Hey, if any of you haven't been venturing out on the ice at Crane Creek because you heard there was a sea monster out there.... Have no fear. We got it!
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Hey, if any of you haven't been venturing out on the ice at Crane Creek because you heard there was a sea monster out there.... Have no fear. We got it!
That is one nice fish! Congrats to you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Madd Matt
Okay... So you all want details... I figured you'd just be happy for a fellow fisherman.
Caught Wednesday, Feb 12, 2014 around 2:00 p.m.
About 6 miles out from Crane Creek... There are huts everywhere. Green was the color.
Overall a slow start to the day, 1 fish until 1:00... 3 guys fished till 5:30 pm and ended up with 12 overall... a couple over 26" the one in the picture is right at 32" (we didn't have a scale), and a handful of 18-22"ers
I don't have exact GPS numbers, but they wouldn't help you anyway... We didn't throw it back.
-Matt
We ARE happy for you Matt. So how deep was the water 22'=25'? Swedish pimple? Little cleo? Huh, huh? Really tho, NICE fish.
This isn't "my" fish... Just for the record, just a buddy that I was with ( 3 of us).Quote:
Originally Posted by Bggeary
He was using an alligator (or crockodile) something... It was green... Really that's all I recall. But the most fish were caught on blue pimple #6, and another blue spoon thingy. I know... Great details. You guys will have to bear with me. This was my first venture on the ice. I have a 30' Sportcraft and can tell you all the the colors and names of Reef Runners and Michigan Stingers, I can talk about different perch rigs from Skipper 9 rigs to crappie rigs...
I do know it was in 25 FOW
I just got introduced to ice yesterday ( @ -18 degrees) and I'm learning the lures and equipment.
-Matt
Thanks Matt, water depth was probably most important anyway. I'm new to this stuff also. I'm out of bass haven and can tell you all that other stuff also, but am getting hip to ice jigs. swedish pimples seem to be the go to jig. Thanks again, Geary
Nice clean fish to mount....None of those goiters that they sometimes get.
Nice toad!
Greg
Looks like a nice clean mounter....None of those big goiters!!!
Lol. Welcome to the club! Your hooked now. Way to go, fun times
After it thawed out back home it weighed in at 13lbs 14 oz
very nice fish. That truly is a monster. How thick was the ice up there? How was the journey out? Deep snow or pretty easy travels? I tried out of Catawba last weekend with no luck and am planning to head out of Crane sunday to try and catch my first hard water walleye. I don't even care if its a throw back, I just want to bring one up through the hole.
Caught this 31" slob! On Tuesday the 11th. 5.5 miles out of Crane Creek. This picture was after it froze solid , only a high of 12 deg. That day. We caught our limit by 4pm. 3 were fish ohio!!! #5 pimples all the way , white with dark green tape was hot lure. Fish were hitting 10-12 feet off bottom.
The key to catching on Tuesday seemed to be keeping the bait at least 5-6 ft above bottom until they chased. Many fish hit 10-12 feet off bottom. A couple groups with us still fished the more traditional 1-3 feet near bottom and struggled to get fish to hit! This is the best season since 2007. We also crushed big Waldo-sauruses on Sun/Mon 9th/10th in the south pass 27' water during sunny weather.
Must be a lot of these monsters lurking the waters. Here is a picture of the one my wife caught on Feb. 1 near Camp Perry at 10:00 am. This fish measured a little over 32 inches and I won't have a weight on it until the taxidermist thaws it out. Bad part about this story is I had it hooked on a blue and silver Lil Cleo and fought with it to get its head to start up thru the hole and my wife went to grab it, pulled it half way out and the fish threw the hook and needless to say went back down and all I could do was watch it looked dazed as it swam away. Wasn't 2 minutes later and that same fish hit on her blue and silver Sweedish Pimple and the battle was on again. I managed to pull that fish out of the hole and again it threw the hook but didn't have near the fight as the first time around. Truly a magnificent and beautiful creature. Be safe out there next week and have fun!