whitefish lake

[crappie castle]

  12 to 14 inches of ice on lake now have road plowed to crappie hole 2 guys went out last night kept 18 crappies between 11 and 13 inches with 1 @15.3 inches fishing 36 foot of water 18 to 25 foot down but needed a vexlair to stay on them

[Outdoors Junkie]

Thanks for the report.

[crappie castle]

 :fishing2: did really well tonight got 19 crappies and 4 hugh sunfish  not bad for 2.5 hours       fishng 30 feet of water using crappie minnows and pink tear drops ice was 14 inches and road is well plowed more this weekend we hope

[crappie castle]

  they did well on crappie thursday,friday,with limits being caught. a 35 inch northern was caught on friday by a very excited young man who is putting it on his wall, Saturday was slow the storm really put the bite very lite and they had to stay on them with vexlairs. Sunday so far the bite is strong we will see how it ends. They are catching the crappies in 26 to 41 feet of water on glows and crappie minnows the best color was white. we did have someone drill a hole on the side of the road and flooded that area but its well marked and starting to freeze

[crappie castle]

        man gets Lucky...we had a young man who left the road and decided his first time on the lake that fishing was better on the other side of the lake....not know were the springs were..because he never stopped had the house to pay for road access...he made it out to the other spot crossing 2 springs  fished then on the way back broke threw the slush hit the bank on the side of the plowed road and was in trouble...couldnt move and had to be  towed.... damaging the side of the road....got lucky he even came back...on the bright side a young man caught a 35 inch northern andthe crappies are biting between 6pm and 11:30 pm havent seen alot of walleyes yet...but everyone seems to be having a great time

[kingfisher1]

hope the guy learned his lesson.  And at least others were catching fish

[crappie castle]

 :fishing2: customer are telling us the best bite is 6 - 8 am still biting at night but fishing is hot in the morning 

[crappie castle]

  woke up to almost 40 below....they caught some nice crappies last night but they had retractables so they where warm they would have froze in portables...they showed solid fish on vexliars from 15 to 30 foot down but said they really had to work to catch expecting that this weekend and next week will really be hoe with a 60 degree change in temp...talking 18 on friday and 30 my monday     see you when you get here....

[crappie castle]

      boy did things change this weekend.....the crappies moved into 37 to 41 feet of water ......they are still in 21 to 28 but the big ones are in the deeper water...colors changed from white to yellow or pink just about the time you got them figured out everything changes

[Woody]

Thanks for the update! 

[crappie castle]

  its almost 30 above up here  the fish really turned on and expect that with the temp they will be hot this weekend.  Last night 17 feet was the magic spot..and yellow was the magic color

[crappie castle]

  solid fish fro 18 feet to 27 last night but not alot of fish..had to work hard to get them and then it was tough...

[crappie castle]

  :fishing2: nice bucket of crappies came off last night 1 was over 16 incher...showing alot of fish but they are reallly being picky...you have to work them..they will bite if you have a vexlair and make them come up too you bait....cold here    again

[tom fellegy]

crappie,
can i drive my pickup out from your place or do i need a atv or sled? how much is a road pass? what times are best?............thanks tom

[crappie castle]

they have been driving out for weeks even 1 ton trucks....solid road no slush $10.00

[crappie castle]

    tough last night very strong winds......fish didnt bite till 11:30pm when wind went down and again at 5 am

[crappie castle]

  a young lady caught a 35,5 inch northern 8 crappies and a bunch of sun fish all sitting in 28 ft of water....it took a long time to get the northern in with #4 line but she got it..they also caught another northern but that went back....little...............suppose to be nice this weekend so we are guessing that they will be biting like they did last weekend

[crappie castle]

only one guy went out last night but said he caught alot of crappies but only kept the biggest 3 over 11 inches but said he had a great time was in 50 ft of water

[jd mn/nd]

So Crappie Castle is your access open or not I am double checking as I saw the other thread stating that the lake association asked you not to have it open. I am looking for a place to go on Saturday evening the 7th.

Thanks JD

[crappie castle]

its open to good sportaman that pick up after themselfs...the neighbors have settled down since they have not found any trash on the lake....thank you to all that have helped with this problem    they have done well last night and tonight....waxies and minnows glow jigs

[jd mn/nd]

Well I consider myself a good sportsman, I have been know to clean up after others when on a lake, I do not care to see God's country covered in garbage!! You charge ten dollars to get on the lake, is that same price if we take and park the truck on land and drive out on 4 wheelers as I do not drive my truck on any lake no matter how big or small, it would be just two of us coming up, in one truck and trailer and two 4 wheelers.

Thanks JD

[crappie castle]

  see you this weekend........ yes any one using my access has to pay.....the road is plowed 1.3 miles out and has parking lots in 3 spots

[jd mn/nd]

So it is just 10 dollars for the two of us to use the road or is it 20 dollars I did not understand your answer the way it was worded.

[crappie castle]

10

[crappie castle]

  fishing was bad tonight fish were there but to get them to bite was almost imposible...worked hard and got 2....which i gave away....boy i go out fishing and they get tight lips.....things were slow so i invited someone to fish with me because they were killing them friday night........that should have been a sign....when the owner gets time to fish       

[Russ-Judy]

Judge Judy and i got a chance to fish so we stopped in Friday afternoon, the road was well plowed, no cracks,slush or ice heaves and headed to the end of the road, there we saw 5 houses out there and counted another 8 scrattered around the lake;

after talking with a group of 3 we centered our selves betweem 2 house's in 32 ft of water and started fishing at 5;30
   camera and vex were left at the cabin so we opet to fish the old way, after an hour a nice guy came over and after a gab session he brought his vex over and got us up to 15 ft, not fishing the very bottom and nothing happening, I headed out to get or toys returning an hour later, Judy haddent had even a nibble so dropping the vex down the the camera we saw nothing (Bummer)
  Greg stopped to chat and picked up our spirits so we settled in;; nothing came trough, i mean nothing-- then at 8pm we saw the vex come alive and the camera always had a crappie in it showing its poses looking in the lense- I was a little surprised we couldnt see more than a few feet with it even though the water was clear)
  no matter how we worked our lines they wouldnt bite and let me tell you they were down there, Greg came back over and saw Judy lose one;- then at 10;30 i caught 1 and lost 1;; it wasnt looking good for us;;-  we fished till 1;30am catching only 1 more -- little did we know the house 40 ft away were catching them at 15ft again and we saw nothing at 15;;- both houses were in 32ft (whats up with that)?   Idid notice they didnt like Fatheads but smaller minnows;;-
  everything went dead from 11;30 till 1am, very few houses came out so it wasnt crouwed; Sat morning we started at 7;30 am, down sizeing hooks changing colors etc;;- found 3-4 going through at 15ft and lost one, 8;30 Judy got one,  then nothing but 3-10 small perch going through the camea untill-- 11pm caught a 11 1/2 incher, 10 minutes later 1-9 incher and a miss
the i caught 3 more of witch 1 measured 12 1/4 inch,-; at 12;10,;- lights out at 1am and left 2 lines down to wake up Sunday morning to everything were we left it;;-we left the lake at 9an Sunday with 7 fish, no gators or eyes(never saw any)

the perch were around 3-4 inches and didnt bother us,, also Saturday we chased anything that showed up at 20-10 ft then back down to the bottom to chase them crappies, they werent aggressive and i blame that on 2 items,;;1 being that there was a clear sky and full moon, 2 its that time of the year that smaller lakes have very little oxyegen and the fish are slughish;;
    as far as moveing around the lake 4x4 is very easy to do but watch out there are springs out there, if your pulling a wheel house that trails different than you truck you better keep a little speed up
     all the crappie were on the slim side and they are just starting to produce eggs, the males havent even started yet, there wasnt much of anything in there stomachs and i saw very little limps, mud bugs etc in the water yet;- water clearness was 10-12 ft down;

it was a nice trip- Hi to everyone that stopped in  and also a thank yous that fished there and left abosulty no garbage behind cause we checked as we left

[Russ-Judy]

heres a couple pixs, 1 of the vex not finding much at that time, and the camera thats a little unclear but theres a perch chasing a dead fathead around just as big as him (never did eat it) but it was good entertainment

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[crappie castle]

  had alot of rain last night...road has 18 inches of water on it..lake is flooded....i pulled my retractable it had 4 x 4 s under it and it still had water over the floor....going to hope it freezes or we will be done for the year....calling everyone with house out the to tell them bring there 4 wheelers and get it off.....call before you come out i wont let you out if its not safe

[snow]

CC,

I stopped by your place yesterday,thursday 02/12/2009,looks like your shut down untell the surface water frezzes huh? Most of the mille laces accesses were shut down as well.Let us know if you re-open.

PS~ Did one of your neighbors lose a "german shepard"?

[snow]