Pineview Update - 3/13

[MWScott72]

I hadn’t fished Pineview for about 3 weeks (been concentrating on perch at RP), but the crappie were calling me back.  The time change helped too since I didn’t have to cut out early from work.  My son and I arrived about 6:45 and were set up in 45 FOW by 7:15.  Fish were all over between 20-40 feet down.  My son caught 3 right off the bat while I was drilling holes and setting up the tent to get out of the RAIN.  The bite was pretty good until about 8:30, then it slowed but was still fairly consistent until about 10:30.  To be successful, you had to “chase” the fish.  I caught them 5 feet off the bottom up to 25 feet off bottom and all points in between.  If a certain group of fish were not interested, I’d drop or raise to another group and lightly jig then dead stick for a few minutes before starting the process over.  This “active” fishing was far more productive then just hammering a certain depth and waiting for a fish to finally get interested.  Tally was 15 for me and 8 for my son. I caught my last fish at 11pm and then pulled up stakes.  Fish were still there though.  Favorite lure was the tried and true silver Hali with a red spot and the glow bead on the hook.  Early on my son caught them on demon spins but that tailed off too.  Caught a few others on a chartreuse rat finke.  Yellow crappie nibbles for bait.  I tried some white nibbles but they had no interest in those.

Now for the interesting part.  ice is still plenty good.  Edges were solid - no water ring.  Ice is 12-14” of cloudy ice over 8-9” of clear.  Slush was not an issue either.  This warm weather will surely change thing quickly, so if u need one last fling, best not 


wait!