Pineview 10-21-21 WITH VIDEO

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Way to go Pat.. my first muskie was on a crappie jig. They do like to jump.  Heck I didn't know what is was.. long a go.
I saw on your finder there were a few others swimming around you, have you still got all your toes??
How deep was the water where the muskie bit you?
Maybe cemetery point would hold some crappie schools.
Being such low water I bet it freezes over fast this year.
Great report, your skills are growing.
Thanks ?
Looks like water depths were 20 ft. Good.

Yep.  Depth about 20 feet.  The fish hit about middepth as I was doing a fast retrieve up off the bottom.  And yes, I still have all my extremities.  Muskies will eat a lot of stuff but body parts from old fishermen do not seem to be high on their list of favorites.

Don't know if you read WH2s report on the Premium Board, but he and ira found quite a few crappies off Cemetery Point...but all small ones.

Ice up?  Weather conditions will be a bigger factor than water depth.  But it is true that shallower lakes will cool down and freeze faster than deeper ones.  Deepest I could find up near the dam was about 35 feet...in an area that I have iced fished when it was over 50.

Thanks for the kindly words.  Us old guys learn slowly but more and more is sinking in.

You are not alone in catching accidental tigers on small stuff.  Probably as many caught "on accident" by guys fishing crappies or smallies than by the diehard tiger chasers.  I have caught several and all of them have been on small stuff.  One of the first came right off the bottom in over 40 feet of water while I was fishing very small jigs tipped with worm for crappies and perch.  It just got heavier and heavier as I brought it up and then it jumped a couple of times.  Here is a picture of the little jig down inside the mouth.