crappie Archives - Page 19 of 26 - Mississippi Sportsman

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.

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. […]

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.

Crappie scents in suspense

June 15, 2014 David A. Brown

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. […]

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. […]