Sight Fishing Crappies, Northern Wisconsin

We're up in the Northwoods of Wisconsin this week on a multi-species trip taking advantage of the numerous fishing opportunities in the Minocqua area. But this time of year, crappies are king. It's a stormy day, but that doesn't slow the fishing as guide Jeff Van Remortel puts us on tremendous numbers of crappies invading the shallow in a pre-spawn movement. Casting light jigs with Kalin's crappie scrubs being the presentation of choice puts nice slabs in the boat. In the clear water, you can actually see the fish hit the baits! A unique spring fishing experience for sure on another great episode of Larry Smith Outdoors! Subscribe for great weekly outdoor entertainment from across the Midwest!

[@geneboersma]

Nice Carhart jacket. Looks like you have pockets for your Johnsonville Brats and some beef sticks.

[@LarrySmithOutdoors]

Yes they do 😂

[@mountainstomarshes8966]

Good job letting that little wally go, I was thinking the same thing, he was tough enough to escape the musky attack...he deserves to live

[@jlewis8829]

great show.... ..more crappies please

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[@averyroman4504]

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[@mattioder]

what happened to RS net?

[@dylanware722]

what's the minimum size limit in Wisconsin for crappie?

[@leonardhosard6302]

What lake is this!! I live on lake minocqua!

[@drtdbbt2588]

Here's my thoughts on bags limits for crappies and panfish if anyone reads this; LS mention's a limit of 25 is high. Well in some regards and for some lake's it is. It's come to a point and very hard to do and that's each body of water needs to micro-managed. Meaning in some lake's a 25 bag limit is perfectly fine, but in other lakes it's not anymore. From a lifetime of fishing for Panfish I've noticed somethings. One is I think the overall number of people fishing these days has decreased. I remember going to certain bodies of water's ice fishing and there would be so many people out fishing for Panfish. Why and where did those days go?? These certain bodies of waters aren't lacking any Panfish yet today and it's not because of sound management from those days way back till now, that's for certain. Secondly, if you logically think about it and back to when the limit was 50 panfish, then switched years ago to a bag limit of 25 it didn't really make overall a big difference in most lake's quality of fishing. I think of all those people fishing back then on a certain bodies of waters I fish(ed) and it's those people who introduce others to fishing, hence for what I've notice in the lack or numbers of people fishing or ice fishing for panfish these days. So is a bag limit of 25 panfish still to high overall these days?? I agree with LS that I personally nowadays don't like to keep a limit of 25 and just keep what I want for a meal. Thirdly, with the changing of bag limit's I know I don't travel anymore like I use to, to destinations to fish for panfish anymore. I mainly fish by myself, no one wants to go to those destinations because they can only keep so many, people rather spend money on other things than to put gas expense towards those destinations to fish, etc., etc... So is lowering bag limits based off my view's a good thing or bad thing here in Wisconsin at least? I have mixed feelings about it of course and have for a long time. As mentioned and it would(is) very hard for our DNR to do, and that's each body of water needs to be looked at and managed for that specific body of water. I don't think our DNR has the funds to do that. I really do think our generation of panfishing people in general has decreased over the years for some of the facts I've stated above. Sure the average fishing people try and do introduce new people to fishing everyday, but where are these people like they use to be or that I would see by the horde's on a average day or weekend outing on certain lake's ice fishing?? I don't think if you looked at license sales from way back when bag limits were higher, compared to today, that it would explain my theories differently. I don't think if Wisconsin's license sales are more today that there's to many other variable's to look at versus why I don't see as many people out ice fishing for example like I use to. If anyone read's this comment, please let me know your thoughts on lessening the 25 panfish bag limit. Please don't be critical towards my thoughts, it just my opinion and everybody has one and the all stink, lol !!! I know all about already a lot of lakes have(d) certain regulations on what you can keep and certain time's of the year, so you don't need to mention it.