Switching It Up

[Dylan8351]

I fished with a buddy today at a spot that I usually stay away from because of the trek in. With hopes of suspending crappie and some pike on tip ups the walk in wasn't so bad!

The action started off with a pickerel before we got our spread of flags out. With short bursts throughout the day, We both stayed warm chasing the action down. We both caught some decent pike, pickerel, and bass but nothing overly large. The crappie on the other hand were almost non-existent. Mainly in the deep water were bluegill, pumpkinseed, bullhead and perch. Can't forget about the mudpuppy too!

It seemed like the pickerel were in less than 7 FOW, the pike were 7-12' and the bass were deeper. As the sun started to set the cold breeze really sunk in and forced us to pack up and head for home.

[leech~~]

Good thing you had the "slime" rag with ya!

[Tim Moore]

Didn't you catch a mudpuppy last year too? I've never seen one around here. Nice pike Dylan. I like fishing different places. It adds a level of excitement.

[CaptSpike]

Nice. Never heard of a mudpuppy before. I would have been like what mutant fish is this lol.

Nice pictures.

Spike

[Dylan8351]

Mud puppies are common on the river if you are tip up fishing. I hate to admit it but it usually means that you are fishing too close to the bottom... ha!