01-23-2016, 11:38 PM
We were there as well. The bite was definitely light. We fished in 30 ft of water. The fish were suspended between 20 & 30. We had 6 of us in the tent. 3 of us had vex's, the other 3 didn't. Those without the sonar didn't catch anything. We caught 29 total. The fish came in heavy about 7 p.m. We stayed until 9 and then packed it up and came home. The bite was still on when we left, we were just hungry. My son was using a red ratfinky tipped with a worm and caught 4. My wife and I caught the rest. I found that if I tipped the hook with a piece of sucker meat, dropped to the bottom and slowly reeled up, I got at least 1 hit every time. I could feel the bite. I also had a wire tip sensor. I caught at least 15 doing it this way. My wife dead sticked hers and was using a wax worm. After she switched to sucker meat, she started getting hits more often. My first time targeting crappie. If they are as good eating as everyone says, I will be back. The fish finder was a blaze with action, they were just a bit lock jawed. There was another group close by us. They said they caught 87. There were 40 of them fishing for 2 hrs. That equates to 2 fish each. Not very good stats.
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