balsalm lake

[rosspj59]

Fished the lake from 9-7:30 pm on saturday. Started in the bay for sunfish in 8-9 feet of water. There were a few others out there trying their luck also. First 2 hours I had many lookers but only some small sunnies that would bite. Moved a little further back in the bay where there were some weeds sticking up and started catching some nice sunnies. Kept a dozen over 8 inches long with some 9"ers mixed in. The bigger fish were more aggressive as the day wore on. Moved out to 28 feet of water at 5 for some crappies. There are so many green flickers on the screen it is hard to mark fish out there in the deeper water, or mark your lure. Between my dad, his friend and I we caught 1 10" crappie for 2.5 hours of work out in the deeper water. The guys we talked to were mainly fishing for perch in both shallow and out deep. Saw some fish on the vex, i think, but they did not seem to want to bite. Anybody else have any luck for crappies this weekend. The ice is getting pretty thick.