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My fiance' and I were on the water at 4:45 this morning. We had the lake to ourselves till about 7am. And only about 5-7 boats fishing period. We left around 2pm when the pleasure boaters started coming. Not to mention the people with no manners when it comes to launching their boats! Here's a hint... Have your boat ready to launch when you back down the ramp! i.e. Covers off, bow strap disconnected, etc. Geesh! No common courtesy out there! And pleasure boaters wonder why fisherman don't like them! Sorry... Had to vent. Started out fishing top water for bass with only a few small ones caught on a Zarra Spook. Switched to Rapala shallow swim baits and spinner baits with no luck. The water temp was 65.5 at time of launch. It warmed up nicely to 70.5 by noon-1pm. The water was murky with about a 3ft. sight depth. After a poor bass hunt we switched to crappie. Went to the pads of course. The pads near the public boat launch were pretty bad with nats once the temperature heated up a bit. Had pretty good luck with white power bait grubs on 1/64th oz. jig head. We caught a few more small bass, a few small perch and best of all.... about 15-20 crappie. We brought home 12 in the 12"+ range for dinner. I think the bass and crappie will only improve over the next few weeks if the weather holds?

Polarkraft

6/1/2008 9:26:00 AM

My wife and 2 youngest went out to the pads .I tried jigs at first but returned to nightcrawler and bobber.I caught a small bass ,kids and wife caught lots of catfish mmm mmm they were good.About 2pm the big boats arrived my wife did manage to get a 18.5IN bass it weighed in at 7LBS.I agree as we went to leave at about 3pm the ramp was busy I don't mind it so much waiting my turn but it seems the more patient I was the less likely I was gonna get my turn.The kids needed to use the restrooms I finally headed for the open ramp ,after waiting for about 4 other boats ,I guess courtesy is needed bigtime as a guy raced for the same ramp from the parking lot backing straight towards us stopping about 5 feet away ? hmm.Anyway it was a nice day on the lake.

crappie007

6/1/2008 1:43:00 PM

nice catch on the Crappie, I launch as early as possible to avoid the mess, but when I come back in I got to deal with it.

Rob1

6/1/2008 6:41:00 PM

I really get irrated with the boaters that think it is fun to hang out at the ramp. ahhh well. nice 7lb bass I was in a tourney this weekend on Long Lake and biggest Largemouth was 5.48 lbs. Sooo Congrats on the Hawg!

Jipper

5/17/2011 6:56:00 PM

nice fishing and nice crappie I havent whent out much to newman but usualy fish at spirit lake and catch nice crappie and make fishn chips

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