This is the first time that I can't seem to get even a bite. Even using live minnows. Last winter which was colder I could catch crappie all around even in shallow water.. Now nada. Vis is 18" got any ideas?
Outside of the temperature, other 'weather' conditions affect the bite???
High pressure, cold fronts, etc?
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This is the first time that I can't seem to get even a bite. Even using live minnows. Last winter which was colder I could catch crappie all around even in shallow water.. Now nada. Vis is 18" got any ideas?
Wow......glad I'm not the Lone Ranger. The last two months NOTHING is biting.
I'm sure you've already tried this but FWIW with lower visibility, I would try the blacks and other dark baits. And of course, you need to be fishing just a bit above the crappies cause they mostly come from below to wack their prey. I doubt actually bumping a jig on the bottom would be very productive.
I know that everyone says that they rise to a bait but the last few I caught were on the bottom.... Not moving it all right on the bottom in 15' water.....
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When I get the new topper on my truck, you can hang out there, but only ask that you keep it somewhat tidy, and when I need a tool on a project that will be bunking with you, you hand it to me thru one of the windows.
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I can catch fish at our place in cold, overcast, and murky water conditions, but only if I pick two out of the three.
Cold, overcast, AND murky water, I find something else to do. It really puts me in a corner -- murky water and overcast means I have to use darker colors and more action than fish like in cold water just so they can find the bait.
Pat, Don't know if this makes a difference or not but you know I am still feeding every evening. I am catching fish every day. Have you tried throwing any food out in prime evening times even if by hand in your feeders location just to see if you get any response? Maybe get them back on the feed and they will be easier to catch??
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Pat, sounds to me like the crappie are scattered or not bunched up. In the lakes I fished for crappie, we would freshen up our brush tops using willow tops, tried other brush, but willows worked best. By freshening up the brush, it would bring the crappie in. I would also try Tbar's cotton seed cake and would add it to the new brush tops, after all what could it hert? And I always did better when I fished on Bluebird days when fishing for crappie, they headed to brush piles on those days, I guess they liked the shade of the brush piles.
Tracy
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OK, TG did ya happen to see any willow leaves in the bellies when ya cleaned the fish? I ask because once a friend caught a bunch of nice YP on the last ice and they were full if Willow leaves. Don't know how they even found green willow leaves after months of hard water. Never made any sense to me but I saw pics.
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