Page 3 - Crappie NOW - June 2017

Opening Cast

The spring
of 2017 has been
EDITOR/ SR. WRITER anything but normal.
The weather and
crappie fishing have
IN MEMORIAM been unpredictable.
We’ve seen early
warm weather but late
WRITERS snows. We’ve had
Darl Black winter temperatures
Vic Attardo in May even as far
Ron Presley south as Montgomery,
Vernon Summerlin Alabama. We have
John Phillips had massive floods,
Josh Gowan drought, snow, tornados, hail and high winds.
Greg McCain All of the weather has been difficult for me
John Felsher to adjust to but the crappie have had trouble,

too. They don’t know whether to spawn, not
spawn, go to a winter pattern or summer
pattern. Sometimes they do nothing at all. I
can’t wait to see what June brings but it should
be better.
A good example of weather changing
crappie was in a recent tournament on my home
waters, the Alabama River. We experienced
temperatures one day in the eighties and the
next day it dropped into the forties before the
day was over. Water temperatures dropped
eight degrees within 24 hours. Heavy rains
created hefty currents and dinged the waters.
Crappie hate changes in any condition and all

© Copyright 2017 of these really pushed them tight to structure,
trees, brush piles, etc. They would not move
to eat anything. You had to put the bait right
where they were located to get them to bite, if
they would at all.
As June arrives, weather conditions and
crappie fishing should be spectacular. Post-
spawn crappie should be very hungry so be
ready to have some fun.
Cover Photo:
Editor Tim Huffman with a God Bless,
2.97-lb slab he caught at Dan Dannenmueller Sr.
Grenada, MS. Publisher
Crappie Clubs....41

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