Well the ice is off up here in Minnesota and i just had my first child! im excited about her arrival for so many reasons and one is that I can harvest and keep native game fish for viewing with a child under the age of 16. So of course I waited a week and then headed out to the local pond a few blocks away to catch some small sun fish for our 125 gal. I didnt even get a bite! any other time of the year its one after the other... does anybody know what the water temp needs to be before they get active again???
nothing is biting!
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a imagine it has alot to do with the spring spawn of insects, when you notice insects popping up alot more often they are probably going to start feeding more heavily
i know when algea starts to grow near the bank it will move small fish to shallow water cause they use as cover
ok well.. here in Minnesota the water isnt in the 60 or 70s until like late July.. and 70 degree water is like bath water up here ...lol i would say 68 degrees is a common summer water temp.
its in the low 40s now. here i think around 52 degrees is the magic number i hear.. well see.
its in the low 40s now. here i think around 52 degrees is the magic number i hear.. well see.
slow presentation, i'd maybe still do some jigging style fishing like drop shots. perhaps a worm on a lead head jig
well i did use a flu flu jig. lead jig with a feather tail. with work and wax worm. but i can only bobber fish for now on my local pond. all the pier type docks are out of the water from the winter. I just cant imagine where all the small sun fish go if there not in the shallow water? i didnt even sight any! you wouldnt think ALL the fish are in the deep water together...
ha well sometimes thats what happens, i think they may be deeper. sometimes the deeper water is also more warmer (during winter months) which may explain the fish being quite deep. im not sure what else you could try, they are probably very slow striking, i'd keep with the bobber just try to see if you can get it deeper ha (use a canoe!)