Admittedly I don't fish from a boat or kayak, so that may be the root of my problem, but I went several times from the last 2 weeks of March through most of April to several different places that theoretically "should" be where crappie would spawn and never got a single bite. The only place I've ever been able to catch spawning fish consistently is Guntersville. I don't reckon I've ever found any crappie on beds on Wheeler, but I also only started targeting crappie from the bank in 2020

Do most of the crappie on Wheeler spawn out in the middle of the lake on flats or something? I've caught a bunch in Guntersville spawning on rip rap in shallow water, but have never been able to replicate that in the Decatur area. It's a head scratcher.