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5/6/2013

A Crappie Time of Year:

Well, spring has finally sprung here in lower Michigan. The ice that had covered our lakes during the winter months departed about a month ago and the daffodils are now in full bloom.  For the most part, air temperatures had still remained below normal, but at the present time we are experiencing summer-like warmth and sunshine, which has raised the water's surface temp into the mid-fifties.   Annually, I anticipate the seasonal transition that is currently taking place - the crappies are schooled up and moving towards man-made channels and shallow shoreline flats and are easily located and caught. In an effort to learn more about their pre-spawn migration, my son Danny and I have spent a couple days underwater observing how the crappies position along with schools of bluegills … Read More