Fishing Trip 8/22/25

[straw hat]

Well, I know that no one posts here anymore (LOL), but I am going to. 

Water temp 88 to 90F. Everything a deep green with at most 2 foot visibility. I have never seen water temps this high before.

Marked some fish on sonar but very uncooperative. Fished 9 hours and the two of us caught 6 crappie. With the cost of minnows being so high I figured that those 6 crappie were worth around $7 each. 

I hope all of you are doing well.

 

[Quillback]

LOL, yeah dang minnows are almost charged as if they were made of gold.  Heck, the local baitshop now wants $4.50 for a couple dozen redworms.

[Heretolearn]

It was very slow again yesterday - unless you wanted channel cat, but a beautiful day on the water.  Water temps were a few degrees cooler as well.

[Johnsfolly]

On 8/23/2025 at 3:41 PM, Quillback said:

LOL, yeah dang minnows are almost charged as if they were made of gold.  Heck, the local baitshop now wants $4.50 for a couple dozen redworms.

Our bloodworms are now $19 per dozen. Fishbites baits are $7.99. The naturals catch a lot of fish though🙄.

[MrGiggles]

I still lurk. Just hardly get a minute to go to the lake anymore. 

Last outing on 8/10 was pretty tough and the storms pretty well wrecked the evening. Popped up out of nowhere and dumped on me for over an hour.

The one before that on 7/27 was better, 5 walleye but only one keeper. Jigging raps. Bunch of whites too.

You guys complain about live bait prices, donate a couple of those $9 jigging raps and see how you feel. 🤣

[waterpossum]

Glad to see your still out and a out. After the format change to this site participation dropped significantly. I rarely view it since no one adds much content. Same thing happened to one of my razorback sites. I think what administrators fail to comprehend when changes are made is their members are mostly 60 plus years old.

[MrGiggles]

Went out on the afternoon of 9/17. Skunked, started out hot and still, but a front blew in and switched things up a bit. Water temps 83/84.

Went out again on the morning of 9/21. Only managed to scare up two keeper crappie. No walleyes. Water temps down around 76/78 already, dropping fast. 

[dan hufferd]

On 9/12/2025 at 3:10 PM, MrGiggles said:

I still lurk. Just hardly get a minute to go to the lake anymore. 

Last outing on 8/10 was pretty tough and the storms pretty well wrecked the evening. Popped up out of nowhere and dumped on me for over an hour.

The one before that on 7/27 was better, 5 walleye but only one keeper. Jigging raps. Bunch of whites too.

You guys complain about live bait prices, donate a couple of those $9 jigging raps and see how you feel. 🤣

Those dang things get hooked on everything, and you can't hardly get them loose, I clip the front hook off that might help a little, I quit using them, too expensive. I can get a jigging spoon loose 99% of the time, that's what I go with.

[MrGiggles]

8 hours ago, dan hufferd said:

Those dang things get hooked on everything, and you can't hardly get them loose, I clip the front hook off that might help a little, I quit using them, too expensive. I can get a jigging spoon loose 99% of the time, that's what I go with.

I have been using the smaller ones a lot in the winter time for crappie fishing, they work pretty dang well, get to deep water quick, just don't get too close to the brush pile.

I bought a bunch of the blanks from this site a couple winters ago, pretty simple to paint up a simple black/silver shad color scheme. I figure with a good treble, I'm in them for about $3 each. Unfortunately they don't have them in my preferred size for summer walleye.

https://www.lurepartsonline.com/2165-Gliding-Jigs-5pk