crappie Archives - Page 19 of 26 - Mississippi Sportsman

When crappie are scattered and sluggish, scents can stimulate them into biting.

Crappie scent options

June 15, 2014 David A. Brown

Crappie anglers have many products from which to choose. Some might be marketed more heavily to the bass world, but a shad is a shad and garlic is garlic, regardless of who’s smelling it. […]

Wally “Mr. Crappie” Marshall relies on the scent of anise oil to attract his next fish.

Even for the tournament types, crappie fishing doesn’t always need to be a high-strung tension fest. You’d be amazed at the therapeutic benefits of dropping the anchor and deploying a few float rigs baited with something smelly. […]

Team Gray based out of Grenada — that’d be Kim Gray and Vic Finckley — hit the Top 5 at May’s Enid tournament. Team Gray weighed in 7 crappie that totaled 11.32 pounds.

Testing the limits of crankbaits

June 9, 2014 Paul Johnson

Mother Nature has certainly played some tricks on us for the last several months, causing crappie fishermen to scratch their heads more than a time or two. […]

Normally, crappie populations fluctuate with water level, but that rule doesn’t apply in Mississippi’s flood-control lakes.

Dealing with dynamics

June 5, 2014 Hal Schramm

Mississippi’s flood-control reservoirs — Arkabutla, Sardis, Enid and Grenada — have developed a national reputation for outstanding crappie fishing. But crappie populations in these lakes, like crappie populations everywhere, are very cyclic, with one or two strong year classes followed by several years of weaker year classes. […]

Crappie pro Doug Cherry is a big fan of Kodiak’s minnow-scented paste.

Common scents — Using scents to catch more crappie

June 1, 2014 David A. Brown

Successful crappie anglers typically exude that common sense vibe. Theirs is a straightforward approach with little room for extravagance.

Often, you can alter that opening sentence with the phrase “common scents,” and still retain the full meaning. […]

Tricking out crankbaits

May 15, 2014 Phillip Gentry

B’n’M pro Kent Driscoll, a noted crankbait angler, began tearing apart northern walleye tactics to see if they would work for crappie. […]

Crappie fishing is already good at Lake Washington, but a state tagging program is aimed at making it even better.

Tagged crappie program starts at oxbow

April 21, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Lake Washington, recently ranked by the website Fishhound.com as one of the top 10 crappie fishing lakes in the country, could see even better fishing soon. […]

Barnett Reservoir crappie fishermen like Rabbit Rogers are still hopeful that the spring spawn is just delayed by weather and will still hit a peak.

Conditions have ruined spawn — for now

April 14, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Just when the stage was set for one of the best crappie spawning seasons ever on Barnett Reservoir, Mother Nature had a different idea that has many fishermen concerned. […]

Bill Barnett of West Memphis, Ark., fished with his son-in-law and granddaughter at Lake Washington.

Tournament fishing 101

April 7, 2014 Paul Johnson

If you’re a regular reader of this monthly column you know that I love to tournament fish for crappie. […]

Crappie Cockpit Recon – Tips for crappie fishing

April 1, 2014 David A. Brown

Boat space, accessory placement and functionality impact fishing efficiency. Here’s how to make the most of your day on the water. […]

A two-hour break in the weather Friday gave Bobby Cleveland the opportunity to verify reports of the first shallow movement and the darkly-colored male crappie to prepare for the spawn.

Darkened male crappie move shallow

March 28, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Just after 10 a.m. on Friday (March 28), between rain bands that hit with a lot of roaring thunder and flashes of lightning overnight and those expected later in the day, the sun broke out and the winds slowed down. […]

Mother Nature is pointing male crappie toward the shallows right now, and the big females are right behind them.

Crappie head to spawning grounds

March 6, 2014 Paul Johnson

Finally, we’re breaking out of a record cold and miserable Mississippi winter, and we’re looking at spring right around the corner. Snow and frozen interstates in South Mississippi? Frozen pipes and a few frozen lakes and ponds? Sixteen days in a row — a Mississippi record — where temps didn’t get above freezing in Central Mississippi? […]