20151109-LAKE X ~ DECENT AMT OF FISH CROSSING THE GUNWALES THIS AFTERNOON

Earl and I started out the day with a solid game plan of vertically jigging the deeper basins trying to duplicate Sundays outing. We had success deep jigging in 20 + FOW for B’gills feeding close to bottom. We picked a different lake with similar structure etc. I set Earl up with my ice fishing sonar where he could just drop the transducer over the side so he could follow his jig to the correct fish depth.
The first strategy once out on the lake was to scan the depths with DSI and SONAR mark fish and add their waypoints to fish. Problem was the depths were pretty much vacant. So we headed to the shallows to start from there and work our way out. Earl visually spotted some jumbo crappie in less than 3’ FOW. We tied on some small panfish jigs and started slamming the crappie and B’Gills straight away. Completely different pattern than the other day.
Top baits for the day were…
1. Trigger x 2.5” Minnow in shad color
2. 2” Berkley Power Minnow
3. Chartreuse Jelly Jig
These baits were tossed towards and parallel to the shoreline and mostly crappie and some B’Gill mixed in were crossing the gunwales by the dozens. Very productive day. Slip bobbers with live waxies and pink GULP scored far less in productivity. The fish were in shallow and actively feeding.
Earl produced the top two BFOTD!!! With a 12” plus crappie and an eight inch P’Seed x Hybrid tagged on the same bait… a 2.5” trigger x minnow. Mid November recorded one of my best days out fishing and not one boat in sight. Good fishing does not end with cold late fall weather… this is the time they put the feed bags on to ready for the long icy winter.