Quote Originally Posted by rojoguio View Post
I don't think I ever saw a Crappie without any spots. Thanks for posting the second picture, a first for me.
rojoguio, it came up from the deep. The water temp today was barely 49*. Thats my only explanation. In this portion of the lake it goes from the shoreline right down to 20 foot with it bottoming out at 30' deep about 20' from shore.
A couple two or three years ago a new Managment company took it over, and they put something in the water to kill ALL the weeds. Since they did that, the fish wont hit anything except natural colored lures or minnows.
The very first fish I caught after moving here to Missouri was caught just across the road from where I caught these crappie. the two sides are connected via a big double sided square duct under the road, and considered to be the same lake.