Originally Posted by
crappie_hunter15
I wouldn't bother making the trip. I talked to some guys at the boat ramp over the weekend they said they were there all day and caught 3. A friend of mine from college is the game warden out there. He said they hardly found any fish when they shocked it last and he hasn't checked anyone with a measurable amount of fish this year. And most of them are being caught by guys trolling for walleye since the lake is so clear. That may change though they just got like 4"+ rain out there the last 2 days. Kirwin is better for crappie if you want to drive the extra 45 miles I caught some there out on main lake structure but the other guys I talked to at the cleaning station said they had really been struggling catching any thing shallow. I talked to probably 10 bank fisherman one day and one of them had 1. I think the good days out there are in the past just too much pressure last 5-6 years. Kirwin is not a very large lake and I saw probably over 100 boats on it one day last year in June! It's a fishing only lake too.