I was just pondering, when fall is disappearing where exactly do my crappie and gills go. So what is the deepest water and at what water temp do YOU find cold water fish?
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I was just pondering, when fall is disappearing where exactly do my crappie and gills go. So what is the deepest water and at what water temp do YOU find cold water fish?
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Found them in the dead of winter about 3 feet deep over top of 20 fow under a dock. I do not remember the water temp but it was in the teens air temp. The water was cold
Usually depends on the lake (type of lake) and water clarity in my neck of the woods, but I've caught them in <4fow next to the trunk of a fallen tree (on a tube jig) ... and about 8ft deep over 25fow on that same tree & jig ... water temps would be in the low 40's (Dec/Jan) ... air temps in the 30's-40's ... fishing from the bank (did not have boat at that time).
I've never experienced this myself but I watched Richard Gene catch crappie in cold water (whatever cold means on Guntersville) on the bottom of 30 fow. Just wondering if that is more normal than I would expect.
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They pretty much can go anywhere they want for the next couple of months. 17 fow +/- 5 is my rule of thumb and check the whole water column.
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I think the biggest thing is the region you live in whether you're in the north or south. For example the fish would not be as deep in Miami as they would be in Michigan. And then if you have a spring-fed lake then it will most likely hold an average temperature year-round. for me in South Alabama, I generally Fish 20 to 25 feet of water on the edge of a channel
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Guntersville is where I was shooting docks in my post above. High 30's low 40's.Quote:
Originally Posted by silverside
I personally would not go off of Richard Gene because that man can catch a fish out of a bath tub. Lol
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Gunterville is a unique lake. It stays full pool year round. The lakes above are draw down lakes. Most docks on it a structer built and not floating. I am 2 lakes North now on Chickamauga
Bathtub
He don't need no stinking bathtub.
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Originally Posted by huntersdad
Gonna send you PM Dock shooting jack.
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Come winter I’m pulling crappie…and Gills from 23 feet. I have a buddy who fishes J P Preist and he regularly limits out on big slabs vertical jigging……in the dead of winter….52 feet deep. This is all going to depend…as has been said….on which body of water you are on.
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Got it and repliedQuote:
Originally Posted by catchNgrease
depends like stated what waters you hit
most waters here no matter the maximum depth have fish parked on the bottom
I have winched them out of 50 feet, and also caught them in 15 feet in the dead of winter. Sometimes on the same lake.
There are no absolutes, fish go where they're most comfortable, but generally speaking I will be fishing 20-30ft down in my homes lakes in the winter time.
I dont change my fishing pattern. Of the 4 lakes I go to, i hit the same spots every time. Alternating catches from trip to trip, not season to season.
Could you take a minute and explain that a little more please?Quote:
Originally Posted by Luke 5:9
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I have 20-30 piles on each lake. Just make the rounds. Whatever I have after all that spots is what goes home. Fish the same year round.