 What are we going to do? How are we going to go about, where are we going to look for fish this time of year, and how are we going to catch them? Here's the deal, Billy. The thermocline is already set up in the lakes, and these fish are shallow. The best place to look for crappie this time of year is shallow because it's the best oxygen. And so the thermocline is set up around 15, 16 foot, and we're catching crappie 8 to 9 foot deep, sometimes 6 foot deep.