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It's a minnow bite
They only want minnows ....!
whatever am I going to do with that tip .....?
pitch in the tip trash can ....
and then of course, pitch my jig
SLOW FALL SLOW RISE and then ....
KABOOM
hot as firein the shade on my lunchbreak
but someone's gotta do it .....
onward towards my next KABOOM
in the shade , 10 to 12 foot of water , most were deep
high noon
p.s. and the blue cat was an accidental victim , one a them collateral damage fish , just saying
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Yes I had to pour a bunch of lite jigheads, if it's not a slow fall its a no bite.
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Hey, where'd that one black crappie come from?
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1st drop short water at that dock , at that lake , the black crappie are about always near the beginning of the docks in shallower water , no clue why , but to be sure closer to the bank side , the white crappie there tend to stay considerably deeper than the black crappieOriginally Posted by happycaster58
Hey, where'd that one black crappie come from?
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Just really close to neutral buoyancy seems to get bites best , if it moves too fast, little fish bite , if anything . Floating a jig where it barely falls works best and second to that , a rise that is so slow it’s boring
And a slightly horizontal path incorporated into said presentations as well
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Could the Blacks be more interested in the rocks, like where they could find small craws &/or emerging larvae, whereas the Whites are looking for minnow species in deeper water ??1st drop short water at that dock , at that lake , the black crappie are about always near the beginning of the docks in shallower water , no clue why , but to be sure closer to the bank side , the white crappie there tend to stay considerably deeper than the black crappie
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It is my thoughts that it is quite likely that there is lots more of what they prefer to eat in the shorter waters , they tend to feed on a much more highly variable diet than the white crappie.
Some studies have shown they consume lots of freshwater shrimp and ever larger plankton , one study I read , suggested that their stomach contents in locations east of dfw was 85% shrimp .
And we often see large black crappie take really small jigs in these parts up high in the water column as well
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Great post Ketchn you white and black Crappie Whisperer!
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I think Black crappie prefer clearer water and can see better in shallow water areas unless it's windy and shallows get stirred up. Lot's of tasty tidbits like fry there too.
