Quote Originally Posted by bigdoug03 View Post
I have heard my whole life that when it gets really hot the crappie go way down deep. I wasted my first summer of crappie fishing working over deep structure and barely catching anything. One of several times I've learned that just because something is "common knowledge" doesn't mean it's right.
so true my friend , after getting more advanced in my pursuit of just crappie year round , I found that many of the "tried and true" methods were bla bla bla .
we hammered slabs and I am talking 2 lb solid fish in 3 feet of water at Texoma one fine hot summer day . this lake we are currently on in 4 feet of water the same year . Lake proctor in 3 feet of water as well .
Heck one day we were struggling on yet another lake and randomly trying anything and or area we could think of and was randomly casting at the shoreline in a spot they like to spawn because we were desperate and next thing you know at a nice warm 102 outside we were lighting those crappie lips on fire !
now mind you if there isn't a defined thermocline they will in fact go as deep a china ,but if there is .....
Look in water above it for sure ,KABOOM is the word