Crappie Fishing In Wisconsin

[MN BassFisher]

On Saturday I drove into Wisconsin to meet up with my buddy Matt and his Dad to target some Crappies. The weather was perfect and allowed us to stay mobile & hole hop around all day to catch fish. We found a good average size (10-12") and some larger fish mixed in. I started the day fishing a 4mm tungsten jig with big plastics but the fish seemed to shy away so I downsized to the smaller profile (3.8mm) tungsten fly and almost every fish I marked turned into a biter. I always have a Wisconsin fishing license so I'm hoping to check out a few new lakes this winter across the border.

 

 

[rumeye]

Nice

[Mike Kostuch]

looks like cysts to me

[leech~~]

1 hour ago, Mike Kostuch said:

looks like cysts to me

Mike, I think your right.  Welcome to the forums.

Edited December 23, 2018 by leech~~

[Tom Sawyer]

https://pcalr.org/crappie-disease-project-announced

 

https://www.wiscnews.com/wisconsindellsevents/news/local/dnr-don-t-throw-black-crappie-with-lesions-back-into/article_586a40e2-289b-5691-bd84-b9120c862af8.html

[MN BassFisher]

Thank you for the links Tom! Very interesting to learn more about that.