Originally Posted by
spartannation
Do you have an area of the state in mind? Hotels or camping? Most of our lakes have decent populations of crappie and they're usually willing to bite. Are you looking for size or just a tug on the line? Coldwater has two chains of lakes, one south east of town and one north west. Both have crappie and Coldwater is a safe area. South east of Charlotte are Duck, Narrow and Prairie. All can be good and Charlotte is another safe area. Lots of lakes around Hastings- Middle, Leach, Thornapple, Carter, Bassett, Crooked, Pine are a few and all can be good. Further north are Cadillac, Mitchell, Missaukee and Houghton. I've caught crappie in all of those. Tons of lakes in the Pinkney area with good reputations but I've never ventured down that way. Hope this helps. FYI, I'm just west of Lansing and if you're near there we could meet up and we'll show you some spots.