Want to catch some big crappie, perch and bluegill? Then you should plan a trip to Potholes Reservoir. I had heard a couple of reports of very good fishing for these spiny rays, so Tom Verschuren and I traveled Potholes on Thursday to give it a try. This was my first trip to Potholes this year, and the first thing I noticed was how low the water was, and that I had to be careful when I left the launch in the Bob Feil Boats and Motors Smoker Craft at the State Park to find deep water. I had to keep the Mercury 250 tilted high to avoid the silt bottom. Once I deployed the Minn Kota, we got our rods set up and selected a couple of likely looking Flicker Shads. It didn’t take long to see a rod bent over with what turned out to be a crappie that was over 11 inches long. The action wasn’t exactly fast and furious, although I did see some nice groups of fish on the Garmin. We got crappie to 12 inches, and a foot long perch. You can expect to hook smallmouth bass and big rainbow tolling as well.