Thread: Post Spawn

Originally Posted by blueraider21

What's the best method to catch post spawn crappies in reservoirs?

If they've had time to rest & recuperate .... I usually start by casting jigs to the downed timber on shady banks, early in the day, then consider various trolling methods out in open water (once the shade is gone from over the downed timber). Whether you push/pull cranks or jigs (or both), longline troll, or spider rig ... depending on how you're set up ... you can usually find them hanging out around deep brushpiles or suspended under the Shad schools.

I go to nearest deeper water out from spawning grounds usually where they were prespawn around brushplies or other cover ..

Like Nimrod said, I find them on a lot of the same ledges as I did in prespawn but they usually are relating much tighter to cover, be it brushpiles stumps or grass beds. I think they become much more of an ambush predator while they recuperate where the can sit and wait versus a roaming predator out chasing schools of bait.


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