Originally Posted by
luvtohunt
Spring and fall fish can be found more shallow in creeks on typical patterns. In the summer I do best on secondary points and ledges in about 30 feet of water. I’m not necessarily keying in on structure but looking for bait and fish stacked below and in the area. Once I’ve located some bait and fish I will tie up/anchor off and drop my light. I 10 to 1 prefer either netting or snagging shad to fish with. I grow a 1/4 inch mesh net to get he smaller size shad at night. Crappie eat them much better than store bought minnows in my experience. Will even eat a dead shad of the proper size before a live store bough minnow. I’ve done my best this year in 30 feet of water fishing between 12 and 15 feet deep.