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Where to target crappie in the winter?

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Skywagon:
Crappie are a new addition to our area, not much knowledge of them up here north of the border.  Our ice starts in November and will usually stay until sometime in May.  I have had no luck finding crappie until later in the season and then in our deepest water.  We have no dead timber, weeds are dead, no running water this time of year. Any thoughts?

1750outfiterss:
Use contour maps find holes Crappie usually suspend anywhere from 5 (even shallower ) to 20'
Sometimes right on the bottom.
Be prepared to move alot. The best bite usually happens with low light conditions
Start high in the water.Do you use electronics? If so let the fish tell you what they want.
Good luck and tight lines :icefish: :icefish:

Seamonkey84:

--- Quote from: sleddog1 on Dec 05, 2018, 07:54 AM ---Thank you Butcher.
If a pond is surrounded by reeds, is that the weedline? Or are we looking for underwater vegetation?

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Of course Underwater.... unless you see something like a tree that is laying on down into  the water. The vegetation along the shore can tell you what kind of bottom material there is though.

winterbuddy:

--- Quote from: Skywagon on Dec 06, 2018, 05:57 AM ---Crappie are a new addition to our area, not much knowledge of them up here north of the border.  Our ice starts in November and will usually stay until sometime in May.  I have had no luck finding crappie until later in the season and then in our deepest water.  We have no dead timber, weeds are dead, no running water this time of year. Any thoughts?

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Look to breaks or structure coming off of large shallow flats.

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