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Went to Baxter yesterday(12/22/16). Fished from 10am to 12:30pm. Drilled a line of holes and marked fish in 8' FOW, and I set up my house. Ice was 7" where i was checking with a tape measure. Caught over 30 sunnies and 1 crappie and kept the 11 shown. I tried crappie and fathead minnows under a bobber for a while on 1 rod with no luck. Other rod had a spring bobber with a small tungsten plain glow color jig with red euro larvaes catching fish fast and furious! So, I put away the minnows and grabbed my other rod with a spring bobber and tied on a tiny perch colored jig (chartreuse, green, and black stripes) with wax worms, and it was on like donkey kong! I would catch a good 3 or 4 in each hole, then when it slowed, I would reel up and put the waxies down where the euros were and vice versa, and catch another 3 or 4.

Not a bad way to spend a couple hours before going to work!!! 

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    • fishingstar
      I have heard it's because of the drought. I know in my area ( meeker co.) the sloughs that they trap minnows in have dried up. 
    • SkunkedAgain
      Excuse my ignorance, but was is driving the bait prices? Usually the shortage is due to a late ice-out from the swamps and streams. This year should have been much better.
    • CigarGuy
      I should probably learn to use the 6+ containers of lures I have collecting dust in my tackle box. We got on a decent crappie bite the last couple of evenings and I broke out some plastics.  I caught some crappies on them ,just need to build my confidence in using them! I did notice they didn't seem to hold on to them as long as minnows!
    • PSU
      Great news, thank Skunked  
    • jim curlee
      Minnows are 50 cents each, and leeches are $50 a pound.
    • SkunkedAgain
      Absolutely. I get full bars all-along the drive from Cook to The Landing, and out into Head O Lakes bay. I can't say that I've stared much at my phone signal anywhere else besides on my way to Black Bay. We still don't get much for service there because there are a lot of steep slopes with tall trees in the way. That was expected though. The tower is definitely providing better service to the area in general IMO.
    • PSU
      Any updates on this new tower? Has it helped AT and T customers throughout the lake get better service?
    • Jetsky
      Thanks for the heads up. Cigar.
    • monstermoose78
      The price will blow your mind if they get some 
    • CigarGuy
      Went in to Lucky 7 to get some crappie minnows today. All they had were crappie minnows and fatheads. She said to call in advance for the opener, couldn't say for sure if they'd have rainbows, shiners, etc for opener!
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