Archive for October, 2008

What is the best Crappie Lake in Arkansas for March 21-28?

How can I know anytime a year what I’m fishig for and what I’ll catch will be Crappie? Why is it I can fish the same color jig as another person and they catch them all day and I catch nothing.

How do you troll for crappie?

i live in pittsburgh pa and have no boat i grew up in illinois and know crappie there and am a pretty good angler but finding and catching crappie in the mon and allagheney im stumped thanks i know there here and big ones i have caught them but i cant find them from the shore

Hi Dan .. I’m going to Reelfoot Lake next week ( 2/27 – 3/1) to fish for crappie. Reelfoot is a shallow lake .. average depth around 6 ft. There are standing cypress trees, heavy concentrations of lily pads, grass shorelines.. where would think the crappie would be holding this time of year ? I was thinking of vertical jigging with tube jigs around the trees and in the pads… also [...]

When does crappie season start in Texas?

When does crappie season start in Texas?

I’ve been reading your articles that you have been sending, interesting question, are you promoting crappie fishing at night? My brother and I are going to Kentucky Lake to fish crappies this spring, 4 April, for a week. This will be our second time, the first time, which was last year, after my brother’s second tour of Iraq, [were trying to get this trip in before he is deployed again]. [...]

hey dan,i have a quick question for u..i live ina place called clearlake california..(perhaps uve heard of it be4)anyways all our regular crappie haunts are all empty..the crappie have just picked up and left..we cant even mark em on a graph either…oh ya btw the lake is also like 5 feet below normal too..should i just look for them in unconventional places?thanks..walter souza

Dan, I am a new resident to Springfield Missouri. Do you know of anyone who Guides for crappies in the Lake of the Ozarks or Truman Lake area?