Crappies hit early and often for group on lake near Grand Rapids

By Sam Cook Today at 6:15 a.m.
At sunrise on Tuesday morning, Jan. 9, Greg Clusiau drills a fishing hole on a lake near Grand Rapids, Minn., before a day of crappie fishing. Sam Cook / Forum News Service1 / 8
Greg Clusiau of Keewatin, Minn., shows off a freshly caught crappie Tuesday, Jan. 9, afternoon on a lake near Grand Rapids, Minn. He was fishing with Lorin LeMire of Solway Township, Minn. Sam Cook / Forum News Service2 / 8
Lorin LeMire holds a plump perch he caught while crappie fishing on a lake near Grand Rapids, Minn., on Tuesday, Jan. 9. Sam Cook / Forum News Service3 / 8
Lorin LeMire holds a crappie he caught at sunrise Tuesday morning, Jan. 9, on a lake near Grand Rapids, Minn. Sam Cook / Forum News Service4 / 8
Another crappie comes up from the depths with a tungsten jig tipped with a soft plastic. Sam Cook / Forum News Service5 / 8
Early on Tuesday morning, Jan. 9, Greg Clusiau of Keewatin, Minn., prospects a freshly drilled hole on a lake near Grand Rapids, Minn., to see if he can get a crappie to bite. Sam Cook / Forum News Service6 / 8
Greg Clusiau (left) and Lorin LeMire display some of the crappies and perch they caught Tuesday, Jan. 9, on a lake near Grand Rapids, Minn. Sam Cook / Forum News Service7 / 8
Greg Clusiau uses a variety of tungsten jigs for crappie fishing. He tips them with soft plastics, waxworms or minnows. Sam Cook / Forum News Service8 / 8

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. — The sun hadn't yet crested the horizon on Tuesday, Jan. 9, when Greg Clusiau and Lorin LeMire began perforating the frozen surface of the lake with fishing holes.

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