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due to recent rains some lakes are really getting full and the crappie are on the move .
so if you dont find them in your traditional spots in the summer ,you might look a bit shallower rather than deeper .
i was pleasantly surprised to find them in pre spawn/spawn depths on my last outing .
the 6 to 7 foot of water to about 10 fow was loaded up with fish .
just a this weeks tip
Rain make the water more stained which should let less light into the water so maybe that is part of the reason they go back more shallow after a rain. Or could be just chasing the shad to the less deep water too.
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During or just after rain you can find plenty of crappie super shallow...... They will often be over deep water and as shallow as 3' below the surface......Did you know fishn in the rain is fun? Even if you're ole......:Rofl
https://youtu.be/OZY1QCbfO2o
sat thru a many a downpour when the bite was on .....
bailed water out of a john boat one time because i couldnt stop myself from ketchn fish rotfl
heck one trip way back when ,we were just loading crappie on the stringer fast as we could get them on it .
when i got home that evening, the girlfriend said i was fibbing ,,,,
kuz NO ONE would actually fish in THAT :Rofl
Fun stuff even for us ole guys.......LOL
Your GF didn't know you were a fishn addict.....rotfl
Fun stuff even for us ole guys.......LOL
Your GF didn't know you were a fishn addict.....rotfl
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Originally Posted by Ketchn
What did the wife think????:Rofl
well yawl that was WAY before i was married and to be sure , i still get a sideways look in my old age now that i am married when i say man were they biting well in the rain ...:Rofl
I sure remember fishing in the rain a lot when I was young. Some of the best fishing was in the rain, both crappie and bass and remember is spring when it was raining we could take a Gold Rogue in one of the creeks here that was full of trees and you could wear your arms out catching bass! Something about a nice light rain and that bait in spring!
I also remember as a really young kid fishing at the local country club on the bridge crossing the lake fishing by some large Cypress trees that were right next to that bridge bear the middle and they always were there, but also when he rain hit they seemed to get going really well!
Also remember lot of night fishing trips we had storms around us all night with lightening and thunder constant, but it never rained on us that one night that is was so bad and we should have never been out in that for sure. Now I am not fishing when it storming like that! Think we were just stupid and lucky that one night, but we had a bet with two other guys in a different boat. Oh an yes we won, I don't think they caught a single fish that night, lol!
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