This depends on where you live. Some folks favor the spring month closest to the spawn. For me personally living in the middle part of the country, November is the best month. When the water temps are 50-58, you can load the boat fast with good crappie. You get size, numbers and loaded pieces of mid-depth cover with the most aggressive crappie of the year. So because of that I pick November. But really its the month when the water temps are in the 50s where you live.