Originally Posted by
Bricks
Up here in snow country when ever the water level starts to drop the fish will slide out to a deeper break if a cold front happens at the same time they will lay belly to the bottom. The way I find them is watch my depth finder and knowing the area where the bottom normally appears flat not much there. There will be what looks like sticks or weeds laying on the bottom more times then not these are fish. Now to get them to take a bait that`s another consideration, I will go for a reaction bite and covering water with a crankbait and weights to get the bait down and run around 1.5- 2.5 MPH. Not a fast bite by any means but I can at least pick off a few.
I like to fish laydowns or the edge of brush piles, dropping a 1/4 oz jig to the bottom and bouncing it up and down, trying to irritate them into a reaction bite. Caught my biggest crappie this way.
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