Ice out splake

Post by **mattdbz29** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:05 pm

was up at a few back splake lakes.. where am i gonna find the fish at this time of year???

Post by **Out4trout** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:16 am

I catch the odd splake crappie fishing, but only after sitting still for a while.

Points near inflows - warmer water = baitfish - they'll be in shallow water and spook easily.

Post by **almontefisher** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:02 pm

Out4trout wrote:I catch the odd splake crappie fishing, but only after sitting still for a while.

Points near inflows - warmer water = baitfish - they'll be in shallow water and spook easily.

I have heard of perch in Splake lakes but crappie...really?? Is that good for the splake??

Post by **Jimmay** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:49 pm

We have splake in my cottage lake with crappie, bass (LM and SM), pike and almost no perch to speak of. The main bait species are mud minnows and ciscos.

I caught a 4lb splake two weekends ago in about 6' of water fishing for crappie swimming a small shiner coloured buck-shot spoon with a 2" pink tube on it. Nice fight on my ultralight gear.

Post by **almontefisher** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:41 pm

Never fished for splake in anything other than a splake lake. The odd perch to..o.k a lot of perch.