Water temperature guide for crappie fishing

Water Temperature guide for
crappie by: Paul Mahler

This is aswesome crappie guide worth ckecking out

Water temperature guide

Good Info

Thanks good read!!!!!!

So. Best to night fish when the water temp is 85-90 during the day? I wonder if it cools down much at night? In the shallow lakes I fish, water temp gets to ans stays around 90 in the summers during the day.

no, you can night fish all year long. my photobucket will attest to that. that guide is a general plan. weather changes can move crappie all over in any given season. differnt types of waters also effect locations. forage, current, water clerity, avg. depth, weed growth............................. goes on and on, till you figure it out(enough to satisfy yourself lol)

are they spawning or done already in GA.?

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Thanks good read!!!!!!

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no, you can night fish all year long. my photobucket will attest to that. that guide is a general plan. weather changes can move crappie all over in any given season. differnt types of waters also effect locations. forage, current, water clerity, avg. depth, weed growth............................. goes on and on, till you figure it out(enough to satisfy yourself lol)

are they spawning or done already in GA.?

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Thanks. I think they are done in the smaller ponds/lakes like the ones I fish. The big ones I think are just starting to heat up.

If you go back in the archives, Cane Pole put one on here some time back that is condensed and really simple. Easy to print off and put in your tackle box.

Good read, but it doesn't take into account the angle of the sun at various times of the year. And it certainly doesn't account for daily, weekly or monthly temperature fluctuations and weather. The water may be in the upper 60 degrees one day and plunge back into the low 50's at other times of the week. Especially up here in the northeast. Just this week we've seen 20 degree fluctuations from week to week. It would be difficult to relate these conditions to that chart.

Maybe down south where temperature fluctuations are less severe. But I wouldn't bet on crappie following that chart up here. I could be wrong! :)

Guide is a good foundation and can be modified to fit your area.

Thanks

Good info, but it is tailored toward reservoirs (deep water, creek channels, etc). In this neck of the woods, we have lots of small natural lakes with max depths in the 10-14' range. Temps/tactics during pre-spawn and spawn are pretty much the same, but once you get into summer temps, they act a bit different since they don't have deep water to hold in.

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Good info, but it is tailored toward reservoirs (deep water, creek channels, etc). In this neck of the woods, we have lots of small natural lakes with max depths in the 10-14' range. Temps/tactics during pre-spawn and spawn are pretty much the same, but once you get into summer temps, they act a bit different since they don't have deep water to hold in.

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How do they act in those situations? I fish in near-identical situations here in GA. Water gets hot all the way through.

I've found they tend to scatter and suspend. When I mark fish on the graph, there are rarely more than one or two. Generally, I find them in 6-8 FOW, suspended 4-5 feet down. The lake bottoms in my local lakes are more or less like a bowl with a lip around it. Edges gradually go from about a foot to around 4', then more sharply through 5,6, 7, 8, 9 FOW, ending up around 10-11 FOW. I guess it would be like a mini version of a continental shelf around the shores of the lake, if you can picture it. Where that shelf ends, I find that if I'm getting them in 6FOW, that's where I'll find them all the way around the lake. Same goes for whatever depth I find them in. I slow-troll jigs to cover water since they're so scattered.

Hope that helps!!!!

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It does. Thanks.

Last week was temperature records being set
This week frost warnings, and jacket weather
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I think it was moved here:
Water Temperture guiide for crappie using green fishing lights

Thanks for the information on the Water Temperature Guide - Very interesting.

Nope it does not work you get a godaddy site about bulbs

godaddy here too :dono

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Don't see chart. Goes to go daddy or something

I don't see the chart either. I got the Go Daddy site or something too. I'd like to see it if you could repost. Thanks.

thread is 2 years old, web sites change.

Here you go...

http://www.crappiefishingusa.com/id109.html

my virus protecter said this site is dangerous...... mc affee....

I have been to this site (AVAST antivirus scanned) and there is nothing there. Check it out on another computer or your phone if you like. Simple info site.

Thank you for sharing the water temp chart. I am new to crappie fishing and this will be very helpful. I will give it a try.

It won't work for me =/ it redirects me to godaddy

You have to use the link that kicking back posted the original link from the post doesn't work but the one kicking back posted does

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Here you go...

http://www.crappiefishingusa.com/id109.html

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This one works, thanks.