Recent Catches At Lake Phalen
Mason Yang
My first fish of the year I'm super late
Anthony Williamson
Anthony Williamson
When the ditch pickles won't bite sometimes the pumpkins will!
Anthony Williamson
Mrluckman 5
Cooking all the crappies I caught yesterday from Phalen lake. Fry crappie filet today with fries is so good.
Mrluckman 5
This guy try to catch a catfish today with medium sucker on a slip sinker rig, but ended up catching this spiny softshell turtle. Huge spiny softshell turtle here at phalen lake. We safely released back into the water.
Mrluckman 5
I caught over 20 crappies today with the biggest one being 8 inches. They all hid in the sparse weeds about 5-7ft deep. I fish with gulp smelt 1" minnow and crappies nibbles on a size 10 red octopus hook weightless with 4lb flouro on my ultralight rod. The key was to sink it naturally to bottom and jig it about a foot and sink it again. All these crappies average around 6 inches. Some of these crappies got bit by pike or muskie as you can see in some pictures. I kept 20 crappies both mine and my brother's limit for a fish fry tomorrow.
Mrluckman 5
It bit the crappie nibbles. Always catch these perch near the bottom.
