crappie and most all fish are a mistery . can be fishing and se fish every where ondepth finder .and then nothing . anywhere you go don`t see a fish maby every now and then . in some of my readind is they don`t go far usealey just down so close to botton ar aginst structor that the findr can`t pick them up .
as far as how far they travle i havent read anything on that . except on a small lke several years ago a crappie was taged with a beeper and it wold go back to the same districk but would roam all over the lake at times .
i will fish in deep water most all the time 10 ft or less around structor aor a drop off . some times i will try shallow and pick one up that is roaming aroud . or maby mooving to anothe section of the lake ..
look at fish like a person . if the wend is blowing we will git out of it and fish is the same way and if it is to hot we will git in the shade . and some times we will jusr roame around . just think what you would do under those conditions . it is hot here and i am staying under the air.:D.
i am going to git boat ready for the cooler dayes . like most do up north in the winter time . i do most of my fish in the cooler weather . it is gitting about that time.