Crappie/Bream
Best lakes for redear bream fishing
It took just two conversations with regional fisheries biologists to recognize a pattern for catching redear in Mississippi in April — pick about any lake in any region and go shallow. […]
Crappie/Bream
Crappie/Bream
What is a redear bream
So what is a redear? It is a panfish and cousin of the more common bluegill. […]
Crappie/Bream
Pull crankbaits for post-spawn crappie
Pickwick Lake provides literally miles of open water mid-depth flats that are prime for trolling for crappie. […]
Crappie/Bream
Picking the right docks for black, white crappie
With crappie season in full swing, all crappie tend to get lumped together into one species and most anglers don’t fish any differently, or even care what the differences are. […]
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Picks for Pickwick — Best bets for crappie
April is a great month to be fishing crappie at Pickwick Lake. And these guides tell you the patterns that will fill the boat. […]
Crappie/Bream
Crappie angler jerks record perch
It is true that calling a crappie fisherman a perch jerker is incorrect 99.99999 percent of the time.
On Monday, March 21, Wesley Cummings of Booneville was a member of the other .00001 percent. […]
Crappie/Bream
Flood-control lakes present crappie fishing challenge
Dereck Redwine is an engineering technician who works at the dam on Grenada Lake. It’s his job to maintain proper water levels at the big U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood control project. […]
Crappie/Bream
Getting ready to wade for crappie
A good pair of waders, an 8- or 9-foot rod and a box of jigs is all that’s required to get on some big crappie at Grenada this month. […]
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Ice-cold crappie — How to catch winter crappie at Okatibbee
Bruce Roberts trolled slowly with a crappie pole in each hand, searching for prespawn crappie while scanning his Humminbird down-imaging unit. […]
Crappie/Bream
Crank up more crappie
Kenny Allen doesn’t begin to claim he’s one of the crappie pros who first hit on trolling crankbaits for big slabs, but he said he’s smart enough to know when a technique is worth using — and in January in many Southeastern reservoirs, dropping a half-dozen crankbaits behind your boat and pulling them along at various depths is a very productive way to put cold-water slabs in the boat. […]
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Christmas crappie — Fishing tips for Lake Lincoln State Park
Fans of crispy fried crappie will savor the last stop of our year-long tour of the best state-run fishing lakes in Mississippi, especially those who love in the southwest and central areas of the state and have a holiday taste for fish. […]
Crappie/Bream
Four state lakes get crappie stockings
Fishing for the state’s most-popular sport fish, the crappie, just got better at several small lakes thanks to stocking efforts by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. […]