Had a good weekend fishing at the in-laws...

[Kylersk]

Grandpa and I took the 2 kids out saturday.. Both kids came home with a nice batch of sunnies. After the kids fun, I went out by my self searching for some crappies.. I wanted to head out for the evening bite, but noticed my wheeler was low on gas, so I ran into town. On the way back, I realized I forgot one of my rods on the roof of my Car... So I searched all over for it, and luckilly found it along side the rode. Now it's just about dark, and I finally get out to try my luck. Sat around for about an hour, and nothing. Then I caught my first crappie of the night. Now I'm excited.. Over the next hour or so, I only caught 3 more and one UGLY ol' bull head. The bull head made me call it a night.

Next day, I'm out alone hoping to maybe catch a bass or something. I didnt catch any bass, but I did manage to pull in a 3.5# northern and a 2# northern on my crappie rigs. Caught the bigger one on a small jig and crappie minnow and caught the other on a 1/16oz glow devil with a grub. First time I've pulled up a northern without a tip-up, and boy was it fun!

Even though I didnt manage to catch any bass, or many crappies, the kids, grandpa and I still had a good ol' time.

[fishnutbob]

Kylersk, I see you live in St Boni, and your going to Rainy, Ill be up for the get together, I live three miles north of St. Boni, I had a bait store in St Boni for 15 years. The Crappies should pick up In March try the north end on Waconia 10to 14 ft Mtka is good in cooks towards the bridge going to Halstead Bay in the deep hole. Look in The Rainy Lake forum for Monster Walleyes for photo's of two dandy fish my buddy and I caught in oct this year on Rainy. See you then.

[Kylersk]

Fishnutbob, Thanks for the advice! The above lake was not in the metro area, it was up near remer, so I was at a complete loss as to where to fish.

Yeah, I'm heading up to Rainy as well.. It should be a blast! See ya there!