Quote Originally Posted by Hanr3 View Post
Crappie Science - In-Fisherman

Fishing in Illinois-Crappie

Illinois is a long state and we can run several months for Spawn season. We also have cross over where days in the spring and fall can be about the same in length 10-14hours per day, and spring and fall can experience similar temperatures. Around my neck of the woods we have numerous power plant cooling lakes, these lakes have artificially higher temps than natural lakes in the area. The In-Fisherman article does a pretty good job explaining how a spawn season can be extended. The article also goes into a fall spawn, while the research they cite has been for Florida, it doesn't mean other parts of the country aren't experiencing the same thing. People used to think the world was flat too, until someone proved them wrong. Just because there isn't scientific evidence, doesn't mean its not real!
(And I continue to agree to disagree with you, in principle.)

It also doesn't mean it is real, in your part of the country, either. Neither one of the links provided prove your contention that Crappie spawns take place 2-3 times a year in your waters. Anything is possible, of course, but I still doubt it's "typical". We've got power plant cooling lakes, as well, and while the fish may have eggs building up in them in the Fall ... they don't spawn in the Fall, nor do they spawn any earlier than the fish in other parts of the lake. Crappie don't produce eggs as fast as Bluegill & other Sunfish that spawn every month for several months in a row. If they did/could, then they'd be overpopulated & stunted (or at least much smaller in size, overall) in most any lake where they reside and spawn more than once a year.

And as for those Fla fish that spawned in the "Fall" .... Fla Crappie normally spawn in Dec/Jan, anyway ... so it's likely that was a one time fluke situation, and not the start of a 2x/yr spawning trend.

Again, though ... this is all just my humble opinion on the matter. No disrespect intended.

... cp