black crappie rule

The rule here is if you find crappie , the really shallow crappie in the summer months will most likely be black crappie . Not sure why they rule the upper water column where they coexist , it's quite possibly because of the preferred diet items , but to be sure if you see fish on your electronics in formations on vertical cover here , most of the fish that are up in the shorter water are blacks , with the fish well under them being white crappie .
Now in my case I simply apply what I know about this behavior when I visit spots that have both species since most of the time I am trying to ketch em blind .
This even plays the same, in areas where there are fish in 10 to 12 fow and fish out in 16 to 20 on lots of lakes here .
I employed this knowledge the other day and ran a jig just under the dock structure to ketch some black crappie , mostly because the deeper water white crappie were being rather finicky that visit .
...the black crappie were about 3 to 4 foot deep and the white ones were around 10 to 11 foot deep , So out on timber in say 25 to 30 fow and there are fish at 8 to 10 and more fish at 16 to 20 .....its very probably this type of scenario ....
keep it in mind the next time you hit the water , luck to ya :highfive

Good job Ketch!

Nice observation. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks, bro. Never ceases to amaze me the amount of quality information that is passed along on Crappie. Com.

Thanks for Tip!!

Bon Temps!!

Very interesting stuff