If you fish regularly enough and can keep up with where the fish are holding then you can adjust your way of thinking and catch crappie longlining all year long. I never try longlining in water more than 20' deep (the channel may go deeper) and can almost always find fish throughout the summer. During the hottest months of summer the fish will be near the top feeding at daylight but as the sun comes up they will shift and start hugging bottom so you gotta get your jigs down close but if theyre still in a feeding mood theyll come up some for them. Just read your electronics and learn what it's showing you, keep your jigs right above them, and you'll catch fish.

Oh, most importantly....if the fish in the area youre in wont bite then MOVE. Dont waste your entire morning trying to catch fish that you see on your graph that wont bite.