Great thread yall got going here...

The crappie spawn can be hard to figure out sometimes.
You know the males are always ready before the females and usually on the beds way early.
The female crappie will spawn when she is ready and not a minute sooner.
Everything has to be just right...too hot, too cold, over here, over there.... who knows what their thinking
from one day to the next.
And then it happens and is over before you know it started.
The male crappie, having done its job, will happily wait another year for the next spawn.