Thread: finding crappie

Do you fish those bruch piles also? After seeing the fish at the bridge on my unit, i know what to look for and in theory should be easier to narrow down where to fish. When i got my lakemaster card, some spots were in there, then the ones from burtons. Next time i go, depending on weather, i plan to set the timer on my phone for 20 min. I have a tendency to wait too long so i was plan on give each spot 20 min and try to cover some ground

Yes, don't spend a lot of time at any one place if you aren't catching. I do fish the brushpiles a lot at different times of the year, but some I will look at even if I'm just on my way to a different area.

Well hopefully i can get some yime and be able to spend some time scanning the brish piles and finding some fish with better luck

Finding fish during this transition time is tough for a lot of us. There are a few guys catching, but they aren't sharing. I keep going because I love fishing. It's a good thing "catching" isn't my main priority, because I have a lot of skunky days.

invest in a good pair of binoculars.

Transitions can be tough. I have a local lake that I can catch bass on year around, crappie is another story. This afternoon was my third afternoon there in 8 days. Water temp at the surface has been between 58-62 degrees. Day one I had one crappie on. Day two no crappie day three I got my first bite with 20 minutes left to fish. In the next 20 minutes I caught 13 from 11"-13". These fish were relating to a drop off into the channel. Every bite was within a couple feet of the drop at about 6' where it dropped to about 20". No docks, no brush, just a drop off in an outside bend of the channel. Don't give up, keep searching and learning.

run your new unit in 2 d with the fish symbols at first . it will take lots of the guess work out of it .
some lakes are really difficult and some are really easy to ketch crappie in .
like stated before crappie can be rather elusive until you know the water you are on fairly well .