I was finally able to get out on some of our local, mid-Michigan lakes this past weekend. On Saturday, I went to Lake Lansing and Park Lake with no results. Undeterred, on Monday, I returned to Park Lake and found myself site fishing for some nice pan fish. Monday had a tough start on the ice, without bites in my first hour of fishing. When I moved to shallower water, however, I quickly found myself over fish.
I'd estimate we were fishing in about five feet of water, with green weeds covering the bottom. I noticed that every few minutes, a different school of blue gill would come in, and every school would have two or three good blue gill or crappie. For bait, I was using gold and silver tungsten jigs, tipped with one or two lively red maggots. These fish were very finicky, even the little ones. The fish were only responding to dead-sticking and very subtle quivers. Even though most of the fish I saw today were small, I was still able to catch some nice blue gill, crappie and perch.
Small baits were key today, and I wonder if the red maggots might have been working better than the wax worms I used on Saturday. Out of all the people out on the ice, I was having more success than anyone else today, and I have to say I was the only person using quality bait supplied by my friends at Grand River Bait and Tackle!
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