Winter Crappie Tips?

[Zippy]

Its a helix 10 si. I watch the realtime window in jigging mode. Its like a video game watching them react. They can be sitting there right under the jig perfectly still, then a little hop and they will come right up and strike, its awesome.

It is true especially on lakes and ponds that a shallow cove with the wind blowwing into it on a sunny day will bring fish shallow so its worth a try. I had a day in January of this year that the deep bite pretty much sucked but the shallow bite was going nuts, problem was a few days later they were back in their deep holes. I have just found, this early until the water warms up into the upper 40s and even then after a cold front or cold snap the more consistent action will be in deeper water with easy access to the shallows. Even as the water warms the bigger females will be hanging off these ledges waiting to go in and drop their eggs.