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So you use that tree you described to kinda figure them out for the trip??As far as depth, color etc? I stay confused. I think well are they on this tree and just want a different color??Or if I change colors and move to a tree they are on what if they really want the color I just took off??sometimes I feel I make it more complicated than it needs to be.
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Helps when you know the area and specific trees you've repeatedly caught Crappie on in the past. I think the actively feeding Crappie are a little less picky and will hit anything that is shaken in front of them, LOL. Any given tree will have mostly inactive fish that will only hit a specific color or presentation, but once you know the depth most of the fish down that creek will be within a foot or two of the same depth.
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Don’t mean to hi jack catches question,but while you are on a roll I have one more. When you say depth do you mean the depth they are suspended at or the depth of the water itself?
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I'm talking distance below the surface. Always remember Crappie look up, never down. They typically suspend and relate to cover, especially vertical structure. Often, I'm catching Crappie and other people aren't because they are too deep with their bait (Crappie don't look down) or their bait is too shallow. Nonactive Crappie may not move up in the water collum even a foot or two to take a bait. The really hard thing is sometimes you hit that magic 30 minutes (usually at dawn or right before sundown) where you catch them as fast as a bait hits the water.
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