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[CrappieJohn]

Were you out at all over the weekend? Ma was in the Cities all day Sat. and Sun., and I was home alone and fished a bit here at Chesterwoods reservoir , but had no luck. If you did get out, where were yoiu find the craps? I plan to go to the usual lake on Weds. with Mike from hookedonfishing from the Rochester forum. We want to see if the fish have moved into the deep water attitude yet and perhaps do some deep sunnies...Mike is an ace at those critters. There has been so little activity on either forum that it's a tough study to figure out where we should begin. Normally the craps here will come off the beds and head right out into the main-lake water and suspend for a couple weeks before they start looking for the deep stuff and thermoclines, but this years heat may change that activity, and I haven't been able to get out ni the last week and a half. Thanks in advance for any input.

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Sure life happens- why wait....The Crapster....good fishing guys!

[CrappieJohn]

Hey thanks guy...This lake that I fish is stained quited heavily, although towards the end of the festivities the water cleared quite nicely down to about five feet...and that may again throw a wrench in the scheme of things. We'll go straight to the deep stuff and do some screen watching. Hey...thanks again.

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Sure life happens- why wait....The Crapster....good fishing guys!

[united jigsticker]

Sounds good Tom

[united jigsticker]

Hi Tom.

No, I didn't make it out this weekend either. I might be having withdrawls. It's the first time in quite a while.

I hear ya about Crappies liking to move out and suspend for a few weeks after the spawn.

The strange thing is, in years with unusually warm weather, I've see the Crappies hang in shallow (5-10 feet) until the 1st part of August, while in those cool, wet summers, the 15-20 foot depths are holding active fish by the 1st week in July.

I was out last weekend, Still Crappies in 4-10 feet where I was at, with the Bluegills hot on the beds.

The week before, I was on Clearwater, and getting Crappies out to 14 feet of water. Totally different lake type though, with very clear water.

At any rate, July's Crappie action is usually always hot, no matter what depth the fish reside at.

Good fishing

[This message has been edited by united jigsticker (edited 06-23-2003).]