I am in Mississippi, but have a couple of questions about bedding white/black crappie. How long do the fish bed/ How long do they guard the nest? I fish primarily Grenada lake in Ms. It seems like I can catch them for a day or 2 in the same place, then on the 3rd day I start catching white river catfish in these same locations. Are these fish eating the spawn or the eggs?
I generally leave the area when I start catching these catfish, because I only catch a few crappie when the catfish move in. It is like the crappie quit guarding the bed and have headed back to deep water. This might just be coincidence, but this has seemed to hold true for the last couple of years.