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I did a little research on crappie movements and there is really only one good telemetry study out there. It found that crappie movements consisted mostly of vertical movements. Meaning they moved from deeper to shallower water and back. There was insufficient data to conclude whether crappie had home ranges they stayed in. Another study tagged crappie in different interconnected lakes and then recorded whether they migrated to other lakes. Up to 90% of the tagged crappie were caught in a different lake. No real answers here, but it does show that crappie will move some. I'd be surprised if a crappie spent a lot of time moving all over the lake. They just don't have the energy reserves for significant, non-feeding movement. Meaning that there probably isn't a good reason for them to use the energy moving if they aren't feeding. Most small fish limit movement to maintain good bioenergetics.
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Until I met Monty, I ALWAYS knew where the Crappie were. It just wasnt where I was...
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Thank You Mofish
for chiming in,,, now I got to start a we-haul buisness...... sounds to me like they just might hang around for a little while...... I do know at bucksaw they release a lot of tour. crappie and a lot end up in the coves close to there.... not sure how many, but several seems like..... and it is less than a mile from there..... :D
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Ok, OSS.........
How much? I'll tell you where I want to catch them and you can move them to those GPS coordinates about 30 mins. before I arrive, ok? I'm not that picky. Anything 10" or over will do. Be sure to move at least 15 fish for me. Not that I wouldn't want Rick to have luck, too, but I really like it when I catch more than he does. :p Now to figure out how only I can catch them.......... hmmmmmm. It would really suck if he caught 15 and I got zero.
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Cut the hook off his jig!Originally Posted by Crappie Novice
How much? I'll tell you where I want to catch them and you can move them to those GPS coordinates about 30 mins. before I arrive, ok? I'm not that picky. Anything 10" or over will do. Be sure to move at least 15 fish for me. Not that I wouldn't want Rick to have luck, too, but I really like it when I catch more than he does. :p Now to figure out how only I can catch them.......... hmmmmmm. It would really suck if he caught 15 and I got zero.
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Yes cut his
hook right behind the barb and it will still look like a good hook, seen this happen on time, he will lose a lot of fish........ CAN U SWIM??:D:D
A FISH IN THE PAN IS WORTH TWO IN THE LAKE
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I can swim like a fish. You think he'll toss me overboard? And we have a ladder so I can get back in.
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I have learned that the fish seemed to stay were you put them. (within the area)
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thanks for the reply, the serious ones anyway, now I have learned a couple new things on c.c keep the big ones, they are on there way out anyway, and If you move them they will stay,
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Thanks for your posts MOfish. I agree with you that crappie are very depth oriented. 90% of those tagged crappie migrated to a different lake. wow. I aint sure which is harder,chasing big crappie,or big white tail bucks. They both really confuse me.
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