Originally Posted by
fatrap
This spring the fishing here on Lake Wappapello was easy and very good. I thought that I had this crappie thing figured out. All summer I have struggled and caught very few fish. Fall is coming and every one says that the fishing gets better. What do you good fishermen and ladies do then? I suspect that a lot of us beginners need all the help that we can get. We don't have much standing timber but we have massive schools of shad. The people that I talk to say, "shallow flats just off the river channel". Do the crappie go back into the creeks like the spring migration? Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.