harvey lee Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 I would agree with the shoulders on a Red lake crappie. I have had some wonderful crappie action on some southern Minnesota lakes but it does not compare to my trips to Red. Many eyes,trophy northerns and the largest, hardest fighting crappies I personally have caught anywhere. Yes, one really has to work for them but when found,game on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanson Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Why go to Red????? I've had a really special place in my heart for ice fishing Upper Red Lake since that first trip in the late 90s. I now have a permanent sleeper ice shack up there for the last 3 years and URL has still always been about the crappies for me, even through the last few years. The last 2 years have been tough fishing. We've caught crappies on every trip but that has not come from a lack of effort. Its taken some work!!! Hate to say it... I'm seriously winding down from that lake. Every trip I know is going to be a battle and this year has been especially bad when you can't accidentally catch an 'eye anymore while fishing for crappies... Lake Trout fishing for crappies as I refer to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tisosy11 Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Nice fish there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shack Posted March 9, 2008 Author Share Posted March 9, 2008 The image of Hanson and Dtro above, is truly one of the best photo’s I have seen of crappies, bar-none. These guys are some of the best fisherman I know.The sun, the smiles and the fish to boot.Makes a man regret not going to Slab fest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAlm Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 this is one of the reasons i signed up was to respond to the question of telling anyone about this . my opinion is NO!experience from the past is word gets out fast and lake will be very crowded real fast . i have seen where there were only 5 of us on a lake in a weekend and my dad and i told no one including family , and 3 weeks later on a thursday there were 200 people on the lake . great catches for you though ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Erickson Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 nice fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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