Welcome back ladies and gentlemen it is a cold rainy day right now in March. We're going to be vertically jigging some bridge piling for some croppy. I'm supposed to be in Grenade Lake right now but with all this COVID-19 thing going on, the wind. I wasn't sure if the state was going to get locked down or if the ramps were going to close. I decided not to drive the 900 miles to Mississippi. Staying here Wisconsin, it is 38 degrees outside, sleeting rain, but I caught one croppy and it's a good one right there. We got a good one going on. It's about 11 and a half inch black croppy which was kind of surprising because I was not expecting to catch croppy on this lake right now. Usually like early March April, it can be a really tough bite but I found a school on these bridge piling. So we're going to get set up, got the life scope going. See if we can catch a few more. Oh there he is. I don't think he's a big though. No this is not the size we want. I had to switch up to a pink Euro tackle. I might not have to keep switching colors. That's not the size we want. Oh, got him the eye got him. He's not big though. That's a dink. We're going the wrong way in size right now. This is not good. There's some good fish. There he comes. Got him. That's a better one. That's a better croppy. That's the croppy we want. There we go. There we go. Is there fat? Pull the buckboard out. Check to see what these things are. I'm going to guess 11. This is for this lake. It's pretty darn good. I always want to catch the big fish the lake. Oh he's a... Oh, jeepers. He's a 10 and a half or that 10 and a half or though. I don't know if that's a croppy. That's a croppy that's a big croppy. No, I think it's a bass. Or to carp. Yeah, that's not a croppy. Sucker maybe? What is that? I don't know what that is. Crapish? Oh my goodness, it's a big brown trout. That's crazy. I got to get a net. It's a pretty nice trout. Hopefully it smokes. I saw two of them on a live scope. I thought for sure they were a carp or something. Man, he's putting up a good fight. This is actually the first time I've ever caught a trout on this lake. It is a beautiful brown trout. That is a very surprised catch. So we're going to get them back. Alright, see you buddy. I was not expecting to catch that fish. My goodness. Full of surprises today. I came out here to pre spawn bass fish. Wisconsin finally opened up its bass fishing for March and April. This is the first year it's open year round. Get my bass fish called a brown trout. I've got a few croppies. So in order to target these pre spawn croppies, you need to focus on the deepest parts of the lake or river that you're fishing. In this case, I'm fishing a reservoir system. I'm targeting near the bridge pylons. The bridge pylons are usually the deepest part of a reservoir or a river system. There's also a rock pile towards the shoreline. This is a hard to soft bottom transition. And cropier feeding on bait fish that are moving along that rock pile. Also feeding on insects coming out of the soft bottom silt near the bridge pylons. There's a good one. Come on. Oh, what? My trade was not set. I don't know what I was doing there. That was a good fish. We use a ripple of the boat. Here comes. Got him. Got him. Oh, it's a tank. Take it back. I take it back about biggest one being 12. It's a tank. Come here. Come here. Come here. Come here. Come here. Come here. Oh, my goodness. Davis figured out. There we go. I take it back about being 12. This might be, this might be for 13 here. Oh, demolished that jig too. Look at that. Just inhaled it. Oh, I was not expecting to catch these cropier today. Came out on a pre-spawn bash mission. I'm going to let this guy go. This is a... That's the future breeding class of fish right there. Let's see what this guy is. Oh, we got... Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Easy, buddy. Easy. Whoa. Oh, see, slimy. He's not staying on the board. There we go. Stay. All right. He's about 12 and 3 quarters. That is a Northern Wisconsin stud of black croppy. There he is. Oh, good day. Well, he's not terrible. Not terrible. He's probably nine. Maybe just shy. Yeah. Nine and a quarter. There's a good one. That one's going to end it. That one is going to end it. There we go. All right. Well, this one is going to end it. Femper here. They've got it caught on my jacket there. Nice, fat, pre-spawn, black croppy. I'm going to show you the big one real quick. I was just shy of 13. Yeah, they're just sitting between this rock pile and these pillars. They're just feeding, most likely on either larva or some baitfish moving through here. I was not expecting to catch these today. I'm going to actually let all these fish go. That is a fat, pre-spawn, Northern Wisconsin black croppy. That's a tank. Unfortunately, I was not able to go to Grenadal Lake as I said earlier. It's kind of disappointing. But good bonus. Nice, brown trout. I didn't even measure it. As soon as I was able to get this camera going, did a little video and then put it right back. It's not trout season. It's not open. You can actually catch and release trout right now. That was the first time I've ever caught a trout on this lake, which is pretty cool. Little life-scope action. This is the PC fun ISEX5. This is normally my ice fishing reel, but 500 size reel works great for panfish as well. Try out these new Gil Reaper jigs. They've got a hole in the middle for croppy nibbles. I probably should have put a few croppy nibbles on towards the end of the afternoon here because the bite really slowed down. Then seemed like the ticket was these B-Vibes. I believe they're two and a half inches. Two and a half or two and a half inch. Thin profile, paddle tail swim baits made by Euro Tackle. B-Vibes. It seemed like that's what they wanted. I'm actually using eight pound monofilament on here. Eight foot ACC croppy sticks got the brand new win grip on it. So, appreciate you watching. Be sure to follow me on Facebook and Instagram. And if you're new here, click that subscribe button and click that bell so you get notified every time I post a video. We'll see you.