Summertime crappie have me clueless.

**Smiley318** · 08-22-2018, 09:10 AM

Originally Posted by Jackson87

Good morning guys.Ive recently been searching for crappie with my brother at our Home lake.Ive been out in a Attachment 314313boat with a Lowrance HDS Carbon.Our lake doesn't have any timber over 5-8 foot deep.So we have been searching the points near the main creek channels.I continue to find schools of fish that look like crappie to me.We have vertically jigged every color we have and have a hard time getting bit.Our lake has a ton of big Shad so now I'm wondering if it's Shad I'm locating or crappie.Heres a pic of our Shad size to compare.Ive been skunked the last couple trips so ant and all advice is appreciated.

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Use big bait

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**SKs Crappie Catching Adventures** · 08-22-2018, 09:17 AM

What's the water clarity at this lake?

**SKs Crappie Catching Adventures** · 08-22-2018, 09:20 AM

Originally Posted by CrappiePappy

See if you can bring this up : Navionics ChartViewer

If you can, you can zoom down and get a good look at the contours of the lake. One part that looks interesting to me is the hump to the right of the marina, and the saddle between it and the long sloping underwater point that leads to it.

Yes I'd work that area from 12 to 20fow for sure...

**Crappieslayer69** · 08-22-2018, 04:19 PM

What part of the country do u fish?

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**Stainless** · 08-22-2018, 08:09 PM

I fished a somewhat local lake back in the Spring, during spawn, and I did pretty well obviously during that time of year. As Summer started to settle in, the fish started becoming long and few. I tried everything including jigs, colors, nibbles, minnows, pulling crankbaits, in the river, and in the lake. Nothing seemed to work. I know they're there but I just couldn't get them to bite much. The thermocline had moved in and was pretty high in the water column. Seems like it was around eight foot or so. Maybe I was spooking the fish by getting too close but I finally gave up and just decided to wait till Fall. I moved on to catfishing. My friend convinced me recently to go to another lake that he bass fishes occasionally that is not popular for much of anything. We located a spot within a lot of structure and tore them up. It didn't matter if we were using jigs or minnows. The difference in this lake is the water was clear vs muddy, twice as deep and the thermocline was around twenty feet +. This is my first year crappie fishing and I have learned a ton but I've pretty much summed it up that some lakes just don't perform well during the Summer with high water temps.

**Jackson87** · 08-23-2018, 07:02 AM

Water clarity is 6 inches at best.Lake is in Ohio.Going to buy some crappie crankbaits today.

**SKs Crappie Catching Adventures** · 08-23-2018, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by Jackson87

Water clarity is 6 inches at best.Lake is in Ohio.Going to buy some crappie crankbaits today.

This is like my third time asking what electronics are you running? I'm trying to help you out here....

**Greenwing** · 08-23-2018, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by silentkilla

This is like my third time asking what electronics are you running? I'm trying to help you out here....

Nevermind. I just reread what was posted.

**Jackson87** · 08-23-2018, 04:07 PM

I put the type of fishfinder in the original post.Maybe the big ugly Shad that ended up in the middle of my post made it hard to read.Its a Lowerance HDS Carbon.Sorry about that.

**crappiemax** · 08-23-2018, 08:53 PM

Cowan is a great little lake and at this time of year the crappie will be targeting the many shad schools in open water.
Listen to Tom 513...he's a very wise man.

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