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My boy and I went to check out a spot we usually fish for crappie. Thought we would bring the rods and tackle just in case it was on. Yuppers it was on as we brought home 24 slabs and tossed many smaller ones back. It was great to be back casting into the soft water. Gonna get out a whole lot more for sure.
Happy soft water season folks.
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Congrats on your successful outing. What part of Ontario are you fishing ( or are you really in the outback ? ) . Not asking lakes or water body.
Fishing the Kawartha's. Most of the time really in the outback but need to spend a bit of time around certain people for sanity purposes. The more time outback the better I find. Hope to throw a few more of these crappie in a bucket later today. Gonna drive around to a few different spots and see how the bite is progressing.
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Congratulations! Am I ever jealous. Where I fish (Bonnechere River) the fishing doesn't open until the 3rd Saturday in May.
Thanks for replying and best of luck. I better get out there soon and try and find some. I did see about a dozen in a small inflow to a really small lake, but they were already filleted :(
Well done , sounds like a blast . Still ice fishing here for a couple more weeks lol
A Ray
You and your girls would have a blast fishing these guys A Ray. When it's on it's fast and light tackle. Very good eating but takes time to fillet them. waiting for the weather to change a bit so we can go get into them again.
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Outback, do u think the sun will bring them back in or lower, warmer water? I would like to get back out Friday but it will still be cool....not sure if I should wait a few days of warmer weather or do u think the sun will turn them on again? Thx
Sounds like walleye fishing up here . I also use ultra lights . Feel the soft bites better and more fun to fight them lol
A Ray
use to love getting out crappie fishing after ice out, havent done it in years... only thing i didnt like was always get people stopping to tell you fishing was closed, and haveing to explain fishing for crappie and still open...
While not really being the authority on crappie fishing or fishing in general my experience has been clear sky, full sunshine days produced the best in the early season. Last season I never started fishing crappie till around the 14th of May. Man did we ever do well. Mostly days that we were quite warm and full sun. Pretty bad when your sweating catching fish. Hope the warmer weekend will bring them in the shallows again produce good fishing action. Good luck with your weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by ak47
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I hear ya on the pickerel fishing up there A Ray. We still have a camp in Hornepayne and usually try to get up a coupla times a year. Haven't been for a year and a half now so I have to put in the extra effort this soft water season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Abitibi Ray
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Thanks and hope to get out next week after the trout & turkey openers.....good luck to u too!
If I may ask, what was the water temp?
Never got the temp but I think it was still a little low for them to be schooling in the shallows on a large scale. With the water levels coming up from the rain last week I think we need a few really warm days to set the crappie into a heavy biting state.
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