LITTLE STANCHFIELD REPORT

[repoman]

crappies are biting on the north side of the lake from the launch , look for the 8ft hole , lake is pretty shallow . sunnies are biting well  same spots , well over 9"  for the crappies 7-8 for sunnies.
GOOD FISHING 

[HD]

I was just at the access, by the culvert, it's open 60 to 70 yards.
(today, 4-5-08)

The access is bad, foot traffic only.

If you really had to, and you wanted to take a wheeler, I would recommend brings some planks along. But everbody is walking that's out there, so I wouldn't take the chance.
There is a spring in the lake, and if ya don't know where it is, you might end up swimming.

I like to wait until the only way on is a boat to the ice....Then the game is on, cause that's usually when the crappie bite is going good.
(I wouldn't do this if you have no experience doing it, because this is dangerous)

We did make it out yesterday afternoon though, 4-4-08
As for the bit, it has been steady, crappie minnows and wax worms are both doing good.
Crappies around 9 inches.
Sunnies around 6 inches.
Demon glow jigs, didn't seem to matter on the color, just so long as they glowed.
The lake is a tea stain color.

We drilled holes all around the point, had to move around quite a bit. You need to use your VEX!
(or Marcum)
6 feet of water.
And, we have started to catch more rock bass and war mouths as the ice starts to receed.
(a war mouth is a hybrid sunfish with a bass like mouth)
(not sure of the spelling either)


There's a report for ya!


Hunter

[rchaze60]

Thanks for the report you 2....... wont  be long til open water 

[Finlander]

A Warmouth ? Never heard of it . I've caught Silver Pike out of little Stanchfield . It is the only lake that I've ever caught bullheads through the ice on also .

[HD]

Maybe it's a local slang...................... that's what we call um (and the DNR too)


What's a silver pike?



Hunter

[Mayfly]

I did a search on warmouth and rather than a local slang I believe it is the correct term. Here is some info:




The warmouth (Lepomis gulosus) is a species of freshwater fish. It is a member of the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. It is native to a wide area of the United States, from Minnesota to western Pennsylvania in the north and from the Rio Grande in New Mexico east to the Atlantic in the south, inhabiting the heavily vegetated, muddy-bottomed habitats typical of the sunfishes.

Besides their distinctive spotted patterns, warmouths can be easily identified and distinguished from other panfish or sunfish by their proportionally large mouths. Other panfish of the same weight will have mouths 2-3 times smaller than that of the warmouth, who's oral proportions are in line with those of largemouth/black bass. It is often stated that warmouths have the body of a bream (a small common sunfish) and the head of a bass, leading to rumors that it is a man-made crossbreed.

Warmouths can be very aggressive, and will often strike at lures and baits even after being released by anglers moments before.



Silver Pike, an uncommon variant of the Northern, is dark silver or greenish gray, rather like the "clear" coloration of the Muskie.

[repoman]

never heard of a war mouth but have heard of the silver pike

[HD]

Thanks for the info Tim! Yep, that's them.

I guess I have never caught a silver pike before.




Hunter

[Finlander]

From what I've read before , Silver Pike are more common in river systems and rarely get bigger than about 2 pounds . Little Stanch is a perfect spot for them being connected to the Rum River the way it is.

[HD]

I live pretty close to there, and I've caught all kinds of different critters in there.
I guess I just never caught one, but who nows, maybe some day I will.
I have caught some big pike in there though.
Something to look forward to..............

Thanks for sharing!



Hunter