08-08-2019, 10:38 PM
[#0000FF]Every year is different for the fall crappie action on Pineview. There are different water levels and different populations of different sized fish. And they may set up in completely different locations.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]As a general rule, you can start finding crappies right off the docks at the main launch area...and down near the yacht club docks...and in the channel in between. That starts anytime after the water starts chilling around the middle to end of September.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Once water temps drop below 60 the perch and crappies both move deeper...being from 30 to 50 feet deep by the middle to end of October...when water temps are down to the mid fifties. That's when everybody gangs up on them from the narrows to the buoy line. And you have to be good at making vertical presentations in deep water and feeling the sometimes subtle tick of a biting crappie.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]The other big variable...as referenced by Chris Penne's info...is the year classes that are available and how large they may be. Some years all you can catch are small hand-size crappies. Other years there are some nice footlongs in the mix.
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[#0000FF]Yeah, every year is different. But if you watch the reports there will be some hints of success and you can launch your own stealth campaign to find and catch them.
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[#0000FF]As a general rule, you can start finding crappies right off the docks at the main launch area...and down near the yacht club docks...and in the channel in between. That starts anytime after the water starts chilling around the middle to end of September.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Once water temps drop below 60 the perch and crappies both move deeper...being from 30 to 50 feet deep by the middle to end of October...when water temps are down to the mid fifties. That's when everybody gangs up on them from the narrows to the buoy line. And you have to be good at making vertical presentations in deep water and feeling the sometimes subtle tick of a biting crappie.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]The other big variable...as referenced by Chris Penne's info...is the year classes that are available and how large they may be. Some years all you can catch are small hand-size crappies. Other years there are some nice footlongs in the mix.
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[#0000FF]Yeah, every year is different. But if you watch the reports there will be some hints of success and you can launch your own stealth campaign to find and catch them.
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