Thread: Lake Storey / Galesburg / 1-7-10

headed out for some crappie fishing last night. winds were gusting at 20-30 mph, it was about 17 degrees with a windchill that brought it into double digits.

set up near the dam around the pillar. shoved the vex down a few open holes and saw a slew of activity.

set up shop, got the heater going and within 2 or 3 minutes had our first crappie. 9 3/4".

last year we fished lake story and caught out of about 2-300 fish a handful over 9". its over populated but dnr took off size restrictions as well as any limits on them so people over the last couple of years have been working to get fish out of there...well it seems to be paying off....after 3 hours we iced 50 9-10" crappie with a few 11 incher's mixed in.

after about an hour, my partner was out fishing me 2 to 1. same bait same actions same everything....finally i'm like what in the hell are you doing differently. he asked what i was doing....i told him i was taking it to the bottom and then bringing it up slowly and getting the fish on top to hit....he said i stopped doign that 40 minutes ago....use that vex to make sure you get your bait down to the bottom and then just jig it...after a couple of minutes, raise it up...don't even look at the vex.....

after that it started to even out...he probably caught 30, i had 20. great night.

there are plenty of fish in there are they are relatively easy to catch.

Great report thanks for the information...would be fun to get on a bunch of crappies like that!

Good mess of fish - I think crappie always taste better coming through the ice with the water being so much colder than the rest of the year.

I agree, Ken. Thats a great lookin mess, especially through the ice!

Great Lookin Catch--whens The Fish Fry ????

great catch hnd!

Great catch and report thanks for sharing