04-07-2019, 08:54 PM
[#0000FF]From your description...singles at 9-10 feet over deeper water...I suspect they may be crappies. And they do mark on my Helix.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Age/spawn cycle? I seem to recollect from Chris Penne (DWR) that it is about 4-5 years until crappie are large but may spawn a year or two before that. But that is always dependent on food resources, etc. Shad are only on the menu a short time each year because they grow so fast. But the crappies do eat the young of other species...as well as clouds of midge larvae.
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[#0000FF]Age/spawn cycle? I seem to recollect from Chris Penne (DWR) that it is about 4-5 years until crappie are large but may spawn a year or two before that. But that is always dependent on food resources, etc. Shad are only on the menu a short time each year because they grow so fast. But the crappies do eat the young of other species...as well as clouds of midge larvae.
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