Drilling slabs 3 days after ice out.

You bet,
Work those submerged trees around the shore on the north & west sides of the lake.
Those slabs can hold in 1 foot of water.
They are feeding up ,prior to the spawn were they will not eat much for awhile afterwards.
Get little & be sneaky. 1 bang of an anchor & see ya,they are gonezo.

I'll start a hole slew of pics and video once the ice goes to show you ,although you should be able to get out well before I can being I'm so far up nort eh.

By the time the lilacs start to bloom the spawn is over. Getting on them just before they start to bud out is a great time.

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Originally Posted by wrwest

Keith, Ya have a great post here. Thanks for the tips I will start watching a few of the lakes around my neck of the woods. It is a little milder, but the lakes are deep. Maybe I have been waiting to long in the spring to start looking for crapppie. You've got my interst now.
Keep up the good work...

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If the lakes are deep it may take a few more days to warm up enough to get them to slide in close. They may be just off of the shallows in the 1st cut of say 10 FOW.
Take a locator to see if you can mark those suspened fish. Then verticle jig them over the side of the boat like when I ice fish.

Nothing beats a crappie dinner from cold water,not even walleyes.