Water temperature guide for crappie fishing

[dkb23]

Thanks

[joejv4]

Good info, but it is tailored toward reservoirs (deep water, creek channels, etc). In this neck of the woods, we have lots of small natural lakes with max depths in the 10-14' range. Temps/tactics during pre-spawn and spawn are pretty much the same, but once you get into summer temps, they act a bit different since they don't have deep water to hold in.

[throwback]

Good info, but it is tailored toward reservoirs (deep water, creek channels, etc). In this neck of the woods, we have lots of small natural lakes with max depths in the 10-14' range. Temps/tactics during pre-spawn and spawn are pretty much the same, but once you get into summer temps, they act a bit different since they don't have deep water to hold in.

How do they act in those situations? I fish in near-identical situations here in GA. Water gets hot all the way through.

[joejv4]

I've found they tend to scatter and suspend. When I mark fish on the graph, there are rarely more than one or two. Generally, I find them in 6-8 FOW, suspended 4-5 feet down. The lake bottoms in my local lakes are more or less like a bowl with a lip around it. Edges gradually go from about a foot to around 4', then more sharply through 5,6, 7, 8, 9 FOW, ending up around 10-11 FOW. I guess it would be like a mini version of a continental shelf around the shores of the lake, if you can picture it. Where that shelf ends, I find that if I'm getting them in 6FOW, that's where I'll find them all the way around the lake. Same goes for whatever depth I find them in. I slow-troll jigs to cover water since they're so scattered.

Hope that helps!!!!

[throwback]

Hope that helps!!!!

It does. Thanks.

[Bob # 1]

Last week was temperature records being set
This week frost warnings, and jacket weather
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[Slab]

I think it was moved here:
Water Temperture guiide for crappie using green fishing lights

[Mac11]

Thanks for the information on the Water Temperature Guide - Very interesting.

[jaxsprat]

Nope it does not work you get a godaddy site about bulbs

[slabbacks]

godaddy here too