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Went Saturday, water temp. was 44 degrees. I expected to find crappie on the bottom...... WRONG.... They were suspended between 6 and 8 feet in 11 to 12 feet of water . That was what my depthfinder said and that's where they were. I will never understand crappie. I need to pay more attention to my sonar in the future......crappie1133
I've accused my depthfinder of lying multiple times... Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't ! HA !
Nah .... nonono Crappie ain't smart, it's just that Humans sometimes overthink/out think themselves, when the truth is staring them in the face :banghead :Rofl Been there, done that :biggrin
... cp :kewl
crappie are crappie .....
and one day.... it is what it is
and the next day.... it was what it was ....
Your depth finder may have been right. I read in an article somewhere that on cold, sunny days crappie move up get a little warmth. Whether this theory holds true or not, it makes a little sense. On my first trip out when our water stabilizes, I plan to run one of my bait shallower than the others to check this theory out!:twocents
Many years ago, I was told to trust my locator. If you see fish at that depth, fish at that depth or a little higher. It doesn't let me down. See it, fish it.
Refer to post #3 at all times.....:fish
Sometimes its about the oxygen levels and the thermocline. If the water is not mixing well then it can set up comfort zones for the fish. It's like a friend told me one time about hunting and fishing when I was complaining about not finding game where I normally do, he just said " they have to have a reason to be there". I had been fishing and hunting for thirty five years when he told me that. And I walked away and for some reason that rung my bell... just sorta woke me up for some reason. I learned to move and adapt much more easily than I had before.
Not unusual at all. I often catch them on cold, sunny days, two or three feet deep in the deepest part of the lake.
Same goes in the summer . Have seen fish at Enid in shallow water in 96 degree days .
Biggest crappie I've ever caught was on a very cold Dec day and they were in 18 to 24" of water :dono