Bucket of fun tonight!

[wax_worm]

Headed out after work to see if I could find an evening bite.  Drilled 4 holes with the gator while waiting for my GPS to get a lock so I could find where we had fished before.  Bounced between those 4 holes for 15 minutes and finally went to the gps to see how close I was.  I was not quite in the right area so I made a small move and found some open holes from this morning or yesterday.  I dropped in the vex in the first hole and it was game on.  I never moved from that hole and brought home 23 crappies and 34 gills.  Nothing big, but big enough to eat.  It was non stop action from 4:30-7 when I left and they were still bitiing.  I was worried I was at my crappie limit, so I counted my fish and left.  Here is a bucket shot of the crappie with a stray gill I missed when I sacked them up......was nice to actually catch something after the 2 days this weekend.

[Steuben1]

Nice Waxy!  Whats up with the state record crappie?



Steuben1

[Jigmup]

57 fish in 2.5 hours Thats a little over a fish every 3 minutes. I'd say you freakin lit em up!

[wax_worm]

57 fish in 2.5 hours Thats a little over a fish every 2 minutes. I'd say you freakin lit em up!

Yep...and that is not counting the 20 or more I tossed back and I don't know how many crappies that got off at the hole.  I had a guy come over and watch for about 5 minutes and after the 12th fish went in the pile in those 5 minutes, he just shook his head and said... "I need to get a vex."  He was fishing 20 yds away and only catching the ones that came in by the bottom.  I was catching fish from right below the ice to the bottom in 12 ft and everywhere in between.  Sometimes there would be 7 -10 fish under me at all different depths and I would start with the one closest to the ice and work my way down, but they kept replentishing.  I bet half the crappie I caught were less than 2 feet down.  When they are like that you can catch fish fast...no time wasted waiting for you line to sink.

[river_scum]

nice catch waxy!

[blueultra2]

I'm ready for some action like that this weekend. Maybe they'll still be hungry since you left them that way!  WTG Wax!!

[FelixD]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Crappie!!!!!!!!!!

[Fishslayer81]

Nice job wax...you put a whippin on em'!!

[muskiesteve]

Sounds great. I have never caught a suspended fish ice fishing!
I hope to get the chance soon/.

[finfan]

Wow...I hope to experience that some day...the crappie bite on the pond was slow (1 13" fish) but the gills were biting...9 nice keepers between 7.5 - 8.75. 

[walleyepac]

Nice job wax! I got a few good ones myself

[princecraft]

Great job on those panfish.  Glad to see you are getting use out of the gator.  Still haven't used mine yet.  When I went Monday, the ice was only 4 inches. Three inches in some spots.

[Hog Daddy]

Those are the fun times you love to get into and stick in your memory for awhile.  Looks like gps paid off.

HHD

[wax_worm]

Great job on those panfish.  Glad to see you are getting use out of the gator.  Still haven't used mine yet.  When I went Monday, the ice was only 4 inches. Three inches in some spots.

Now that the gator is hooked to the auger I probably will stay there until the ice leaves.  There is not a ton of ice out there, but when you don't know how many holes you are going to have to drill to find fish, it makes it worth brining it along.  I always take the old handle along too in case something goes wrong with the gator.

[princecraft]

Now that the gator is hooked to the auger I probably will stay there until the ice leaves.  There is not a ton of ice out there, but when you don't know how many holes you are going to have to drill to find fish, it makes it worth brining it along.  I always take the old handle along too in case something goes wrong with the gator.

Good idea on bringing the handle along.  You never know.  I don't know when I will get out again, but I am pretty sure I will be taking the gator along.

[icemantwo]

Nice