jimmer Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 Got out on the weekend a couple of times and found it tough to find any numbers. Sunday was horrible, only caught one between two guys in a few hours. The perch and bluegill weren't even biting, however got into a few gill in the evening. The surface was too still for me and way too many of those bugs to enjoy the day. Kept a few on Saturday for a meal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattletrap2 Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 The one in the photo is one more than we got yesterday! I have really only ever caught Crappie by accident. They do manage to elude me for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reef Runner Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 Try using a search bait to find them. I like a rapala J05 in fire-tiger. Fan cast an area and once you've caught one, zero in on the spot with micro jig under a slip-bobber. On my home kawartha lake, they could be anywhere this time of year as much of the vegetation and bottom structure is similar. Warmer bays on the west and north side of a waterbody I feel warm quicker. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 The water is still cold. Every year there has a been a good group of anglers. I,ll bet I could count how many this year on one hand. Even the corms were coming up empty. The staging has started,but they are not in their preferred depths. That is a nice one Jimmer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crappieperchhunter Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 Different spots have different times. We have a spot on Scugog we get crappies from as soon as the lake is ice free. This year it was the first part of April and this spot lasted for a week. My Kawartha shore spot turns on real good when you can see the trilliums in flower in the bush. It is not ready yet but in a normal spring it would be by now. Spending a week up there starting Saturday. I hope it is on by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigugli Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 Temperatures hyave thrown everything out of sync. Cold fronts, cold rains, have kept water temps far below what they should be. March started out OK, bur April has been a progressive bust. The only positive is that trout are still in the tribs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 (edited) Well my fav fish should be right on come this weekend. I hope. Jiggy jiggy the meegs. Release the toons Edited May 6, 2019 by misfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKRISONER Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 checked the spring spots last weekend, nothing...so we moved to the staging area, just found some perch, then we went to the winter spot...still nothing...this was in desperation after we couldnt get any pike to bite either...last weekend was a total bust, everything is done with winter mode and waiting for the water to warm up. You know its bad when you cant even get a single pike to bite in two days lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crappieperchhunter Posted May 7, 2019 Report Share Posted May 7, 2019 1 hour ago, misfish said: Well my fav fish should be right on come this weekend. I hope. Jiggy jiggy the meegs. Release the toons A friend fishes a river on the east side for perch Brian but early season some whitties are always present. They got close to a dozen this week. I'm betting there will still be some in there for the opener. I don't recall that ever happening. Crazy cold wet April we had??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted May 7, 2019 Report Share Posted May 7, 2019 2 hours ago, bigugli said: Temperatures hyave thrown everything out of sync. Cold fronts, cold rains, have kept water temps far below what they should be. March started out OK, bur April has been a progressive bust. The only positive is that trout are still in the tribs. This is usually a peak time of year for them here, this year has been screwy though weather wise! 71 here today, tomorrow the high is forecast for 51, them cold fronts just keep rolling in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted May 7, 2019 Report Share Posted May 7, 2019 9 hours ago, crappieperchhunter said: A friend fishes a river on the east side for perch Brian but early season some whitties are always present. They got close to a dozen this week. I'm betting there will still be some in there for the opener. I don't recall that ever happening. Crazy cold wet April we had??? It,s been the same here Steve. Just not saying.LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrilla Posted May 7, 2019 Report Share Posted May 7, 2019 My boys put a hurting on the slabs Sunday! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Cliff Posted May 7, 2019 Report Share Posted May 7, 2019 What a nice looking family and a good mess of fish to boot!? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecmilley Posted May 7, 2019 Report Share Posted May 7, 2019 Was out Sunday as well fish were s little spooky water was in 51f area and we managed to put some good numbers together by the time noon rolled around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Chong Posted May 8, 2019 Report Share Posted May 8, 2019 On 5/6/2019 at 12:19 PM, jimmer said: Got out on the weekend a couple of times and found it tough to find any numbers. Sunday was horrible, only caught one between two guys in a few hours. The perch and bluegill weren't even biting, however got into a few gill in the evening. The surface was too still for me and way too many of those bugs to enjoy the day. Kept a few on Saturday for a meal. Been a tough spring weather-wise and the water is still cold. We went out one day and slayed them. Then the weather changed the next day and we were hard pressed to find even small ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slopster Posted May 8, 2019 Report Share Posted May 8, 2019 On 5/7/2019 at 6:38 AM, Thrilla said: My boys put a hurting on the slabs Sunday! great pic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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