What's workin' now...

[delmuts]

deitz. it is easiest if you just go to the iowa DNR web site, for prices. i think you can buy them online also. del

[The Grebe]

Nothing worked to any extent for me last night, as far as the panfish went.

Fishing for crappies, I did manage to get a few dink sunnies, 4 walleyes, little guys, 2-3 pike, same deal, little, a couple of pretty respectable smallies that were fighting pretty slow in the colder water, but no crappies.

I tried all my regular spots, but I was running out of light and I missed one area...wouldn't you know it, a guy comes down, takes a couple of casts in that area and 'Boom' a nice crappie! Then after untangling a snarl, he got another one! I had to leave, so I don't know how long it went on for, but I checked my watch when he got the first one and it was 6:30. If all goes well today, I may be back down there for a last open water fishing trip, again tonight.

[Cyberfish]

Me and Juggs Got some nice crappies action and a few sunfish too. Hot bait was a 64th ounce jig with a chartuse stubgrub. they were hiting on the drop in three to four ft.

[Corey Bechtold]

Nice job Mike!!! Cole and I chased Smallmouth Bass today and had a blast. Plenty of nice fish and Cole got a Master Angler fish too! 3" Power Minnows were the ticket .

Tomorrow we may have to chase some Panfish.

Good pictures,

Corey Bechtold

[Tyler Holm]

I managed to get into a really nice pod of sunfish over moderately deep water. A purple Scenic Tackle Go-Devil 1/16 oz tipped with a waxie or finesse plastic brought a few dozen gills boatside. At least 2 covered the 9.5” mark including this one.

Same exact location as mentioned above except casting right up to a rocky shoreline yielded the crappies. Larger profile plastics were the ticket including 2” Power Minnows, & Culprit Paddletails, & Culprit Fringetails. Free-lining these plastics with a 1/16oz collarless head put nearly 20 crappies in the boat with an average size of 11” and a few of the larger ones exceeding the 11.5” mark.

[Tyler Holm]

Boated a pile of fish today and the ticket was 1.75" Culprit Paddletails under a Thill/Lindy Mini-Stealth bobber. 1/32 oz or 1/16 oz collarless jigs with a #4 or #2 hook did the trick. When the bite slowed on natural colors, a drastic color change fired things back up.

We found both crappies and gills 3-4 under the surface. There was deeper wood directly below.

9.5" Gill

12.25" crappies

[bgreen82]

hey guys, i havent been on in a few months, just got away from it i guess. wondering what the tricks are for pannies before the ice comes?

[Cyberfish]

Got out chasin the slabs this weekend. hot bait for me was a 64th oz pink jig with a 1 inch white power tube. 2 to 4 ft down, water temp 43. cloudy skies.

slab time!

Looks like this one escaped a pike, only to hit my jig!

pretty colors!

fought a 2 pound slab only to find out it was a frisky little largemouth bass :mrgreen:

Future slab

some more good uns'

"calvinist" with a couple of keepers.

[ozzie]

nice mixture of white and black crappies Cyberfish!!!

[Matt Johnson]

Cyberfish and Calvinist are fishing machines! Those guys always seem to find the pannies... and they also find time to kick my butt everytime in the panfish league too Good going on the pannies, see you guys this winter!

[Cyberfish]

Got out for a couple of hours today, got a few, wow it was almost 60 degrees! nice, like spring!

Here is a nice crappie I got on a DragonMag:

Here is a nice sunset!

[Matt Johnson]

Geez Mike! You're definitely on the fish right now! That's a nice looking white crappie!

[Cyberfish]

Got out on the water again today!

Jack got into some nice slabs on a small jig with a ratso tail..

stretch him out to the camera now!

I got some good eaters

Here the ol Baron von Crappie gets to put the clawhold on a lunker! unfortunately, I didn't catch it, Jack did! nice fish eh!

ugggh blurry, don't move the camera when you shoot putz!

Water temp 39

air temp 45

depth 3 to 5 ft

bait 64th ounce jig with a white ratso tail or a stubgrub chartruse.

[Captain B.R.K]

Way to go Cyberfish! You are making me and everyone jealous of those nice looking crappies

Is that a mix of white and black crappies in your bag?