February 28
I went fishing at a private sandpit in the afternoon and caught
crappies up to 13 inches and few largemouth bass up to 15 inches.
These fish were caught on a dropshot rig using a Berkley Gulp!
3-inch Minnow around underwater brush piles next to points.
February 17-20
I went fishing at a private sandpit in the afternoon (My brother,
Tim, went fishing with me on the 20th ).
I caught good numbers of crappies between 7 and 13 inches, a few
small largemouth bass between 10 and 12 inches, and one nice
bluegill around one pound. The fish were caught on a dropshot rig
with small plastic baits, and my brother was using a 1/16 oz. jig
head with a Berkley Glup nightcrawler. Most of these fish were
caught around underwater brush piles next points.
February 12
My brother Tim and I went fishing at Swanson Lake in the afternoon.
We caught good numbers of white bass and fresh water drum up to 1.75
pounds, and 7 wipers between 3 to 5 pounds. We caught these fish
along an underwater dike next to the river channel near the dam
areas in depth of 18 to 26 feet. They were caught on a dropshot rig
using a small plastic bait with the Lytle Secret Lure on the tag end
of the line, jigging spoons, and Jigging Rapala. The surface water
temperature is 34 degrees.
February 10, 11
I went fishing at a private sandpit in the afternoon and caught good
numbers of crappies between 8 and 13 inches. These fish were caught
on a dropshot rig using small plastic baits around underwater brush
piles in deep water next to points.
February 3 - 5
I went fishing at a private sandpit (open water) in the afternoon. I
caught good numbers of crappies between 8 and 12 inches and two
largemouth bass at 17 and 13 inches. They were caught on the
dropshot rig using small plastic baits around underwater brush piles
in deep water next to points.
January
22, 23
My brother Tim and I went ice fishing at Swanson Lake. We caught
good numbers of white bass up to 1.50 pounds, wipers up to 17
inches, crappies up to 13 inches, 12 walleye between 16 and 22
inches, and a few channel catfish up to 4 pounds. We caught these
fish along an underwater dike next to a river channel and near the
dam areas in depths of 18 to 22 feet using a small homemade jigging
spoon. The ice is between 5 to 7 inches thick and is melting dues to
the warmer weather.
January
21
A friend and I went ice fishing at Swanson Lake in the afternoon. We
caught wipers between 16 and 19 inches, white bass up to 1.75
pounds, channel catfish up to 7 pounds, and 5 walleye between 15.50
and 19 inches. These fish were caught on a dropshot rig using a Tiny
Shad Assassin with a small homemade jigging spoon on the tag end of
the line. They were caught along an underwater dike next to a river
channel in depths of 18 to 24 feet. The ice is averaging around 7
inches thick.
January
18-20
My friends and I went ice fishing at Red Willow Lake in the
afternoon. We caught crappies up to 1.50 pounds, a few bluegills up
to 8 inches, and one 10-inch largemouth bass on a dropshot rigs
using a Tiny Shad Assassin with a small homemade jigging spoon on
the tag end of the line. These fish were caught along a creek
channel that swings next to the main lake points in depths of 16 to
22 feet, and around underwater brush piles next to a secondary point
back in the cove in depths of 15 to 20 feet. The ice is averaging
around 8 inches thick on the main lake and 10 inches or more in the
cove.
January
14
A friend and I went ice fishing at Swanson Lake in the afternoon. We
caught channel catfish between 2 and 5 pounds, white bass between 1
and 2 pounds, few crappies up to 13 inches, and one walleye around
18 inches. These fish were caught along a underwater dike next to a
river channel in depths of 18 to 22 feet on small spoon and a
dropshot rigs using a Tiny Shad Assassin. My friend caught a few on
Jigging Rapala. The ice is averaging between 6 to 8 inches thick on
the main lake.
January
13
I went ice fishing at Red Willow Lake for a few hours in the
afternoon. I caught crappies up to 14 inches and a few bluegills up
to 9 inches on a dropshot rig using a 2-inch plastic minnow with a
small jigging spoon on the tag end of the line. These fish were
caught in a cove around underwater brush piles in depths of 15 to 20
feet. The ice is about 8 inches thick in the cove.
January
10
I went ice fishing with a friend in the afternoon at Red Willow
Lake. We caught crappies up to 12 inches and bluegills up to 9
inches using a small homemade jigging spoon tipped with Berkley
Gulp! Maggot. We caught these fish back in a cove around underwater
brush piles in depths of 12 to 20 feet. The ice is six inches thick
back in the cove and unsafe (less than three inches) on the main
lake.
January
7
I went ice fishing with a friend in the afternoon at Swanson Lake.
We caught seven channel catfish between one and five pounds, a
non-keeper walleye and one perch using a small jigging spoon tipped
with Berkley Gulp! Maggot. These fish were caught along an
underwater dike next to the dam area in depths of 18 to 24 feet. The
ice is about four inches thick.
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