01-25-2023, 12:39 AM
(01-24-2023, 11:57 PM)MWScott72 Wrote: Hit Pineview for my first swipe at the Crappie this year, and they humbled me. Fished in the Narrows in the vicinity of the "tent city" and seemed that catching was hard for most people out there last night. Fished from 7 - 10:50pm and only iced 6 fish, but the size range this year appears to be good (9-11"). I did speak to one gentleman that limited. The other two groups I spoke to landed 4 and 0 fish respectively.
The bite was extremely light - lighter than it ever was last year. Probably missed easily twice as many as I hooked. They didn't seem to be stacked up at any one depth and were passing through anywhere from 20 - 35 feet in the water column while we were fishing in 42 FOW. The only way I was able to get them to bite was to try and mark a fish on the finder, then drop my presentation on its head. Had to jig lightly too. Deadstick was not effective whatsoever. Lure of choice was a green Halie with chartreuse glow nibble paired with a tiny glow demon tick above tipped with a waxie. The fish were evenly divided on the two. My son got skunked. He had some hits early on, then just died for him, but he isn't as persistent and kinda zones out if the fish aren't willing. He was using a white halie with a small neon green teardrop jig above. Same glow nibble and waxie tipped presentations.
Fishing was pretty much dead from 7 - 9:15, then it started to pick up just a little until we headed out. Still relatively slow though. By 11pm, there was only one other tent left on the ice.
Where do you access the lake from any help would be great