Morning fishing.

  • tim hurley
    Posts: 5567
    April 4, 2021 at 11:14 am #2027465

    Anyone fish in the morning this time of year? With storms coming my only chance is going to be tomorrow morning, think I’ll stick to searching deeper areas, are most people picking shallower lakes? Ham is in the oven trying one from Hackenmuellers Meats this year.

    grubson
    Harris, Somewhere in VNP
    Posts: 1322
    April 4, 2021 at 11:42 am #2027467

    We were off the lake by 11am after a successful morning of crappie fishing yesterday. During a warming trend like this I think the mornings are good. You just want to avoid going on a morning following a cold day.
    When it comes down to it, for me I fish when I can, regardless of the conditions. That’s just life with a family.

    tim hurley
    Posts: 5567
    April 4, 2021 at 1:35 pm #2027489

    Thanks grub. Yup the wife seems to like it when I go in the morning. Love the morning, tend to have the lake to myself (last year though I’ve never seen so many people out there early!) Where should I go Grub?? Pm me
    Thanks.

    tim hurley
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    April 4, 2021 at 3:24 pm #2027522

    Ham was great, made a glaze with brown sugar, ground ginger and tart cherry juice-awesome.

    gimruis
    Plymouth, MN
    Posts: 15125
    April 4, 2021 at 5:29 pm #2027544

    Someone posted that they were catching really big crappies after dark in another thread. That may be a good tactic Tim

    mahtofire14
    Mahtomedi, MN
    Posts: 10942
    April 5, 2021 at 8:42 am #2027623

    I’m hoping to go out in an hour or so Tim. I’ll let you know how it goes if I actually make it out.

    mahtofire14
    Mahtomedi, MN
    Posts: 10942
    April 5, 2021 at 3:19 pm #2027702

    Got out from 11-2 this morning. Chisago area. Found crappies THICK in protected bays in 5 ft or less water. When I say thick I mean if I dropped my net in the water I would net about 15 every time. That thick. No size though, assuming all males still. Females will follow soon or at night I would imagine.

    tim hurley
    Posts: 5567
    April 5, 2021 at 4:11 pm #2027712

    Got a bunch in a lake by you, solid 10s and 11s, took some looking, found one school using SI (big deal for me) Only saw a couple of boats, nice to be able to fish a weekday morning, so chill.

    John Rasmussen
    Blaine
    Posts: 5497
    April 5, 2021 at 4:24 pm #2027715

    We fished a lake Sunday in Wright county. Did not catch them shallow until later morning. We marked them deep but could not get them to bite. Then found them shallow about 10am and the bite lasted till around 1-2. Mostly males but found a few keepers. Water temps started in the 43-45 range and ended in the 46-48 range.

    mahtofire14
    Mahtomedi, MN
    Posts: 10942
    April 5, 2021 at 4:25 pm #2027716
    tim hurley wrote:

    nice to be able to fish a weekday morning, so chill.

    It sure is! I got lucky the wife told me I could go today! yay

    tim hurley
    Posts: 5567
    April 6, 2021 at 8:35 am #2027825

    Not a competition but:
    3 years ago my wife said I should buy a brand new boat.

    mahtofire14
    Mahtomedi, MN
    Posts: 10942
    April 6, 2021 at 4:38 pm #2027965
    tim hurley wrote:

    Not a competition but:
    3 years ago my wife said I should buy a brand new boat.

    Mine paid for half of mine! I win…… jester

    tim hurley
    Posts: 5567
    April 10, 2021 at 5:34 pm #2028920

    Nobody likes her?
    Might be better than, everybody likes her.
    Going out tomorrow, cold water and the temp trend is down, not good, but have to try it!

    mahtofire14
    Mahtomedi, MN
    Posts: 10942
    April 11, 2021 at 8:11 am #2028993

    Got out Friday evening. I think the boat is still wet but we found some better fish in the same spot. Water temps were around 57 in the small areas I was fishing.

    Kind of fun going with a guy that has a drone too.

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    tim hurley
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    April 18, 2021 at 7:21 pm #2030538

    They sure were tight lipped for me this morning, water temps need to start rising.

    mahtofire14
    Mahtomedi, MN
    Posts: 10942
    April 19, 2021 at 4:47 pm #2030789

    I haven’t had a great bite since that last warm day. The cold weather has pushed them back out a bit and they have been tight lipped. So have the sconni bass for me which is really the disappointing thing…. bawling

    tim hurley
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    April 19, 2021 at 4:59 pm #2030792

    Lawmakers should know this can be a tricky time to catch ol’ greenie and the people who would go out with the snow flying would be the hard cores who tend to be C&R folk anyway.

    mahtofire14
    Mahtomedi, MN
    Posts: 10942
    April 19, 2021 at 5:50 pm #2030802
    tim hurley wrote:

    Lawmakers should know this can be a tricky time to catch ol’ greenie and the people who would go out with the snow flying would be the hard cores who tend to be C&R folk anyway.

    It’s not about the bass. That’s the problem.

    tim hurley
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    April 20, 2021 at 4:14 pm #2031174

    Marcia Marcia Marcia
    I mean…
    Walter Walter Walter

    tim hurley
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    April 20, 2021 at 5:39 pm #2031217

    14-thought you were too young to get that BB reference (’69)

    mahtofire14
    Mahtomedi, MN
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    April 20, 2021 at 6:08 pm #2031223

    Pretty famous even for my generation. Not like I’m 25 or anything. 35 here.

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