Quote Originally Posted by RiverSlabber View Post
What about those of us that are shore bound? Are we pretty much out of luck post spawn?
Not necessarily ... Scrat has some good info, plus you can sometimes find Crappie relatively shallow in the early AM, especially if the cover or object you are fishing is in the shade. The deeper banks with wood cover, especially blowdown trees that extend deep into the water, will usually hold fish for a longer period of the day. Since the fish have cover & depth, they have a choice as to how deep they can go to stay in the shaded water. Water temps in shaded areas are going to be cooler than the surrounding water, and even if they're not cooler (as in the case of "moving water"), the shade provides camouflage for the fish.

... cp