Conditions

[excited4711]

O.K. good people, here is one for you all to ponder and hopefully share with me. You hear time and time again about "conditions" I have yet to find anything with decent information explaining such. Naturally, I am talking about conditions that relate to crappie fishing. So, let's have some good information about how conditions work, what to look for what to expect under such, etc.

Thanks

[chucktx]

if I have the opportunity to go fishing, I go and don't worry a lot about "conditions".

[Cmj]

This is a really informative thread about bait selection based on conditions, water clarity, light penetration, etc.
The proverbial artificial bait question: Which colors/size are the best?

[Cmj]

Here's one about
Barometric pressure

[crappiemax]

if I have the opportunity to go fishing, I go and don't worry a lot about "conditions".

I agree. Just keep moving until you find them. They're in there somewhere.

[lowe175]

Water temperature is a big factor in spring.if it's in the 40s and 50s I troll creeks. When it gets to 59+ I fish the bank then around 70 I start fishing brush and docks .when that slows down I go at night. Till fall then is docks all the way. Keep moving till you get in them. Remember there's no replacement for time on the water.

[CrappiePappy]

O.K. good people, here is one for you all to ponder and hopefully share with me. You hear time and time again about "conditions" I have yet to find anything with decent information explaining such. Naturally, I am talking about conditions that relate to crappie fishing. So, let's have some good information about how conditions work, what to look for what to expect under such, etc.
Thanks

I think, most of the time, when someone says "conditions" ... it's a generic term to encompass a lot of different factors, each of which has a role in the scheme of things, but not necessarily the main or only factor causing the situation ... whether that situation is fish on a tear & eating anything you put in front of them, or fish in a funk & won't even look at a bait.

Conditions include:

Water clarity (clear to stained to murky to muddy)
Water temp (rising or falling or stable)
Water level (and any fluctuation trends)
Weather (patterns & trends)
Barometric Pressure (rising, falling, or stable)
Season
Presence of adequate baitfish/foodsource (and their location/depth, and even their size)
Presence of adequate cover & shade
Thermocline depth (if present in that body of water)
Current (man made, wind made, or produced by influx/outflow, or tidal)

They all interact with each other, each one possibly changing one or more of the others, and together they position the fish & dictate their mood.

... cp