Acton report 6/24/06
Hit the water this morning around 8:30 and started fishing around nine and quit at 1:00.. Water temp 74 degrees; the usual murky green.
We headed south of the island to the drop off along the west bank across from the lodge - our normal starting spot. Total catch for the day was 11 saugeye, 4 channe lcat and 3 crappie. Most of the saugeyes were small, ranging from hammer handles to twelve inches. I caught one keeper of14 inches and lost another that size as I swung it aboard. One cat was a nice keeper size as were two of the crappie.
Effective baits were a green/chart Culprit with an orange tassle tail tipped with a minnow; nightcrawler deadlined; and a plain minnow on an aberdeen, cast and retrieved, of all things. Saugeyes were caught with all of these methods.
The largest crappie was a female with old eggs left in her. The other one we kept was a male still showing spawning pigmentation. - Roberta
"Anglers are born honest,
but they get over it." - Ed Zern