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I have the sr720...the $140 version and I use it for bluegills. I have had the rod for 2-3yrs now and love the rod. I don't know specifically about the rods you mentioned so I can't help there but my...

Hi everyone,
I assume this has been discussed but I live on a 5acre pond in the midwest and would like thoughts, good & bad, about stocking either black/white crappies. The pond has an excellent...

Our garage is only 28' and also has storage above because we have a 10/12 roof pitch and you can't have too much storage,lol.

We used 2x12 at 16" o/c and for our beam they suggested steel or...

Thanks guys. I am fortunate to live on a pond that gets virtually no pressure and there are lots of fish that size. Also, thanks for the tip about the gulp maggots.

We have never kept any to eat....

I had not been able to use the crickets and they had died but I decided to try them anyway. My 1st fish was 9 1/2" and caught about a dozen more but nothing quite as large but still nice being out.
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I typically add either a couple apple peels or potatoe peels every 2-3 days.

Best case is you never need the peels.

Well they bit a little funny Monday. Beautiful weather,maybe too nice. Water temp was 47deg. We still managed about 15 between the 2 of us in about an hour before it got dark all keepers but no big...

way to go RH!!! Where is Utica?

Catching lots of bluegills,no redears/crappies in the pond. Biggest in the past couple of weeks is 10 1/2". Lots of 8-9".

Re-rigged with new stop/bobber/sinker & sharpened the hook as well. Going to be a good evening. Hope we don't get flurries tonight like they said. Supposed to be back in the mid 60's next week which...

Hey Fatman,

It sure is and matter of fact, caught them again last night but used my last crickets but I know where to get more. Biggest I measured was about 9 1/2". Still windy and supposed to get...

I was able to sneak out on the pond last night and my diet coke can had white-caps in it,lol. Still able to catch some but sure wouldn't to have wanted to be on the big waters.

Glad everyone is OK.

I am looking for gamakatsu aberdeen bronze hooks size 8(10pks) at $3.02

I saw that Gamakatsu sold them on their website,curious if there were less expensive suppliers that anyone is aware of.

I...

I am fortunate enough to live on a small pond in Indiana and the bluegills are biting really well on crickets and the best part is it allows me to spend time with the wife,father and grandkids...

Hey,
I am in the process if researching spider rigging for crappies(currently not a big crappie fisherman) and wondered if the set-up would work for bluegills and if anyone had tried it?

I live...

I am currently taking my 2yr old grandson to the pond everytime he comes along with the 6yr old and the 15yr old. The 2yr old uses his own star trek pole some and my 6' allstar baitcaster. Sometimes...

JhDavis,
I have fished Kokomo quite a bit for bass and a little for saugers early/late in the year(ice in/ice out)but the crappie fishing is not very good overall. My father told me there was a...

Jhdavis
I have not crappie fished this lake in 20yrs but it used to be good early in the year(actually had a 2lb 4oz fish that won a contest in Kokomo years ago)actually as soon as the ice came off....

All:
Thanks to all for your input. My father/I made a trip to the new BPS in Portage Indiana and purchased the G loomis sjr700. Now I only have to wait about 4-5 months until I can use it. The ice...

Thinking of purchasing a G Loomis sjr700 and wondered if anyone has used this? I tried their U/L rods and thought they were too light.

What does everyone else use?

That you would suggest. My wife/I like to catch bluegills and are new to the forum. We are always looking for a new place to try.

If you make it up over the weekend let me know how you did, we are trying to plan a trip up for the day next week.

Max

Congratulations and I sent you a p/m.
great pics.

All,
Another general question...what temps do crappie generally spawn and what type of conditions(bottom,structure,etc) do they look for. Specifically I am asking about Lake of the Woods in Canada...

All,
We were in Canada this past June and caught our crappies on 2" tube jigs and I was going to purchase some and wondered "in general" if 2" is a good all around size? I have fished all my life...

Thank You for helping in the color selection. I would like to ask a couple more questions...

Line color? I typically use 6lb stren clear/blue and always use as light as we can get away with.
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New to the forum and not new to fishing but only crappie fish on vacation in Canada,Lake of the Woods. My question is about purchasing tubes in certain colors. We followed the camp owners father out...