EARLY ICE CRAPPIES The
exact location of early ice crappies largely depends on what type of lake you're
ice fishing on. My favorite early season ice fishing lakes for catching crappies
are the smaller ones. Not only do these lakes freeze over quicker than the
larger ones; but in most cases, these types of lakes have large area shallow
areas and with just a few deep holes. Crappies in these types of lakes will
search out these deeper holes as winter approaches. The crappies will usually be
suspended half way down in the water column and be relating to some deep water
point that extends into the deep water area.