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As soon as the ice melts, the shallow-water food web awakens — micro-invertebrates and minnows draw waves of crappies into warmer, shallow water. The buffet is officially open after months of suspending in deeper water with minimal movements.
Then there’s the pre-spawn push shallow to shop nesting sites, which males fan out for females. But the actual spawn is a short-lived affair, and females vacate for the nearest deeper cover after dropping their eggs. It’s the males that stay behind to guard the eggs and fry.
