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Where do the crappie go in summer at night on these two lakes? I want to fish pretty hard for them this summer with livescope to learn. Well that & the fact that i've never been a crappie fisherman & honestly don't have a clue where to start. :biggrin
Run the Livescope around the same cover spots you'd fish during the day. That way you'll find what cover they're holding on & what depth they're holding at. Once there's a thermocline ... fish cover that extends above that depth.
(* just don't take the thermocline depth from the COE charts, because they're taken at the dam ... you'll have to have another depthfinder or both the LS transducer and the Garmin transducer attached to your Garmin unit in order to see the thermocline "line" on your screen, so you can determine the depth of the thermocline where you're fishing)
Pappy thanks. I've never known anything about them because i never fished for them. I caught several at Cumberland a couple weeks ago at night but i knew there were trees under the water there & i just drifted around. I'm wanting to try it on Green to gain confidence since there are so many more crappie to be caught but just don't know where the go there. I know where the fish & wildlife attractors are but absolutely do not have a clue where a single brush pile or stakebed is on green or locations to search for them either.
Some of those old F&W attractors still hold fish on occasion, even though there's not much of the brush left.Quote:
Originally Posted by Les Young
If you have Livescope you can find submerged brush/trees. If you have Side/Down Scan you can still find them, but it might take a little longer.
Pappy in general do they head to deep water drops, brush piles, stake beds or just suspend under Shad on most lakes in the heat of summer?!
All of the above. The exception may be "stake beds", as they're usually set in shallower water, but they can still hold fish if/when/while they're shaded. But that's just my interpretation of a "stake bed" vs a "brush pile". But, regardless of the type of cover or bottom structure, they're gonna be at or slightly above any thermocline that's set up in that area.Quote:
Originally Posted by Les Young
Thank you sir.? Sorry for all the questions. I’m trying really hard to learn but don’t have anybody to fish with that knows anything about crappie. I’m all on my own with this deal.
Never be sorry for asking questions. The whole idea behind this site is to pass info on to others via discussions, questions, and the sharing of knowledge. I've been Crappie fishing for over 60yrs and still learn new things all the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Les Young
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I have fished a lot at night on Cumberland with excellent success, usually. Always seemed to find the crappie around 20 ft deep. I've tried a few times on Green In places where I always caught crappie during the daytime, but with little success.
go to fishing creek cland. fish the wall down on the right from boat ramp. you will see others out there. we just put down floating lights. green or white both work. also wolf creek is a good place to go. all the banks you can see from alligator 1 boat ramp are good. both places on cland are not secret places. usually alot of company. never tried green at night
Thanks. I'm wanting to strictly livescope without anything other than blackiights. It's just that i don't know where the most common place that crappie to go for summer on these two lakes after they recuperate from the spawn. I'm a complete newby is the reason for asking & didn't know where the biggest majority go since i'm really wanting to catch numbers to learn more about my livescope system.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappie 24/7
I am thinking on doing that very thing livescoping at night without putting any lights out. I have never tried it without putting lights out before. But I am going to try it at green river first. But this is where I would try first. Remember where I seen you that day I was with Larry Buis. Go up the creek to places you know where there are trees in the water at the edge of the drop. I bet anything they will be before the 2nd bend and right pass the 2nd bend...
Oh i went there & i caught several. I'm just wondering general places crappie go to in summer. I want to try it on Green for numbers to gain more confidence, but i know for a fact they can be caught just using the blacklights & drifting around which is what i did. I caught them around 14 foot straight down with the boat anywhere from mid 20s to 40 feet of water & had a blast even if i was by myself. lol Now i want to learn a lot more about locating & catching them strictly on livescope day or night. I think i'm going to skip the bass fishing at night for awhile this summer & strictly going to vertical jig with livescope to see just how good i can get at catching them.Quote:
Originally Posted by slabeye