Let me start by saying that I've been fishing for Specs for about 17 or 18 years. It all started with an older gentleman from work telling me a spot on Lake Jessup that I could walk to and fish from the bank. It was a long walk with pole, bait bucket, fish bucket and tackle in hand. The first time I went I caught a ton of fish and I was hooked. Back then I would only fish this species from say January through March or the maybe the beginning of April. Since then I've learned to start looking for these fish around October with mixed results from year to year. I know the real crappie fisherman fish year round. I love intercoastal salt water fishing, so typically that is what I do for most of the year. Then when spec season begins (for me) and tends to slow down for my intercoastal fishing I switch up to spec. I have caught my fair share of fish over the years, but I don't know as much as I think I should. Every year seems to be different. I can usually find some fish. Usually when I find the fish and I think I have them figured out they switch it up on me and I'm back where I started. (Lost) LOL I usually fish the St John's from Highbanks to just up to the canal that leads to the Dead River. I've also started trolling jigs in Monroe after taking a long break from that. After all that being said I guess I just feel like I don't know as much as I should by now. One of my questions are how much do the minors and majors play a roll in the bite? Another is do the fish in a shallow lake such as Monroe spawn in the areas that I'm catching them trolling pre spawn? Reason I ask that question is I've always thought thet would move shallow and spawn in the pencil reeds or lilies, but most of that is gone now. Where do they go, or does that mean that there won't be as many fish in the lake? I know there are many determining factors such as weather, moon phases, water temps and areas. Well I guess that's it for now. Thanks for taking the time to read my post and any help understanding these fish a little more will be much appreciated.
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