crappie Archives - Mississippi Sportsman

Crappie will bite at night, especially if you follow a few guidelines.

Tips for slabs after dark

The details of your setup and presentation are important. Follow these tips to help you make the best of your night-fishing trips for crappie. […]

Tripletails are a great summer target around crab-pot buoys and marker buoys in Mississippi Sound.

5 hot spots for July fishing

Bobby Cleveland

When the fish are biting anglers don’t feel the heat. These five Mississippi fishing hot spots usually provide great action in July so give them a try. […]

Every slab crappie was small once. Effects of environmental conditions on growth and survival of young fish determines future fishing.

Effects of turbidity on young crappie

Hal Schramm

Understanding the effects of environmental conditions on young crappie is especially important because abundance of crappie year-classes varies widely over time. […]

Pressure’s on I-55 crappie corridor

Bobby Cleveland

Crappie fishing at Barnett Reservoir is likely to be less affected by flooding this spring as are other bodies of water across the Magnolia State. […]

Flooding in the Delta and northern Mississippi might cause fishermen to change tactics and locations for spawning slabs this spring.

Delta lakes’ flooding likely to impact crappie fishing

Bobby Cleveland

A lot of Mississippi crappie fishermen could have some anxious moments this spring due to flooding in the Delta from the Mississippi River and its backwaters caused by heavy rainfall north of the state. […]

Capt. Todd Vick shares tips on using tandem rigs for crappie.

Catching crappie two at a time on tandem rigs

Brian Cope

Check out these tips from Capt. Todd Vick of Fishin’ Freshwater Charters to catch more crappie using tandem rigs. […]

Old school Mississippi crappie fishing means using a jig pole to search for crappie in the grass and is still a top producer for slabs this month. An 11- or 12-footer will allow anglers to reach deeper into the vegetation to get to fish others miss.

The pros and cons of current

Phillip Gentry

Long is the debate over exactly how current, whether it be wind or water generated, has on crappie fishing. […]

When the bite slows around brush piles, Terry Blankenship will hold his jig motionless at the same depth crappie are holding, and he can usually trigger a strike.

Top 7 tips for catching slabs in brush

Andy Crawford

Terry Blankenship’s passion is finding and catching crappie when the summer heat pushes them out to deep, flooded brush and standing timber. […]

The slow, meticulous presentation of spider rigging allows anglers to tempt fish hiding in and around cover, like boat docks with surrounding brush.

Slow and steady — Keys to spider-rigging for crappie

David A. Brown

Lethargic in the heat of summer, fish need time to choose a meal. Spider-rigging is the perfect answer to put more crappie in the boat. […]