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By Darl Black
of us who never hang up the rod, it sure
In my home state of Pennsylvania, makes life on the lake a lot less crowded!
so many anglers flock to area lakes seek- Now is the time crappie anglers can reap
ing crappies in the spring that on pleas- mid-summer rewards on waters in north-
ant weather weekends it is usually impos- ern states.
sible to find a parking place at any boat Depending on the type of lake, wa-
ramp! However, by the 4th of July, most of ter color and primary food source, north-
these anglers have disappeared – seem- ern crappies can be found in a variety of
ingly forgetting about crappies until next locations in the summer – from the shal-
spring. lows to deep structure and everywhere in
But their loss is our gain. For those between. Therefore a variety of angling
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