Facts to ponder

[brushpilebrad]

Hey guys, went to da hill this morning mostly looking rather than fishing. However, I did keep 17 nice crappie, but here are some facts about crappie right now at the hill. I was using my underwater camera and here is what I saw. 1. Crappie are really stacking up in numbers on brush in 25-30 ft. (2.) THey are deep, all the way down at the bottom. (3.) If you have bamboo, they are IN the bamboo, not around it, in it and deep. (4.) If you have brush, they are around it but near the bottom. (5.) If they have a choice between boo and brush, more crappie will be around the brush than the boo. Most of my piles have both, boo and brush, and way more fish were on the brush than in the boo. (6.) If there is only boo, plenty crappie there, but they are all up in the boo. (7.) I saw lots of crappie that were catchable, but they just wouldn't bite. Some piles would have as many as 3 or 4 hundred crappie around and in them, but they would just sit there and watch my minnow. UGGGGGHHHHHH!!! I found some crappie on some standing trees in 80 ft of water down about 20 ft, but they wouldn't bite either. WAter temp here today was 88 degrees. Hope some of this is helpful to somebody.

[EARL KITCHENS]

That is some great information. Earlier this summer I saw crappie move from around 16 feet deep in timber all the way up to 5 feet within a week period. IMHO I believe they are continously searching for the most oxygen enriched water that is close to bait fish and cover.

[drill instructor]

I had to stop using my camera, it made me sick to my stomach seeing all those fish not biting. Great info though, I havenet caught a crappie in three weekends of fishing. Ready for the falll for sure.

[papasage]

yep i have one DI saw fish nose my bait and swim off . i use it some times to entertain the grand kids .

["G"]

Very interesting....I have always wanted to play with one of those cameras

[papasage]

i haven't used mine in quite a while . guess it still works .