Fishing during the day

[MRWALLEYE2005]

Is there anyplace the crappies or walleyes are biting in the morning or afternoon?

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[BendnSend]

Havent heard of anything much either for a.m. but I am maybe gunna try preston as the sun comes up and see if that works otherwise no i havent heard of much either!

Keep it in the the strike zone!

[fishingismylife]

I have been having great success with crappies on Eagle by nya. Usually between the hours of 4 to 730 am. Also for crappies Hydes lake by nya in the morning as well say 6 to 8 or 9 am.

[Fever]

I second that. A teacher friend of mine from Waconia was out on Hydes last night and caught a limit of Crappies in two hours. He said there was around 40 houses and portables out there with a handfull of guys fishing without shelters. Fish were dang near jumping out of the holes. Said he left his house and was home with a limit of 9-12 inchers in under three hours.... Jellous. I sat at home with the kids last night giving baths and watching cartoons. Back to the subject though. I was out on Eagle a few weeks ago and had some excellent luck with sunnies and Crappies using waxies on a small glow devil jigs in around 10 fow. This last weekend I made it out there (Sunday morning)from 6 till 9:30 and only had two bites. Caught one (an eight inch crappie).... I hate to say it but I believe that the pressure on this 200 acre lake is doing irreversable damage to the population... I not only had fewer bites sunday am but marked significantly fewer fish... If you do the math here you come up with some stagering numbers. The bite on Eagle was great around mid Dec. If things kept good for around 4-5 weeks givin the numbers of people there, (I drive by on my way to and from work) I came up with this... 50-60 anglers per day (avg) 35 - 40 days of Hot fishing that I was aware of. Limit of Crappies 10 per angler (Assuming the laws were minded.) You come up with around 24 thousand harvested crappies...in the last 5 weeks. That number might be low. Remember that Eagle is a 200 acre lake with a max depth of 15 feet. Unfortunatly Hydes lake is next. We must learn how to manage these small lakes. Hydes and Eagle are not able to handle the pressure and extreme harvest as Waconia, Buffalo, or Minnetonka. I also read in last weeks Outdoor news that someone spilled the beans on these lakes. I think some anglers may need to sit in on one of my lessons on Freshwater Lake Population ecology.

[mylineswet]

Said perfectly Fever. Your are 100% on the money. A fishing buddy and I said the same exact thing about the amount of fish to fisherman ratio and the numbers are staggering. Very well wrote post.

[Ryan Berger]

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I second that. A teacher friend of mine from Waconia was out on Hydes last night and caught a limit of Crappies in two hours. He said there was around 40 houses and portables out there with a handfull of guys fishing without shelters. Fish were dang near jumping out of the holes. Said he left his house and was home with a limit of 9-12 inchers in under three hours.... Jellous. I sat at home with the kids last night giving baths and watching cartoons. Back to the subject though. I was out on Eagle a few weeks ago and had some excellent luck with sunnies and Crappies using waxies on a small glow devil jigs in around 10 fow. This last weekend I made it out there (Sunday morning)from 6 till 9:30 and only had two bites. Caught one (an eight inch crappie).... I hate to say it but I believe that the pressure on this 200 acre lake is doing irreversable damage to the population... I not only had fewer bites sunday am but marked significantly fewer fish... If you do the math here you come up with some stagering numbers. The bite on Eagle was great around mid Dec. If things kept good for around 4-5 weeks givin the numbers of people there, (I drive by on my way to and from work) I came up with this... 50-60 anglers per day (avg) 35 - 40 days of Hot fishing that I was aware of. Limit of Crappies 10 per angler (Assuming the laws were minded.) You come up with around 24 thousand harvested crappies...in the last 5 weeks. That number might be low. Remember that Eagle is a 200 acre lake with a max depth of 15 feet. Unfortunatly Hydes lake is next. We must learn how to manage these small lakes. Hydes and Eagle are not able to handle the pressure and extreme harvest as Waconia, Buffalo, or Minnetonka. I also read in last weeks Outdoor news that someone spilled the beans on these lakes. I think some anglers may need to sit in on one of my lessons on Freshwater Lake Population ecology.

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I know its nice to share and all but I think you might just be adding some pressure to these lakes by posting up all of this. There is a reason there are so many people out there now as opposed to a month ago when we were out there limiting out and not telling too many people.

there are a ton of people on this site that love to fish and I like to share where I am fishing also,, but there are also hundreds of non registered lurkers just looking for the hot bite,, thats why you dont see too many people posting up that they are catching fish

[Fever]

Lundduckboat... I believe you are right. I've learned a valuable lesson here as far as what lakes to mention on the forum. I hope other readers get that as well and don't make the same MISTAKES in the future. I have personally talked to two bait shop owners in the area. I think they got the point. Unfortunatly it is too late for a couple bodies of water. However this is the land of 10,000 lakes, Everyone has a right to fish where they want and I will choose to explore from here on out. Sometimes new lakes and being the first to find that hot bite is what it's all about. P.S. Drove by lake X again this morning.... Parking lot to landing - Full. People parking up and down Highway. I can't imagine the quality is all that anymore. Waconia is starting to produce now anyway. Longer walk but the peace and potential make it well worth it. I will be there in a couple hours. I'm thinking Pillsbury... Good luck all.

Fever