Catching White Bass While Crappie Fishing

I am wondering if there is any correlation to where white bass sit in the water column vs crappie - lower, higher, same? I fished a spot last night for a while and the white bass were biting, but no crappie. It got me to wondering about this idea and if there is any rhyme or reason to it?

I have often found that I have to get under the white bass to find any crappie. Usually, it's a challenge because of how aggressive a feeding school of whites can be.

If I get into a school of white bass I usually move and search for crappie.

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I have been catching white bass almost every cast and then they just stop and catch a few crappie.


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Like Bob said they are the Same or in most cases under the W.B. They will eat the dieting shad falling form the school of white bass. One night my bother put a schooling on me with dead minnows because of this situation. I caught them before hooking minnows in the tail and casting out and letting them fall like a dead shad. Sometimes there's no crappie under them and sometimes there are.

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Here's another one that most people don't. In shallow water sloughs and rivers where Crappie don't have immediate access to deep water, Crappie will look for shade. I've often found gar bunched up in only a couple feet of water along the bank in a little shady spot and caught Crappie right underneath them.

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Originally Posted by Ditch Basser

Here's another one that most people don't. In shallow water sloughs and rivers where Crappie don't have immediate access to deep water, Crappie will look for shade. I've often found gar bunched up in only a couple feet of water along the bank in a little shady spot and caught Crappie right underneath them.

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Good info, thanks for sharing!


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