Thread: Real crappie topic

Caught a few yesterday in Wolf in about a foot of water that were almost solid black. After about 15 min. on ice, they turned back to almost white. Water is so muddy you can't see your jig 2 inches.

I'm no crappie expert but I think it has more to do with the spawn than water color,at least this time of yr.The male's turn black just like a buck's neck will swell durning the rut,this is the rut for crappie.Most of the time you see really pale fish the water is fairly cool or they just moved from deep water to shallow.

I caught 15 keepers on the Tenn-Tom the other day....they were all as white as they could be...this was last Wednesday....in 2-6ft of water.

Originally Posted by sir jigsalot

or putting up with the ol ball and chain (or, even scarier thought, a whole school of them) screaming "earl, I thought I told you to make the bed?!! I've been out getting my fins done, and what do I come home to? You floating around here watchin synchronized swimming on sportscenter!!! Get up and move that piece of gravel and then mow the seaweed!! I swear, I don't know why I put up with you sometimes!!!"

:D good stuff there, thanks for the laugh :D

I've had blue cats from Butla turn bleached-white in the well, but I've never seen a crappie turn that fast. Cool!

Btw, did they fry up good?

Hey guys thanks for all the responses. I think you confirmed my thought that the spawn is about to be on. A little more info. The water temp was only 61 and the grass beds are just now showing a little green.

Originally Posted by CRAPPIEHUNTER68

Hey guys thanks for all the responses. I think you confirmed my thought that the spawn is about to be on. A little more info. The water temp was only 61 and the grass beds are just now showing a little green.

CH68 I fish the same water as you and almost every fish I have cleaned in the last 2 weeks have already laid out. I have only had one fish with a full sac of eggs. The rest had pinky finger sized sacs that were bloody and the fish were skinny as a rail. With that being said, I don't think the spawn is bout to happen, I think it already has happened. I was catching them on the banks bout 3 weeks ago and full of eggs. I even caught some yesterday very close to that house in the back ground of your pic that were laid out.:p Is that yours?

Tracy h

Hey minnerman. That house in the background is my next door neighbor mine is the one with that really long deck. Yep you are correct about the crappie in that area. They are laid out and they seem to be early every year but down the lake I do not think they have. I could be wrong but I am thinking this weekend. You fish in a G-3?