cold water crappie?

[fish-wva]

i am used to nightstalking in the summer. but new to cold water. can anyone tell me in detail where and how to catch cold water crappie? the water in my lake right now is 50 in eastern ky.

[crappiekeith]

Just right...get small(64th oz jigs) and go to the west or north side of the lake.
Fish flooded timber and reeds in 3-5 foot mid afternoon to when the sun hits the trees.
A silty bottom will help.

[CrappieClint]

At rend lake in southern illinois the water temp is about the same. Catching them now about a foot off bottom (12 foot) using jigs. 1/16th OZ.

[twojigginjohn]

crappie keith is the man for cold water wva. check out his posts, you can trust what he tells you. tjj

[SpeckWick]

Okay, so if downsizing is the name of the game for them cold crappie, not that 50 is all that cold, what if we add mud. Then what?

[Darryl Morris]

If there's 50-degree surface temp in the main body, there will be warmer water in the shallows. Like crappiekeith said, the north or northwest protected banks will warm faster. But, also consider wind. If you get a cool wind from the south you'll find some warmer water in the protected pockets on a south bank that day. The crappie are looking for the warmer water this time of year to spawn the first chance they get.