Crystal Lake (84)
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Dan BruskiBronze AmbassadorSpecies
Panfish / BluegillTechniqueCrappie Dock ShootingSeasonSummerStructureDocksDropping little jig heads with those small plastics. Picked up sunfish. No crappie though. Friends were using worms and did better, but most were very small but many swallowed their live bait so they kept them.
Pat SchaberBronze AmbassadorSpecies
Largemouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged VegetationFound decent size largemouth bass in from of submerged vegetation and weed lines using a drop shot lure. I'd cast, let it drop for a few seconds and then work it in. I did try a topwater Whopper Plopper but nothing bit. Worms deeper in from of weeks was the best bet.
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MuskieTechniqueSpinnerbaitsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged VegetationCasting spinnerbaits and chatterbait over the tops of milfoil and cabbage got us 3 Muskey in about 5 fow. Biggest Muskey was 43 inches. Also landed several bass from under docks and over the top of weeds
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueShakey HeadsSeasonFallStructureSubmerged Vegetation
Catching them on a jig worm along the deep weed edge in 8-10 féet of water.
- Dan BruskiBronze AmbassadorSpecies
CrappieTechniqueVertical Jigging Shallow (0-9')SeasonSummerStructureHumpsI was trolling across the lake towards one of the points and picked up something strange on the side scan. I marked it went back and vertical jigged, regular, and with a slip bobber around 10 feet down, where I was marking fish I was able to land over 10 crappie.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueMedium Diving Crankbaits (7'-12')SeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
Fish are in their summer patterns. Few sporadic fish around docks, but the best bite was in grass edges and clumps in 8-12" of water. Casting 3/8oz Jigs w/ Menace Grubs trailers in green pumpkin and sunfish based colors. Backing that up with 1/8oz Jig worm tipped w/ similar colored Yum Dingers. Graph around, find the good grass edges & start mining for bites. When you get a bite, slow down and saturate that area.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueWacky RigsSeasonSummerStructureDocks
Caught numbers fishing docks near shady areas or on points.
Lance MurphyBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueShallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')SeasonSummerStructureSubmerged VegetationCasting a Berkeley Frittside 5 over 8-10 ft of submerged vegetation seemed to do the trick. Caught bass, muskie, and pike.
