fished late around 3 pm and started my journey. crappie are beginning to move back to the lake from the creeks and depths and are moving shallower for the spawn.
Water was 59 degrees when i went and crappie will spawn around 62 degrees with males and then females follow in as well later in the days.
i have caught my crappie around standing timber from 15ft-22ft of water. minnows and jigs have been producing. (make sure you fish slow). theres crappie on the docks and very few in the pilons.
i used 4lb test for extra challenge and fun.
1/16 splitshot to 1/8 splitshot,same weight for the jig heads.
6ft6-9ft rods medium to light action.
i dropped the minnows down there and once it hit the bottom i crank 1-3 times and let it sit, with short jigging motion to entice them. reaction strike is what the crappie are doing.
work that water column. a slightest temp change can alter the fish feeding.
jigs are basically the same. dead sticking with short jigging .
The results will look like this
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those two crappie i got there were hawgs. running 12 1/2- 13 inches.

Nice Catch. Good job.

We went out yesterday and not a single crappie. Wondering where the rain this week is going to move them.

its going to be a warm rain. fish will be hiding in structure such as under docks and pilons. there will be a few on the trees. in a week or 2 when weather warms up more it will be on.

if it stays at a steady 59-60 for a couple of days itll be game on.

Hubbard is a under-rated crappie lake!! I've had plenty great fish come out of there, especially when we had our slip at harber bay Marina. I see your at the crappie barge how's the bite going there?