December 28 and 29

My friends and I went ice fishing at Swanson Reservoir in the afternoon. We caught walleyes between 15 and 19.50 inches, wipers between 18 and 22 inches, white bass up to 14 inches, channel catfish up to 26 inches, and two crappies at 14.25 and 13 inches. We caught these fish in depths of 24 to 30 feet over a dike next to the river channel near the dam using a Lytle's Secret, jigging spoon, and a jig head with a Berkley Power Bait Realstix minnow. The ice thickness is between 5 and 6 inches on the main lake.

November 25, 27 and 29

I fished at a private sand pit lake in the afternoon. I caught good numbers of crappies between 8 and 14 inches plus a Master Angler crappie at 16.50 inches. I also caught a few largemouth bass between 12 and 16 inches. I was using a Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner, a drop shot rig with a Berkley Power Bait Realistix Minnow, and a 1/16-oz. jig head with a Berkley Power Bait Realistix minnow around deep points, edges of deep weed beds, and around underwater brush piles in depths of 28 feet or less. The surface water temperature is averaging around 40 degrees.

November 13, 15, 16, 19 and 20

I fished at two different private sand pit lakes in the afternoon. I'm still catching largemouth bass up to 18.50 inches and crappies up to 13.50 inches. I also caught two walleyes at 23 and 20 inches. I caught these fish on a 1/4- and 3/4-oz. Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner, and a drop shot rig with a 4-inch Chompers Drop Shot Worm, and a Berkley Power Bait Realistix Minnow around edges of deep weed beds, underwater brush piles, and points in depths of 30 feet or less. The surface water temperature is in the mid 40s. The water clarity on these sand pit lakes is very clear.

November 10, 11

I fished at two different private sand pit lakes in the mid afternoon. I caught good numbers of largemouth bass between 12 and 18 inches using a drop shot rig with a Chompers 4-inch drop shot worm, and a rubber skirt jig with a Chompers Twin Tail Grub. These bass were caught around deep points, edges of deep weed beds, and underwater brush piles in depths of 30 feet or less. The surface water temperature is averaging around 50 degrees. The water clarity on one of the sand pit lakes is very clear with a visibility around 10 feet or more, and the other sand pit lake with a visibility of about 5 feet.

November 9

I took a friend fishing at Red Willow Reservoir in the afternoon. We caught wipers up to 21 inches, white bass up to 13 inches, and crappies up to 12 inches. These fish were caught around main lake points, underwater hump, and edges of a creek channel in depths of 20 feet or less using a 3/4-oz. Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner, and my friend caught a few on a lipless crankbait (Rattle Trap). The surface water temperature is averaging around 50 degrees.

November 6-8

I fished at two different private sand pit lakes in the afternoon. I'm still catching largemouth bass up to 18 inches, crappies up to 14.50 inches, and a 12-inch yellow perch. I caught these fish on a drop shot rig with a 4-inch Chompers drop shot worm, and slow rolling a 3/4-oz. Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner around deep points, edges of deep weed beds, and underwater brush piles in depths of 28 feet or less.

November 1, 2, 4

I fished at my chiropractor's sand pit lakes in the afternoon, and my chiropractor fished with me on November 4. We caught good numbers of largemouth bass up to 18.50 inches, and a few crappies between 12 and 14 inches. They were caught on a drop shot rig with a Chompers 4-inch drop shot worm, and slow rolling a Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner around edges of deep weed beds, underwater brush piles, points, and edges of deep flats next to deep water in depth of 28 feet or less. The water clarity of this sand pit lake is about 10 feet.

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