Open water is here!

Lake Minnetonka is officially ice free. This week there has been some people fishing from shore. On the warmer days the fish will move into the shallow water and be ready to eat. But when it's cold out the fish will move back to deeper water.

Now is the time to get them rods rigged for them crappies. You want to be ready to hit the water on them warmer days. I use a lot of JB lures jigs. There tungsten Dubl'd and Weevil are rigged up on my rods. They have a variety of colors to choose from. I like the firetiger/glow, wonderbread and pink/glow. I will attach a Berkley gulp alive 1 inch minnow that come in a small jar.  I will use this when bobber fishing. Or one of my favorite plastics. Like the 2-inch Berkley ripple shad Powerbait when casting and reeling in with a slow retrieve. Tube jigs also work well when casting.

Watch your fish locator for warmer water and you will find these schools of crappies that move into shallower water to feed.