Skunked

[Phil Lilley]

Put in at River Run about noon.  Headed down and hit Barker and the flats below there.  Saw a few schools of what I think were crappie but no takers.  Saw more fish on the bottom in 18 to 22 feet of water - again no takers.  Jigs and soft plastics.  About 12 boats out, mostly trolling real slow.  I didn't see any action.  Nice to to be out!  Water temp 46.

[Phil Lilley]

[Phil Lilley]

Crappie?

[navery]

I have seen those as well on my graph. Very isolated and not many. I think they are Crappie or yellow perch. I got into a school of yellow perch back in November and caught 14 using minnows. 

[Phil Lilley]

These were moving too fast to get anything to them.  By the time my jig sung to the depth, they moved on.

[fshndoug]

Crappie usually stay in one place when they are in deep water.

[fishinwrench]

3 hours ago, Phil Lilley said:

Crappie?

That school contains 26 fish within an 8' span there.   My math says they average 4.3" apiece...... Hardly worth your time.   

If they are suspended crappie then it's a school of yearlings from last Spring 2022.   Keep following them for 730 days and you'll have something worth opening the livewell lid for. 😁

[Dutch]

Maybe they were whites.  They move around like a bunch of 8th grade boys.

[Ron Burgundy]

7 hours ago, fshndoug said:

Crappie usually stay in one place when they are in deep water.

What he said ☝️

[Phil Lilley]

I didn't follow them... one right decision at least.

I have a lot to learn!