Whaletail Lake Fishing Reports

[hookie]

Any word from Whaletail?

[Matt S.]

We thought about going there, but we're not sure if you can drive around to the lower part of the lake yet.

[TeamXtreme]

Was out last weekend. Drove to the lower side in a full sized truck and a portable A number of people out there including pull behind houses. Fished in about 17 feet of water. A few small fish. Nothing to keep.

Good luck!

[rdog]

I heard the crappies can be big out there.planning on going this weekend.i will let ya know how it pans out.

[Matt S.]

They can be , but we didn't see any of them this summer.

[Bogie04]

Matt S. That is one hell of a crappie in your picture!! How big was that pig?

[jipper]

If you can find the crappies out there they can be very big. Alot of little ones to sort through but the big ones are right in with them. I have had some good luck out there this year.

[jon30]

ive had better luck finding bigger crappies strait out from the landing. ive seen a couple real nice ones come out of there

[Matt S.]

Matt S. That is one hell of a crappie in your picture!! How big was that pig?

Just shy of 17"

[Bogie04]

Very nice fish! I bet that was fun as hell pulling that in!

[nels2444]

I'm taking my nephew fishing next weekend and would love to get into some good crappies. What location/depth would you guys recommend? Any info would be greatly appreciated.

[lispeej]

Is this the whaletail by st.boni?

[HDPro]

Yes, Minnetrista

[lispeej]

That's what I figured. Here's a pic of one my buddy caught sunday afternoon. I should measure my boot size and see how big it is. I'll do it when I get home and repost update. He actually caught a few more big ones this size. I caught a bunch of small ones.

[IBFishin2]

Nice fish.. I've always fished whaletail for bass only but from that picture I might have to try it out for crappies.

[jjohnson5150]

This is a small lake guys. It's a fluke to catch them that size, but now everyone & their Bro will be out there trying after seeing a Crappie the size of a boot. Good grief.

[tnm27]

I couldn't agree more!

This is a small lake guys. It's a fluke to catch them that size, but now everyone & their Bro will be out there trying after seeing a Crappie the size of a boot. Good grief.

[markkstanley]

I have fished Whaletail on and off for years. Mostly 6" to 8" crappies and lots of them. Every once in awhile you will get a big one but don't count on it. You'd do better on Pelican.

[rdog]

Thats a big crappie, I would say 13-15 inches. Them are rare to come by on any metro lake. Thanks for the feed back guys. Heading to tonka again on Thursday, going to try and find a spot were you can pull crappies and walleye from the same hole. I was able to do it a couple times last year at the end of january and beginning of feb in 28 FOW. If the guy who caught the boot sized crappie sends more pictures like that you know were we all are heading, Ya Right!!!! - GOOD LUCK EVERYONE -

[Baitchaser]

This is a small lake guys. It's a fluke to catch them that size, but now everyone & their Bro will be out there trying after seeing a Crappie the size of a boot. Good grief.

Agreed. It's great to share the outdoors with each other, but when you do find a lake that produces for you, keep it to yourself (that way you can go back and enjoy it again!). Especially in the metro. Nice fish though, those don't come along to often!

[IBFishin2]

Don't worry guys your secret is safe with me.. I won't tell no one. The truth is the size of that boot... It's really a kids boot around 6-8 inches but I'll try my luck. I'll repot back how I do next week if it isn't fished out already too.

[lispeej]

Thats a big crappie, I would say 13-15 inches. Them are rare to come by on any metro lake. Thanks for the feed back guys. Heading to tonka again on Thursday, going to try and find a spot were you can pull crappies and walleye from the same hole. I was able to do it a couple times last year at the end of january and beginning of feb in 28 FOW. If the guy who caught the boot sized crappie sends more pictures like that you know were we all are heading, Ya Right!!!! - GOOD LUCK EVERYONE -

Ha. You are close.

My boot measures 12". I know for sure on Saturday, the same guys caught bigger ones. I only took one picture with my camera phone because it was too cold and windy that afternoon.

[scott b]

HEY NOW!

[scott b]

shame shame shame!

[schr0563]

Whaletail is no secret. The reports on here are accurate. Mostly 6-8 inch crappies. Bigger fish are not common, most people out there don't pull any up over 10 inches long.

[DTro]

Look guys, there are NO secrets anymore. Matter of fact I've ran into more "decoy" posts than anything. Don't assume that people are being honest, they might just want you to go to a different lake.

You can find a GIANT crappie in just about every Metro lake. I can go out to O'Dowds in Shakopee and pound the snot out of the 8"ers all day and that's about all I'll ever get, yet the biggest crappie I ever caught was in that lake, and it was similar to Matt's avatar shot above.

The biggest crappie I've seen came out of Waconia, caught by a co-worker. It had a mouth like a LMB. It was MASSIVE.

Instead of worrying about lakes getting hammered, why don't we concentrate on trying to get more people to release more fish rather than tossing everything in a bucket? That's the biggest issue with our Metro fishery.

[jwmiller33]

well said dtro!

[DTro]

This will get the drool flowing. The slab I mentioned from Waconia:

[pureinsanity]

Look guys, there are NO secrets anymore. Matter of fact I've ran into more "decoy" posts than anything. Don't assume that people are being honest, they might just want you to go to a different lake.

You can find a GIANT crappie in just about every Metro lake. I can go out to O'Dowds in Shakopee and pound the snot out of the 8"ers all day and that's about all I'll ever get, yet the biggest crappie I ever caught was in that lake, and it was similar to Matt's avatar shot above.

The biggest crappie I've seen came out of Waconia, caught by a co-worker. It had a mouth like a LMB. It was MASSIVE.

Instead of worrying about lakes getting hammered, why don't we concentrate on trying to get more people to release more fish rather than tossing everything in a bucket? That's the biggest issue with our Metro fishery.

+1

I catch 15" crappies all night long on the mill pond

[Matt S.]

This will get the drool flowing. The slab I mentioned from Waconia:

Wow, great color.