05/02/09 - Crappie Fishing.

[Salmon_Slayer_2008_Lund]

Hey everyone, I had an eventful day out on L. Scugog. It started when I found the boat ramp not in the water yet. :-s So what happend was that I had to drive into the island in the middle of the lake and launch from another public marina about 10 miles away. I never knew where it was so it took abit of time to find it. So then when the boat was in the water. I found out my GPS/Fishfinder unit wasn't registering the depth once the boat was moving. So no biggie, it was the Lowrance LCX-25c unit. I used that as the GPS and my LMS-520c as a fishfinder. After that it was smoothe sailing. Surface temp was 55.4 degrees on 1 point. got 1 Crappie and a dozen Bluegill and Sunfish. I said after 1.5hrs at that area that I should stick around marina's. So I did and paid off. I got over 150 Crappie caught and released and kept 17 for the dinner. I had trouble with my Mitchell Avocet Silver 500U reel so I had to use my Walleye rig. Daiwa Theory 2000 and a 7' St.Croix ML Premier rod.

I need a new UL reel anyways. In conclusion it was a nice day. Diffucult to control a big 20' Lund Tyee when the wind is blowing you around with a 74lb thrust trolling motor. Wind was blowing around 50km/h (30mph).

Here are some pics.

 

[Zum]

Nice catching.
Hope they tasted great.

 

[Salmon_Slayer_2008_Lund]

Thanks! They tasted awesome!

 

[Quackrstackr]

Nice catch.

We are on the tail end of the crappie spawn here. They are pretty tough to come by right now.

 

[Waterwings]

Nice catchin' ! 8)

 

[mr.fish]

Man, I def. have to find a crappie mecca like that. I would love to target and catch that many crappie.

Good job on the tablefare.

 

[Salmon_Slayer_2008_Lund]

Nice catch.

We are on the tail end of the crappie spawn here. They are pretty tough to come by right now.

Ya, the water temp isn't 65 yet. I found them at the warmest part which was 56.7. Nailed em under the docks.

 

[Salmon_Slayer_2008_Lund]

Nice catchin' ! 8)

Thanks alot!

Man, I def. have to find a crappie mecca like that. I would love to target and catch that many crappie.

Good job on the tablefare.

Thanks alot, it was a pain in the arse to find them. But they were extremely delicious.

 

[Captain Ahab]

What a great pile of fish - nice report as well

 

[BassNBob]

Nice bunch of crappie.

 

[Salmon_Slayer_2008_Lund]

What a great pile of fish - nice report as well

Thanks alot! I may be going back possibly Thursday maybe?

Nice bunch of crappie.

Thanks!