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PAN
FISHING
TACKLE AND TECHNIQUES
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SPECIES |
BLUEGILL |
CRAPPIE |
WHITE BASS |
ROCK BASS |
YELLOW PERCH |
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Type of Water |
Farm ponds,
lakes, Common throughout the
state, Rivers |
Farm ponds, DNR
lakes, Common throughout the state,
Rivers |
Large reservoirs,
rivers
Farm ponds, DNR lakes, |
Clear water lakes
and streams with gravel or rock bottoms; Reservoir,
Rivers |
Reservoir;
Cool water lakes in northern Nebraska, Rivers |
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Habitat |
Shallow, weedy
area; Near sub-merged trees |
Rocky areas,
shallow coves with brushpiles, flooded trees, weedbeds |
Open water |
Weedy areas,
fallen trees |
Shallow and deep
water flats |
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Temperatures |
Peak feeding - 69°
Active – 64-80°
Spawning - 67-80° |
Peak feeding - 71°
Active - 65-74°
Spawning – 60-65° |
Peak feeding - 65°
Active – 55-80°
Spawning – 58-70° |
Peak feeding - 69°
Active – 64-72°
Spawning – 60-70° |
Peak feeding - 68°
Active – 58-73°
Spawning – 44-54° |
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Food
Preference |
Insects, worms |
Fish, insects,
worms, crustaceans |
Insects and fish,
especially shad |
Insects, fish,
crustaceans |
Fish, insects,
worms |
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Time of Day |
Daylight hours,
dawn or dusk |
Evening through
morning hours best, little activity during mid-day |
Daylight hours
best during spring, nighttime during summer |
Daylight hours
most productive, morning and evenings best |
Daylight hours
only |
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Bait, Live, Tackle |
Nymphs, wet and
dry flies, small poppers, beetle spins, worms; Fly equipment,
light spinning gear |
Minnows, spinners,
beetlespins; Light action spinning equipment |
Minnows,
crankbaits, spinners, jigs, spoons; Medium to light action
equipment |
Worms, wet and dry
flies, jigs, spinners; Light action equipment |
Worms, minnows,
jigs; Medium to light action equipment |
GAME FISH
TACKLE AND TECHNIQUES
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Species |
Bass Hybrid (Wiper) |
Largemouth Bass |
Smallmouth Bass |
Walleye & Sauger |
Catfish |
Trout |
Pike, Tiger & Muskellunge |
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Types of Water |
River reservoirs, Branched
and various other larger lakes |
Farm ponds, DNR lakes, lakes, most public lakes |
lakes, River, Lake Canal |
Great Lakes Most medium-sized and large
reservoirs, rivers; primarily
in rivers |
Most warmwater rivers, reservoirs
and ponds
and Streams |
streams, Lake
inland lakes and various put and take lakes |
Muskellunge found in
Lake, Reservoir, inland lakes;
Tigers and pike in newer reservoirs; Pike common in all great
lakes |
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Habitat |
Open water |
Clear water preferred, flooded
stumps and brushpiles, weedbeds, ledges and dropoffs in deeper
water |
Rocky areas preferred, also flooded
trees and brushpiles |
In lakes, walleye prefer clean, hard
bottoms at various depths; In rivers, dropoffs below sandbars, 5
to 15 feet deep; Sauger seek same kind of areas having active
current |
Channel cats like reservoir inlets
early in spring, scattered rest of year; In rivers, brushpiles
and holes below sandbars; Flathead cats seek obstructions in
current, bunch up below dams |
At obstructions in streams, outside
bank of bends, undercut banks; cold water, rocky areas or open
water |
Usually feed in shallow water near
weedbeds and rushes, may rest in deeper water, but usually
passive there |
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Temperatures |
Active – 64-72°
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Active – 60-76°
Peak feeding - 73°
Spawning – 61-65°
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Active – 60-73°
Peak feeding - 68°
Spawning – 61-65°
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Active – 55-74°
Peak feeding - 64°
Spawning – 42-50°
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Active – 60-75°
Peak feeding – 60-75°
Spawning – 75-78°
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Active – 50-60°
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Pike Active – 55-74°
Peak feeding – 66°
Spawning – 40-48°
Muskie active – 55-72°
Peak feeding – 63°
Spawning – 49-60°
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Food Preferences |
Fish, especially shad |
Fish, crayfish, insects |
Crayfish, fish, insects |
Fish, insects |
Channel and blue cat eat live or
dead fish, meant; Flathead eat live fish |
Insects, small fish and crayfish |
Fish, occasional small mammal or
bird |
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Time of Day |
Anytime spring, after sunset summer
& daytime fall |
Dawn, dusk often best, but can be
active anytime |
Dawn, dusk often best, but can be
active anytime |
Dawn, dusk, nighttime |
Night best |
Dawn, dusk, can be active anytime |
Daytime, rarely at night |
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Bait, Lure, Tackle |
Jigs or crankbait in spring and
summer, jig, slabs, crankbait in fall; Heavy rod, line, etc.,
except for early jig fishing |
Spinnerbaits, jig and pork,
crankbaits, plastic worm, plugs; Medium action spinning or
bait-casting gear; Poppers and streams on hefty flyrods |
Spinners, plastic worms, crankbaits,
other artificials; Crayfish, worms and minnows best baits;
Medium spinning gear; Poppers and streamers on medium weight
flyrods |
Trolled baits rigged with crawlers,
leeches or minnows; Also jig-minnow combo, plain jig, trolled or
cast crankbaits and other plugs |
Stillfished shad entrails, blood or
commercial bait, frog or crayfish for channel cat; Live sunfish
or big minnow for flathead; Medium action baitcast or spinning
gear |
Small spinners, spoons or rapalas on
light spinning gear; flies, nymphs on flyrod; Worms,
grasshoppers, minnows on either in stream; Trolled artificials
at Lake McConaughy |
Spoons, plugs, spinnerbaits; Chub,
shiner, frozen smelt for stillfishing or ice fish; Medium to
heavy spin or baitcasting gear for open water tipup for ice
fishing; always use steel leader |
*Water clarity is an important factor in developing and
maintaining
a quality game fish population
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Pan
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