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Crappie Question?
Has anybody on this site figured the crappie out this year? I have been to Santee 5 times this year and can not figure what's going on. I am a single pole jigger and have fished from 3 feet to 15 feet with limited success. Yesterday at Santee the conditions were perfect(in my mind): water temps were 67 to 69, good water color, and 3 days from the full moon. Caught 5 in 10 feet of water. Talked with another jigger and he has had the same experience at Santee and Clarks Hill. What's your thoughts??
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This weather has them messed up. Went to a local lake yesterday and I was marking fish both shallow and deep but not a single bite. I talked to 2 other guys coming off the lake and not much luck for them either. The one guy fished from 7 till 3 and manage 4 crappie, although one was a 3 1/2 pounder...
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Change the way you are fishing. If you see them on the depth finder then change your presentation and make them bite. Minnows or jigs maybe jig and a minnow combo. Now, that's good advise coming from a non pro! LOL I just read that from SC Game and Fish magazine. Keys to taking finicky crappie!
But you knew that already !
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I went to Murray today and tried tight lining in deeper water but at the end of the day I threw a minnow up to a dock in 3 feet of water fishing 18 inches deep and caught a nice slab. I continued on and caught 7 nice ones after swallowing up to maybe 14 inches. I saw several up in the shallows and think they are trying to bed.
You can't catch fish from the couch.
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In my opinion Santee is just fishing tough right now. After a good start to the year in early February, the bite has slowed for me. I've been long line trolling mostly, and tight lining occasionally. The long line bite has been terrible, more fish have been caught tight lining, but it too is slow. I scrapped both, and single pole jigged on Friday. Ended up catching 18 good'uns but had to work my tail off to catch them. Trees were best, grass produced the biggest, and brush held mostly throw backs.
