Thread: Spawn Opinion

With the obvious lack of a cold winter this past year the water never cooled below the upper 40's to low 50's so it did not take long for the water to get to spawning temperatures this year, I feel like the spawn was early and was fast.

Been catching females full of eggs every trip. Didn't see a lot of females caught this past weekend but did see a few still full of eggs. The big fish from Arkansas Camp was a 2.95 female plum full of eggs. I think the weather pattern has changed the normal spawn pattern and is causing sporadic spawn times. Just my opinion though.


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Some have spawned some have not my big fish at camp was 2.27 and had already spawned. Water temp on Washington was 75 degrees.

I'm guessing we're half way thru the spawn here.

later than normal imo. i primarily fish farm reservoirs (60-80 acres or less) and every female i have caught still had eggs. crappie are usually on the banks now, but they remain in the deeper water. haven't caught a single crappie in the brush so far. a bud at church told me yesterday the fish are leaving the brush for deeper water in the very large reservoirs (100 acres plus) he fishes. who knows what is actually happening?

I am still catching females with eggs, no mosters, but still full of eggs. Males are pretty black. I just hink this weather has them confused, and I think they are just spreadng it out this year with no spawning frenzy. Just slow and easy.

I've been to some waters that they are still loaded with eggs. Yesterday on the way home Casie and I caught several females and only 2 of them were full of eggs the others just had a nickle sized egg sac. On Overcup weekend before the females I caught were spawned out. I think some spawned early and others are just scattered out.

I think it started earlier but I think its gonna be spread out more than usual.