early gill/crappies
May 1, 2020 06:21:38 #
New a to this site and looking for suggestions..IM in the UP Michigan..and on some of the inland lakes the ice and snow has recently left (not a fish story) so the water is pretty cool yet..and tips on the early bite for gills and crappies?
May 1, 2020 07:16:07 #
Dleonard if you go back to your profile and put your city and state you will get more hits and everyone will know where you are and give you all the info you might need welcome aboard
May 1, 2020 07:19:11 #
May 1, 2020 07:25:25 #
Rusty Halo
Loc: NE Indiana, Auburn in DeKalb County
A general rule of thumb I have used for early gills and crappie is a water temperature above 46 degrees F. Of course, that may differ from lake to lake. Anytime the water temp reaches 50 degrees I am geared and ready to go. Good luck!
May 1, 2020 07:27:27 #
Claysonfish
Loc: Floral City, Florida
Welcome to the forum DL. When I was still in Michigan and ice first went out I fished the the same spots for bluegill as I did through the ice using small jigs and wax worms or wiggled. For crappie fish the shallow water where the ice went out first on the lake or channels that get a lot of sunny light during the day. I used minnows or wigglers. You may want to call the governor to make sure she's allowing fishing the day you want to go. The rules seem to change from day to day. You should be ok in the u.p. she probably hasn't figured out where that's at yet
May 1, 2020 07:29:43 #
Dleonard70 wrote:
New a to this site and looking for suggestions..IM in the UP Michigan..and on some of the inland lakes the ice and snow has recently left (not a fish story) so the water is pretty cool yet..and tips on the early bite for gills and crappies?
Welcome to the Forum, Dleonard. You will receive more replies if you put your city and state down on your location on your profile page where you registered.
May 1, 2020 13:37:59 #
Where are you in the UP? My wife's got a lot of family up that way around Ensign and Escanaba. Know any Papineaus? Bunch of crazy Canucks.
May 2, 2020 22:07:31 #
fishing rod
Loc: Michigan
Dleonard70 wrote:
New a to this site and looking for suggestions..IM in the UP Michigan..and on some of the inland lakes the ice and snow has recently left (not a fish story) so the water is pretty cool yet..and tips on the early bite for gills and crappies?
I fish a lake near Grayling Mi. in the lower peninsula, its usualy the 2nd week of June b4 the gills hit the beds.
depends a lot on the weather and the water getting warmed up and the fish warmed up. Shallow, black bottom lakes will warm quicker.
Jun 23, 2020 06:17:43 #
Jun 23, 2020 06:21:38 #
thank for the tips and little late on the reply..{been fishing}... its paid off as have done well... ive had better luck with the live baits, any tips on the plastics,, do the scent sprays work or is that just snake oil??
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