Thread: Where are the crappie!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

My Wife and I kept 27 today on Nimrod. We probably caught around 60 total. You just have to find what depth they're in and fish that depth around the lake. Worked for us. We caught all ours in the main lake. Tried in the river when the wind started blowing hard but only caught one. Most fish were scattered. Keep looking and Good Luck.

I feel your pain. I cant catch nothing.

That's what I've been asking. You find an answer let me know.

I've caught limits almost everyday for last 6 to 8 weeks. You have to move alot as they change alot this time of year. Seems like they were smaller last couple trips but bit more in afternoons the few I fished. Water temps are getting right and fish are scattered alot due to transition (fish looking for spawning sites and others stage'n) of couse that's just my opinion. The other evening I caught a limit in less than 1 1/2 hours suspended over brush. This lake is getting crowded because everyone looking for the spawn to begin. The limit I caught yesterday were just keepers. The males were very dark in their spawning colors but no worn tails yet.

My fishing buddy and myself caught 9 Sat and 15 Sun, Millwood, Shallow in a cove actually on beds. We fished other areas, Cypress in 2 feet, cypress in 5 feet with no luck. We were lucky to find them in that cove. On Sat we caught them by scattered stumps you could see just under the water in the shallow end of the cove. Sunday there was just one area of the cove with 3 stumps about 20' wide and 50' long that produced for us. We were using minnows and fishing 12 to 16 inches deep under a bobber. Dark colored males average 1 lb each. Other folks were catching them very shallow to some in 3' of water. Some were being caught with jigs, we just did not do any jigging where we were catching the fish. I have to build some deep water structure over there, I think we could have caught more if we new where there was some planted stuff at. All fish do not spawn at the same time.

Spawn has been going on about 3 weeks on Lake Erling have been able to catch good stringers about any way I cared to fish on bank staging off bank and a few on tops everything worked but seemed to change rapidly following weather changes but I enjoyed it all watched bass fishermen catching crappie yesterday and complaining about the crappie hitting and messing up their bass fishing to each his own.
Noslab

I have found them on any type of structure you can find in 5 to 10 FOW. They are still are not smokin the jig as soon as it hits the water like they are spawning but are biting good here in scott.

Cousin and a buddy caught a limit down around Gurdon yesterday. Not sure where though, got a v-mail on it without the location. Have heard a couple of good reports from Barnett too. Me, spent most of the day yesterday diggin holes for new shrubs and trees.