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     attract  crappie  and  are  easily  located  by
     sonar.  I  discovered  this  years  ago  when               The author shows off a nice crappie taken
     the  air  temperature  was  about  30  degrees.                off wood. (Photo by Jeff Falkenberry)
     Crappie  disappeared  from  the  beds  and  a
     friend’s  depth  finder  found  fish  scattered  in       screen. Open water crappie usually school in
     groups  along  a  long,  rocky  flat.  We  cruised        big numbers and are easily found on a sonar
     back and forth, watching the depth finder and             screen,  especially  today’s  modern  versions
     catching a crappie every time we stopped or               that can almost count the spots on a fish.
     paused over a spot that showed fish on his

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