Ohio Game Fishing banner

NIMI 1/23/17 Crappie action!

136K views 2K replies 92 participants last post by  Evinrude58 
#1 · (Edited)
Well the rains let up pretty good around 1030 this morning so I decided to hit nimi and boy was it a good time![emoji16] sure I got rained on some through the day but I had a blast! Started off a little slow until I got them figured out. Started off getting a few crappie and perch on the gold #6 hook and minnow fishing 1.5-3.5 ft deep. But it wasn't exactly one after the other so I switched up to a purple and white sparkle tube with a black 1/32oz jig head under a bobber about 2ft I started slamming the crappie between 8-10 3/4 ". They just wanted it twitched a little sometimes other times the bobber hit the water and kept on going!! Caught around 40 or so crappie kept 12 from 10"-10 3/4" for the fryer the rest released to grow up a bit! [emoji6]Banner day for open water fishing in January [emoji41]
Fish Fish
Fish Fish Carp Common rudd Bass
Water
Saltwater crocodile Adaptation Trout Fish Crocodile
Fish Bass Trout Fish Coregonus lavaretus
Bird Peregrine falcon Adaptation Falcon Wildlife biologist
Water River Sea
Hand Muridae Pest Rodent Guinea pig
Fish Reptile Scaled reptile
Tree
 
See less See more
10
#428 · (Edited)
Called it quits at 4:30 caught around 30 crappie today from 7"-10.5" kept 11 caught and kept a couple 10.5 " perch also. The majority of the fish were caught in 7fow fishing 1.5 deep dead up in the weeds all fish caught on gold hook and minnow.
Fish Fishing Bass Trout Green sunfish
Fish Fish Food Cod Cyprinidae
Fish Fishing Bass Fisherman Recreation
Fish Bass Green sunfish Fish Trout
Fish Bluegill Fish Fishing bait Bass
Fish Fish Bass Fishing Perch

Fish Sun bass Green sunfish Bluegill Fish
Fish Fish Bass Fisherman Bluegill
 

Attachments

#431 · (Edited)
Mooner, there are four good ramps, depending on the length of your boat and how deep she drafts. It looks like if your boat is aluminum, it may draft similar to mine. I have higher sides like you, basically a walleye styled boat with a raised front casting deck, but no rear deck. I have a 19' Princecraft with a Johnson 70hp. on it.

With Nimi being electric only, you try to launch nearest to where you plan to fish in order to save time and battery charge.
I usually launch either at the northeast ramp (C-1), or the South Main St. ramp. I've not tried launching from the southeast ramp (C-6), or the Campground ramp. They seem a little more shallow to me and could prove a problem for me. I'll probably try C-6 sometime this spring just to see.
I have no trouble launching by myself using a long bow rope... except for cross-winds. So here's that info.

Wind direction can also determine which ramp I use. C-1 is fully open to south and western winds.
S. Main St. is shielded from those winds. The campgrounds and C-6 are pretty well shielded from north and east winds.
 
  • Like
Reactions: bobberbucket
#433 ·
Rumi is spot on about the ramps at nimi. The wind for me is the biggest factor for deciding which ramp to use. For example a strong south wind will make launching and loading miserable every where except the main st ramp. Also that lake can kick up pretty good for a little lake I've personally saw on separate occasions two small boats capsize coming into the campground after taking a good roller over the stern when the wind was whipping out of the south.(I was not on board either boat) that being said both of those instances were avoidable and imo were 95% operator error. I see lots of bass boats launch at C6 in the summer. Any ramp is good on a calm day depending on where ya want to fish.
 
#436 · (Edited)
One thing i just remembered about yesterday. You had to be patient with the fish and really let them run before you set on them! You had to let them take the bobber down for a long time and slowly tighten up until you could feel the fish before you set the hook, basically if you didn't let them hook themselves 90% chance you would loose them. I lost a lot of fish and wasted a lot of bait before I figured that out! Once I forced myself to settle down on the hook set it was game on! The longer they had it Down the better the hook up! And most of the time they came in hooked like this.
Fish Fish Bony-fish Forage fish Recreational fishing

Right through the their little nostril holes. And if they got in the weeds coming in you had to bring them in slow and easy if you try horsing them through the weeds they were off the little guys you could drag across the top lol . The bigger fish would try and roll loose down in the weeds. Having the patience & confidence to let the trusty thin wire gold hook do its job was the key to success yesterday!
 
#437 ·
Man that the same way they have been eating jigs for me! Yesterday was horible. 3 hours 3 keeper crappie an very few gills. Although my buddy got on a good school of gills. Was gonna join in an downsize my jig,but I was on a mission to find crappies....

You guys did really well! And comfy weather to boot!
I couldn't get over being out in a kayak in a t-shirt!
 
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Top