Quote Originally Posted by redearhoosier View Post
Would the full moon of October be good for shellcracker and crappie?? Anyway, I'm booking a trip to Buzzard Rock sometime in Oct. and will pursue shellie's in about 12-13 foot of water on bottom and try my luck for crappie...I'm a poor crappie fisherman but hoping to get better. If I get on the crackers that time of year it's lights out though, no way I could ever turn my back on a cracker bite. We do have a really strong redear bite up here in Sept, Oct and early to mid Nov., they are gorging themselves for the winter to come.
Quackrstackr and I were talking about this very scenario yesterday. I have never tried for shellcrackers in the summer or fall on either of these lakes and figure those who do don't talk about it. Shellcracker fishermen as a rule are much more secretive than crappie fishermen ever thought about being. Stands to reason they would still be there and still bite if a bait is put in front of their nose. I would think the secondary drops in major coves would hold them also.