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Crappie are a most adaptable species of gamefish and fisherman all over the country call them different names such as calico bass,speckled perch,speckled bass, white perch, pole crappies strawberry bass, and papermouths. During the post summer period of the year the underwater ecosystem is in complete reversal. The post summer ecosystem reversal is the complete opposite of the pre-summer period where the ecosystem is gearing up full speed.  The water temperature is cooling rapidly compared to the prime summer period and many things are changing daily including the crappies mood, and feeding patterns.

Crappie fishing during the post summer period is often quite unpredictable. Sometimes crappie fishing baits you were using in the peak of the summer period such as crappie live baits like crappie minnows, shiners, fathead minnows, small crayfish, or mussel meat will work. Other times you may have to mix your crappie baits up with a combination crappie jigs and live bait or even crappie jigs and soft plastics tipped with live bait like wax worms or a small crappie minnow.

 During the post summer period papermouths are feeding on what is left of the forage that existed during the prime summer period. All of the calico bass,speckled perch food chain is in decline. Water levels are at their lowest point of the year drive the pole crappies to deeper areas of their habitats. The white perch will hold tight together in cover that is available in these deep areas. The papermouths typically will not suspend during the post summer period. Locate some deep structure points and you probably will catch crappie. A good crappie fishing technique that works well in this period of the year is to use crappie jigs tipped with live bait with a safety pin spinner fished slowly. Go crappie fishing along the edges of deep weeded areas and deep timber lines. You will need to find the papermouths by fishing as many structure edge lines as you can find until you start catching crappie. The paper mouth will typically hole up in tight schools during the post summer period and if you can find these schools you can catch some crappie.

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The the crappie is one of the most sought after game fish in America and they have been named odd names such as calico bass,speckled perch,speckled bass,white perch,pole crappies,strawberry bass, and paper mouth. When speckled perch move into the pre summer period which happens when the water temperature goes into the 70 degree range. The pre-summer period is when the speckled bass move into their regular feeding patterns and they are much more predicable.

 The pre-summer period is when the food chain is most plentiful and the paper mouth are in full feeding mode. You can catch crappie on just about any crappie bait using a variety of different crappie fishing rigs. paper mouth will be found in multiple locations such as weed beds, flats, breaks, and some will always be suspended. They may be concentrated in just one of these areas, but many times during the pre-summer period you will find speckled bass at all of these locations at the same time.

 You will be able to catch crappie with live bait or artificial crappie jigs. Also a combination of crappie jig heads tipped with crappie live bait such as crappie minnows, flat head minnows, shiners, and small crayfish will work well. Actually just about any crappie bait will work well during the pre-summer period.

 In deep southern lakes and reservoirs  calico bass will appear on primary and secondary points on the main lake where there is a break or drop off to deeper water. Deep timbered channel edges will also hold speckled bass during the pre-summer period.

 In northern lakes calico bass will move to area’s to establish themselves in the habitat they intend to stay with throughout the summer. As long as their natural food source remain the same the papermoth will remain in these areas. That is why in northern lakes the calico bass will be very predicable during this period and crappie baits such as any live bait like crappie minnows, shiners, fathead minnows, small crayfish, and even fresh mussel meat will work to catch crappie during the pre-summer and summer periods.

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