Crystal Lake (84)
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Crystal Lake (84) Fishing Reports
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Largemouth BassTechniqueMedium Diving Crankbaits (7'-12')SeasonSummerStructureSubmerged VegetationFish 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.
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.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
Drop shot was the key. Right off the weed edges in 11-13 feet of water. Xzone Lures Finesse Slammers in bright colors or Missle Baits Quiver worm
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetation
On Crystal Lake locate the deeper weed lines 10-15ft. Ideally locating milfoil or coon tail as the main vegetation. Using a VMC finesse neko hook, Texas-rig the plastic to be more weedless. Work the drop shot down the whole weed line until you get bites. Once you catch a fish there is a good chance there are multiple in the area so be sure to work the area over well before moving on. This should produce a decent number of fish with some quality ones mixed in.
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CrappieTechniqueCrappie Sniping (Casting/Single Poling)SeasonSummerStructureSubmerged VegetationMid day, mostly to partly sunny: A lot of mid-size crappie biting a tube or grub slow rolled over the weeds or through the weed tops in 10-11 feet of water.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureHumps
Lots of small ones with a couple medium sized fish. Drop shoting was the best action
