Crappie Sniffing???

[yomammy]

Anyone sniffing any fall-pattern crappies??   Have they found the way to the basin-areas or nearby the basin areas ?   Thanks 

[CigarGuy]

I got 4 nice ones last Friday in about 8' to 9' of water in a channel off Wakemup Bay .  It was the last hour of daylight.  Tried a couple times during the day Saturday and right before dark and struck out.

[SkunkedAgain]

I'm only a crappie guy when they happen to take one of my worms when panfishing, but I'll just relate that what I've seen generally on this forum (and a few others) is that people don't talk about crappies. It makes some people mad to hear it, but you might have better luck asking for social security numbers, even if all you're wondering is if the action is heating up!

It's a funny community.

[Cliff Wagenbach]

The reason that most of us do not disclose crappie spots is that a good crappie spot can be killed in one season if to many people know about it!

Cliff

[CigarGuy]

6 hours ago, SkunkedAgain said:

I'm only a crappie guy when they happen to take one of my worms when panfishing, but I'll just relate that what I've seen generally on this forum (and a few others) is that people don't talk about crappies. It makes some people mad to hear it, but you might have better luck asking for social security numbers, even if all you're wondering is if the action is heating up!

It's a funny community.

I had to chuckle when reading this, I actually had a little more detailed info on my area, but changed it!  Hopefully, I find them this wknd.  Never too old to watch the float slooowly go down!

[yomammy]

I am in total agreement with Cliff's reply regarding "killing a crappie spot".....If you have such a location, keep them near and dear to yourself, with minimal sharing.     Please note that my question on 9/29 wasn't looking for a crappie spot, but was regarding FALL PATTERN.  

[SkunkedAgain]

Understood. I've been on this forum for roughly a decade, and every crappie thread is generally met with a giant thud of silence. People usually get a little angry or insist that they don't want to know honey holes....but it doesn't matter. People just won't talk about it. I'm not hiding anything from you but just thought I would inject my decade of knowledge in this forum.

That said, good luck to everyone in their final fishing endeavors this fall. I hope to make it up one more time in November if the lake and ice cooperate.

[gunner55]

We were still able to find some fish in the 15-20 fow spots in low light conditions, dusk/dawn or clouds/wind. We hadn't had much action on the weededge for at least a week. Most of the fish we seen were in 25-35 fow & suspended. Some were beginning to move to the basin areas & looked to be belly to the mud while starting to feed on a bug hatch.We just returned from the Winnie area mid week 

[trolloni]

What a heckova  crappie population there is currently on the lake ,musta been areal good hatch 6-7 years ago! We were up couple weeks  ago ,and did real well in 5-7 ft deep ,never tried the deep stuff, didn't have to .