a pail of 9.5's.

Trying other lakes now but was in 14fow on center up to last week, between 4 and 7:30pm.

[CALVINIST]

Calvinist.. Nothing over 9.5? what are you keeping? 9.5 is almost perfect, I catch 1-2 of 12-13"and toss them back, then get a ton of less than and barely 8". I try to slot my crappie between 8.5 and 10. Id be happy with a pail of 9.5's.

Trying other lakes now but was in 14fow on center up to last week, between 4 and 7:30pm.

I threw everything back last night. 9" up to 11" is good eating size for me. Anything over goes back. I caught one @ 9.5", A few @ 9" and many, many smaller ones. What I haven't seen in the three times I've set up over the hole is any fish over the 10" mark. I guess you have to be in the right place at the right time.

[acman2u]

I must have just been lucky, I was set up near Chris Q and every night after the sunnies stopped biting my first two crappie were over 12", ice and diced 3 of em but the rest always came after 6:30 or after the contest ended. maybe it was the same ones every night! LOL

They always came from Waxies too, my buddies were using minnows and heads and it was always me and the waxies bringing in the big ones, they even made me switch holes with them, THAT was funny.

[tnm27]

crappies are still biting, I've been out the last two nights, and took home my limit each time..I've pretty much been able to land 9" crappies with a regular hook and crappie minnow but for some reason, I just can't get them interested on the waxies, but I guess everyone else has..nothing over 10.5" yet but it's been good eating and fishing.

[GoldeneyeHunter]

I lost my GPS on waconia on saturday night. It's a H2O with a lake map chip. If anybody finds it please email me at [email protected]

[iFishMN.YT]

The hole kicks out some slabs here and there, your right about being at the right place at the right time. They are there, but I think many of the slabs have gotten smart over the years and can be hard to catch, but that hole does kick out slabs every year. I have gotten a few this year over 12" up to 14" during the few weeks we did fish the big city, not the true monsters that are in the lake, but nice fish still, and I have seen and heard of quite a few 16+" fish coming from that area.

[hookie]

I'm out in the deep hole off pilsbury and was thinking of moving the house to Waconia bay. Any word of how the fishing is over there?

[hookie]

Moved the house last night to Waconia bay. Still no fish lol

[B K'S DAD]

Does any one know the last day that intown will be open i heard March 1St is this true

[BuckKiller]

um... dunno.

Any good fishing reports for waconia, I haven't been getting much for panfish. I was doing really good up until about two weeks ago then they just quit but I did find a few crappies in 15 FOW in pillsbury.

[BuckKiller]

oh and yes intowne closed yesterday... just checked

[iFishMN.YT]

Why would a bait store close already? Still lots of fishing to do and people still need bait. Maybe not the most profitable time, but most stay open anyways to serve their customers.

[iceman1212]

I suppose now that buckkiller had all that time off he must have slaughtered the walleyes eh?

[B K'S DAD]

It's time for there vacation.

[BuckKiller]

walleyes... no, crappies... I was til two weeks ago. Im prety sure they moved shallow.

I don't get to fish as much as I use to because I got a job for the next four weeks

[JimmyRig565]

Any one else going to be out on the lake this weekend with this warm weather? im sure going to try to get out one more time and try to catch a tan!

[BuckKiller]

I will be... no doubt. anyone know where the sunnies are biting?

haven't fished them for about a month. is andersons or nelsons picking up yet?

[DaveZman14q]

Do fish bite during the day on Waconia? Im heading out there tomorrow for the first time ever with a buddy who doesnt like to wake up early or stay out late... I know that isnt the ideal time for catching fish but what can you do. Ive had a lot of luck on the St Croix catching those monsters crappies you all are chasing. You dont catch many but boy do they get big in there. Try it out sometime if you dont mind driving an hour and a half! Any thoughts where the day bite may be on Waconia?

[CALVINIST]

Heading to the lake tonight after work. Are crappies still in the deep hole then? Haven't been out there for a couple weeks.

[BuckKiller]

deep hole, no... not by my experience. I would try aroud the weed line 12-15 FOW, but thats just me.