Thread: One of the BEST Crappie Spawn Articles I have read in years!

Originally Posted by KAG

You mean they're not spawning now.....dang it....I guess I will throw them back and wait

How is that leg doing?

Originally Posted by Springhill Duckman

I have to give Carson Cox the biologist in SE KS a huge shout out. His regional news letter has one of the best articles on the Crappie Spawn that I have seen in years. I can't link the PDF but here is one of my favorite paragraphs -

"You can pick up any book about the subject and find that crappie begin spawning in the spring when the water temperature reaches about 56 degrees. However, crappie don't spawn at the same time every year. There are several other variables that influence this annual ritual. Photo period is a key trigger to spawning. Dr. Fred Vasey, fisheries biologist at Missouri's Table Rock Lake, reported that crappie began spawning when there were 13.2 hours of daylight. Table Rock Lake has about the same latitude as Fall River and Toronto Reservoirs. That day will occur on April 15, 2014 at Fall River and Toronto Reservoirs. Vasey also observed the last crappie spawn when there was 14.6 daylight hours, which will occur on May 31."

It goes into a lot more details on different items but it's a great read. The more I follow the spawn of different fish the more I come to believe that water temperatures have only a small part of the actually spawn, the length of day and time of the year are the main factors. Just a great read!

Here is where you can find the regionals news letters - http://kdwpt.state.ks.us/KDWPT-Info/...14-Newsletters

Pretty much the same with plants...x amount of time (with sun or darkness) for vegetative growth. When the nights get shorter the reproductive mechanism of the plant kicks in. Although be it asexual reproduction.

Using those parameters as a guideline it really substantiates the fact that you can pretty much count on the last 2 weeks in April as excellent times to catch fish at Fall River. Over the years the bank fisherman really get into the spawing crappie.

thanks for the post....

Originally Posted by Ozark88

How is that leg doing?

If I was compliant it would be better oh well.....

That time of year again, crappie spawn. Water temp and length of days come together to.

That is good

Good Article!
does anyone go by "When the red buds bloom, the walleye spawn is on"?
That would imply that photo period is the main factor IMO