hewesfisher
5/31/2019 7:41:24 AMNice slab! Haven't fished Newman for quite a while, but have hauled some nice slabs out of there and tiger's on crappie gear in the past. ;-)
Mattrugged1
5/31/2019 8:18:14 AMThanks HF! I rented a house on Newman lake so been spending quite a bit of time looking at the Humminbird trying to learn lake bottom. I’m really surprised l’m the first and only Newman report since last summer timeframe. Hope I get the ball rolling and new reports start popping up soon...good luck out there!
Mattrugged1
5/31/2019 12:00:59 PMThanks man!! Yeah 16 exactly. Thot I was snagged on bottom at first with the ultra light rod and then saw a speckled pie plate sized crappie!
AJ's Dad
6/2/2019 6:11:39 AMThat's a great looking crappie. I haven't fished Newman for a couple of years but I used to live near it and fished it a lot back then. The hottest crappie action I used to see out there was typically in August. Find a weed patch and toss your jigs in and around it and you can have a ton of fun out there. As Hewesfisher said, you can many times hook into a musky when you're doodling for crappies. Now that's a great time.
hewesfisher
6/2/2019 7:39:00 AMI've hooked, and caught, at least 3 tigers at Newman and 3 or 4 at Silver Lake while crappie/bluegill/perch fishing. Every one amazed me as I use 6lb mono and not one of them cut the line. ;-)