Thread: where do the big crappies spawn?

Originally Posted by CrappiePappy

Uhhh ... I hate to burst "your" bubble, but Wisconsin has a state record Black crappie @ 4lb 8oz & a White Crappie record of 3lb 13oz. SO ... they grow'em pretty big up there in the Northland, too !!

hehehe, the black isn't bad, but that white record is pretty skimpy

Anywhere they want too. Sorry just couldn't help myself

What's going on after ice out? Water is warming up right? Once you start to see that water get in the upper 40's look shallower... If you are on a boat it should be a heck of a lot easier to slide around and find them.

Originally Posted by broz

I live up here in wis I can find the 9-11 in crappies beds. But the big slab I can't find . The too lakes I fish are stained with no weeds, I find the big ones ice fishing in 20-25 ft then the ice goes and the big ones go. plezzzzzzzzze help. Attachment 259139

Down here in the south I have the best luck (when water levels are stable ) catching the big ones in 1-3 feet of water in very thick cover. It will usually be a hole in the weeds about the size of a 5 gallon bucket at the base of a tree. Using jigs.

Originally Posted by ibmack

hehehe, the black isn't bad, but that white record is pretty skimpy

Not when you consider that Wisconsin is at the top edge of the White Crappie range. And just so you know ... Florida's state record Black Crappie weighs the same as Wisconsin's White Crappie record @ 3lb 13oz

In my meager experience a few of the Lakes I fish using SI I have found Gill and Crappies beds in as deep as 16-20 feet. These fish are some of the biggest I have ever caught, it is one of the things I do not share even with friends as to where these spots are. When I do get on these fish I do not keep any it would be way to easy to decimate this population as anglers have with the shallow water spawning areas.

I think they spawn at different times mother nature tells them when but where is just time on the water and a pattern

Thanks Bricks, that's is what I was looking for . Is there deeper water near by?