Tough day

[rileyross]

Got out on the ice, by myself this time... kinda wierd im used to fishing with someone else, anyway,  it was a picture perfect day: sunny 37 degrees now all that needs to happen is for the fishing to be hot and it was...........kinda.  There where gills in every hole as usual but ther were all WAY TOO SMALL .  The thing is that this lake usually produces consistantly good sized gills.  I didnt know where the big ones where.  I drilled about 15-20 holes in a 2 1/2 hour time span...nothing. Iwas in anywhere from 10fow-20fow (27 is the deepest)and i couldnt find em. I dont know maybe the big gills do something different in march.

[walleye tattoo]

Not to be an a@@ but did you try up higher in the column. I have found bigger gills hitting up high.JMO

[rileyross]

Not to be an a@@ but did you try up higher in the column. I have found bigger gills hitting up high.JMO

Tried everything.

[Quack_Attack]

Many times the bigger fish are right there with the small ones they just plain refuse to bite or are hesitant and the the eager little ones snatch up the bait before they get to it. This makes for a tough bite. If ya have a camera or can sight fish ya can sometimes pull the bait away from the little ones and give the bigger ones a chance at it.

Not to be an a@@ but did you try up higher in the column. I have found bigger gills hitting up high.JMO

Usually I've found the bigger ones below the dinks when a school moves through  but this year I've noticed that most of the bigger fish are hanging on the top of the school also. Last few times out when marking a fish a few feet above the school I'd reel up expectling the usual Crappie only hook up with a nice gill. Always something new.

[miket.]

if you found the small ones garentee you the bigger ones were there also, perhaps a little higher or lower in your column.

[panfishman13]

did you change lures? sometimes a glow jig works better than anything else, if that doesn't work put one of the smaller gills on the hook