what temperature water do crappie like
By March, most Southern crappie waters have warmed into the 50s. When the water temperature is 50 to 56 degrees, most crappies will be found staging on flats ranging from 6 to 15 feet deep. Whenever anglers start catching fish shallow they often think the fish must be spawning. Actually they're in the pre-spawn feeding frenzy, explains Rister.