bass and crappie help

[fishin4life90]

hi everyone

i was wondering if anyone knew of any real good crappie and bass lakes around egan?
any info will be great
thanks

[Deitz Dittrich]

I'm north metro myself.. so I am not really familiar with the Eagan area... But I beleive you have some real good lakes down that way... Prior has both Crappie and Bass in good numbers... Marion has real good bass... Not sure about the Crappie... Small lake O'Doud is a fun small bass lake..... Like I said.. not sure if these are exactly Eagan.. but probably driving distace to you for sure!

[fishin4life90]

Exudedude,

were is prior lake?i live in minneapolis
we're goin down to our friends house because they want to go fishing.

[Deitz Dittrich]

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[This message has been edited by Exudedude (edited 10-04-2004).]

[st.crioxfishin]

I live right in Eagan, and have had some great bass outings this spring and summer. Most of the lakes/ponds in Eagan have great bass fishing. The biggest I've seen pulled out of one of these lakes this summer was a 21in bass. My friend caught it while we were fishing from a canoe, we also have caught many 18-20 inchers as well.

As for the crappie fishing I'm not quite sure how good that is here in Eagan. I have yet to target them on the lakes/ponds around this area, since I am mainly bass fishing.

Bob

[fishin4life90]

st.croixfishin,

what lake or lakes would you say are the best for bass from shore in the eagan area?me and my mom are going down to eagan to meet a couple friends to go shore fishing.
also what baits or lures would work best?
thanks

[Dan Wood]

There isn't much in the SE unfortunately - I'm from that area too... The SW is loaded with good lakes though - Prior as Exude mentioned is a great bass lake and a pretty good crappie lake as well. A little farther off to the west you have Minnetonka, Medicine, Sarah, and a bunch of others that are great lakes. Marion as mentioned is probably closer to you and is a good lake too. Fish Lake and Spring Lake are both good too.

[Dan Wood]

Forgot to mention the St. Croix offers some great crappie and smallmouth fishing - not very far from where your at. The crappies can be tough to find, but there are some really nice ones in there...