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the guy at rush point store tells me it's the best walleye bite he's seen in eight years!! I've been there three times and not caught a single fish. from what i've seen it's the worst crappie bite in the last 3 years for sure. the first time I went out this year my roomate caught 1 crappie the second my brother caught 2 crappies. I figured the third time out i'd get one for sure, nope. So i'd like some tips too! I tried the deep spots out from cj's and all around cigar island. is the guy at rush point a nutball or am I just that bad of a fisherman??? I'm headed to some new ice!!

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I stopped at Marv's Minnows and heard that the walleyes were also coming through the holes fast and furious. Monday night at the landing we talked to a group of guys that said they caught a 10 lb, 27", 22", and a 20" walleye. We set up in 30+ fow like they said and still have not caught a walleye. My first fish to come through the hole was a nice bluegill and since then I have caught about 35 crappies. The fish are much smaller, but I have managed about 12 keepers. A tiny jig with a waxie started doing the trick for me. Hope this helps and maybe someone can offer all of us some more help for the walleyes.

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From the Rush Point Store site:

12-30 Weather update...rain, sleet and ice..roll overs on the main roads this morning...but still see full size pick ups and cars out at the houses by Wilson and the eastern shores of west. Larry just called the county, apparently if you touch the brakes going into the public access, you'll spin out. Dirt roads are worse than tar, they will send out a truck sometime today. Crappie bite continues to be huge, guys in some of the deeper waters not faring as well as the 22-25 feet people. Walleye still right in there all over the lake on crappie minnows...

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The walleye bite seems to have slowed from what we had seen. WE had been doing excelent up until this weekend. The pressure may have slowed some of our spots, so we keep looking for new ones. The crappies are going well, although they are not that great of size, but you can easily make a meal! Good Luck out there! If ya see a purple otter with a blue polaris two up snowmobile stop by and say hi!

Cory Frantzick

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The bit WAS good but you had to go through a dozen 12 inchers to get one keeper. That makes the future look good but it seems like it's that way every year. Its like they never grow up. Good luck anyway. DAD-N-EYE

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Last year, when the smaller Crappies were in the Cigar hole, we moved across the hole toward the channel, just off the weed bar, where it drops into 17-18 feet(as you look across at the channel, it's to the right, towards the first cabin on that side). We didn't get the numbers that we got at the hole, but they were all 9" and above with a few nice Sunnies mixed in. We used one set line with fatheads, and jigged maggots on the other.

Luck

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I got on the ice Thursday at about 1. The public access was pure ice and all I could do was just slide down and hope for the best. The roads were fine when I went home last night, but the lake was in rough shape. Lots of water on the ice. I fish out of my buddy's house out in the deep hole right out from the access. Stop by and say hi, it's the one with the silver/red trim. I think we might move it next wednesday for some walleyes or just less traffic. If anyone has some room in a portable and wants to find some walleyes or nice gills, give me a call 763-226-4526. I have everything but the portable, I'll be back on the ice Wed. afternoon.

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I was out on W. Rush on Sat. night. We got a few keeper crappies, but action was faily slow. There was a TON of people out there. Some were driving and some weren't. Ice was about 13-14 inches. We were on the edge of the big "city" out from the access.

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