bbog Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Thought I would load up the canoe (last Saturday) and take my last shot at Crappie in the shallows. Much to my horror I arrived at my favourite Kawartha lake to find the bay taken over by Carp. The Carp were jumping and splashing and frollicking and well you get the picture!! Combine this with 68.3 degree water and the Crappie were long gone. Turned our misfortune into a nice little paddle around. The lake was very calm and a gorgeous day. Tossed the micro tube out along an open water weedbed to see what was around and lo and behold - Crappie! Nothing of any size but they were fairly predictable. Kept a dozen or so around 10 inches and released all the others. Hooked into a number of OOS Largemouth ranging a great deal in size (of course these will be no where to find when the season opens. Caught a number of great fighting Sunnys and Rock Bass to complete the outing. Sadly I left the camera in the car when I saw the courting Carp. What looked to be a bad day turned out to be fantastic. I guess I'll have to travel much further North now to get my next Crappie fix. Or set my sights on a Whitefish outing to Simcoe (in a boat of course and not the canoe) Thanks for reading and hope everyone had a great weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Great report. I'm surprised the crappie were biting in that degree of water. Good for you. What time is dinner Joey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbog Posted May 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Sorry Joey but you missed dinner Ice cold beer, homemade french fries and a garden salad - along with Crappie filets in Fish Crisp. It was heaven!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Great report. Crappie in Fish Crisp sounds great. Glad you had a good trip out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Good times. Should have tried for some carp on the ultralight gear! Probably tow you all over the lake, or at least the swampy areas of the lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Sounds like a successful outing to me! Thanks for the report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 (edited) oops Edited May 29, 2007 by Johnny Bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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