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skiptomylu
Pretty much fishervet. Every year since I came back here I have fished pretty much the same depth of water from when ever they come in until May sometime. I fist find out what they are liking for their holding place which I believe they go back and forth to the beds to lay eggs. I am pretty sure the eggs from a female don't all get put in one nest (just my 2 cents on that). Usually I can find that between 6' and 8' of water. Now in 2010 they dropped the water here 2 feet in 2 weeks or about, well the crappie had just hit the banks and that ran them off. Not only that, but my usually depth of around 7' of water didn't have any so I looked out farther and found them in 9 1/2 feet of water and they stayed there all spring. This year not only did the lake over fill, they opened the darn flood gates and that changed the world for me. Now somedays I can troll and do okay, but some times I have to cast to get them. The worst part for me so far is they are not biting all that great, but still hope they do now that the flood gates are closed. My way had just started working before the gates opened. My neighbor caught nice crappie on Thursday and Friday just before the gates opened on Saturday a couple weeks back?? Anyway he was don't pretty good until Saturday and then just a couple crappie for all day. I went with him that Sunday and I caught one crappie and he caught a turtle, LOL! Mother Nature has pitched me a curve this year!
Oh and last 2 days I have fished a little and it's slow, but did find some in 9' of water and yesterday afternoon I only had 8, but 5 of them were 13" or over. Love when I can hit a few White Crappie with that big old mouth! Boat control has also cost me 2 large crappie just because I didn't do what I have to do on big ones! I probably got 10 this morning that are nice, but no big ones like yesterday. All caught trolling.
Yes I take the easy way to fill my freezer, I don't have to cast much, I don't have 6 or 8 rods hanging out the front. I just sit back in my chair and hold the rod in hand and pull them little Roadrunners or even sometimes a Pony head, LOL! Usually I don't have any problame catching all I want and more as I give a lot away to people that either don't fish or what ever.
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