I was just along for the ride on this trip, which turned out to be the best crappie bite that I've been on in many years- probably since the glory days of Upper Red Lake. Thanks buddy! I was with a couple of friends on a seldom fished lake- that's about as much as I want to say about that. The larger fish were a solid 14 inches. Only a few fish smaller than 12 inches were kept. The Vexilar went from dead to red on this lake, with only a short window of good fishing.
A good day on the ice- we ended up short of a limit, but the quality was outstanding. This particular lake had a short window during which fish were active. The window was from approximately 45 minutes before sunset until 30 minutes after sunset, with prime time being just on either side of the actual sunset. These are the days where you need to have at least 4 rods geared up, ready to go. If you have a tangle or break something, throw it to the side and grab a new one. On this particular day, I started with two rods tied with relatively light presentations (1/32 or 1/16 oz. jigs and plastic tail) and two rods with a heavier presentation (i.e. swedish pimple or jigging spoon with treble). Once the fish turn on, the name of the game is drop something down the hole as fast as possible- that's where the swedish pimple or spoon comes in. At their most aggressive, these fish were hitting bare jigging spoons and I bet they would have hit just about anything that you could put a hook on. Just prior to "hammer time" and just after, the extra time that it took to get the lighter presentations down the hole was worth while.
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