No spots requested, but how do you approach open/bulk headed banks for crappie during the spawn. I've used the light slip cork method in the past with ok results. Most of my crappie fishing in the spawn was done on lakes with a lot of cypress and standing timber.
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When their nose is to the wall they won't turn around and bite a bait back behind them. You have to drop the bait in front of them tight against the wall. Best time for minnows. Works the same everywhere, stumps, bridge piers etc. If they in a feeding pattern they will be facing outward and will move out a good ways to grab the bait. Best time for jigs. Crappie is some funny critters and all it takes is a little finesse. And patience.
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I have caught them on rocks/riffraff during the spawn in shallow. If you could place brush tops in about 7 to 10ft of water in front of the bulkheads I am sure they would stack up on it.
Using minnows under slip cork up against the bulkheads you probably would catch a few cats also this time of the year or just a little later.
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Originally posted by JACK750 View PostAll of this is very good information. However all fish do not rush the shallows at the same time. You can always catch them on some kind of structure out a little deeper too.
This!! I don’t fish shallower than about 8’ even during the spawn. It’s productive it’s just not my thing.
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