Quote Originally Posted by Ketchn View Post
most folks don't realize how productive around 10 to 12 fow is almost year round . lots go terribly deep looking and terribly shallow and don't know a big bunch of crappie like to hang many months a year in the depths mentioned
The last two days I've caught 90% of my crappie at the 9'-10' level. I drop the jig to 10', let it sit for a minute or two to see if get a hit, and if not slowly jig between the 9'-10' level.

But the largest crappie have come from about 2' off the bottom, which is around 14' in my slip.