When fishing jigs in the same areas, make sure you position your boat on the outside of your target area and pitch to where you have found active fish.
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Many times, the north ends of bays can be early hot spots because of the angle on the sun. Most often its takes only a couple of days after ice-out for crappies to start moving shallow for food.