Yesterday Morning At Taylor

[binman]

We went yeaterday to taylor I caught a good male in the first 5 min and then it was all small LM I saw alot of crappie chasing small bait fish on to the gravel I was fishing on a fella down aways caught 1 decent crappie and gave it to me.There was no other fish even caught that I saw when I left at noon. Just curious if any one did better towards the evening.

[smbasser]

Me and one of my buddies went down to the Iron Bridge on the 17th hoping that the nice weather would help out the fishing. fished from 6pm till about 9pm. Caught no whites but did catch some nice crappie. seen a lot of whites busting the surface and seen some small males caught. we were in a little boat fished down towards aldrich but really have no idea where the whites are? little strange because this time last year they were jumping in the boat

[Fly_Guy]

Fished yesterday started at taylor and moved upstream, then downstream of bridge. Caught 2 very big gills, and a bunch of little largemouths, but no whites or walleye. I talked to three different fishermen/groups around taylor - and the results were pretty much the same - a couple of whites (one fellow caught five, fishing downstream of taylor), and heard of one walleye caught in the am. From everyone I talked to, the general consensus was they just aren't there in #s yet.

Went to a spot on the main lake a buddy showed me (I'd better not blab - it's not a secret spot, but it doesn't get much bank fishermen) where there was some timber, and did well on crappie - together we probably caught 25 or so, but kept one limit of 15 (which I got the joy of cleaning till 11 last night ) The smallest was 11 inches, and the biggest 14. Hopefully this picture will work.

[ChipperT]

Fished yesterday started at taylor and moved upstream, then downstream of bridge. Caught 2 very big gills, and a bunch of little largemouths, but no whites or walleye. I talked to three different fishermen/groups around taylor - and the results were pretty much the same - a couple of whites (one fellow caught five, fishing downstream of taylor), and heard of one walleye caught in the am. From everyone I talked to, the general consensus was they just aren't there in #s yet.

Went to a spot on the main lake a buddy showed me (I'd better not blab - it's not a secret spot, but it doesn't get much bank fishermen) where there was some timber, and did well on crappie - together we probably caught 25 or so, but kept one limit of 15 (which I got the joy of cleaning till 11 last night ) The smallest was 11 inches, and the biggest 14. Hopefully this picture will work.

Thanks for the reports. That looks like a nice tasty mess of Crappie Fly_Guy!

[Don]

Nice mess of Croppy Flyguy,

What did you catch them on?

Thanks, Don

[Fly_Guy]

Swimmin minnows were the bait of choice. As far as colors, the best color was red/yellow, on a plain jighead. Steady retrieve. Also used purple swimmin minnow with good results as the sun started setting. When the sun was up, i also used a white split curly tail - pinched off most of the body so it was basically a undulating tail on a jighead (helped with short strikes - which were many) Most were caught on swimmin minnow red/yellow tho (probably 75%)

[Don]

Thanks FlyGuy,

I did well last year on milky salt and pepper spit curly tails, pumpkinseed tubes, and pearl Berkley Atomic Teasers.

Don