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    Default Have you done as well in cold water (40 degrees) as in water over 60 degrees?


    Last year I caught crappie in water as low as 39 in late fall and the lure strikes were maybe not as strong as in warmer water, but quantity at times was good when a school was found.

    Anyone else have the same experience?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spoonminnow View Post
    Anyone else have the same experience?
    Ice fishermen catch a lot of fish.
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    Quote Originally Posted by deathb4disco View Post
    Ice fishermen catch a lot of fish.
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    Colder the better IMHO.


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    I agree. Fall is the best time of the year to get onto some of the biggest crappie of the season. And don't forget yellow perch too! Problem is, up here in the northeast anyway, Fall is a quick season.....leading to ice up rather quickly. (I don't fish ice.) Tomorrow morning the air temp is going to be in the LOW teens, with wind chills close to zero! Way too quick this year, but Walt & I are still targeting one more trip before putting the boat up on blocks. Wish us luck! LOL!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Redge View Post
    Colder the better IMHO.


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    I'm in the same boat - wishful thinking keeps the boat loaded along with all the tackle in the truck. Yesterday was probably the last opportunity though the air temp was 49 with a 10 mph wind. The years have made it less likely I'll fish unless the sun is bright and no wind makes the windchill uncomfortable like last year when the water temp on the sonar said 39 and I caught 25 panfish.

    Good luck Crestliner! No point sitting around wondering how many you might have caught - like me - before thin ice makes it impossible to even ice fish.

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    Fish slow & slower, I love the fall bite. I use a slip float to see the light bite.

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    Here in Maine this is what seems to be the scenario regarding cold water temps. Fall fishing is great even as the water temps fall into the 40's. Then as things start to ice over there is a period of time we have to wait until we can safely be on the ice to fish. This period can be a couple weeks or a month depending.

    Early ice for Crappie they are still biting well. As the ice thickens and the snowpack gets deeper on the ice, oxygen levels decrease and late season fishing slows down. You can still catch them but they don't seem do be feeding as well.

    When the ice melts and the lakes and ponds open up, the fish don't feed as well with water temp in the 40's as they did in the fall. They really don't seem to be feeding well again until the temps hit 50.

    The reason I say all that is to explain that at least here in Maine the colder water temps do not always equate to a better bite.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Redge View Post
    Colder the better IMHO.


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