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Offline Ice Trapper

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Never fished crystal lake
« on: Feb 03, 2011, 08:09 PM »
I never fished crystal lake and was wondering If there is anytricks or tips i should know about fishing it! anything would be helpful!
Tight lines hope to see ya'll out there! I was thinking about fishing by the boat ramp! any suggestions?

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Offline Epkomd

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Re: Never fished crystal lake
« Reply #1 on: Feb 03, 2011, 08:12 PM »
i thought you weren't supposed to name lakes for posts ???

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Re: Never fished crystal lake
« Reply #2 on: Feb 03, 2011, 08:19 PM »
Its ok.. ;D just looking for some intel!

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Re: Never fished crystal lake
« Reply #3 on: Feb 03, 2011, 08:25 PM »
Its ok.. ;D just looking for some intel!

Big derby there last weekend. small bait or worms should do it.

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Re: Never fished crystal lake
« Reply #4 on: Feb 03, 2011, 08:30 PM »
awsome thanks for the intel! i have smelt shiners and crawlers from today on panther i got the big skunked on panther! what depth should i run? should i keep in in the shallows like for bows in about 2ftof water? Im just new to maine icefishing trying to lean new patterns  What would you recomend?

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Offline Bowdoin Boy

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Re: Never fished crystal lake
« Reply #5 on: Feb 04, 2011, 05:51 AM »
I would also be careful of all 35,000 holes that are out there after the Derby,its like a mine field.. :clap: :clap: :clap:

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Re: Never fished crystal lake
« Reply #6 on: Feb 04, 2011, 06:56 AM »
I would recommend fishing there a dozen times...try different techniques each time...by that time you will have figured things out.

I have fishing A.D.D. and found that Crystal was way too slow for me.

Good luck.
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Offline snowman6902

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Re: Never fished crystal lake
« Reply #7 on: Feb 04, 2011, 07:45 AM »
fishing ADD. that's awesome. I'm gonna have to use that!!
 

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Re: Never fished crystal lake
« Reply #8 on: Feb 04, 2011, 11:45 PM »
oh yeah I think i have a case  of that! the ice is safe ton of ice it was over 20" thick it was rediculous to pop with a hand auger had a few fellow brothers who helped me out with a power auger and that even took some time!

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Re: Never fished crystal lake
« Reply #9 on: Feb 05, 2011, 05:41 PM »
Catch any fish?

 



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