Crappie Report (Or Lack Of) 7/15

[packersooner]

Spent about 4 hours trolling #7 Flicker Shads for crappie on the north part of the lake. Only managed a few keepers with a handful of shorts. The shad seemed to be in the coves but we weren't marking the crappie in the numbers we did last year.

Another thing we noticed is that the crappie we were marking were between 20 and 25 feet down (25 to 60 fow). Those #7s were not reaching them...even with 15/4 braid. We therefore used some 3/4 and 1 oz. clip-on weights and that's when we managed to boat a few. Has anyone noticed that the thermocline is setting up a bit deeper than normal this year? Or...perhaps the thermocline is around the typical 20' but oxygen levels are still decent below that level.

Hope someone has figured out the crappie this summer!

Jason