The Magnificently Unlucky 7

The "bite window" rule .
For years I have told friends and others about this simple but yet very effective way to secure crappie .
Many times in the winter months and most assuredly more so than some of the other seasons crappie seem to have a "bite window " as I refer to it . They seem to go bananas for just a short period of time very early and very late in the day on the feed bag .
I have tried over the years to make sense out of it and how it can be so terribly good and minutes or even seconds later totally done . I think its a matter of them going on the hunt and then coming back from said hunt and being in the mode to consume prey .
I have even noticed it is directional and goes the opposite way in the afternoon that it does in the morning . They can even be followed at times to ensure just a few more good solid bites as they travel .
This is also no willy nilly tip and occurs at lots of lakes in lots of areas in north Texas and I know for sure it is likely the same on many other lakes .
One thing for certain is that when it occurs the bites are really good thumps and often time have some sizeable fish in the crowd . So remember this when you see fish on the graph and or know fish are under you on a brush pile and they wont budge no matter what you offer . At some few moments in time and often around 7 am in the morning in the winter ,you might get really lucky and the fish not so much if your jig is in the water at the right time .
thus creating A Magnificently Unlucky 7 in the basket before they and you say its over .:highfive
KABOOM is the word yawl :cheers2
p.s. the little white Crème mini tail was a color and style they liked

Ours move off then back again. When they come back they seem motivated to slam the jig.


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Same way here when dock fishing about 8:00 it's like a light switch turned off.

have noticed that as well. my guys say a covey of crappie have moved in and it's Go time!

Sounds good to me.

Good points, guys. The same “bite window” applies to warm water stream fishing as well. I can be killing them in the earlier hours of the morning and some time south of 10:00 the switch goes off. Can’t buy a bite. I always figured it was a combo of sun position in the shallower water and a retreat by the pans to shadier and deeper pockets. The switch goes back on later in the pm as the sun moves over the yardarm.
just observation. Nothing to back it up with! LOL
Bob

farm ponds are often on fire early and late daily in all the seasons . you would swear there aint a fish in the pond until about an hour before sunset .