Shallow Water

[limbhook]

Hope this don't sound like a stupid question, i hear and read all the time about crappie going to shallow water to spawn.

So what constitutes shallow water, to me shallow is 2-3 ft deep. So if you are fishing in 10ft of water i would say 2-3 ft is shallow but if you are in 20-25 ft 10-12 ft might be considered shallow so what do ya'll say.

[Hillbilly910]

crappie spawn in shallow water, 1-5 feet deep in my neck of the woods. But that is 1-5 feet deep in 1-5 feet of water.
Its often confusing to hear people say "the fish are shallow" when they are fishing in 15'+ of water. I try to say "fish are suspended" at "X" amount of water rather than say they are shallow.

I agree, i have been confused by this in the past as well, basicly boils down to how the person is trying to relate the info to you.

HB
P.s the fish are up shallow by the way...

[Locator79]

I have been catching fish in 1' of water. Thats pretty shallow.