04-07-2019, 10:25 AM
"I've been marking a lot that I think are crappie but no luck on catching them yet"
[#0000FF]Don't beat yourself up or turn in your fishing license yet. There is a good chance that any schools of fish you see at middepth could be shad. They start massing up near sandy shorelines for their annual spawn about this time too. Even though they can spawn clear up through June, some might start spawning by the end of April.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Based upon declining numbers in DWR nettings the past couple of years it would seem that the overall population and sizes of crappies are way down from the good fishing of two to three years ago. But another good high water year should help them get off a good spawn this year.
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[#0000FF]Don't beat yourself up or turn in your fishing license yet. There is a good chance that any schools of fish you see at middepth could be shad. They start massing up near sandy shorelines for their annual spawn about this time too. Even though they can spawn clear up through June, some might start spawning by the end of April.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Based upon declining numbers in DWR nettings the past couple of years it would seem that the overall population and sizes of crappies are way down from the good fishing of two to three years ago. But another good high water year should help them get off a good spawn this year.
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