At the time of year again the trees are blue and the dog woods are stinking and here we are again Where are the crappy at and the month of April what's going on guys? I'm Stephen Turner with Turner Fishing welcome or welcome back to the channel I invite you to join down below hit that subscribe button down below we cover crappy fishing year-round So the month of April can be a very very productive month, but it can also be one of those months where You'll have days you're like what the heck are these fish doing? Because I mean believe it or not last week I was catching post bon fish and 40 to 50 foot of water and I mean they were just completely spawned out it was a very Weird thing for me this time of year because the water temperatures are barely 62 63 we've had a couple cold mornings and And they brought the water temperature right back down. So we just want to stop interject this video right now We've got I mean Clothes is light. We've got a table full of spring starter kits So they're they're on the website. They're ready to go go grab you one and support me my wife and my five kids No jic tails slowing down this time of year. So Get into the point where we got to do something drastic and we don't want to do that So go grab your starter kit or just grab you some OGs because they're biting the crap out of them right now So go grab them Membership down below It's $2 a month It would greatly appreciate everything on one of you now go learn how to catch them in April So at the beginning of the month, you know this first couple weeks Honestly, if you want to catch a lot of fish, I would still focus shallow 10 to zero You know if you want to fish for males fish up on the bank There are going to be a couple females laying around it there in the creek channel waiting to move up But the majority of your bigger fish are going to be you know In that cycle and when I talk about a cycle I've sent this before on past videos You're going to have Pre-spawn spawn and post spawn fish all in a cycle and whatever major creek arm that you're fishing Or you know major river running or whatever whatever your lake may be you know every lake is kind of different But the majority of lakes have creeks and you know the majority of crap you're going to go up the creek spawn So what you really want to focus on In the month of April probably from 62 to 75-ish Degree water temperatures if you want to catch the bigger fish now There's not going to be a lot in one area. So you're going to have to move a lot You know, it's not going to be drop the trolling motor I'm going to find 20 fish which is the limit here in South Carolina. I'm going to find 20 fish In this one area that are you know in my opinion big enough to keep But you know they could be a lot of fish in one area But to find the bigger ones you're going to have to move from creek to creek to creek brush pile to brush pile bridge to bridge lay down to lay down and et cetera Like you're just not going to be a one and done type of deal that that that day's coming You know that the water temperature gets up in the 70s. You're going to start finding them on brush You're going to start finding them stacked up on bridges and stuff and that's when it kind of gets a little bit easier to go out there Spotlock down cast out a brush pile cast out a bridge and catch your limit But this time of year you still need to be focusing on You know, beating the bank a little bit if you want to go have fun with a cork or using your long jink pole to fish laydowns and stuff But if that is not just working for you just come off a little bit find the Timfeet of water Look for your laydowns look for your Your deeper banks in your creek channels those laydowns normally have a couple fish on it You're going to have to poke around a little bit Like if you don't if you're not using forward facing someone are it's best to just hit every piece of structure that you can You know fish it all the way to the bottom you can fish on a laydown Fish it from the trunk all the way to the top all the way I mean you got to go order you some jikheads at crappiemanjigs.com And you know because you're going to lose a lot. It's just inevitable. You're going to lose a lot of jikheads doing this but Focus on those types of structures in those creek channels because You're going to have spawning pockets and where those spawning pockets are Which is spawning pocket is you know a flat got good bottom and You know kind of protected from the wind north wind whatever You want to find those spawning pockets and then find structure on the way out of that spawning pocket Because the way these females is set up is they're going to go in the spawning pockets They're going to drop their eggs overnight. I mean you're not going to find that female up there You I mean if you do you you a lucky song gun. That's all I'm saying But you want to focus on where they would spawn You find that And then you want to come out and find that brush pile find that stomp find that laydown And you just want to backtrack out of that creek Until you figure out what area the bigger fish are in Now does this take time? Yeah, this is this kind of month Going into the hotter summer pattern Is a lot of Uh, I don't know how to put this it's a lot of moving like like kind of what I said at the beginning of the video You're not going to hit the nail on the head 90% of the time and if you do I mean you know you're you're late very very well But even on Murray I sometimes struggle finding that right thing. But once I do It clicks in my mind of what I need to be doing If I go and I You know backtrack from that spawning pocket All right, I call it a big fish off a brush pile and eight feet of water the brushes four feet high So have to water column all right, so now I'm a run 12 to eight feet brush piles and knowing where these brush piles are kind of key So if you're at a new area of of your lake you may you know, I had the side scan around a little bit Figure out, you know, where That structure is because there's not going to be a bunch of big fish stacked built in one spot Now like I said last week I did find a couple stacked up in one spot But it is a weird phenomenal. They were all spawned out like They were 12 12 inch fish with no good probably way to pound 20 maybe but oh With the month of April you want to watch your water temperature the fish will spawn in I mean You could catch fish off the bank until 75 degree water temperature. That's just how it rolls people think they all spawn 60 to 65 now The males will be able to protect in the fry protecting the eggs whatever for a couple weeks And those are the easiest fish to catch in the lake if you can find them there If you hit them on the head with a jig they're going to bite so month of April focus on backtracking From those spawning areas if you've caught some fish up there shallow before If you just come from that area Is slowly make your way back out. I mean when I say that you know some creeks are a couple miles long You may have to go spawning area here and go a whole half a mile here hit this brush pile. That's where the fish are Or if they're not there, you know quarter mile another quarter mile Until you figure out you know what area they could be up on or that dock over there on the corner they could be It's you've got to put the time on the water The biggest thing in crappy fishing other than boat control in my opinion Is time on the water You know if I go to a new lake Half my day is going to be spent trying to find structure Unless you know I roll up on the bridge and they're there and I'm like oh here we go We ain't got to go nowhere else. I just catch them off this bridge but But like if I go to Lake Hartwell or something there's Hundreds of hundreds of docks. I've never fish and You've got to put the time on that big motor to figure out where the fish are so month of April Backtrack from the month of March You know if you haven't watched that video go watch that video where we cover the month of March But you want to go to a spawning pocket and backtrack to find those bigger fish If you want to catch the you know males 10 to 12 inch males keep throwing that quarter up shallow And it's a fun day whether you catch a monarch because the blue girls are coming up and you'll still be catching fish if you're going to court so Hope you enjoyed the video make sure you go grab a spring starter kit a really really really what support the channel Uh jigsales are slowing down a little bit. So Gotta get this ball rolling, but I appreciate everything on one day