Pymie Crappy Report

i plan to shore fish a little tomorrow on the north end, and boat fish the same area on the weekend

thanks for the report
i still may go up Saturday

4-6-13   Fished out of Wilson's launch. (north end)
From noon to 4:00 PM . 
Kept 11 Perch  (5 were 10" or better) others a lil smaller
6 Big Bluegills   and 1 Crappie  14" long
Chartreuse  ant with 3 maggots
Also a bunch of "Dink Perch"

Probably need to get up around 45-50. When it's windy in the spring it get rough out there.

Opsman, sweet! Thanks for reporting.
 

My neighbor went yesterday. He and his son kept 17 over 14". Said it was really rough. He only fished for a few hours.

I fished last friday(4-5) morning from 10-1pm   Nothing at the spillway (high winds) and caught a few crappies and perch wading a bay in the north end.
 
I returned with some friends saturday (4-6) evening, fished from 430-730.
Caught abt 24 slabs and had a nice fish fry, again wading in the bays of the north end.
 
Some things i noticed...
The bay i fished friday was full of guys on saturday evening. They parked their cars and fished the first water they saw. These guys were yelling loudly about "the bite picking up soon." I saw them catch nothing but dink crappie. Then you had the guys in boats anchoring 50 feet away from the shore fisherman and they all sat there looking at each other, barely catching fish.
 
My friends and I walked abt 2,000 feet from the car and fished a bay around the corner. It was a swampy, rough walk.  We had our chains full in abt an hour and a half.
A few guys in a boat saw us catching and then motored abt 30-40 yds from our hole while they exited the bay. They did not have to come that close. We did not catch a fish for 20 mins after that boat passed.
 
If you choose to fish from shore, exercise sound discipline. We were waist deep in the water, and caught many fish within 10' of us! The fish will be in close to the shore if you are wading.
 
If you are in a  boat and you anchor 30 yards from me.. i hope you smash your prop on a stump.
 
Saw about 15 boats at the spillway on saturday evening and some guys on shore. I heard some walleyes were caught.
 
Lots of guys fishing on top of each other right now, but if you can get even 100yds away form them..you stand a good chance of finding your own honey hole, and often larger fish.
 
Tight lines, the season has started men!

Fished for about 5 hours today and nothing. Hit all the islands in the stumps. 2 gills. Cold front scared them away for a day or two.

Fished 4-15 from 930-100pm
bay 41 and jaemstown bays, from shore
nothing

Finally got into them this morning.  Tried for some eyes but got there to late and the darn wind wasn't helping any so went crappie fishing.  First spot I picked up two biguns near the dam in 14 fow.  Headed up the lake to get out of the wind and fish some brush piles in 14-18 fow. Dropped the first line down and before I  could the second line down had a nice 13 incher. Quit when I had 20 over 12 inches.  The fish were all on one side of the brush pile  right on the bottom.  You could only get a hit when the wind blew the boat and bait into the brush pile.  None of the fish had eggs in them.

Seen guys catching them tonight while I was wading for eyes.  They are deff on the points in about 5-8 foot of water as well, at least in the evenings from what I've notice.  They was jiggin grub tails off the bottom and slaying them.  Sad part is I caught a few on my F-11 fishing for freaking walleyes...

Ive caught a few crappie while fishing for eyes too recently lol Seen alot of them hitting the surface in the evenings the last 2 nights chasing the baitfish eating the millions of tiny bugs on the surface.

Absolutely killed the crappie today. Caught well over 40. Only kept 3. But what a blast.

Brought home 23 fish this morning and they filled a 5 gallon bucket to the rim.  8 foot down in 12 fow.  PLus 3 eyes between 16-21".
 

Believe it just has to be up.