finally a few crappie.. and a bull gill

john h · #1 (**permalink**) 02-03-2008, 05:59 PM

got 12 bass 4 crappie and 1 11.25 inch blugill that was around a pound and half(caught by lhumprhies of this forum) along with normal 50 or so small gills

lhumphre · #2 (**permalink**) 02-03-2008, 10:21 PM

got two more crappie after i left huh? did mark ever find the tree?

john h · #3 (**permalink**) 02-03-2008, 10:37 PM

no he was not following my directions... got the crappie in the line of holes you and i made after you left your original lucky hole, also broke i off a huge bass too in there.. what was funny i took pictures of the fish then we would catch a few more then id take a couple more then catch a few more lol.. i finally gave up after last photo....ohh actually caught 3 crappie afteryou left but 1 was bout 4 inches long and got tossed back

ice fishing rules lol...gotta love it

Supracerxtreme · #4 (**permalink**) 02-04-2008, 09:14 PM

nice going! what are the size limits on Bass in your area?

john h · #5 (**permalink**) 02-04-2008, 10:17 PM

at that pond there is none... ton of smaller ones and a few big ones.... thin out some of these little ones so the rest grow bigger.. smallest ones we kept ran bout 14 inches

jbird68 · #6 (**permalink**) 02-15-2008, 01:56 PM

John,
Planning on heading to private pond myself on Saturday. I hope there is good ice there. I haven't been back there since we had those couple of near 60 degree days last month. I drove by the other day and notice a pile of Christmas trees sitting on top. My guess is that it's frozen over again. I am going to call the owner on my way home from work tonight.

john h · #7 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 05:24 PM

went today was good 5- 6 inches of ice, got a bunch of small gills a few small bass 1 decent bass bout 2 1/2 pounds and a 13.5 inch crapie that was just shy of 2 lbs

damn sure had me nervous all morning thos with ice cracking as it was still freezing, once it warmed up a bit the cracking stopped thank god

jbird68 · #8 (**permalink**) 02-19-2008, 02:03 PM

Ice was 11 inches on private pond. I brought home a dozen Crappie. They weren't all that big though. At times the depth finder was chock full of fish. I couldn't even see my jig in all that mess. I might take Thursday off of work and head back out there in the morning. Depends on the temps and if I feel like getting up and going.

john h · #9 (**permalink**) 02-19-2008, 05:16 PM

hmm darn wish you werent so far an hour or 2 id join ya thursday but i think your closer to 4 lol

birdman · #10 (**permalink**) 02-20-2008, 10:59 PM

11 inches of ice?! holy cow! We have open water...again...atleast yesterday we did now its like 11 degrees so I bet its ice again! Wish it would just make up its mind!