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the crappie is a very sought after species of fish which goes by many different names through out the country such as calico bass, speckled perch, speckled bass, white perch, pole crappie, strawberry bass, and paper mouth you would think you were being took by a bunch of con artists. The crappie spawning season typically starts when water temperature ranges between 64 to 72 fare height speckled perch do not spawn at the same time which is why you can still catch crappies while bait fishing with various crappie live baits and crappie artificial baits during the spawn. Actually even crappies on their nest will attack a crappie bait that is placed near their nest.
The pole crappie spawning period is different in different parts of the speckled perch‘s habitat range. In Florida the speckled bass typically spawn between march and april. In Alabama and Georgia it is also between march and April. In Texas and Oklahoma the paper mouth spawn starts in march and continues through May. In Kentucky and Tennesse the paper mouth spawn falls between April and May. In Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa the paper mouth spawn occurs between April and June, Ohio pole crappie have a spawning period between April through July. Oregon has a spawning period between march and June. In Minnesota , Michigan, and Wisconsin the paper mouth spawn between May and June. In Ontario Canada the calico bass spawn between June and August.
The first pole crappie to spawn in any areas will be the ones located in backwater coves and bays. The last last strawberry bass to spawn are the ones located on north facing bays and lake shorelines that warm slowly.
During the actual spawn the female will leave the her eggs the leave he next and the male will guard the next. The male paper mouth will fan the eggs until the fry hatch. The eggs will typically hatch in about one week. The male will remain and guard the fry for about two weeks after the hatch. During the spawn to catch male crappie you will need to put your crappie bait right over the nest. Crappie crank baits or crappie jigs fished vertically will work. The male crappie will attack just about anything that comes close to the nest during this period . The female crappies can be caught in deeper water because that is where they head after they lay their eggs A good way to find the female paper mouth After the spawn is to drift deep water structure points near the edges using multiple crappie fishing rigs with a variation of live crappie baits as well as artificial crappie baits.
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