Page 3 - Crappie NOW - June 2019

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The 2019 winter, spring and
June 2019 EDITOR/ SR. WRITER now early summer period have
Ron Presley
been very interesting weather

WRITERS wise. One day it feels like winter,
Darl Black the next summer, and once in
Vic Attardo a while like spring. The crappie
Ron Presley
Vernon Summerlin fishing has been interesting as
John Phillips well due to this volatility.
Greg McCain
John Felsher Most of the crappie below the Mason-Dixon Line have
Kenny Kieser already spawned. There are a few stragglers, what I call
Larry Whiteley
Ron Wong the second wave. These are normally the smaller crappie
which are mature enough to spawn. The crappie here
are now in the immediate period following the spawn and

really tough to catch.
In the period following the major spawn, the crappie

become very lethargic and literally will sit on the lake/
river bottom. During this period, the fishing becomes

extremely slow. The crappie recovers from the energy

spent during the spawn and won’t eat. Within one to two
weeks, however, they are ready to replenish their bodies

and the bite becomes fantastic. This is true throughout
the country.

© Copyright 2019 For those of you In the Midwest, the crappies are
trying to spawn and, in the north, it is just weeks away.

The bite should be good now in these locations.

My recommendation is to never give up on catching
a limit of crappie any time during the year. They are like

us; they must eat to live. Use state-of-the-art electronics

Cover Photo: to locate their holding locations and tailor the technique
Gerald Overstreet pulled to their positioning on those locations.
this late springtime crappie
from the Alabama River on a
brightly colored Road Runner. Good Luck Fishing and God Bless,
Crappie Clubs....43 Greg McCain photo
Dan Dannenmueller, Publisher

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