Crappie/Bream Archives - Page 15 of 27

Summer is prime time for slab crappie if you look in the right places.

Crappie know how to stay cool

May 4, 2017 Hal Schramm

As I write this, the crappie are spawning. When you read this, the spawn will be over and the adults moving to their summer homes. For many anglers, crappie season is over. But the number of year-round dedicated crappie anglers appears to be increasing, as is their knowledge of how to catch summer crappie. The results of a crappie movement study by University of Missouri fishery scientists may offer some thoughts to add to your treasure chest of crappie-catching knowledge. […]

Crappie guide John Harrison doesn’t see May as just a post-spawn time. Not all crappie spawn at the same time in the same place. Spreading out your spawn fishing, or seeking alternate tactics to catch crappie can make the month productive.

Crappie’s post-spawn no reason to sing blues

May 1, 2017 Phillip Gentry

For many crappie anglers, fishing the post-spawn season is a lot like heading back to the car after the big game. The excitement is over and the place is a shambles. […]

Crappie expert’s jig-making tips

April 20, 2017 Jerald Horst

Crappie killer Murphy Royer makes his own jigs from scratch. […]

Writer Bobby Cleveland shows the kind of fishing action that made Trace Lake at Trace State Park near Pontotoc one of the top angling destinations in Mississippi with this stringer of huge redear bream. Due to a failing dam, the lake is being drained for repair.

One of Mississippi’s top lakes to be drained

April 20, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

Old Natchez Trace Lake — a.k.a. Trace Lake — at Trace State Park near Pontotoc will soon be drained and closed to the public during its renovation, according to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks. […]

Minnows under a cork is the simplest technique for April crappie in Mississippi.

The best of the rest of Mississippi’s crappie lakes

April 15, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi’s top crappie lakes are well documented, gaining national exposure as some of the best in the country — Grenada, Sardis, Arkabutla, Enid (which has held the world record for white crappie since 1955), Washington and Ross Barnett. […]

King crappie — Rundown of Mississippi’s top crappie options

April 1, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

The Magnolia State is No. 1 when it comes to crappie fishing — and there are so many options it’s hard to decide where to go. […]

No. 1 tip when fishing brush-pile crappie

March 21, 2017 Patrick Bonin

Chas Champagne uses pliers to intentionally weaken the hooks so they straighten out more easily when hung up. […]

Wade to find crappie’s hiding places

March 15, 2017 Phillip Gentry

In the far back reaches of any impoundment, wading anglers can get out and have plenty of spawning and pre-spawn crappie all to themselves. […]

Crappie will gravitate to offshore contours that most anglers drive right over on their way to more obvious crappie fishing locations.

Hiding in plain sight

March 1, 2017 Phillip Gentry

It’s crappie season in Mississippi, the most famous “perch jerking” state in the Union, where this time of the year on any major body of water you can find anglers nearly shoulder to shoulder hoping to catch a limit. […]

Bigger baits mean bigger crappie

February 16, 2017 Dan Kibler

With big baits, you weed out little fish. A lot of crappie fishermen believe bigger fish are more aggressive to larger baits. […]

Homemade crappie rig box

February 15, 2017 David A. Brown

Bobby Murray loves a hot crappie bite, and he likes to be ready to maximize every opportunity he gets. Suffice it to say, he has plenty of tackle bags to carry all the hardware and baits he needs, but Murray has developed a simple but effective system for keeping key items at close reach. […]

Tackle tips for crappie fishing

February 15, 2017 David A. Brown

Notwithstanding his penchant for simplicity, Jerry Thompson has given much thought to certain aspects of his terminal tackle and rigging. […]