Aitkin Area Report

  • derek_johnston
    On the water- Minnesota
    Posts: 5022
    March 4, 2012 at 11:18 pm #1212930

    Headed up to the Aitkin area with Craig D this weekend. Lots of snow up there and lots of people. We decided to hit some of our old panfish spots and we found some fish. Saturday we fished a half day and found some nice gillls in 11 feet of water. We stayed shallow the rest of the day and Craig landed an 11 incher. We caught many nice 9-10 fish. Today we headed to some deeper water for some crappie action. We found crappies in 20 feet of water suspended 5 feet of bottom. We boated some nice 12 inch fish but headed back to shallow water for some more gill action. A light action rod and 2 pound test was a must. Big gills are smart. They get big that way. The best baits were a Bro Gill Getter in orange and a Genz worm in green both tipped with a waxie. Theres lots of ice left so the ice season will only get better.

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 21898
    March 4, 2012 at 11:58 pm #1045998

    Nice rod set-up

    bigdog10
    Waterloo, Iowa
    Posts: 351
    March 5, 2012 at 12:25 am #1046008

    Now THAT is a gill!!!

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    March 5, 2012 at 12:54 am #1046011

    You are about 1/2 of the “old” Derek…Looking good D!

    Joe Scegura
    Alexandria MN
    Posts: 2752
    March 5, 2012 at 11:47 am #1046089

    Nice lookin fish Guys! That area has been kicking out a lot of trophies this year. Way to go

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13222
    March 5, 2012 at 2:53 pm #1046171

    Very nice fish Derek. Sure wish I had the time and means to spend some time fishing that area again. Lot of great lakes up there.

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