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Had my best outing at Eloika yet (sorry you had a rough one today, Aaron). I wasn't sure I'd do well since I totally missed the morning bite and decided to make a go of it anyways. Fished 1315-1600. Made a beeline straight from the public launch to just west of Jerry's Landing in search of that 15ft trough. Still didn't find it. Fished 11.5-12.5ft of water; At least it wasn't as weedy where I fished today. Caught and released a few dink perch, took home 4 keepers. Got really excited when I caught my first big crappie. Got him to the surface, but my line was tangled in the sonar cable. Removed the sonar out of the hole, and out popped my lure. No!!!!! Luckily it was a small hole, and he couldn't immediately turn around to dive back down. I reached my hand in and scooped him out really quick. Glad I didn't lose him. I didn't think crappie got that big out here; Now I know why ya'll target 'em. Later on caught two largemouth; One of 'em was also the biggest largemouth I've ever caught - which isn't really that big (since I've never fished for bass). It was a hoot seeing him on the sonar make a fast dash from the bottom up to intercept my lure. Eloika certainly is a largemouth lake. Not a single grass pike/pickerel today. Nice. Hot lures today were the silver/green 1/12oz kastmaster and a 1/8oz clown jigging rap. Can't imagine fishing without my sonar now; Defintely made all the difference between catching fish and not. Certainly a lot of sniiffers who came up to check things out, but weren't interested in the offerings.

MarkFromSea

12/25/2010 11:59:00 AM

what kind of depth finder did you end up getting, I'm thinking of getting one. Garmin 400 or something peeked my interest, $110. G-man had a great idea on the pwr source. Merry Christmas!

G-Man

12/25/2010 12:38:00 PM

Nice papermouth! Love the colors.

The Jigmiester

12/25/2010 6:31:00 PM

Jay K. It's always nice when you catch the biggest of any species and so much the better while ice fishing. nice report. jiggy

Jay K

12/25/2010 10:15:00 PM

@MarkFromSea - I use a Lowrance X67C that I cobbled together (unit separate, battery separate, ice transducer separate, bag separate) last year at ice end. The Cabela's salesman sold me on that one. With season end discounts it came out to be close to a Hummingbird Ice35 that I'd ordred with discounts. I kinda wish I had the new X67c ice rig Cabela's sells right now which is made specifically for ice fishing. It has certainly upped my ice fishing game; Can actually tell when there's fish about, coming up to meet my lure or just uninterested but still present. Helps save time in moving/drilling holes (and keeping the lure at the "right" depth).

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