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Crystal Lake - Dakota County

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mrfish1991 Rising Star

mrfish1991

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Fished crystal again today and caught a bunch of average sunnies and one monster...It went 10" on the tape and the people I showed it to said it was the biggest one that they had ever seen come out of the Image02122011154317.jpg

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I would say! Awesome fish, and very surprising coming from that lake! Makes the 200 dinks worth your while.

BronzeBrother Proficient

BronzeBrother

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Nice bull bluegill. That spot by the group of permies out to the right if the launch are sitting on a point. I have tried that area but caught nothing. Obviously there is something holding fish there or those perms wouldn't be there all winter. I am heading to Cedar lake tomorrow, probably later morning with my kid to play with those crappies.

mrfish1991 Rising Star

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Was out on crystal yesterday for a bit. The main road out has pretty deep water on it, so I would avoid it by driving to either side if possible.

99% of the snow on the lake has melted and there is a layer of water on top of the ice. If you are going out. be careful

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Was out on crystal yesterday for a bit. The main road out has pretty deep water on it, so I would avoid it by driving to either side if possible.

99% of the snow on the lake has melted and there is a layer of water on top of the ice. If you are going out. be careful

Have you been out on Crystal lately?

mrfish1991 Rising Star

mrfish1991

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Bronze, no not since my last post, I've been getting a lot of hours at work now so my ice time has been non existant.

BronzeBrother Proficient

BronzeBrother

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Bronze, no not since my last post, I've been getting a lot of hours at work now so my ice time has been non existant.

Getting hours for work is ok too. I was going to head out this weekend but my vehicle decided otherwise when it broke down. Oh well. Maybe later this week or next weekend.

mrfish1991 Rising Star

mrfish1991

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Bronze, crystal is drivable, went out there earlier today lots of snow but everything is solid. 4wd is a must out there.

fishing was nothing spectacular 1 nice crappie and a bunch of sunnies.

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Bronze, crystal is drivable, went out there earlier today lots of snow but everything is solid. 4wd is a must out there.

fishing was nothing spectacular 1 nice crappie and a bunch of sunnies.

I have all wheel drive with my van but can't wander to far off the beaten path though. Is the main road packed down enough for me to get out? I was thinking of heading back to Cedar but I think I will stick a little closer to home. I am planning on being out there tomorrow for the evening crappie bite. Most likely over by the pier unless you have any suggestions? Are the fish starting to move up shallower yet?

mrfish1991 Rising Star

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I was one of the first ones out after the snow storm, The road should be pretty well packed down by now. I have been fishing shallow all season, so im not really sure where the crappies are...but I did catch one nice one shallow last time out.

I might head out there tomorrow if you are going to be out on crystal.

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BronzeBrother

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I will most likely be out there sometime after 430 pm. Depending on how the road is going out.

mrfish1991 Rising Star

mrfish1991

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Heading out to crystal, might be out there til 7 tonight...I will be in a clam nanook with a tanish chevy tahoe parked next to it...stop by and say hi

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