The Spawn

[Lonnie84]

I cleaned this one on Monday, came out of Fort Gibson lake here in Oklahoma.

[GreenLine]

How do you guys normally fish for them during spawn, do you cast towards shore with a small jig or use a bobber.

we have until May to wait this out

In my area , I fish the base of trees 2-4 feet of water with jig only. Most of the trees have other cover as well , like grass or bushes. I use a pretty stiff pole so I can muscle them out before they tangle.



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[Potatoe]

good info thanks

[Ketchn]

I cleaned this one on Monday, came out of Fort Gibson lake here in Oklahoma.

I saw some roe from way south of you the other day that looked to be maybe 2 to 3 weeks from ready ….
black crappie and so full in the belly with eggs it was close to popping for sure .

[Ketchn]

on a side note ….I noticed some blacks from florida on a Skeetbum post that had what seemed to be spawn looking tails as well .

[hdhntr]

mid late april thru mid may in northern mo on my home lake. will be interesting to see when they go on our lake in STL area.

[Ketchn]

I heard a professional angler say way up north black crappie move up as soon as ice out in the 40 degree water my friend .
you might want to look sooner than April for them black diamonds …..I have not a clue that far north but it might happen .
and heck 40 degree water may not even occur until April as far north as the upper US and Canada ?

[Central Minn]

Up here, when the Dog Woods are blooming the crappie will be spawning, at least that's what Al Linder always says and he does know a little bit about fishing. We're usually driving on the ice in early April yet.

[Ketchn]

dogwoods here mean the same thing and they are doing it well everywhere in our area at that time pretty much as well , but to be sure it starts well before that from what I have seen in many spots locally of course I count prespawn in with the spawn and post spawn as well and then there is always to summer and fall spawn tooooo......