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ehavel
Yellow Perch
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1javelin
GIANT SMALLIE!!!!
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Make sure that you are not targeting bass, as catch and release season is not even open yet. I believe that is at the end of April sometime. And make sure your license is up to date!! Good fishing and I hope you catch some good 'uns.
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jswingle13
Large"MOUTH" Bass
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Location: Cassopolis, MI
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| Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Walleye is also closed now! Panfish is all you can legally catch now unless your in the river fishing for trout.
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ehavel
Yellow Perch
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| Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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| wow, everything seems to be closed...guess i'll be panfishing all weekend.
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Squad Minnow
GIANT SMALLIE!!!!
Joined: 22 Mar 2007
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Location: St. Joseph, Michigan
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 1:58 am Post subject: Magician Lake |
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I got my boat up and running today and ventured out on Magician Lake at about 1pm and fished there until 6.
The water temp. was a blistering 42°-43° I did find one spot that it hit 45° but that did not affect the fish, they had positioned themselves on the breaks on the sand next to the weed edges. Most fish I saw were sunning in about 3-7ft. of water on the inside edges. I was able to catch about 5 on a buddie and then switched to an erie darter and caught about 15 more, nothing really huge my largest was about 3lb and the smallest was about 13-14". I was able to catch a few fish (2) on a Jackall Squirel Jerkbait. The fishing should be even better on Sunday as the fish I was catching today were moving up even more as the sun baked on them all day.
What really stinks is that the rockbass, crappie, bluegills were not biting as I was planning on catching them and cleaning them this weekend. (well maybe they will bite next time)
Also I caught 2 Northern in 24-26ft. of water one was about 30" and the other was 25"
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fishman01
GIANT SMALLIE!!!!
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:55 am Post subject: |
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| I'm not going to venture as far as to say where I was fishing today but I caught 6 fish in 2 hours and the smallest was 2.5 and the largest was 4, the others were all over 3 pounds. The 2 largest fish came on a Giron, 1 on an Erie Darter, and 3 on a Red Eye Shad. It was really fun to get out there and catch a few. I saw some absolute monsters chasing perch on a flat but only caught the 4 pounder, he was easily the smallest one of the bunch. |
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ehavel
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Location: Indianapolis, IN
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| Was out for most of Saturday and a little bit on Sunday. Later in the day was obviously much better because the sun warmed up the water a little bit. Caught probably 12-15 on Saturday afternoon. Kind of divided on what they bit on, it was mostly split between a jerkbait, plastic worm, and small blade bait. Most of the fish were all really shallow (3-8 ft). That water was so clear they were really spooky this time of year. Also caught a few good size crappie on Sunday using a minnow and jig combo. Saw a lot of walleye in shallow flats but couldn't manage to get them to bite. Will be back up in two weeks.
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It is disappointing because I usually get out much earlier but college takes up so much time. Anyways, I'll be out on Magician Saturday and Sunday. Hopefully the bass, walleye and crappie will ready to eat! Good luck to everyone else who goes out. I'll let everyone know how it went on monday.
