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Fork Crappie
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02/13/15 05:23 PM
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Coach Jaywhy
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Any reports on the bite on fork? Headed there this weekend and I'm trying to get a gameplan
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Re: Fork Crappie
[Re: Coach Jaywhy]
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02/13/15 08:04 PM
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PKfishin
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Last Monday they would not bite on Minnows at the 515 bridge. I could see them on the bridge pillars at 13-18 feet but they would not bite. Ole Ketchn would tell me it was because it was a bright sunny day, but that's what you'll have Sat/Sun too.
Sand Bass were biting.
John 21:3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee.
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Re: Fork Crappie
[Re: Coach Jaywhy]
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02/13/15 08:18 PM
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Ketchn
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I thunk Sunday was supposed to be kind of cloudy and rainy ?
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Re: Fork Crappie
[Re: Coach Jaywhy]
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02/13/15 08:25 PM
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KidKrappie
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The sun usually helps bridge fishing for me in the past. Pushed them in the shade.
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Re: Fork Crappie
[Re: KidKrappie]
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02/13/15 08:33 PM
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Ketchn
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The sun usually helps bridge fishing for me in the past. Pushed them in the shade. it for sure does in the summer THAT for sure aint the case in the winter though
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Re: Fork Crappie
[Re: Ketchn]
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02/13/15 08:38 PM
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Stucky76
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The sun usually helps bridge fishing for me in the past. Pushed them in the shade. aint the case in the winter though
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Re: Fork Crappie
[Re: Ketchn]
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02/13/15 08:47 PM
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brush pile 1023
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The sun usually helps bridge fishing for me in the past. Pushed them in the shade. it for sure does in the summer THAT for sure aint the case in the winter though I wonder why this is?
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Re: Fork Crappie
[Re: Coach Jaywhy]
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02/13/15 08:50 PM
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KidKrappie
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Why is it different in the winter? Just curious
Last edited by fishin'aholic2; 02/13/15 08:52 PM.
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Re: Fork Crappie
[Re: KidKrappie]
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02/13/15 09:00 PM
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RetiredYaker
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Why is it different in the winter? Just curious fish are cold blooded, and the sun is warm?
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Re: Fork Crappie
[Re: Coach Jaywhy]
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02/13/15 09:01 PM
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RangerBass21
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Cause in the winter the water is cooler, so they don't need hide in the shade to get cool from the hot summer sun and also during the winter the sun warms them up, during the summer they hide in the shade cause the shade water is cooler than the sun, if you ever crappies fished trees during the summer, they're always underneath a limb that goes out hortizontaly, another tip to finding crappie in the summer.
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Re: Fork Crappie
[Re: Coach Jaywhy]
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02/13/15 09:06 PM
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KidKrappie
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Do you guys really think that the sun can penetrate 20-30 ft down for the fish to feel? The water that deep is already warm.. hence why they are down there.
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Re: Fork Crappie
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02/13/15 09:11 PM
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RangerBass21
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The reason they are down there cause the water is more comfortable and more oxygenated than shallower water.
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Re: Fork Crappie
[Re: Coach Jaywhy]
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02/13/15 09:12 PM
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KidKrappie
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More comfortable because its warmer.
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Re: Fork Crappie
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02/13/15 09:13 PM
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RetiredYaker
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they are shallow right now... has nothing to do with eyelids... has everything to do with temp/baitfish. they are ambush predators, and feel better concealed in shade than sunlight, but if the bait is in open water, so are the crappie.
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Re: Fork Crappie
[Re: RetiredYaker]
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02/13/15 09:16 PM
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KidKrappie
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. they are ambush predators, and feel better concealed in shade than sunlight, but if the bait is in open water, so are the crappie. I wasn't talking about bait... I was talking about the simple fact that they prefer shade versus sun in any season.
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