Crappie Spawn

[crappie-hunter]

Are all the crappie fisherman being tight lipped? The catching is good if you catch them at the right time in the right spots.

Fished all Sunday afternoon out of the CC ramp and caught 21 keepers between the 2 of us, all on minnows against chunk rock banks. Northing against pea gravel. Kept the boat in 4-6 of water and caught them against the banks. All on minnows, couldn't buy a bite on a jig- tried all different color combos. Had to keep moving around, we could catch 2-4 in a spot then we would move on to the next spot. The size of the males has been great so far this year, I have only had to throw back 4 crappie in 5 trips for being under 10 inches.  A small front dropped in around 7 and shut the bite down.  Couldn't catch anything after the wind picked up. Only 3 females in the bunch.

           Greenfield trading post was out of minnows on Sunday.  They had this problem around this time last year. Someone should clue them in that it's crappie season, and they will sell much more of them than they normally would at any other time of the year!                      

Anyone else having any luck?

[dan hufferd]

Thank you !