Midnight Bite

[Arquero3d]

My brother and I fished public water in Knox County last night from 11-2:30.  He caught 94 crappie, and I managed to add another 64.  They ran small, but we had a blast!  I must say that I did not quite make it to work by 8 a.m. After a 45-minute drive home, followed by over an hour of cleaning fish...It was well worth burning half a day's vacation.

10" if ice.

[PoleJerker]

That's dedication.  Lake Story by chance?

[Kevin23]

Holy cow thats a good day!!! What were they biting on?

[Arquero3d]

We caught them on minnows and waxies.   I got tired of re-baiting my minnows, so I caught most of mine on the wax worms.  My brother stuck with the minnows on one of his (two) rods all night.  I will use that as my excuse for getting out-fished.

Caught them about 20' down in 30 FOW.

[Arquero3d]

I love fishing the night bite! The majority of my biggest crappie hauls have come after dark.  A couple times a season you just happen to be there when they turn on like they did last night.

[Arquero3d]

Fished again last night from 5-9 PM.  There were plenty of people out there. Bite was kind of slow. I managed 42 in 4 hours.

11" of ice.

[harpenter]

Sounds like typical Lake Storey in Galesburg to me. 

[hnd]

harpenter and I went last night for about 5 hours and caught about 300 crappies.   that averaged about 8".   next year should be a good year. 

[PoleJerker]

harpenter and I went last night for about 5 hours and caught about 300 crappies.   that averaged about 8".   next year should be a good year.

That's a lot of cleaning.

[hnd]

we kept a total of 0 of them.

[Arquero3d]

Must have been a fun night!

[harpenter]

It was a fun night for sure.  Fished near a dad and his son and they were struggling to find the bite.  Showed his kid a few things and he ended up pounding the Crappies for a couple hours.  It was fun to see the smile on his face.  They probably left with around 50 Crappies.