I've always heard that crappie bite best the first and last hours of light. But my experience has been that they may be biting great in the evening and as soon as the direct sunlight leaves the water, say 45 minutes before dark, they quit biting. A week ago we pulled up into a place 15 feet deep two hours before dark, the crappie were piled up there near the bottom, we caught them like crazy, and 45 minutes before dark they totally quit. We drove around the immediate area and the crappie no longer showed up on our fish finder. Where do you catch them the last 30 to 45 minutes of light? Not where you think they should be based on conventional wisdom or what you have read, but where do you actually catch them during this prime time? I'm also wondering what happens to the bite for trollers the last 45 minutes of light. This is a mystery to me.