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Crappies don't have a chance with the thousands of juvenile walleye in that lake
There are far more weeds now than there ever was since they are keeping the water up but the only variable I can see from the crappie heyday of the 70's and 80's is the walleye population. It used to be tip down city out there but there were plenty of fish. Back then walleyes were few and far between and there were more largemouth and a few nice pike. People didn't have electronics but you could go out anywhere in the channel or the old pond in the evening and put fatheads down and kill the crappies by the light of a lantern until you had all you wanted. I don't think it can be both an eye and crappie lake and if DEC is serious about bringing back crappies they need to lower the size limit on the eyes to 15" and let people keep 5 for a while to knock them down and see what happens.
Sounds like a plan!
The funny thing about this is the Crappie's are still there but the feeding window's are brief. There was a day three weeks ago I could have caught a limit and another limit. Not a single fish was under 12" It was mid day and made no sense. They feed when they want to feed
All I can say is that it was less than 10 feet of water
Fished the Res yesterday with my son home from college.....pretty good bite from 2-5......Fish fry today!!
Nice there are still a few in there and every once in a while you land on them. Keeps you coming back.
yes....landed on a bunch of nice sized, 11-12 inch class whitey's a few days before the derby was scheduled, but could only get a few to bite over several hours... looker after looker...frustrating
The 10 day forecast suggests we are in for the best late season ice conditions you could ask for