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 What time do you go out?
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06/26/18 03:42 PM
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Buff2
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I like to be out on the lake at first light. That said it seems like I usually don't start catching fish until the sun is fully up and it started to get hot out. We went Sunday at 5:30 am and had only caught 5 or 6 until about 10:00. I was thinking of calling it a day when we started catching fish. We went back to the same brush piles we had fished earlier and caught fish on all of them. I am wondering if my time might not be better spent starting out around 9:00 
Last edited by Buff2; 06/26/18 03:43 PM.
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Re: What time do you go out?
[Re: Buff2]
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06/26/18 04:19 PM
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REDGUN
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it seems like I usually don't start catching fish until the sun is fully up Sun will bunch them up, looking for shade. 
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Re: What time do you go out?
[Re: Buff2]
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06/26/18 04:23 PM
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KidKrappie
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I usually don't do good till about 9:30 or 10 am as well. My opinion is that the fish haven't had time to bunch back up after a night of roaming around feeding. Once the sun is up for a while, it puts them in the places we are looking. Anything before that is a bonus for me. It also depends on what I am doing. If I am on a new lake, I will get there early and scan till 9:30 or 10am and find the spots I want to fish when the time is right.
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Re: What time do you go out?
[Re: Buff2]
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06/26/18 04:58 PM
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Mckinneycrappiecatcher
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My best luck crappie fishing is always from about noon-5 in the dead heat of the day in the summer.
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Re: What time do you go out?
[Re: Buff2]
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06/26/18 05:08 PM
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CCBIRDDOGMAN
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If my wife is going, we are lucky to hit water before 9 am.
I have fished with Lane twice this summer, both times were 1-6 pm (caught 57 and 48)
2 Bedroom Lake house on CC for rent. P.M. me!
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Re: What time do you go out?
[Re: Mckinneycrappiecatcher]
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06/26/18 05:15 PM
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TreeBass
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My best luck crappie fishing is always from about noon-5 in the dead head of the day in the summer.
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Re: What time do you go out?
[Re: Buff2]
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06/26/18 06:26 PM
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banker-always fishing
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Sunup till about 11am!  During the HOT hours 1pm till 6pm shaded areas in about 20 feet of water next to structure. 
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Re: What time do you go out?
[Re: Buff2]
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06/26/18 10:12 PM
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horton5303
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I never did real well first thing in the morning as much as i love launching first thing to enjoy the quiet and watch the sunrise. Like others said. In the dead heat of the day was always best. I have actually watched schools of Crappie come from open water to docks and timber on side imaging and then started catching them one after the other!
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Re: What time do you go out?
[Re: Buff2]
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06/26/18 11:56 PM
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JIM SR.
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depends on the time of year, right now in summer 8am is a good goal to shoot for, or 9... as fall and winter come along its all about temperatures, I don't do COLD much any more... 
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Re: What time do you go out?
[Re: KidKrappie]
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06/27/18 12:35 AM
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dwmoore
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I usually don't do good till about 9:30 or 10 am as well. My opinion is that the fish haven't had time to bunch back up after a night of roaming around feeding. Once the sun is up for a while, it puts them in the places we are looking. Anything before that is a bonus for me. It also depends on what I am doing. If I am on a new lake, I will get there early and scan till 9:30 or 10am and find the spots I want to fish when the time is right.
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Re: What time do you go out?
[Re: Buff2]
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06/27/18 01:56 AM
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jasonslabseeker
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John 21:3-8
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Re: What time do you go out?
[Re: CCBIRDDOGMAN]
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06/27/18 03:14 PM
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ACAMS
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If my wife is going, we are lucky to hit water before 9 am. LUCKY YOU!!!!! ..... I don't get on the water till 2:30-3:00 if my wife goes!
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Re: What time do you go out?
[Re: Buff2]
#12807684
06/27/18 05:57 PM
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serj5150
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Late seems better..Even when coming back in I will check the boat ramp dock at high-noon and will get a few more keepers.
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