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Had a camera down which was helpful to pull the bait away from the scads of small bluegill. Crappie were present but either not in a biting mood or just didn't like the competition from the bluegill. We didn't have minnows, either - that may have helped.
Super tough day of fishing on Potato. Like always huge schools of crappies everywhere, but majority of them were around 4-5 inches. Had to really grind to get some good eaters. Plenty of ice out there, but wouldn't recommend driving any vehicles because of the soft ice due to the warmer weather. Caught all the crappies off of a wonder bread tear drop tungsten and powerbait mayfly plastic. My only tips are to move around and hole hop. This is 8hrs of fishing, so as you can see the fishing wasn't that great.
Sunday 1/29/23 wasn't very good, as it has been earlier in the month. Fished 9am till noon & other than one small gill, only caught small perch off bottom. One perch was tempting to keep but as it was the only one worthy threw it back.
It Seems to be drivable now, with no slushy drilling. Maybe close to 2 feet solid ice.
Glad it wasn’t just me. I was out Saturday as well. Saw fish in almost every hole, but they were tiny crappie and bluegill. Getting them to bite was near impossible. The water on top of the ice was like fishing in late March - almost seems like a lost season. This lake seems to get a ton of pressure too, especially considering there’s really only 2 spots on the lake to fish.