Posted by Greg from elpxy02.ce.mediaone.net on February 01, 1999 at 21:15:59:
In Reply to: Pistakee 2/1 posted by Ed on February 01, 1999 at 19:02:28:
: Fished Pistakee today along with a whopping 4-6 other people. Actually until around 11 o'clock there was just me and one other guy. The crappies were spread out again. Some were as shallow as 15 feet on the morning. Late morning and afternoon they were from 22-25 feet. Spikes and/or white rubber strips did the trick. 47 crappies, 13 channel cats and more small, 4-7 inch white bass than I cared to keep track of. The white bass were on the bottom in 28 feet. I was able to stay away from the drum. ;-) In fact I only saw 2 caught while I was there. I didn't hang around for the sundown bite. Most of the crappies were in the 11-13 inch range and the cats were 1-2 pounders. Late in the afternoon I saw 2 small walleyes caught. During the late morning and afternoon sloooooow time, small minnows would help.
: Really a nice day out there with the fog hanging around for quite a while.
: Ice is still good with around 10 inches left. Planks over the open water at shore are still reaching the ice. One angler mentioned that in Mineola Bay you can't get out to the ice.
: Ed
Wow, I was out on Pistakee Sunday and got SKUNKED!!!! Where was the Genie when I needed
him? LOL. I was using the same thing as you, spikes on all kind of different colored jigs. I
was so frustrated cause I saw them all over the 10-15 foot range in 25 feet, but they only hit
really light and not often. But it was a mad house on the flasher. They were soooooo thick, but
since I couldn't get em to hit I figured I had to move. I probabaly cut 10 holes after that
looking for some fish that would bite!!!;-). I still had the 8lb test on, and that was the
likely problem.
Right before I left I thought, hmmm maybe I should read Ed and Dave's post from last week, nah I know what
I'm doing!!!! NOT. When I got home I re-read them and realized I should have tried the nail heads!!
Thought I might try again tommorow, I ll let you all know.
Greg