New Prague Area

[Chris Barlage]

Fished localy on Saturday since I was on call for work. Got out to the lake and I could not belive what a differance the rain made on the lake. It was so much better out there. There was no snow on the lake and no slush on the lake either. I had my fully loaded otter lodge with and I was able to pull it on the ice no problem. Fished a shallow lake and set up in 8 FOW next to a sharp incline which also related to a drop to 11 FOW. This lake is know for its now small crappies but decent bluegills, which is what we were looking for. Since it was very windy that put a hamper on bouncing from hole to hole. So we set up shop and had great action all day long. We ended up with 4 gills at about 8 inches a peice and 2 limits of 8 inch crappies. Nothing to really be proud of but we did our part of the over population of crappies and got a few of them out so others can grow. I wish more people would do this out on that lake. They need to be thined out a lot for the others to grow. The go to jig was by far T.H.E. jig. We had a few bites on others but not near as good as the the jig.

Sorry aboout the bad pic, The camera kept fogging up. This was the best pic of the gills we caught.

[FishLocker]

Be happy to help you thin them out...what lake were you on? (if you are willing to share)

Looking for a lake with fishing "action" being more important than fish "size" as we are going with kids from the church youth group.

Better entertainment to watch them reel and release than ask for a gameboy if you know what I mean. We would keep enough to make the meal for the evening and teach them to clean as well as cook. Should be fun.

Thanks,

the FishLocker

[Chris Barlage]

yeah, send me a pm, i tried and it was not working right. i would not mind ginving you a hand with the group of kids either.

[FishLocker]

I am currently not a paying member for the HSO site so cannot use the PM option. You could find me in the classifieds searching water heaters,http://hsolist.com/classified.php?n=1841

Thanks for the offer to help also,

the FishLocker

[Scott M]

Another nice report Chris. Thanks for sharing. I was up to Shakopee last night and was able to drive out...could have made it with a car too. The rain worked wonders up this way on the ice.

Fishlocker, if you're looking for some action to get the kids on you could probably go just about anywhere on Cedar north of New Prague. Otherwise, I've had pretty good luck in spots on Fish Lake by Lydia. Just a couple local options for you to consider. And of course there are metro slabs just down the road on 282 at Spring and Prior.

[Eric_Kruger]

Be happy to help you thin them out...what lake were you on? (if you are willing to share)

Looking for a lake with fishing "action" being more important than fish "size" as we are going with kids from the church youth group.

Better entertainment to watch them reel and release than ask for a gameboy if you know what I mean. We would keep enough to make the meal for the evening and teach them to clean as well as cook. Should be fun.

Thanks,

the FishLocker

Chris, Fishlocker,

If you guys set this up i am more than willing to help as well, Fishlocker, shoot me an email @

[email protected] i can pass any info you need about the lake

[Chris Barlage]

fish,

email me at [email protected] and we can talk about the info.