Those that follow my posts know I frequent several water bodies in my area. I typically don't let weather or water conditions dictate when I should go or if I should go .
So this in turn creates scenarios in many cases that I consider to be less than favorable for the pursuit of crappie.
This leads to this post and how knowledge of what they might do when and where often makes for a pleasant outing .I rolled up to a muddy high water scenario this week and also know these particular fish are trying to wind down on the spawn. Sure some have eggs and some small males are still shallow but the big fish and herds of them are fading into the sunset .
Now here we go , I think to myself what would SK do ?…..
All kidding aside we think in similar fashion on several subjects involving the pursuit of crappie and one of the things he brought to my attention as we chatted a few years ago was how high in the water column a crappie might be in muddy water.
So I employed a presentation that most wouldn't consider and presented my bait at 3 to 4 foot down in 14 to 16 foot of water . Sure enough they tried to knock the paint off it I swear . And even if I went into half the depth of water that's still the depth to present the jig .
I didn't manage any real large ones but I got my line broke multiple times and assume I let the big ones get away ? One thing for certain I managed a real high number of fish in a fairly short 1.5 hours of jig dipping . I will include a thumb photo I took at work after I quit on them to further reinforce this fish story
I only used 2 colors and it didn't seem to make much difference on the bite when I changed colors . 7:30 am to 9:00 am and it was overcast with on and off slight drizzle .
have a nice weekend and stay tuned