02-04-2024, 03:45 PM
Prepare to work hard for fish. I fished the Caretaker’s area in the Narrows last night. Lines in the water by 5:45pm and fished till 11. Should have left by 9. Bite was almost non-existent for me. Probably had 5 all night. 57 FOW with fish suspended between 25-40 feet down. Tried half a dozen combos. Green, yellow, white Halie’s, Gold, white, yello, pink Demon Ticks, yellow, white glo rat finkies and a perch colored Buck Shot. They just weren’t interested. Best results were on the Buck Shot by dropping it into the suspended fish, jigging like crazy, then bringing it up out of the school and jigging some more. Had 3-4 fish chase it…but this was between 10:15-10:45. Maybe that would have worked earlier??? Landed one 10” crappie. Didn’t seem that others were catching much either. Lots of people moving off the ice by 9pm. I’m just stubborn, I guess.
Solid edges. 3.5” of clear ice with about 5” of cloudy ice on top. No slush.
Solid edges. 3.5” of clear ice with about 5” of cloudy ice on top. No slush.