This is my opinion and I hope I'm wrong but I think generally that the early spawners ,which are the bigger fish usually, started when the water was 65 to 67 back in early march ,but I do not think they got to finish as the water quickly cooled back down to 58 and it has never reached the 65 needed on the big G since it fell so quick , this forced them to go back into deeper water to wait for a warm back up that never really occurred and confused them . The 3 females I caught from under a bridge Saturday on the Big G in the wind had eggs half gone and they were not the bright yellow color with blood in them but a light tan color which usually means they are dead and the fact that I caught them under the bridge tells me they are done and returning to feed there till the water gets to warm. I hope they were not the norm for the female population but that's why I feel the spawn hasn't gone well on the big G. Yes I have seen a few catches posted that would indicate some places they did do ok but the over all catching wasn't exciting or maybe a lot of the people that post here kept it on the down low HA.....There should be small spawns from now till the end of April with the smaller fish getting into the act. The good news is that they all do not spawn at the same time so maybe the late bloomers can save the day if the big girls and boys didn't have a good spawn. Better news based on the number of 7 and 8 inch crappies all this late winter and early spring , 2014 must have been one heck of a spawning year and next fall should be super after these small fish get to feed on a summers worth of shad fry!!