Aitkin area action

[eats]

well, after 33 days in a row with rain here in Portland, OR, the neighborhood ark is nearlly complete...my assigned duty is to return from Aitkin with 2 crappies and 2 walleye...so, whats the bite like in the area...ripple?...cedar?...farm island?...D Man, PCG, any help? thanks

eats

[Guest]

Not much action in the area yet with the holiday. We did very well on a Aitkin county lake for crappies. Ice was almost 8inches out from shore.

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[tjwierz2]

I want to thank PCG for the lake suggestions he gave me last week for crappies/pike. My buddy and I fished Turner Lake yesterday near McGregor and had a great time. I caught the biggest crappie about 5 minutes into our trip though, it was a hair over 12 inches. We had slow to moderate action for the crappies, but it was consistent throughout the day. We caught about 15 crappies in 6 hours, which isn't outstanding...but it kept us busy. The vexilars had fish showing up on them ALL DAY long. We struggled getting them to bight. They were VERY light bighters, without electronics we wouldve missed several fish. We tried smaller and bigger baits and they just never really "turned on", even before dark.

I also brought up a pike through the hole...and we had another 3 pike on tipups, they were 19-22 inches. We also had another 3 on the tipups that got off as we were bringing them in. All fish were released to fight another day.

All in all...we had a great time and caught a good number of fish for us. We were also the only ones on the lake. The ice was about 7-8" thick. Thanks again.

[Guest]

No problem.....Happy to help a fellow angler out...anytime.....
Glad you had decent luck.
PCG