Where Did They Go??

[Ketchn]

do not know that river but do know a bit about river crappie , they really move a lot in some cases , several hundred yards or more in day or less , water temp. didnt move enough to make them leave is my guess , something else is driving them , probably a spawn area somewhere is my guess ....

[Dr Rob]

I have a saying I try to teach every Crappie angler I'm helping catch fish and that is "Never return to the scene of the Crime". If you clean out a area like it sounds like you did look elsewhere for fish. Here it may be as much as a week for a area to recruit more fish. Also in our rivers right now schools of Crappie are moving upstream, key is they are moving, I know to wait a week before going to check them again. I personally don't like keeping smaller than my standard fish but when it comes to frying Crappie or not the 10 inchers go in the box.

Thank you Rojo! Good advice!


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[Dr Rob]

Fronts and pressure put our shallow fish on the bottom around here give em a day or 2 and they will poke their heads back up.

Thank you bugman! I was wondering if those fish were just laying on the bottom. The barometer was beginning to drop that afternoon.


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[GreenLine]

Black or white crappie?
Black crappie May be trying to spawn and moved to spawning cover
Whites are more likely feeding for the spawn coming soon.
Keep looking, sometimes it’s more like hunting than fishing until you hit another pocket of hungry fish.


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[Dr Rob]

Black or white crappie?
Black crappie May be trying to spawn and moved to spawning cover
Whites are more likely feeding for the spawn coming soon.
Keep looking, sometimes it’s more like hunting than fishing until you hit another pocket of hungry fish.


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Thank you Greenline! Most of these crappie were Black Crappie. That’s great information!


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[Dr Rob]

do not know that river but do know a bit about river crappie , they really move a lot in some cases , several hundred yards or more in day or less , water temp. didnt move enough to make them leave is my guess , something else is driving them , probably a spawn area somewhere is my guess ....

Thank you Ketchn, the crappie that we caught the day before were full of eggs.


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[Ketchn]

Thank you Ketchn, the crappie that we caught the day before were full of eggs.


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Mostly girls ? If so they will be looking for their counterparts somewhere nearby in like stated brushy cover or a real rocky spot is my guess .
The black crappie here are in full spawn mode this last week .

[Dr Rob]

Mostly girls ? If so they will be looking for their counterparts somewhere nearby in like stated brushy cover or a real rocky spot is my guess .
The black crappie here are in full spawn mode this last week .

Yes, mostly females. I will check out those places. Thank you again!


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[gabowman]

What time of the day was they very active and what time of the day was you back there trying to catch some more? Sounds like the fish have settled on the bottom until they were ready to feed again. Strange they all did that though. Hmm........

[keeferfish]

Obviously you caught them all!