How long do you give a spot before moving?

[HLLeonard]

I'm not sure there is a right time to move on, not sure how it works for anybody else and have only been crappie fishing for 3 years so not a lot of history to draw from but I have gotten to the point where I trust my humminbird... If i see what looks like several fish in an area I tend to spend more time in that spot, on more than one occasion I have stayed in the same spot for 10 minutes or more before catching even 1 fish then catching several from that spot... One particular spot on caverun last year I could see the fish about 12 to 15 feet deep and bounced a minnow at that depth for maybe 15 minutes and then after they started hitting you couldn't drop a line without catching a crappie... Personally I think it might be how long it takes the fisherman to get bored with the spot.

[ibcamn]

Got it
thank you

[Bytizawn]

If the "bite is on", I may stay awhile, no special time limit, 30 minutes or more, until they quit biting anyway. Even then, I may try a different color if I know the bite is still on, or try a minnow, deep, and/ or with a bobber,and/or at different depths, to see if the CRAPPIE! went deeper on me before I move.
To me, catching several small fish is a sign to move on. Also where I fish, if you have been there awhile and you catch a blue gill, then it's over, time to move, don't understand, that but that's a sure sign,,... to me to move, in Missouri where I fish at, anyway. Catching a bluegill when you first get there is NOT a bad sign though just after you've been there a while.
Too, sometimes I get "crowded" by several other boats, and if I been there awhile, I may leave and go find another hole.
I fish about three or four different rivers and/or lakes, and I have gotten to know several holes that the crappie are usually in, and if one don't pay off, I head to another. If the bite is NOT on, then it don't matter how many times you move, for sometimes you can't even buy a bite even if you were a millionair(SP) and it's just time to go. Also,... LIGHTNING! Safety first!
I have fished some of "my" places, an hour or so, if the bite is on, and just fish slowly and enjoy "the bite". Then other times, 10 minutes was too long to waste anymore time there. You just "know" after fishing the same holes for a while. I don't keep that many fish, and if I have fished a favorite hole, and the bite is on, and I've caught a few nice ones, I may leave just for a change of scenery and let the hole "rest" for the next fisherman so they can catch some too.
When I go with my Brother-in-law, or my wife, we may change colors and depths, many times, in 20 minutes or so, to try and establish a color and depth pattern. Other times, same hole, ZERO bite, and we have caught fish on a sure pattern depth and color already, and it's not working there, then we fish five minutes, and it's time to leave to go to another hole. Crappie move around, and so, if they move, I must move too,... to find them.
Good luck and good fishing!

[Eagle 1]

UNDER GOOD CONDITIONS ? BOUT 30 MIN. IN AN AREA ,5 MIN IN A TOP .

[Hanr3]

I don't really have any guidelines, sometimes I'll stay 10 minutes and move, other times I'll stay all day, even when there is no action. Tournaments dont make a difference either. One thing I won't do is stop when the FF doesn't show anything.

[BTB]

I've only been crappie fishing a few years and I usually jig vertically with a single pole using the trolling motor to hold position. I have no hard and fast rules about time. I've fished a brush pile for 10-15 min before pulling a fish, then pulled a bunch of little ones, then pulled some nice ones and stayed for more than an hour.

Other times I've never pulled a big one after 30-40 min or more.

If I don't catch a thing in 20+ minutes I'll usually move on.

I haven't been able to see enough consistency with timing to have anything I regularly stick with.

[MeanV2]

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Dan

I've only been crappie fishing a few years and I usually jig vertically with a single pole using the trolling motor to hold position. I have no hard and fast rules about time. I've fished a brush pile for 10-15 min before pulling a fish, then pulled a bunch of little ones, then pulled some nice ones and stayed for more than an hour.

Other times I've never pulled a big one after 30-40 min or more.

If I don't catch a thing in 20+ minutes I'll usually move on.

I haven't been able to see enough consistency with timing to have anything I regularly stick with.

[PIGINTHEPIGPEN]

If I'm catching fish. I will give it at least an hour. For me the wind is a big factor. I will fight the wind if I think I can limit our from that spot. I will tend to stay longer in a spot that I don't have tp fight the trolling moter. On the other hand, if I don't get A bite within 45 min. i'm moving on.

[NIMROD]

I usually never sit in one spot over 15 minutes unless fish are stacked and biting. But most of the time I'm on the trolling motor non stop hopping stakebeds or brushpiles. A little different in open water in winter chasing schools of bait fish and Crappie watching the graph.