Concreteman,
We know the best areas for bigger crappie is in the deep water around brush. Since this was the first time we have used this type of nets, we wanted to go to an area where we had high odds of actually catching fish. As the years go on, we will definitely be adventuring around the lake.
We actually caught the most in October. We never set deeper than 15 feet. The thermocline was at 25 feet during all the samples except December so we didn't want to put them deeper than that. We realize there are a lot of fish deeper than we netted. That is one of the challenges of sampling crappie in highland reservoirs. However, our results give us an idea of the range of sizes in the lake.
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