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Thank you metalbuckle, I only fished Scugog for bass exclusively, I agree with the patterning the fish over the season though. I know my bass spots changed through the year from month to month. I look forward to doing the same for pan fish
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Ya they are joking around.. Finding crappie in winter in Simcoe will be a bust. Very inconsistent and a needle in a haystack or no one is telling. Simcoe is Perch territory, the dominate shallow water species. There is a pattern for late ice crappie on Simcoe.
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There are great numbers of Crappie in Grenadier pond! Better yet very little fishing pressure!A lovely restaurant at the top of the hill with long lineups! Lots of parking,however if you can find a spot! Let us A-holes know how ya make out!
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DB don't like you lol.. Love the .gif btw!
Any ways, Adam if I were you I would start at Scugog I have fished it since I was 14 that is 12 years now. I don't want to say I know all but I know quite a bit PM me and I'll get you started. From there, I would make friends with those on the ice to furthur your quest for crappie.
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@adamcam07. Don't take these comments too personally. Most of them are for kicks and giggles. Most of us that made unproductive comments (myself included) don't actually have an answer to your original posted question as most of us are on the same boat as you looking for Slabs too. If we actually knew where they were, we would be out there catching them instead of sitting here clicking away on the keyboard.
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QUOTE (thanh @ Dec 14, 2016 - 12:56 pm)
@adamcam07. Don't take these comments too personally. Most of them are for kicks and giggles. Most of us that made unproductive comments (myself included) don't actually have an answer to your original posted question as most of us are on the same boat as you looking for Slabs too. If we actually knew where they were, we would be out there catching them instead of sitting here clicking away on the keyboard.
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Best advice I can offer, pick a lake that you know has crappie. Then look at the maps at home and choose areas that look promising, mark them down and determine a game plan. Once the ice season in underway hit the lake as often as you can and fish these areas, for crappie 15 min a spot just won't do, you will have to really pick these areas apart and spend many hours. Then keep careful records, where and when you caught a crappie if any at all. Once you found a few, pick this area apart even further and sit on and work it.. Now that you have a spot and pattern, don't TELL ANYONE! lol... and post some pictures here and make everyone hate you...
This is all I do...
There is another method called networking which requires making friends in the know and working together and this will put you light years ahead of my approach... But there is a downside, when you are at work, your friends will send you text messages with picks of slabs that they are hammering all day... Makes you go crazy and say things you generally wouldn't say...
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DB thank you sir I def take everything you have to say about crappie very seriously lol And metal buckle thanks a lot. I will def have to post some pics and give credit to all those who helped lol
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QUOTE (adamcam07 @ Dec 14, 2016 - 08:31 am)
DB thank you sir I def take everything you have to say about crappie very seriously lol And metal buckle thanks a lot. I will def have to post some pics and give credit to all those who helped lol
All kidding aside when I was a kid not too long ago Crappies were abundant there and I enjoyed ice fishing for them while watching the skaters on the pond nearby! There are likely trophy Crappie in there!
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QUOTE (adamcam07 @ Dec 14, 2016 - 10:02 am)
Yeah I could understand if this was my first or second post, however I've been a member sharing information for almost 3 years. I know there are crappie in every lake in the kawarthas, that's why I asked for your favorite or best fishery / fisheries to help narrow down the options. As I said I tried simcoe for them but only located perch on numerous occasions.
I Haven't spent the last 50 years Ice fishing the kawarthas, and figuring out the best spots for Crappie throughout the winter too just tell everybody where the slabs are and have to start back at square one after my fishing spots get ruined.
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