st cloud St Cloud Fishing Reports

[Horseshoe_Don]

Spent the evening teaching the soon-to-be Mrs. Obviously need to teach her how to hold a fish...Pushbutton could've made that dink look like at least a 22 incher.

Just taught my misses how to use a flasher and now she is hooked, but only on crappies. No interest in Wallys or cats.

Don

[Borch]

Going to give those Northland Mayflys a try this weekend. Got the black ones and pink sparkly ones (doesn't make me less of a man, right?). Haha.

What kind of jig do you like to use with Plastics? Same as you would with a crappie minnow? Or do you use a plain gold or red hook?

I'm a newbie to plastics.

I use a vertical jig size 10-12. Some brands include, gill pill, fat boy, etc.

[LucasMN]

Thanks for the tip Borch. I'll give a report after this weekend.

[Tony N.]

Good luck lucas

[eyeguy 54]

vertical jig? I thought those were horizontal.

[GeluNumber1]

I like to use long-shanked jigheads with plastics. Tungsten is good because of the faster fall rate.

[Borch]

Yep. Horizontal. Sorry.

[derbier122x]

I was out on Clearwater this morning trying to find gills or crappies. I found one of each and more dink perch than I wanted to fight with. Drilled another few holes and found a 30 or so inch norski on a glow pink bloodworm of all things. When I find my phone I will learn how to post a pic. I also found a decent walleye on the tip up.

[Bryan P]

These bass sure like to bother me while I am trying to crappie fish lol... Thats ok new PB for me

[AvonAngler]

Great bucket head Bryan!!

[Tom Sawyer]

Dandy bass Bryan

[Stick in Mud]

Just taught my misses how to use a flasher and now she is hooked, but only on crappies. No interest in Wallys or cats.

Don

I don't think the Boss is hooked quite yet. She missed more fish than she caught and couldn't quite figure out when they had hit the lure. So far she prefers sight-fishing them...and I can't quite blame her.

[621vs]

Well do you blame look at her teacher

[Stick in Mud]

True, true. But you also seem to miss more fish than you catch....what's your excuse?!?

[derbier122x]

Anyone willing or able to post some pics for me from yesterday? It won't let me do it as they are in the wrong format and don't have anything but my phone so can't change it that I know of.

[eyeguy 54]

pm sent

[JP Z]

Ha! Sent one as well.

[eyeguy 54]

we aim to please here at FM...

[Borch]

Derek and I hit a St Cloud area lake that has been giving up some nice sunfish this winter. Fist off, what a gorgeous day! Bite started a little slow but picked up as the day progressed. Ended up with enough for a few meals and a few at 9". Some bonus bass and one crappie. All came on plastics and it seemed that we needed to hole hop and switch colors frequently to turn lookers into biters. I had good results with the trigger X 1" nymphs trimmed down a little bit and Derek caught fish on several including nuggies and ratsos.

[eyeguy 54]

nice

[monstermoose78]

great job guys

[eyeguy 54]

wanted to get out today but body told me to stay home. grrr LOL

[LucasMN]

Thanks for the tip Borch. I'll give a report after this weekend.

No luck with the mayflys this weekend. Used them on a gill pill. Crappie minnows and red equro were the ticket.

[Rick G]

Nice fish Borch : . Sure was a nice day to get on the ice.

Made it out for a bit today myself....

[eyeguy 54]

you should let the photographer catch 1 or 2. That first one looks like a dandy!

[Borch]

Some dandies Rick! You've been on them.

[JeremyCampbell]

Fantastic guys!

Good reports and photos.

[eyeguy 54]

derbier122x pics

[Tom Sawyer]

Nice fish Matt. What is the middle pic?

[eyeguy 54]

i was wondering that also. broken jig??