Went Sat. fished some brush in 12-17 foot. caught 13 keepers and about a dozen throw backs. What was very interesting is 9 of them still had eggs. Now were they just holding in that deeper water waiting to go shallow, or where they gonna spawn in 12'. it seems kinda late for the crappie to be holding eggs, but this years weather has been kinda strange also. freezing one day and sweating the next. Anyway we had a good time, maybe next trip we might try a little shallower and see what happens, what do you ET guys think. oh and the lake is on the rise, with 70 degree water temp.

Hi Jmack!

Well, my $.02 worth is that some females kept trying to go in to spawn but kept pulling back out with all the cold fronts etc...But it also seems that I catch a few this time of year each year that still have eggs.. I think that ALL of them don't spawn and I believe that some spawn in deep water.

Did you get your SI unit?

Crappie sometimes will hold some or part of their eggs for several reasons. It can be weather, water temp, fronts , they may have been caught and released, a bass or carp may have destroyed their nest, and for whatever reason they moved off to deeper water. I catch crappie as well in deeper water this time of year, and thay still have a few eggs in them. Some of them are mushy, which tells me they abandoned the spawn for whatever reason. With the weather as crazy as it was this year, I can see the fish are even confused. There has been so many fisherman who have been saying for 6-8 weeks " is the spawn over? " I would say there are a few spawners left around, but I would seek out some cover in 15-22 foot of water right now. The post spawn is on most lakes and its made for some excellent crappie fishing. Good luck

Good post jmack! I wanted to go all weekend and just couldn't get loose and wet a hook. Looks like next weekend will be a repeat darnit!

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Thanks for the replys guys, i'll be going again soon, gonna take a few days off for vacation, so i be wetting a hook for sure. gonna plant some more condos also.

quicksilver: yes i got my unit, installed it last week and had it out only two times, still looking and trying to make heads and tails of everything. i can't seen to get a decent picture on the 800 klh setting, so i had to switch to the other one. got a few pictures from another lake with some really deep 65' water, and tons of stumps and underwater structure in much shallower water. trying to learn the settings and get where i can put some pictures up on this site.

jm