The Ideal Lake for Ice Fishing Crappie If I could pick the ... The next time you’re looking for mid-winter crappies (and bluegills), look to the deep holes or slots where plankton accumulate.

According to crappie fishing guide Doug Kloet, crappie stay deep for most of the winter, sitting just off the bottom in 20 to 22 feet of water. As a storm moves in, however, the fish will move up ...

Spring crappie fishing is relatively easy ... South can still catch open water crappie in the dead of winter. By targeting deep basins with brush piles for schools of crappie, or finding deep ...

Talk about dedication! Winter Trout Fishing Hotspots: Shallow vs. Deep Water Although trout are typically found in deep water in summer because of their requirements for cool water and high oxygen ...

Photo courtesy of FleegersFlies.com The winter weather this year has been surprising, to say the least. The 10-day forecast appears to favor a slow awakening from the deep freeze that local ... The ...