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Did a three day trip to sand hollow for bass and did okay biggest was 3#. We decided to start fishing crappie instead since they are on the beds and taste great. We took 20 of them for a fish fry and still had a few left over to bring home. White tube jigs and maribu jigs were the ticket. Water temp was from 59-64 depending on the time of day. The bass were moving up on beds and if you found the right one you could catch it. Deeper water was good as well with senkos and jigs. Had a great time and will be back since this was my first time there, very nice lake. have some pics of the crappie but never took any of the bass.
Good luck.
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nice job! those have some dark color!
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Sorry to be a butthead but did you happen to do any of the math on the number of fry that were potentially killed due to fishing/keeping these fish that were on beds? I am use to fishing places where fishing season is usually closed during the spawn to protect the future of the fisheries.
I do know you have a legal right to catch and keep these fish.
It is just hard for me to swallow that people that love to fish would catch and keep fish during a very important time of year....sorry I had to vent on your post but I think all fisherman need to keep this idea in prospective that WE (as fishermen/women) have to work together to protect our fisheries for ourselves, kids and grandkids.
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[quote Bigguyone1]Sorry to be a butthead but did you happen to do any of the math on the number of fry that were potentially killed due to fishing/keeping these fish that were on beds? I am use to fishing places where fishing season is usually closed during the spawn to protect the future of the fisheries.
I do know you have a legal right to catch and keep these fish.
It is just hard for me to swallow that people that love to fish would catch and keep fish during a very important time of year....sorry I had to vent on your post but I think all fisherman need to keep this idea in prospective that WE (as fishermen/women) have to work together to protect our fisheries for ourselves, kids and grandkids.[/quote]
Crappie were illegally introduced to Sand Hollow, while I agree the fry is great bass food I am in support of allowing and killing species not intended for their water.
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That's why we only kept 20 and not 100 of them. And yes iam from MN so I know all about seasons, thanks for venting. Pulled nice bass off their beds as well kept none of them.
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Good grief. Crappie are far more likely to overpopulate and stunt than be overharvested. I hope you enjoyed the fish fry and nice report.
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...Just in time to get overrun by Ironman this weekend...
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