Finding more than one, I mean, this time of year they like company don't they?
Hello all, I've crappie fished very little in my past, mostly fished for bass and big bluegill or shellcrackers, catfish or heck, just anything that would bite. What I meant was, I've never specifically targeted crappie. Then for the next 25-30 years I spent most of my time on cold trout streams with a flyrod, all over western NC and the country.
So now for some reason, I have this burning desire to learn to catch crappie. I only have a fishing kayak and as yet, no depth/fish finder. So I'm hitting a local lake and I'll ease up to a fallen tree top and drop a jig with a modified flyrod & spinning reel. I'm catching a few but realistically, very few. Seems I can get one out of a tree here and there, never more than one out of any one tree. I go and manage to catch maybe half dozen or less... just can't figure it out.
They have not spawned yet.
I'm catching them as shallow as about 4 feet to the deepest I've caught them is in about 10-12 ft. I've had no luck with trees in really deeper water.
So my question is, should it be reasonable to expect if you catch ONE here, there should be more around in close proximity? And if so, is catching one spooking the others? I have moved on then gone back to where I caught one a little while ago and caught another but that hasn't happened very often. I just expect them to be a little more concentrated and I'm wondering if I'm getting too close or the multiple hangups in the brush, or the anchor or something is causing this, or if this is just normal and they're scattered.
Appreciate any advice.