Up here in PA, late November is my favorite time. Lots of big crappies in the box.
Was thinking about this today and I am sure it differs with the States and their vastly different climates.
Right now, the crappie are gorging themselves getting ready for the winter. I would think February/March to be when the crappie are heaviest.
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Up here in PA, late November is my favorite time. Lots of big crappies in the box.
Whenever your pre-spawn period is, would be my guess ... especially for females.
I think you got it right, about half way thru Feb. and on well into March with large minnow....
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Could be anytime of the year
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Fish eat all summer long and store up weight to survive the winter. In winter their metabolism slows and they lose weight, body is eating fat stores. By spring they have lost weight and eat again to beef up for spawn.
We ice fish with the smallest lures/baits, spring we use baits that mimic the minnow spawn, and we use the largest baits in the summer when minnows are the largest.
Best month to catch the biggest fish. Late summer-early fall. Before the lake turns over.
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