headed to POST spawn ALREADY ????

[Ketchn]

Well unfortunately YES it seems from the looks of this little girl fish
but hey there is good news ! Most seem to be still doing it and lots look fresh and full of eggs .
i was really surprised to see a spawned looking out small female yesterday out in deeper waters at the spot i visited and some of the other female fish looked to be tattered up pretty good as well .
cant say i ever seen smaller girl fish looking nearly done this early , go figure
such is the world of the crappie and the unpredictable nature of them from day to day .
and right now even more so minute to minute and hour to hour .
they are runnin and gunnin hard as i type ....
word has it they all still had eggs in them when they hit the cleaning station and some more eggs than others .
this particular fish in the photo was not near the shore in 16 foot of water.
water temp was 59 at first light .
they had a liking for a bold bright colored jig for sure .
found aggressive female fish in water depths ranging from 7 to 16 foot deep .
never found a single male fish , probably up tight to the reeds and rocks i guess ?
go on the hunt i say , you might stumble up on an aggressive herd at any moment
most of our local waters have fish coming in to the shore fast and furious .
not sure why so quickly and so early but they seem in a BIG hurry to git it dun ...
KABOOM is the word yawl .