Up here in NW PA our water temps are at 47* and I'm catching nice slabs in seven ft water with brush in it. Bobber and jig is doing the job for me.
Curious as to what conditions you find most often when the crappie are biting up river of in the backs of creeks in shallow (less than 10ft) water in the fall/winter. Does there seem to be a magic range of temp, or other unique factors?
Thanks
Fish like your hungry!
here is what we find locally in texas ......somewhere after the water temp drops below 65 or so some of the bait moves up in creeks ....at around 55 the bait fish get serious good and heavy way back in some of them ....not in all the water bodies ,but to be sure some get flat out ridiculous good shallow.....I will start up hard on the shallow fish soon .....we found lots staged up on shad at the mouth of a shallow creek yesterday in about 10 foot of water....and yes THEY whack fire out of everything in the water when the creeks light up in deep winter .....and them bellies was full of large shad yesterday as well ......
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I catch fish 10' in standing timber all year.
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2.5-3' in 4-5' around brush in Ky
water temps mid 50
once water cools into mid 40 they get in a ft or less
Magic numbers
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