05-10-2022, 12:45 PM
(05-10-2022, 12:06 AM)ditchpickle98 Wrote:(05-09-2022, 06:32 PM)Saltslam Wrote: Wipers have mostly eluded me the last year or so in minersville. Like has been mentioned above, it seems to be just lucking into them. Two or three years ago they were everywhere across the lake. Those were good times with a fly rod!
Dang. That seems to be a pretty common trend with all these wiper lakes... I'm just a few years too late for the good stuff.
Oh well, I'm pretty good at getting smallies to cooperate, so I'm confident if there's any bigguns in there I'll find them.
(05-09-2022, 02:53 AM)Anglinarcher Wrote: if it looks like a minnow, and it acts like a minnow, a Wiper or Smallie will probably eat it if it comes in front of them. It really is that simple. The hard part is knowing how to find them, and that takes more than this reply can provide.
Do you know what the forage is like there? I assume crayfish, because everywhere has crayfish, but any amount of shiners/chubs? The DNR seems to think the wipers have completely removed the chub population, but I'm never confident that's the case coming from them. Shad colored jigging spoons and cranks should be good, right?