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February is best month to load up on crappie

February 19, 2015 Dan Kibler

Ed Duke, who has operated crappie tournaments for years, said February fishing for crappie can be as good as March fishing for bass. […]

The Magnolia crappie is a hybrid designed to be released in smaller bodies of water to prevent overpopulation. Some fish have the black nose marking to help identify them.

Magnolia crappie a perfect fit for state lakes

February 15, 2015 Phillip Gentry

Even with a high number of crappie anglers willing to help manage crappie populations in Mississippi’s state lakes, there exists a real potential for trouble in stocking crappie into small bodies of water. […]

Scott Vance shows why anglers should consider Okatibbee Lake when planning a pre-spawn crappie trip in late February or March.

Okatibbee’s on during pre-spawn

February 11, 2015 Michael O. Giles

Scott Vance scanned his LCR and maneuvered along the submerged creek channel in Okatibbee Lake about 15 miles west of Meridian, working jigs tipped with crappie niblets in 9 feet of water. […]

Every brush pile is not the same

January 16, 2015 Tony Garitta

Just because you found a brush pile off a pier doesn’t mean you’ll catch crappie. Instead, target the brush along main fish travel routes. […]

Offer a crappie a meal and it’ll eat

January 15, 2015 Phillip Gentry

On small lakes like Maynor Creek, as well as big reservoirs, crappie will hold in the deepest water areas of the lake this month. […]

Pro crappie angler Brad Whitehead loves to target deep water crappie in winter by vertically trolling baits at a variety of depths.

Mississippi’s Best State Fishing Lakes Series: Maynor Creek’s cold-water crappie

January 1, 2015 Phillip Gentry

Entering the gate at Maynor Creek Water Park creates a big-lake feel with the hospitality of a well-run private outfitter. At 450 acres, the lake has enough room to offer all of the area an angler wants, yet it’s small enough that getting out of a cold north wind is much easier than if fishing on a big wide open impoundment. […]

Before Lake Tangipahoa at Percy Quin State Park near McComb was drained in 2012, it was a productive crappie hole. Restocked with crappie this week, fishermen will have to give it two more years before it reopens.

Crappie stocked at Tangipahoa

December 12, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Jerry Clower, the Mouth of Mississippi, is for sure smiling down on one of his favorite fishing holes. […]

Ellison Bates of Fannin shows off a couple of big fish caught at the recent fall Big Mama event on Grenada Lake.

College football and crappie fishing

December 1, 2014 Paul Johnson

If you’re enjoying this autumn as much as I am, you’re having a really great time watching Ole Miss and Mississippi State show out. […]

Cooler weather puts a lot of crappie fishermen to work on the oxbow lakes. Paul Johnson loves them when they bite two at the time on Eagle Lake.

Don’t forget crappie, bream in the fall

October 20, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Crappie fishing in the fall and later on through the winter means fish gang up in big schools under big wads of shad. […]

New to crappie tournament fishing, Ellison Bates of Fannin shows off a Wolf Lake “slab.”

Finicky fish will soon want to feed

October 9, 2014 Paul Johnson

Ordinarily, my deadline for submitting each month’s “As Big As They Grow” column with Mississippi Sportsman is the first day of the month immediately preceding next month’s magazine issue date. I asked this time to be a week late, wanting to reference the Magnolia Crappie Club’s first tournament of the new 2014-15 season as the backdrop of this column. […]

Finding baitfish and pulling lures the proper depth are keys to catching summer slabs.

Cranking productivity

August 8, 2014 Paul Johnson

For more and more crappie anglers, summer fishing includes pulling crankbaits. Granted, for the few hardcore crankers, summer comes two to three months into our cranking season. […]

Crappie abundance is closely tied to water level.

Dealing with dynamics

July 7, 2014 Hal Schramm

Mississippi’s flood-control reservoirs — Arkabutla, Sardis, Enid and Grenada — provide outstanding crappie fishing. But like crappie fisheries everywhere, the quality of the fishing in any one of these lakes varies widely from year to year. […]