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The Trifecta...


Jim Hudson

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WOW......is all I can say about this little gem of a lake that I fished today... With word about big crappies and 'gills that this little pot hole was supposabely to have, two friends and I set off on the journey back to this lake... And boy were we pleasantly suprised on our findings...

I named this post The Trifecta, due to the fact that this lake held crappies, 'gills, and perch... And the weird thing... Is they were all BIG!!! Something you usually never see... On most waters, it usually holds 1 or maybe 2 species of big panfish, but not this lake... You definately got your cake and ate it too!! smile.gif

The fish were pretty non-aggressive though, probably due to the fact the lake is filled with food to produce the size of fish we were catching. But with a little teasing and temptation, the fish couldnt resist our offerings!! smile.gif

There was no real hot jig as each of us were using different things, but one thing did matter.. And that was plastic color and type... The fish were really keyed in on the Little Atom Wedgie and this hot little plastic had to be the color green for the fish to commit... So, as I have mentioned before, when on a tough bite... Do experiment with plastic type and color before going through the jig box and switching up...

Here are a few photos from today... Not one of the bull gills we iced today were under 9.5 inches (the biggest stretched the tape to 10.5)... none of the crappies were under 13 inches (the biggest was 15.25)... and the perch were all over 12 inches(biggest being 12.75) Unbelievable.. I think I am still dreaming...

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WOW, you did a great job fishing that pond in your backyard! if you need some help fishing it I would be willing to wear a blindfold! grin.gif

in all seriousness as you well know and have already heard keep it to your self! and hopefully you will have plenty of great times out there and noone will, experiment with the trails going back there!

ShawnnYB

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Thanks guys... Definately was one of my better days for big fish numbers through the ice...

Steve.. Ice is walkable on most lakes, but still a bit thin in the middle of a lot of the larger lakes.. Weird year for ice up in my area for sure. This lake was weird.. the north shore of the lake was unwalkable still.. But luckily we found good ice on the side that holds deep water and holds the fish...

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Those are some tremendous panfish! Wow! I agree with you about not all lakes having 3 species of panfish that are that large. We have a couple lakes here that get some big gills up to about 10" or so and the crappies get to about 13" but the perch only get to about 7" crazy.gif If they were all big it would be too much cool.gif

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