Aldrich 5/2

[olfishead]

On 5/2/2021 at 5:00 PM, bologna said:

Fish are finally showing up.  Crappie caught out on flats mainly in 12 foot of water on cranks.  Catfish, a stray white, and a few drum as well.

 

They should be heading for the banks soon I think.

Very, very few, if any, bluecats (whites) in Stockton. Lots of channel cats.

[bologna]

4 minutes ago, olfishead said:

Very, very few, if any, bluecats (whites) in Stockton. Lots of channel cats.

By white, I meant white bass 😁😁

[olfishead]

1 hour ago, bologna said:

By white, I meant white bass 😁😁

👍

[olfishead]

9 hours ago, Dutch said:

I started fishing it in 1969 as soon as they closed the dam, though I do not profess to have knowledge about the crappie spawn, neither do I maintain those types of records.

So did I! in fact, I fished and swam in the river before the lake.

[olfishead]

On 5/3/2021 at 1:59 PM, straw hat said:

Research

https://huntfish.mdc.mo.gov/fishing/species/crappie/crappie-tips-fishing#:~:text=Crappie may spawn as early as mid-March in,spawn as shallow as 1 or 2 feet.
Missouri Conservation Department The spawn generally occurs when water temperatures reach 55F. 

Siefert, R. E. 1968. Reproductive behavior, incubation and mortality of eggs, and post-larval food selection in white crappie. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 97:3.
Spawning begins when water temperature reaches 13–14 C (55-57F), with peak spawning occurring at 16–20 C (61-68F)  (Siefert 1968). 

My records

The water temperature I got last Saturday was 65F in the twin bridges area.

The records that I have kept over the last 35 years show that I catch most spawners at 56 to 64F. My records show that anytime the water temperature drops more than 5 degrees during the spawn a significant number of eggs are reabsorbed and a poor spawn occurs. From April 9th this year to April 23rd the water temperature appearred to drop 7 degrees in the CC area (61F to 54F). I certainly hope that reabsorption of eggs do not occur. 

Good info.! Other factors influence when individual fish spawn. Turbidity will determine to some extent the depth at which the fish spawns or when the desirable temperature occurs at that depth. Photoperiod, fluctuations of temperature, rate of overall temperature increases......thus the range of spawning temperatures.

[fishinwrench]

3 hours ago, olfishead said:

Good info.! Other factors influence when individual fish spawn. Turbidity will determine to some extent the depth at which the fish spawns or when the desirable temperature occurs at that depth. Photoperiod, fluctuations of temperature, rate of overall temperature increases......thus the range of spawning temperatures.

I would assume that rapidly falling water levels would prevent bass & crappie from starting bedding activity.   And on lakes like Truman,Stockton, Pomme that is surely a factor every Spring.  

In lakes with stable conditions those fish might very well begin spawning in 60° water, but in.my experience in this region the temps when spawning is in full force is around 72°.   And it's been that way for as long as I've been fishing here.