Sorry for the link. It is the crappie by degrees website, but I am reading an article now and this guy said, "During a period of mild winter weather, a murky lake can produce awesome action. A couple of days of sunshine and air temps in the upper 40's will warm a small volume of murky water very quickly". The Lake is murky right now because of all the rain we've been getting. So I'm just going to wing it. I hear it will be a bit chillie, so I hope my girls last the day with me on the boat without complaining too much haha.