Surface temperatures can come up fast in the shallow coves on the north banks even in deep reservoirs. I decided to check the back of a well protected, shallow cove just off a major creek channel late this afternoon and found 50-degree water. Also found an 11-inch male black crappie that smacked the hooey out of a 1/32-ounce orange, gold, black, green hair jig about 1-foot deep in 2-feet of water for my first shallow water crappie this year.

We're still catching them over 20-feet deep too though so they aren't all jumping the gun.

It will be about 6-weeks before they actually spawn but every time it warms up some should get a lot more aggressive and move towards the shallows.

As long as it stays warm and the water level doesn't fall they'll keep coming in but any little cool down or water level drop will send them back out just as quick from my experience.