Suspended crappie provide dependable opportunities throughout spring if you understand how to locate the fish and make proper presentations.
Throughout spring and sometimes well into summer, North Carolina crappie angler Jeff Lowdermilk primarily targets roaming fish that are in pre-spawn and post-spawn mode. Because different groups of crappie spawn at different times in any given lake and they use the same areas before and after the spawn, these areas tend to hold fish throughout spring.
Like many dedicated crappie anglers, Lowdermilk has overhauled his approach in recent years because of technology. I fished with him a few years back, and he was a dedicated and highly skilled long-line troller. He used multiple lines to fish a range of depths with a variety of colors and to locate, catch and pattern fish. I joined him again last week, and he has switched completely to searching out roaming fish with live sonar and casting to specific fish – for tournament fishing and practice, at least.
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