Weedy crappies

Everyone seems to look for basin specks, myself included, in clearer waters they relate to weeds more-any tips for this pattern?
Those clear lakes tend to have small sunnies, I know I would use my camera.
Thanks

Wow basin fishing is popular! Hello?

You already know the best secret.
Use your camera to locate the green weeds and crappies. On the lakes I fish, most of the weeds are in 8-12ft of water and generally are about 3-4ft tall. When active, those crappies cruise above the weeds. That means they are generally only a couple feet below you so stealth is also very important. They are hard to graph being the transducer cone is very narrow 3-5ft down. Sometimes you won’t even see them on the vexilar until they commit to biting. If you’re using something they don’t want, it may appear as though they aren’t there at all.

Great tips Grub! Think learning how to catch them by weeds might be the way to go in the future.
Have a clear one not too far from me that I wanted to scout with SI-will have to wait till next year-finding healthy weeds is key. Thanks

As was talked about in the other crappie thread, I know for certain they suspend out over deeper water in basins. I’ve happened across them on occasion but haven’t really spent a lot of time chasing because they’re nomadic and moving. It just seemed more challenging since there’s really no identifiable structure to focus on over the open water basins.

I’ve had my best success in weedy or transitional locations for crappies.

For me, I’ve found it more of a timing opportunity. Typically I’d setup during the day and catch bluegill, perch, and maybe an occasional crappie. Once it begins to get dark, the bite ratio tilts way more to mostly all crappies.

I’ve wondered if they were there the entire time and were just mostly inactive, or moved into the area as darkness settled in. I’m believing more the latter as I think they moved in from the open water basin areas and furthermore the flasher would just light up once it got dark.

On those lakes it pays to punch holes and keep moving, to get one or 2 at an off time, that can turn into you 15 fish hole at dusk.

Check out the weed pattern Tom Boley identified on his vid-I’ll be looking for that one next fall, think it would be needle in a haystack to look right now. He has the spot all to himself too.

My problem has always been finding green weeds.
Any tips on location of weeds that are still green?

Weeds that are cut off from our limited sun will be dead-Sun is in the south so stuff on the north is better, points or flats that jut out, according to Tom B.
(yup, quoting Boley again, who else scouts lakes almost every day in NOVEMBER, looking for ice fishing spots?)the best weeds are cabbage(no surprise there) and millfoil. Not sure how you would even try to find cabbage in the winter, before SI people would cast cranks or spoons in the late fall to try to find the green stuff.

Sunrise or sunset for weedy crappies in clear water?

both a lot of them fish are there all day. its just when they are active and feeding when you catch them.