albertville, buffalo area panfish?! where they hiding?

[fishTankin]

Hey, I found where the northerns are...but struggling with panfish....where the crappies and sunnies hiding around, albertville and buffalo area....taking out the girlfriend for her first ice fishing panfish experience message me if you've come across these buggers. -thank you and happy fishing!

[monstermoose78]

In the weeds

[jigginjim]

Parking is a bit tricky, but you could try South Twin lake west of Buffalo on CTY 109. This fall before it froze over I was catching some fair sized

(7-8 1/2in.)sunfish from the road ditch. CAREFUL, there is a culvert that goes from South Twin to North Twin. The lake had a winter kill two years ago, but looks like its come back well.

[jskeff]

i was catching pan fish on Beebe in the bay off the access.

[fishTankin]

Ive been hearing buffalo lake been getting the crappies too. i just shutter going to that lake....either do freaking awesome...or you get not a darn thing! out there. such a hit an miss! only go out there if someone has a spot and catching them. lol. same goes with beebe i always do that ice fishing contest out there no one ever catches a darn thing...granted the spot there sucks. so if your catching panfish of good eating size might be worth trying since i'll be out around the other 2 lakes by that lake this weekend jskeff not sure if your going to be out on beebe this sunday but message me let me know what you catching out there. and thanks for the reports guys.

[jigginjim]

I don't sit in one area for over 30-45minutes with no fish. I either move or it's find different lake, ponds or backwaters for pan fish. I would rather catch a couple little with a shot at a bigger fish vs. waiting on a spot waiting for hours to catch really big fish.

Some guys can whine about another guy keeping 6 1/2-8in sunfish

and 7 1/2-9inch crappies, but bring something home, beats going home empty handed.

[monstermoose78]

Some guys can whine about another guy keeping 6 1/2-8in sunfish

and 7 1/2-9inch crappies, but bring something home, beats going home empty handed.

Those are the fish people need to keep. For gills anything under 8 inches is a eater and for crappies i like 8-11 inchers. Any bigger gets to live another day if I catch them.