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]
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NIMI 1/23/17 Crappie action!
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I believe you caught a FO crappie in march? [emoji4]
I can't even get of work in time to see if I still have my mojo! [emoji20] right about now if I were fishing nimi I'd be fishing areas that have steep drops like the gas well points with gulp and a 1/64 jig or a 1/32 jig and sexy shad about 4 years ago myself and 3 friends limited two days in a row on some nice crappies. We would toss that sexy shad dead up on the rocks. I know it sounds funny but were fishing 4ft deep tossing on the rocks in 2ft of water and dragging it off the rocks into the deeper water as soon as it fell off the rocks they had it! Those fish were nuts for it.
One thing about crappie they may have moved from where you were previously catching them but they didn't go far!
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You are right just seems like it has been that long. When you fish 4-5 days a week and mainly target just Crappie three weeks feels like forever. Actually did consider going to the gas wells but left as I picked up some line in my TM and wanted to remove it as soon as I could. It was my line ,clumsy dropped a rod I was moving and of course the line had to get into the prop.
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On fire today caught many FO. Bobby Garlands on jig and fkoat
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You could try targeting a smaller body of water to get your mojo back. That's what I do if I'm going through a dry spell they are easier to track down when you have less places to look for them.
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Those are some nice slabs!! [emoji106][emoji106] What color was hot? size jig were you using?
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Those are some nice fish. I didn't know Nimi had crappie that size.
Wow! You sure found the big ones!
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Well I was on my way home from work to pick up the boat and head out, but some high school girls decided otherwise. They were coming from the opposite direction and turned in front of me as I was coming through the intersection. Front end of my truck is messed up. Glad they were ok but come on.....
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That sucks! Glad everyone is ok!Well I was on my way home from work to pick up the boat and head out, but some high school girls decided otherwise. They were coming from the opposite direction and turned in front of me as I was coming through the intersection. Front end of my truck is messed up. Glad they were ok but come on.....
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Haven't been out fishing myself since Saturday... both my son and I got a nasty stomach bug.
Probably going to try Long from shore this evening, hopefully get some redear while the bite is good.
Heard morels are in Summit co now... I'll keep a eye open.
Probably going to try Long from shore this evening, hopefully get some redear while the bite is good.
Heard morels are in Summit co now... I'll keep a eye open.
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This next rain is gonna set the mushrooms off big time here locally!!
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I knew a guy in Randolph who had a nice patch of property that was loaded with morrels but he passed about 3 months ago. Haven't been able to track down his brothers for permission. Nice warm rain should have the crappies in full shallow mode as well! Poor Dave has to make money. I feel ya, I start mandatory overtime in a week and a half! At least I have my good bourbon nightcaps they can't take away from me!
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Looks like the truck survived much better than the car. Good thing the boat wasn't hooked up yet. Glad everyone is ok.
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Looks like they're not gonna be reopening the campground at nimi. Took the dog for a walk today and they have started ripping up the asphalt parking spots for the old camp sites.
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As long as they leave the boat ramp open doesn't bother me a bit! I won't miss a lot of the trashy folks that used to frequently camp there. Specifically the ones who thought the ramp was their personal swimming hole.
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BB almost hit a guy that was swimming due south of the campground ramp about 500 yards 3 years ago.
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You should have seen when some folks were living in there in a tent with their 4 dogs for a couple months a few years back! I watched them wash their dishes do their laundry bathe shampoo and all right there in the lake. I felt bad for their situation I even gave them a couple stringers of fish. But I was glad when I came one day and they were gone.
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