Quote Originally Posted by Bricks View Post
Her up Nort we had one summer where the mighty Mississippi never warmed up properly and we were catching Gills and Crappies in the main river proper that never spawned in July. Where back water areas the fish we were catching were spawned out. My belief is water temp plays a very big part of the spawn. That is my unscientific opinion and I am sticking to it.
Yeah,just when we think we got it figured out,we figure out we don't! You jogged my memory in your post,two years ago I was catching crappie in 4' of water mid summer on beds.I can't really recall the temps,but all spring this lake was so Muddy you could walk on it........makes one wonder if the extremely muddy water postponed the spawn?