Dardanelle Help, What are they doing?

[Old Sarge]

Didnt get to go to fall camp but headed there this weekend. What are the crappie doing? Depth? Area's to consentrate?

[howards cowards]

I'm very much a novice, so take it with a grain of salt. Found them in Illinois Bayou on the brush piles. Good Luck.

[rtark]

Heres the deal old sarge. For the last couple days Xring and I have found the fish holding tight in heavy cover. I dont think we caught a fish away from the brush. we verticle fished and lost several jigs and xring lost a couple good rods including his cherished crappie getter that is out of production. Fortunately, I still have mine. Most females still had eggs but not bulging like a week ago?? The males were still black. Water was 59 -- 60 degrees. Tomorrow could be totally different. Have fun.

[DRPEPPER]

I think they were every where last weekend. I did pretty good in Illinoise creek staying in the channel about 20' deep in 30' of water. Still had eggs and the males were still dressed for an orgie.
DP

[bigtex]

I caught a bunch in IL bayou but not much in Piney or Spadra.

[Gindog]

i caught a bunch in il bayou but not much in piney or spadra.

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[JeremyDale]

Also on Illinois bayou fish up and down 64 hitting the grass mats CMJ taught me how easy it is to pull fish off the mats!

[Cmj]

My last day there, they had moved off of the banks and were holding tight to brush in the 15'-18' range. I found some good brush that hadn't been beaten to death around the Mill Creek area on the edge of the channel and I caught some good females there.

[Old Sarge]

Well thanks for the tips guys, went yesterday and by 11:00 had a limit and by 12:30 went through all 6 dozen minnows! You guys are great!!