With the impending storm in the forecast, I took a vacation day Thursday to get one last trip in before travel gets tougher on the area lakes. My cousin Bob, shown here, was able to join me for the day. Bob threw everything shown in this bucket down the hole at least once during the day, but the fish were just not very interested. We hit two lakes north of Nashwauk before heading a little bit west toward potentially greener pastures. We kept at least one decent sized crappie from each lake, ending the day with five in the bucket, plus a couple of small northerns that are destined to be pickled. Several smaller fish were released. On each lake, we were graphing fish almost constantly once we found them, but after catching a couple of the more aggressive fish from each hole, it was time to move again.
This crappie had beautiful coloring in the bright sun, but the picture just doesn't do it justice. It was an on and off day in terms of sunlight, going from completely overcast to perfectly clear, and back again. The fish didn't seem to care- it was a tough bite all day. It was a great day to be on the ice- no shelters needed today, which was great considering we had to be on the move.
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