Well, I won't comment about the Saugeye
BUT.......I live about 3 mins from there, and fish it on a regular basis. The lake used to have water in the 30' range, but with siltation from the decaying weeds over the years, the deepest spot is now 24'. The weedmat in there is odd. Especially when you are ice fishing. After you drill your hole, you have to drop down a large treble hook and start ripping up weeds, making a "hole" through the mat. What you were marking at 17' has now become 20', and the fish are cruising under those weeds. The black crappies and perch are TREMENDOUS in size there (Blacks in the 17-19" range (IF y ou can find them.......have been trying for the past 5 years with no luck) and perch in the 15-16" range. White crappies average around 12", some smaller, some up to 15".
The state accidently stocked 50,000 Largemouth fingerlings in there. They were meant for Powers Reservoir, but while they were dumping them in, I was talking with the DNR guy. He kept referring to Powers Reservoir, and I was like "you do know this is Amicks Reservoir" and he just looked at me, and looked at his partner. LOL. SOOO........an already fantastic largemouth fishery was just boosted with another 50,000. Quite a few people have been keeping the 12" fish, so I'm sure there's not 50,000 of the smaller ones in there now. My buddy that I fish with out there got a 9.2lb female on the pre-spawn this past spring. We normally get a few in the 8lb range each spring, but this was the 1st one to tip 9lbs. Most fish in the spring average around 5-6 lbs, and 20 fish days of that size are not uncommon if you fish the right areas and techniques. But.......it takes some work. We have a combined total of 35 years fishing for bass out there.........and have a good method worked out. Just have to think outside of the box sometimes
As for the bluegills.......the smaller bass have done a number on the bluegill population, which is good. There used to be a TON of smaller stunted bluegills (fish in the 4" range with eyes the size of dimes!!!!) but not any longer. Most of the gills you catch now are of decent eater size, and some slabs.
Cattin' in there is really good. The fish average around 3 or 4 lbs, and taste GREAT coming from that clear water. The East bank is great this time of year for cats.
The DNR just did a test shocking of the lake about 2 weeks ago. I'm going to contact the Crawford County wildlife officer to see what the results were. They do that to see what they need to stock. I did notice some grass carp in there last spring. Not sure if the state stocked them or if someone dumped them in there. Hoping to hook up with one of those pigs sometime down the road
