HELP WITH CRAPPIES…WHERE DID THEY GO?

  • cmquandt
    Posts: 69
    May 28, 2014 at 12:02 pm #1360434

    So this winter I found a nice little lake with a good population of Crappies, no public access on this lake so it gets fished very little. Thought it would be a great idea to rent a canoe and get em now early summer. We fished the whole lake used worms/plastics/leaches/minnows caught a lot of small pearch which I caught none of this winter but not a single Crappie. Any ideas of where they could be? This lake is a bowl shape and only gets about 15-17 feet in the middle. We had no way to check water temps but I bet it was at least in the 50’s or 60’s. We didnt have any electronics being we were in a canoe. Any Crappie experts have an idea of when or where to find them? Thanks for the help in advance.

    mike_anderson
    Alborn,Minnesota
    Posts: 99
    May 28, 2014 at 12:11 pm #1412642

    1~5 feet of water spawning. Thats my guess.
    Good luck!

    cmquandt
    Posts: 69
    May 28, 2014 at 12:19 pm #1412645

    Here is a picture from last winter…I call em oil poppers!

    John Shear
    Chippewa Falls, WI
    Posts: 205
    May 31, 2014 at 5:25 pm #1413407

    Around here, the little lakes like that all suffered winterkill.

    John S.

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