Cold water Crappies

Around the Sandusky area ,I try different spots that are open water this time of the year.

Most of the time it is hit and miss, but I was suprised to fish the bridge area at the entrance to Cedar Point just east of where you make the turn on to the causeway and tried minnows no weight and a float. Fished yesterday about 1 1/2 hours and caught two nice crappies and that was it.

Went back this morning and gosh was it cold, everything kept freezing up, but was able to bring home 5 good sided out of 11 caught.

Kinda suprised, for this water is shallow and most of the time you don't find them there this time of the year, but I noticed lots of shad and minnows dimppling the water surface and maybe that had something to draw them.

But all the same it was a good lunch today and I don't think you could find freshier crappies then about 3 hhours old from catching.

Wish success to all of you and be careful of the cold,

JimG

Thanks for the report JIM
Do any ice fishing for the crappies?

Nice meal you got Jim

that bridge used to be a awesome spot for catfishing ................but thats been several years ago !!!

nice catch, still waiting for my first fish of 09

saugeye where do you usually fish? Where is New Plymouth?

usually for saugeye, lake logan or ohio river. i live 15 mins from lake logan going south of logan. for crappie when i had a boat usually lake hope. i've caught 15.5 and wife 16.5 incher from their. can't get to them spots from shore.

saugeye1 wrote:usually for saugeye, lake logan or ohio river. i live 15 mins from lake logan going south of logan. for crappie when i had a boat usually lake hope. i've caught 15.5 and wife 16.5 incher from their. can't get to them spots from shore.

Dont want to hi-jack the thread seeing how it's for cold water tactics for crappie, but do you ever fish Lake Logan for flatheads?

no, i can't remember the last time i went catfishing. they do catch some big ones outa there.

they catch some monster flatheads out of Logan each year... I believe they even hold catfishing tourneys for them... on another forum, there is a guy who regularly catch 30lb-50lb flatties each year

defin. some hoss cats in there, don't do much catfishin anymore the older i get it gets harder to stay up later at night. plus i don't like sleeping half my day away the following day.

if you can specifically target where they are lurking during the daylight hours, you can catch them anytime... though night is when most people target big flatheads, its very easy to catch them during the day if you can find where they hold