The ever elusive fall pattern is ........

[Ketchn]

Heck I dunno
the darn fish in one spot aint like the darn fish in the next spot fur shur
but this here read and photos tells a tale of how just because you had the fish figured out at one location a few days before , DOES NOT mean you got them figured out at another spot in similar conditions .
So the ever deadly micro jig was the ticket on Tuesday at a spot I hit on one lake .That tiny jig thing presentation did well at yet another spot on a different lake on Wednesday and when I hit the third location at yet another lake on Friday it was for sure not what the crappie wanted ?
This is crappie 101 , NEVER think you have them dialed in for long .
I was pretty sure I was going to whack a few lunch break crappie at a local boat ramp location and when I got there I got bluegill after bluegill to take my tiny jig . I was determined to make a crappie bite that lil jig but to be sure it never happened .
Now mind ya I knew if there were that many bluegill in that water at that depth there just had to be some crappie in with them .
So I upsized to about twice as big a jig and guess what ….I managed me 6 crappie ,a warmouth ,a largemouth and ONLY one more bluegill .
did I waste most of my lunch break playing with bluegill ...yes kinda , but yet another valuable lesson was learned in that heck I dunno what they want
I wish I wasn't so stubborn on the little jig as I probably would have managed a lot more crappie ,but to be sure sometimes it is what it is ….
on a final note I don't think it was a color related thing as a fish took my black and chart tube on a line break and I went to same size chart and white and got bit right off the bat ?
but the one that hit that bait on the first drop split it down the middle and I said that is quite enough for me in this heat with no HAT ….
Anyway just remember that like I said , you think you are dialed up and it might be so …
for a little while anyway

[skeetbum]

Changes every day, then doesn’t change for weeks. Go figure. Good post, thanks for takin me with ya.

[Slabprowler]

Good job! Thanks for sharing.

[ET Fish]

Way to figure em out!

[SKs Crappie Catching Adventures]

Those water temps has definitely pushed what few fish were turning towards the fall pattern away here.....

[DockShootinJack]

Keeps you on your toes

[scrat]

Nice catch. Yes just when you think you get them figured out they will throw you a curve. That's what makes crappie fishing so much fun not counting they are the best tasting fish in the world.

[SuperDave336]

Well at least you figured them out. Sometimes I never do. Still think it’s just luck sometimes on my part.

[franklin fisher]

I far too often think I have them figured out, and then they prove me wrong again. Good job being versatile and figuring them out a little more.

[DockShootinJack]

I still have trouble fishing the way I want to fish. Like shooting dock when other methods would be a lot more productive.