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Mack
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Crappy Experts??
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3/10/2010 4:48:06 PM
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If water temp is a key driver for Crappy to start toward bedding grounds, what temp range will start them toward the shallower water?? Anybody know??
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Spot Remover
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Crappy Experts??
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3/11/2010 9:27:18 AM
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Mack, help me understand what you are asking about crappie. They move shallow to spawn. Lots of fish in area lakes are being caught in 3 or so feet of water now.
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Mack
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Crappy Experts??
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3/11/2010 3:58:09 PM
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Spot, some mysterious natural phenomenon happens in the Spring to cause them to move from deep water scattered to shallow water and bunched up.
I have heard that the big trigger that starts the move is water temp?? If that is true, does anybody know what the magic water temp is?
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Mack
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Excuse the spelling>>
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3/11/2010 8:08:01 PM
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of "Crappie" our favorite dinner table fish.
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Procraft176
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Excuse the spelling>>
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3/11/2010 8:50:40 PM
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Mack, I think the ideal water temp is around 60 degrees.
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Pontoonfisher
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Crappy Experts??
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3/12/2010 7:27:44 AM
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I would focus on docklights at night this time of year. You will absolutly slaughter them. I have a few spots that always produce. They move into shallow water and at night they gather around the lights stacked in like sardines.
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Spot Remover
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Crappy Experts??
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3/12/2010 9:32:57 AM
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Mack, I believe that length of the days affects the movement to shallow water as much as water temp. Too many fish are being caught in water averaging 55 degrees in shallow water. I could be wrong.
If the deer rut is tied to length of daylight, I guess movement of fish could be, too. Topwater fishing for bass on Martin seems to be tied to the length of days and not necessarily water temp. Hope some of this gobbledegoop helps.
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stripernut
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http://www.crappie.com/
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3/12/2010 11:58:52 AM
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The web site in the subject line has a forum for AL crappie fishermen. Good luck.
Wes
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Mack
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Crappy Experts??
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3/12/2010 12:03:04 PM
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Every tidbit helps. I am not inclined to go hunt scattered fish, though many Crappie fishermen do with good results. Just looking for a reliable way to start expecting them to bunch up shallow.
Another friend advised to watch for native minnows to appear. No minnows equals no Crappie.
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Mack
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http://www.crappie.com/
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3/12/2010 4:05:26 PM
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Tx for the reference. Some of the posts there say they are catching Crappie right now in 44* water and 3 to 6 feet of water on Guntersville. Wow.
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Procraft176
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http://www.crappie.com/
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3/12/2010 6:01:01 PM
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Oh yes indeed, crappie can be caught any time of the year in just about any water temp. if u know where to go and how deep they are holding. But I may be wrong ,but have always heard that one could start loading the boat up when they would start spawning, at a water temp near 60 degrees, not saying it has to be right on 60, but somewhere near it. My fatherinlaw and I have loaded the boat in December a couple of years ago in 3 feet of water.The temp was about 49 or 50 degrees.Can't explain it, but it happened. There were no eggs in the females ofcourse, but they were bunched up pretty tight and hungry, needless to say. Length of daylight could also have something to do with it,not saying it is not.One thing I know for sure,when those little white or pink flowers start to pop out on the trees, it's time to go get em.
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Mack
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Can You Even Imagine
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3/12/2010 8:01:49 PM
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a more perfect time to introduce your children/grandchildren to fishing than when the Slabs are biting? Perfect!!
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RecordBreaker
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http://www.crappie.com/
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3/12/2010 8:03:02 PM
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I am a stripe fisherman and do not crappie fish much but, I catch shad in cast nets for bait and last week the shad were in less than 5 feet of water in the afternoons and I kept catching 9inch crappie in almost every cast around some sort of timber. (they were released because it is illegal to keep anything but shad or minnows caught in a net). No big ones were in the shallow water but there were crappie there.
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