You have 4 hours of great fishing...

[ENMIFDAD]

Would you rather...

Crappies

1. Catch 60+ fish under 7.5"

2. Catch 20 fish from 7.5" to 10"

3. Catch 5 fish 10" to 13"

4. Catch 1 fish over 13"

Walleyes

1. Catch 30 fish under 15"

2. Catch 15 fish 15" to 17"

3. Catch 6 fish 17" to 23"

4. Catch 1 fish over 23"

Northerns

1. Catch 10 fish under 24"

2. Catch 6 fish 24" to 28"

3. Catch 2 fish 28" to 34"

4. Catch 1 fish over 34"

A few rules:

Stay with the choices. (no mix match to make your perfect day!)

Assume that your last choice in each category wouldn't be the state record!

Explain your answer if you wish. Would love you hear your thoughts!

Greg

[harvey lee]

Walleyes-6 fish from 17-23. I do not keep eyes over 20 but this would give me a couple for a meal and a couple more to enjoy the tussle.

Crappie, catch 5 from 10-13. A meal of 4 crappie works for me.

Pike, catch one over 34 as I like the larger pike for the fight. I do not eat pike so the amount does not matter.

[Jim Uran]

I'd say #2 on all of the above. The drop from 20 crappies to 5 crappies is just too dramatic to make it a fun time for me

The walleyes. 15 walleyes that size would make my day any time!

A two foot northern puts up a heck of a fight!!

[bbfenatic]

Crappies #3 5 10"-13" good eaters

Walleyes #2 15 15-17" keep a limit of eaters, don't keep any eyes over

19" anyway

Norhtern NONE don't care to catch Northerns of any size

[toughguy]

What Harvey said.

[Eric Wettschreck]

I'm with leech. #2 on all counts. I"m not looking for something to put on the wall. I'm looking to catch some fish, but let's have them be big enough to bring a few home for dinner.

[NoWiser]

Crappies - 5 fish 10"-13" (Perfect eaters)

Walleyes - 15 fish 15"-17" (I throw back everything over 17" or 18" anyways)

Pike - 1 fish over 34" (The less pike I catch, the better)

[fishersofmen]

All #2's for me as well.

[ozzie]

for crappies I would take 3 even though it would perplex me why I only caught 5 but they are good size so it would give me hope for a better day with nice fish.

for walleyes I will take option 2 as 15 eaters in 4 hours is a good day and hopefully someone is with me that day and they get skunked!!

and northerns I would take option 4 and hope that it was in the 40" range as that fight can be worth all the downtime it took till it bit!!

[ENMIFDAD]

If I'm taking the kids, I'll take the under on all categories. They got their mother's attention span! Plus, dad doesn't have to clean any fish when we get home!

[creepworm]

Crappies #3

Walleye #2

Pike #4

Under a 10 inch crappie isn't anything that should be eaten. 15 Walleyes in that perfect eater range would be hard to pass up for any reason. A 34 inch pike is becoming a fabled creature and I would have to take the chance that it would be a true trophy fish. (40+)

[low277]

Option #2 for all. I rarely ever keep any crappies or northerns and I seldom take more than 3 - 4 walleyes home to eat. It gives me a reason to go fishing again!

[ClownColor]

Crappies: #1 60 crappies would be a blast in 4 hours. I hardly keep ANY fish. 15 7.5"-10" to me is no different then less then 7.5". Crappies larger then 10" are fun but one every 45 minutes is way to slow.

Walleye: #2 Again, I don't keep fish often so all going back. Walleyes are a blast to catch but smaller then 15" is pushing it for size and fun. 15 nice walleyes in 4 hours is what I would consider a great day of fishing.

Northern: Love catching northern through the ice and none of those sounds like somehting I'd enjoy in 4 hours...so I'll go with #4 as that would be right up there with my largest ever!

[paceman]

Option 2 for me on all.....

[Hardyboy]

#2 for me on all counts!

[lutzy]

same as hardyboy for me

[kg2]

#3 on all accounts for me.

Catching a ton of little peckers isn't much of a challenge when they are biting with reckless abandon.

[KrabbyPatties]

I also choose #2 on each of the species for the reasons leechbait listed.

[Rippinlip]

Crappies #2; Good action and a few keepers.

Walleyes #2; Should have said #1, I have never had a short day with a catch like that.

Pike #3 - Couple of solid fish to picture and release would be fun.

[amateurfishing]

crappies & northers #1 to keep kids happy and having fun, walleyes #2 for dinner hopefully....will take anything right now as been skunked all 3 times out this year

[FishinFools]

all 3's for me. sounds like fun!

[Dragonsm]

Since my ice fishing gear hasn't seen ice in 3 years due to family and work...(mostly the family part...and I am not complaining) I think I'd be happy to head out on the ice and be perfectly content drawing #'s out of a hat.

I'd have to probably say I'd agree with Leech also and go #2 across the board....and if my 3 yo daughter is with....I'd toss in #1's to get her excited about ice fishing and maybe she'd want to join dad in the future.

Steve

[Slabasaurus]

Tough Call... although i suppose #2 across the board sounds like my kinda fishing.

The walleyes. 15 walleyes that size would make my day any time!

A two foot northern puts up a heck of a fight!!

These two statements sum it up for me pretty well.

[grizrunner]

Crappies I'd have to say #2. But only if they were all 10". One 14.99" walleye every 8 minutes would be ok I guess, so I'll go with #1 there. #4 for one northern over 34", as long as it's 40+(far from a state record BTW) Sorry Leechbait, a few 24"ers just couldn't match up to that. Maybe for pure action, but when I watch tip ups it's usually done in between cribbage hands, so one C&R slimer is plenty for me. Besides, I'm getting too old to be chasing that many flags.

[Norm1980]

Crappies #3 (qty5 10-13")

Walleyes #2 (qty15 15-17")

Pike #4 (qty1 34"+)

15 walleyes from 15-17" in 4 hours would be a GREAT day fishing anytime of the year in my book.