My brother Tim and I fished at a private sand pit lake (open water) in the afternoon for a few hours. We caught good numbers of bluegills up to 9 inches, and crappies up to 13 inches on small jighead with Berkley Gulp! 1″ Minnow around an underwater brush piles in depths of 24 feet or less.

I fished at a private sand pit lake (open water) in the afternoon for a few hours on both days. I caught good numbers of bluegills up to 9 inches, crappies up to 13 inches, and a few largemouth bass up to 15inches. I caught these fish on jigs and a small crankbait around underwater brush piles in depths of 24 feet or less.

My brother Tim and I went to Kearney, NE to visit my son and founded some open water at Yanney Park Lake next to the bridge by the handicap pier. We brought our fishing poles and decided to see if we can catch anything in the open water. I caught a Master Angler 24 inch rainbow trout on a jig after making about dozen casts along the drop off next to the rocks by the bridge.

I fished at a private sand pit lake (open water) for a few hours in the afternoon on both days. I caught 8 largemouth bass between 11 and 14 inches around underwater brush piles in depths of  25 feet or less using suspending jerkbaits and a small jig.

My friends and I went ice fishing at Swanson Reservoir on both days. We caught good numbers of white bass, crappies, yellow perch, and channel catfish in depths of 34 feet or less next to the dam areas. I caught them on 1/8-, 1/4-, and 3/4 oz. Lytle ’s Secret Lures, and my friends was using small jigging spoons. The ice thickness is averaging between 3 and 4 inches near the dam areas.