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July 16, 2026

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? […]

John Harrison is a highly sought after guide and books guiding trips year round with many anglers from around the country.

Prespawn super slabs

March 1, 2014 Michael O. Giles

John Harrison waded slowly until he was a pole’s reach of a flooded cypress tree before easing a jig into the knees and roots.

Wham! A Grenada Lake slab crappie nailed it. […]

The shallow crappie spawn on the upper main lake at Barnett Reservoir should be the best it's been in years, thanks to a new operational plan that includes higher water levels in the winter. It wasn't bad last year, as Keith Partridge of Terry learned behind the old No. 7 sign.

Barnett Reservoir crappie chasers excited

February 24, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Still a month and a half away from the spawn, crappie fishermen at Barnett Reservoir are already buzzing about what they feel could be one of the best springs ever on the 33,000-acre lake near Jackson. […]

Husband and wife team, Greg and Georgia Ladner of Kiln weighed in 13.01 pounds at Chotard/Eagle in December. That was good enough for third place.

Crappie do bite in the cold

February 6, 2014 Paul Johnson

Can you believe it? It’s 2014 — ready or not. We’re right smack-dab in the middle of a January cold front as I write February’s column. Baby, it’s cold outside! […]

Crappie fishing is a favorite late-winter and early-spring pastime in the South.

Baked crappie

January 23, 2014 Ty Conti

The crappie is a white-flesh fish caught in lakes and ponds. The meat is not easily frozen, so it is best cooked fresh. […]

Randy Bouchilion and Joe Lowery caught these Chotard slabs on the bottom a couple of Januarys ago.

Crappie crazed

January 9, 2014 Paul Johnson

All I want for Christmas is a pair of 600-gram Thinsulate, waterproof boots. Yep, it’s after Christmas by the time you read this, but, right now, before Christmas, I’ve been asked several times by my family members what I want for Christmas. […]

Veteran crappie fishermen have learned the cycle, and have a good idea when and where the fish will be.

Too cold for crappie? Never

January 1, 2014 David Hawkins

Tommy Hemphill has the perfect answer for an age-old question: Does it get too cold to crappie fish? […]

Wolf Lake winners Dee Fergueson and Cory Smith of Brandon are new to crappie tournament fishing. The winning strategy was long-lining jigs.

Target: Old Muddy oxbows

December 10, 2013 Paul Johnson

HO-HO-HO. Merry Christmas. Can you believe it? We’re into deer season, duck hunting is right around the corner, Christmas is upon us and I’m going crappie fishing every chance I get. […]

Paul Johnson loves the oxbows for winter fishing, and here's why. A big white crappie and a big black crappie caught back to back at Eagle Lake.

Several lakes receive crappie boost

November 26, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

From extremely popular oxbows to heavily fished state fishing lakes, state fisheries personnel have been busy stocking crappie to insure future fishing opportunities. […]

Put A Cork In It

November 15, 2013 Phillip Gentry

To combat spooking crappie in wintertime gin clear waters, Whitehead will add a Thill balsa wood slip cork to troll jigs further away from the boat. […]

MCC tournament winners Jeremy Aldridge and Clint Egbert of Batesville won their first-ever tournament with 12.34 pounds.

Tournament time

November 7, 2013 Paul Johnson

This month’s crappie column will report the results of two recent big crappie tournaments, both held on Grenada Reservoir — and I’ll try to get back to Cranking Basics 101 that I started last month for next month’s column. […]

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