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Post by choochoo on Mar 27, 2018 20:27:29 GMT -5
I wanna see y’alls take on this. I just started crappie fishing at SML last year. I did pretty good, but want to do better. The question I have is in regards to tree type. I caught the vast majority of my crappie on seasoned non conifer trees. I did not do well on downed pines. It seemed to me that the crappie preferred the limbs spaced in such a way that they could easily move through the tree. Thoughts?
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Post by noreggo on Mar 27, 2018 21:18:07 GMT -5
I prefer older fallen hardwoods; however I've caught plenty of monster crappie in pine trees in sml. My biggest issue is the white perch seem to run the spawning crappie out of the brush. By mid April the white perch take over the shallow laydowns.
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Post by johnr on Mar 28, 2018 6:03:55 GMT -5
My preference is hardwoods too. I like them with leaves still on them. I don’t think pines and cedars provide enough cover for them. Now if I find sunken pines around a dock, that’s a different story.
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Post by penhook on Mar 28, 2018 7:37:57 GMT -5
are there any crappie around penhook or do we need to take a boat ride torwads the dam
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Post by johnr on Mar 28, 2018 8:58:21 GMT -5
Heading towards the dam would be the wrong direction
There’s some nice ones around penhook. Not easy to find, but they are there.
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Post by penhook on Mar 28, 2018 12:48:32 GMT -5
any good places i can try that you know of that isnt too far from marina 9???
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Post by penhook on Mar 28, 2018 12:48:47 GMT -5
weve never found any
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Post by hambone on Mar 28, 2018 14:19:34 GMT -5
During the spring spawning time we generally find more around older dead pines or hardwoods
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Post by hambone on Mar 28, 2018 14:20:07 GMT -5
Never had much luck outta fresh pines with needles
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Post by choochoo on Mar 28, 2018 14:55:10 GMT -5
My next observation was that I did better on moderately sloping banks. Did poorly on the shallow trees like those around the state and community parks. Didn’t do well on trees on steep banks. Also, I did better at the backs of creeks. Expound and share.
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Post by craddockcreek on Mar 28, 2018 15:01:53 GMT -5
My observation is that you guys have some pretty good electronics and that you're very good at interpreting them. I try to distinguish between trees/brush and fish or bait. You guys apparently can tell what kind of tree it is and whether it still has its leaves.
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Post by johnr on Mar 28, 2018 15:16:18 GMT -5
My next observation was that I did better on moderately sloping banks. Did poorly on the shallow trees like those around the state and community parks. Didn’t do well on trees on steep banks. Also, I did better at the backs of creeks. Expound and share. I see much of the same and here is my theory. Crappie, like any other gamefish need food, cover, and a quick escape. Whether seeking thermal or predator refuge, deep water provides a good option. Hence their preference for moderate sloping banks. Quick access to food and shelter. I think they don’t like predators being able to get under them, so that rules out tall steep banks. And the super flat bottoms make for a long trip to deep water. Backs of creeks are good in pre and immediate post spawn because that’s where the food is and where the food chain begins early. From there, they follow food and thermal refuge out to deeper water. Black crappies will hang in the very backs much much much later into the summer timeframe than white crappies. The more I fish for them l, the more surprised I am about the places they will inhabit in this lake. And even more surprised yet by the places they won’t.
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Post by choochoo on Mar 28, 2018 19:11:45 GMT -5
Actually with my down imaging I can easily tell if I’m looking at pines rather than trees with big limbs like oaks or sycamores. I, like many others have seen some neat things. Among them old fences and snapping turtle tracks in the mud. There are some strange square boxes in the back of Becky’s that I haven’t figured out.
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Post by ajrod88 on Mar 28, 2018 22:21:29 GMT -5
Actually with my down imaging I can easily tell if I’m looking at pines rather than trees with big limbs like oaks or sycamores. I, like many others have seen some neat things. Among them old fences and snapping turtle tracks in the mud. There are some strange square boxes in the back of Becky’s that I haven’t figured out. Could they be some kind of cattle feeders maybe?
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Post by choochoo on Mar 29, 2018 4:15:49 GMT -5
Not sure. On the south side between the no wake bouys and Bay Side if anybody wants to add an opinion.
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