Where Are The Larger Fish?

[Gill Fisher]

Suppose you are fishing a brush pile, down 18 feet and there are crappie stacked up on and above that brush pile. In that stack of fish, where will the larger crappie be? Will they be higher in the stack or will they be lower and holding tight to the brush? Or will they be someone in between?

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[DockShootinJack]

Always heard they would be at the bottom of the school. They are probably anywhere in the school that they wish to be since they are the dominant fish.

[Takeum]

I always found them clinging to the bottom

[SuperDave336]

Majority of the time they are near the bottom.... however I also see them cruising near the top sometimes as well.

[TreednNC]

Define larger fish. You might occasionally find a few 1.5lb+ fish hanging out in a school of 0.75-1.25lb fish, but chances are, they're likely chilling alone on some smaller, more inconspicuous cover. A stump, a long, root ball, etc.

[Gill Fisher]

OK, I'm not a tournament fisherman. Our lake has a minimum size limit of 8 inches, so, to me a 0.75-1.25 lb fish IS a larger fish!

[TreednNC]

OK, I'm not a tournament fisherman. Our lake has a minimum size limit of 8 inches, so, to me a 0.75-1.25 lb fish IS a larger fish!

Hmmm I'd try to find and fish smaller brush then. Same theory. I found a giant brush pile in my local lake in 52FOW. brush was 25ft tall and 25ft-30ft wide. It lit up like the milkyway on a moonless night on the screen with crappie. 1000+. They were all tiny 6-8" fish. I'm sure there may have been larger, but I wasn't trying to weed through them when I could go somewhere else and catch bigger fish.

[Fishnwiz]

I’ve learned from livescope fishing the bigger crappie tend to be single fish on small cover. Not enough experience with it to say that’s always the case.


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[Cane Pole]

The big fish are always where I am not fishing.

[DockShootinJack]

The big fish are always where I am not fishing.

Me too most of the time