Neutral Crappie with empty bellies

[NIMROD]

Got a question for all the Crappie gurus and biologists out there . I took a friend fishing yesterday and saw nothing suspended . Most were on wood in 6' of water tight to cover and most on bottom . They were good fish and fat as pigs . They hit light for biggest part but had to hold it right in their face to entice a bite . Why would they all have empty stomachs ? Feeding at night and had digested it all or could just be resting without hunting food for some reason ? We kept 50 with biggest 1.75 lbs .

[DockShootinJack]

Still you would have thought they would have had something in their stomachs. I don't know how long it takes then to fully digest what they have eaten. Now you have me curious to know the answer

[Capt Cormorant]

I would also like to know this answer. Out of the 2000 or so crappie I've caught. They all had an empty stomachs.

[SuperDave336]

Weather change? Cold front or something have them turned off?

[DockShootinJack]

I have caught them with shad tails sticking out of there throats and they were stuffed full. That was usually in fall when the shad were schooled up.

["G"]

Weather change? Cold front or something have them turned off?

May be the answer....that or just a change in barometric pressure

[BuckeyeCrappie]

Congratulations on a fine outing. Their bellies may be empty but yours won’t!

[Micanopy]

Excuse me. Not trying to be rude.

I never understood how a slight change in air pressure matters. A fish can swim down six inches and sense far more change in the pressure..

[Rojo]

Nimrod you described my day on the pearl river to a T. I could copy and paste to my own post. My fish were stuck so close in the "Old Wood" no 1-2 year sunk trees, I rigged a Slider on a 11ft jig pole with PowerPro and fish the wood that way. The perch kept pulling my jigs under the limbs in the thick stuff.

I would like to know the answers too. Thanks for posting.

["G"]

Excuse me. Not trying to be rude.

I never understood how a slight change in air pressure matters. A fish can swim down six inches and sense far more change in the pressure..

Click on this.... AcuRite Blog - How Barametric Pressure Can Affect Fishing Conditions