Quote Originally Posted by Go Browns View Post
Lastly, when do the specks start moving into the shallows, here in Virginia?


Thanks............Steve
Ok Mr. Brown. I've never fished northern VA but in Southern VA big crappie have been found in water 5' deep when the temps were in the upper 40's. Water temp was 51-55 Saturday and I found a few late in the day on a sunny bank in water less than 5' deep.

An interesting article I read stated that the crappie will be on their spawning beds when you have between 13.2 and 14.6 hours of daylight. Of course, they will be in there plenty before that. Right now in Virginia Beach we have 12.25 hours of daylight. Of the 47 crappie I caught Saturday some were as deep as 16' in 20' of water. The vast majority I caught were at least 10' deep. I'm sure the water up you way is colder than down here.