Quote Originally Posted by Ketchn View Post
not to be contradictive or start up anything but I know one spot where the crappie travel up the trinity for miles in the fall around October WAY ahead of the white bass that go up it in January . they are following the shad that run up there when the water temps start to drop is what I figure . but to be sure the majority of the crappie in that lake flat out leave the lake in droves and run up the trinity in herds about October .
now mind you it is the EXACT same thing in several other spots on several other lakes as well . so I would venture to say the white bass are the late bloomers on this particular subject . look for the crappie in laydowns and deep holes along the trinity way upstream from the lake . you will be pleasantly surprised with the winter fishing shallow up in those tangles . it may take you some time to find where they really hole up but when you do you will be tearing up some lips for sure.
Ketchn you exactly correct about the crappie moving before the whites do. A few the areas I fish are the same way. Once you figure out that pattern the fishing can be awesome. Better yet there's no one around.