This might explain some of y'all's worries about Sardis.
Notice what it says about late spawn in later May and no one fishing for them. Fish may still be deeper and scattered due to high water this year. Old habits are hard to break. May have to change the areas you fish this year are wait till later May. Maybe the sky ain't falling after all.
MDWFP electrofishing last week found numerous crappie 1 – 3 ft deep between Clear Creek and the dam finally spawning after a cold winter and a cool, cloudy spring. Most fish were 1 – 2 pounds. Females were either still full of eggs or flowing; only a few had spawned out, and those likely that day. Fish on beds will stay put even with the water rising; fish deeper for them. Expect another wave of crappie spawning shallow as soon as the lake quits rising so fast. They have held off so long it may be over pretty quickly. This year is similar to last year; after the cold 2013/2014 winter, MDWFP sampling found crappie still shallow spawning in good numbers May 19 and nobody was fishing for them.
This might explain some of y'all's worries about Sardis.
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bird down
Them females have sandy eggs and ain't gonna do nothing with them. I have cleaned several that I thought were bulging with ripe eggs and ended up being a sack full of sandy eggs they are going to end up ansorbing. It's been a crazy year, the water came up so fast I think a lot of females stayed put and ended up only getting about half way done. This is just my opinion and I believe if the game and fish would lay the knife to the females they claim are spawning, they would change there assessment. There are still some male fish shallow but most all females have begun to retreat. Imo
That's exactly my observation. Caught some big males still black last weekend in deeper water also.