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Perch and Crappies??


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Hey guys I'll be heading up there this weekend looking for some panfish action. Just wondering if anyone has located any perch or crappies. I'm sure I'll try gun lake but I haven't had the greatest of luck out there this year. Alot of smaller fish only a few crappies over 12". Any information would be great.

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No. Not as much as I'd like. Especially when you are looking for fish. Esquagamah is usally good for 3 to a pound crappies. Not real big but but pretty reliable. there were two shanty towns out there before the deadline. look to the west bay area (left from the access) 25' and staight across the lake against the west shoreline around 20'. You'll see the scars of shanty towns and maybe some portables. They are day bitters too. I heard a rumor that the bigger ones bit around 6am. Let me know if that's true. wink.gif Good fishing. [email protected]

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Cheif. Thanks for the input I fished the area a lot the last few winters but work has been crazy so this is only trip # 2 for me. As far as where I'm goin fishing I think I 'm going to make the trip over by big sandy..Last year we nail the jumbo's and the crappies around there about this time of year. Anyway I'll let you know how I do.

Thanks, Matt

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Sounds good Matt. I might fit 1 more trip up to the cabin at the end of March. Heading to URL this weekend then Mexcio the next 2. If there is still ice the weekend of the 31st, i strap on the life vest and get out 1 more time. let me know how you did.

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Some of us are still trying to locate them, but feel free to share if you find them. Best luck I have had was two 3 lb tulibbes on big sandy on consecutive days two weekends ago.

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We got into some nice blue gills last weekend on aitkin lake but the perch and crappie fishing was really slow. All in all it was a fun weekend but it would have been nice to hit some jumbo's and crappies, they just wouldn't bite. We only got a few crappies and about 4 nice perch 10+ inches.

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