Thread: I thought i knew how to catch crappie i must been dreaming LOL!

You aren't the only one sir. I haven't seen but two limits I caught this spring. And that was from the bank in February. I've switch too shell cracker and bluegill over a month ago. I like to no what happened if we got somebody on here or biologist, that provide some insight.

If it make you feel any better I have not caught a limit of crappie on G'ville since last spring/summer. Most everyone I know are struggling to catch maybe 4 or 5. I'm like Earl and have switched to green carp, blue gill and shell crackers too. I don't know what has happen to crappie here but they are hard to find and have not been concentrated at all. Maybe it will change by the fall.

Stymie is the one you should be following. He has been catching several limits of nice fish.

I have found some nice fish, but not enough to put a limit in the live well.

I've been too busy to fish much and the freezer is full, but I had similar results in late winter/early spring as the last few years on Lake Wheeler. Most fish were 12 to 14 inch white Crappie. There was a reasonable amount of smaller fish mixed in to make the future years look good. The one difference I noticed is the Crappie were spawning deeper. The first two years that I fished Alabama the Crappie were in 18 to 24 inches of water during the spawn. This year I found fish spawning in 4 to 6 feet of water. Not sure what the difference was or if I just looked till I found them and they were deeper?

I hope to start chasing them in the shallows again in June and July when I have more time.