Post Spawn Blues

[Waylonh]

I can't seem to get on any nice size Crappie now that the spawn has ended. I've tried searching out fish on the Finder. When I locate a nice school of bait fish, or what seems to be Crappie on the Sonar, I get no bites. Last weekend I found fish suspended in 12-20ft of water. I tried minnows, jigs, trolling roadrunners. NOTHING. I ended up moving to shallow water to pick up on some residual spawning. As usual, the little dinks this time of year in the shallows can still be caught. Can I expect deep water fishing to pick up in the next few weeks. Are they exhausted from the spawn?

[CrappiePappy]

I can't seem to get on any nice size Crappie now that the spawn has ended. I've tried searching out fish on the Finder. When I locate a nice school of bait fish, or what seems to be Crappie on the Sonar, I get no bites. Last weekend I found fish suspended in 12-20ft of water. I tried minnows, jigs, trolling roadrunners. NOTHING. I ended up moving to shallow water to pick up on some residual spawning. As usual, the little dinks this time of year in the shallows can still be caught. Can I expect deep water fishing to pick up in the next few weeks. Are they exhausted from the spawn?

exhausted/recuperating from the spawn
confused by the weather
still egg laden (and not in need of nourishment)
not hungry (full of baitfish) when you found them
they weren't Crappie you were seeing
bait moving too slow, too fast, wrong color, wrong size

any one, or several, or all of the above

Keep after'em Waylon ..... you'll eventually get'em ..... luck2ya ...cp

[possum1]

Perfect set up for long line trolling of crankbaits, Bandits, Normans, etc. Post spawn ,hot weather is the absolute best time for this method. Can catch them pretty much year round trolling, but summer is perfect. possum

[Waylonh]

Perfect set up for long line trolling of crankbaits, Bandits, Normans, etc. Post spawn ,hot weather is the absolute best time for this method. Can catch them pretty much year round trolling, but summer is perfect. possum

Trolling is fun, If I could just find a lake without stumps, and other various things to get hung up on.

[BarryG]

But think of all the fun you'd miss when the rod doubles! :D