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I go for crappie mostly from iceout thru june, I like to find the warmest water I can looking first in the n-nw end of lake. around docks and in marinas are good. when spawn starts I have good luck fishing the lily pads, when they start growing. less than 7' where there are other types of grass growing and beaver houses.
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Great advice Frank, thanks! There aren't any docks on the lake but I will definitely look for them around the lily pads and beaver houses. What type of presentation do you find works best at that time of year?
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Newbie at Crappie too, but they say that in the Summer months Crappie will use the original creek bed as a highway especally during the heat of the day, I think I would try fishing deep at that SE point where both yellow (deep) meet the shallower blue and yellow waters.
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From way down here in Louisiana. The area at 12 to 16 feet. but closer towards the bank, use the depth finder looking for areas that drops quicker and contours off those steeper banks. Find the baitfish schools and expect the Crappie to be on the bottom looking up. They will be in the comfort zone looking for that easy meal. The next area is at the top Right, where it drops into the deep hole. Fish anything that looks like a channel edge. Let your depth finder be your guide
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You are trying to catch a pretty tough fish to catch...summer time crappie. This is why a lot of guys don't fish for them after the spawn. But rest assured, they are still there and still eating every day. Not sure about where you are (I assume a crappie is a crappie) but here they tend to suspend over deeper water 6-8ft down in say 12-14' foot or so. They don't hold to anything in specific (except bait...and that moves) I have had good luck just drifting over them titelining one jig pole straight down fishing slow. (spider rigging will work too, I just like to feel that thump!) Cover water, pay attention to your depthfinder (if you don't have one, go home and get one) watch for balls of shad and bait with fish under them. Start there.
Good luck
PS..if you still have any blue wing teal up there, please shoo them south for me!
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Great advice guys, thanks! Can't wait to get back out there and give them another shot. Looks like I'll have to change up my tactics a bit.
Unfortunately, there aren't any shad up here so working the bait balls is out of the question. We have minnows that school but nothing like shad. Mostly dace and creek chubs in these parts.
I'd love to try spider rigging, but we have a 1 rod per person limit in the summer. It's probably best that way, I'd hate to have to deal with pike on multiple lines at once.
Would I be right in saying it wouldn't be worth trying for them in the really deep water where it's over 30 feet?
Thanks and tight lines all!
PS. No teal here yet. We don't start seeing them til around the beginning of October. Plenty of Canada geese, red headed mergansers and mallards though. Just over 3 weeks til grouse season opens. And a month til migratory bird.
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