Big Creek Lake
RECEIVE FISHING REPORT UPDATES!
Rating - Fair
Friday, Jan 17 2025
Ice thickness is 9 inches. There is a large seam mid-lake that had water around it the previous week. This has refrozen; use caution near it. Black Crappie - Slow. No reports of a good crappie bite. A fair population of large crappies is present if you can find schools. Try glow jigs and glow spoons tipped with live minnows, minnow heads or waxworms in the evening. Bluegill - Fair: Use waxworms and spikes near sunken trees.
Friday, Jan 17 2025
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Big Creek Lake
RECEIVE FISHING REPORT UPDATES!
Rating - Fair
Ice thickness is 9 inches. There is a large seam mid-lake that had water around it the previous week. This has refrozen; use caution near it. Black Crappie - Slow. No reports of a good crappie bite. A fair population of large crappies is present if you can find schools. Try glow jigs and glow spoons tipped with live minnows, minnow heads or waxworms in the evening. Bluegill - Fair: Use waxworms and spikes near sunken trees.
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