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Finding summer crappies on the rocks with Humminbird Side Imaging
Summer crappie, like other panfish species that are abundant and easy to locate in the spring, can be quite challenging to locate during the heat of the summer. A common summer pattern is to search open water basin areas for towering schools of crappie, contacting them by trolling crankbaits or jigs. Fishing can be fast as long as the angler maintains contact with the school; however, once the school "zigs" while the angler "zags", catch rates rapidly decline. An alternate pattern exists on current-influenced bodies of water, one that brings the crappie shallow in search of food, oxygenated water, and relief from the force of the current. These fish can be easy to locate with the use of Humminbird Side Imaging, and catch with VMC hot skirt jigs. Check out this article to learn more about these methods:
Finding summer crappie with Humminbird Side Imaging and VMC jigs