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Crappie Chatt
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Went to a small lake called Banner Creek this last weekend. Most of the local COE lakes are  high, muddy, and falling. This lake is 30 miles north of Topeka at Holton. Go west of Holton on hiway 16 about 2 miles. It is a small , 500 acre lake that stays  normal most of the year and is clear enough to have a weed line. It is just chuck-full of  black crappies and  largemouth bass. A few years back, it was over stocked with crappies and was run by the city. They asked local fishers to remove  the crappies and they did so by the 1000's. Now the state has controll and has a creel limit of 20 with no size limit. I took 2 clients there Friday and Saturday. The 1st thing that disturbed me was the lack  of bait stores. NO MINNERS to be found. So off to the standing timber to discover my clients could not dip trees with jigs. I had my crank rods with me and started to pull them. Running 4 cranks at different depths and colors. The hot color had to have some blue in it and diving to 8ft. OOOYA!! crappies, up to 14 1/2 in. Put 30 in the live-well over 11in. BONUS!!! Walleyes and saugeyes  would hit the cranks too. Creel is 2 and have to be 18in. NO PROBLEM!! Saturday. I have a baitwell with 10 doz. minners!! OMG, The crappies were slamming the minners  like they were starving. My live-well is 33gal. and with 48 in it,,,it was full  as it could be. Caught the walleyes/saugeyes when we went to pulling cranks again. Those we kept were in the 20in range. Hit all colors as long as they were running in 8 to 12ft. Great  days at a SMALL lake!! <*)}}}><
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You'll feel the difference,,,on the end of your line!
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*Nick*
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So jealous I can't even comment. I love crappie fishing 
Sounds like great day!
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56twister
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I think I will pull my small boat up there to take my Uncle Marvin fishing. He lives in Effingham and as near as I can figure it is about 42 miles give or take a mile or two from his house. He would love to get into a bunch of crappie and I am not sure if he has ever caught a walleye. He does a little bass fishing in farm ponds but is limited to where his 4 wheeler can carry him and his oxygen bottle. 
Thanks a lot for the information Crappie Chatt I am sure my uncle will have a blast and I will be tickled watching him. I didn't make it to our fathers day reunion and family members said he missed me, so I have some making up to do. 
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I carry a gun cause a cop is too heavy. - Clint Smith, Director of Thunder Ranch
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That's great stuff, Chatt! Hope to visit with you again sometime soon.
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When Hugh Hefner dies, will anyone be dumb enough to say "he's in a better place now"?
Brian
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Crappies/saugeyes
Re: Crappies/saugeyes
