Pymy Crappies

Well finally I think the slabs are starting to move in. Fished the north end last night and caught 10. Nice fish from 10-13 1/2 inches. Saw lots of fish being caught and one kid who caught a few over 15 inches. Been waiting a while for this, but it should start to get hot now.

Crappie Slayer.....When you say north end, is that off Route 6 on Wilson Road ?

are you talking wilson road boat launch for the slabs?

Just shore fishing and a little bit of wading. Looks like its gonna be a pretty nice weekend. Can't wait!!!!

Never fished much around Espyville.

A few of the bays by the Spillway and the end of the road. Now that I think about it, I do wade out of the Fries access road. That would be out toward Espyville. Only place I know to shore fish in Espyville would be the fishing pier they have by the causeway or the caseway itself. I've never fished from the pier, but know that they catch quite a few fish from the causeway.

Sandbar by Linesville??? 
 
Do you mean Soldier island or Hemlock island?

Soldier Island. sry for the spastic fingers.

I waded that bay last night...(it's called Stewart bay).  Like you I caught a few small ones.  It was tough fishing it though because of the muck.  I left just before dusk to fish the causeway with no luck.

There is access from the other side from Stewart lane, but it's more like a cowpath, and to be honest it's not ideal access for slab habitat...it opens up to more open, deeper water. 

Fished stewarts bay on thursday had 3 amish boats in there noone catching ----..  Who ever reported the crappie up in there is full of ----.  Also fished the causway a few dink perch all day another wasted trip.  Ill wait til mid may, then the fish should be up

what kinda bait are most the crappie hitting on just minnies or casting lures?

Never said they were hitting Stealys...
 
I just said Stewarts was packed full of boats.

For the last two years we got them as soon as the ice came off in the north end bays, that has NOT been the case this year.  In fact a couple honey holes were completely devoid of crappies.  These spots are almost exclusively black crappie spots and I didn't catch many on the ice either.  I hope we are not witnessing a down trend in the black crappie population, I much prefer cleaning them to the whites. 
 
May is prime time, but really with as quickly as the water is warming, right now should be awesome too!
 
I don't like to keep crappies after the middle of May, the "mushy" really comes out in them.

I usually throw a bag of ice in with mine on the way home.  That helps a lot.  I am usually done with crappie by the end of may though.