shenango crappies

going up sunday am first time this year hope this cold front does not hert to much? was any body up there today ? will try what little structure I know of then start to pitch the banks  see how the kids do i am open for any suggestions thanks.

was at shenago today and SLAMMED the crappies!!!!!!!!!! best trip of the year so far. other guys there and didn't do too good. there were 2 of us and we caught 104 of them,5 large mouth and 2 perch.going back up sunday, hope you all do as good as we did....

meatball1977 put your money where your bs is. I SEEN YOUR MUD HOLE HAD PUT FISH IN IT FOR YOU  TO CATCH THEM ; ha  ha !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JELLY FACE!!!!!!!!!!see you there sunday and we will tally at the end of the day. good luck you and your pal will need it........

Agreed about Sunday.  All of the anglers we talked to said that they seemed to have slowed down a bit.  That said, we kept 36 between three of us all between 11" and 15" (released a lot of shorts).  Live bait was the ticket, and buying strikes on artificials was difficult.  We fished Celery and a couple of coves that I do not know the names of, just picking 5-8 ft. brush piles and dropping in on them.  I do have a question though, does anyone ever catch good perch from the lake or are they all fingerlings like I seem to catch?

we have always caught small perch as well so I don't know. One in the boat did catch a real nice walleye but of course he had to release him and meatball caught a HUGE smallmouth and did the same so all in all a nice day, I guess........

Fished both Saturday and Sunday as well.  Saturday was rough, but atleast I didn't get skunked.  No live bait so we split time between tossing jig/gulp and trolling for wipers out in the main lake.  Seen a alot of one fish, two fish groups but only a few schools in IIRC nearly always about 15 fow.  Seemed nearly every time I'd mark a school on the sonar, I'd get a crappie or two.  Popular trolling styles seemed 1/4 oz  Wally Divers and #9 TailDancers.  Nothing on the other usually reliable cranks.  Picked up a few more fish on 1/8 oz glow jig heads and 3" gulp minnows.  Nothing on curly tail grubs.  No wipers,  but I was able to catch the catfish I seem to be required to catch each trip out to add to the few crappies I picked up.  Eh I release 'em all anyways, it was just dang nice to finally get out and enjoy the sun and some time on the water.

Barry

I was also up on sunday and had a good time hit 1 or 2 fish here or there then found them in tight to cover kept 30 all over  9.5 inches  threw alot back missed a few have a 10 year old that does not like to throw many back but we are working on that. we also caught a few small perch and bass. largest fish of the day a 24 inch northern on 4 pound test and small jig. let my son fish till bait was gone throwing them back his grand pap only wanted to clean so many. does any one put an honest effort in shenango for eyes ?

I have only caught eyes trolling at shenango.  The key...SLOW.  Trolling crawler harnesses.  Having the blade spin slowly has been productive for me and my buddy.  Haven't tried trolling fast yet, just how we usually do.  We use an electric tollin motor (transome mount)  and keep it on a low setting.  I have heard of guys jiggin on drop offs and doin fairly well, but haven't tried that yet.  They too say that a slow presentation is best.  Got a few eyes last year.  Biggest was 23".  The others around 15-16".  Gonna giv em a shot again this year.  Cant wait.

Interesting, I've never caught a walleye at Shenango on a crawler harness.  Maybe I'm moving too fast at around 2 MPH, but every time I run a harness I either get crappies or wipers.  The lures that have produced for me have been #12 husky jerks, rattle traps, wally divers and stinger spoons.  But most days for me those choices are hit or miss so I've been trying to expand my arsenal of tactics more over the last two years.  Maybe I'll try harnesses again with the electric instead of the gas motor.  As a side note, I've also been considering giving lindy rigging a try on a drift.  Anyone have any experiences with the lindy rigging for walleyes on Shenango.

Thanks,

Barry