Orange Lake rocks for crappie!

[Spoonminnow]

Since late March and April ice out, crappie fishing has been unbelievable. Up until last week, the fish are still schooled tightly in post spawn. A few new lures have done the best for me - slider grubs and flash jigs. Even the lowly Swedish Pimple has gotten many consecutive fish!

[fishnfilet]

good to hear!!! any big slabs?? 12 or bigger?? good luck.......dave

[Spoonminnow]

Unfortunately Orange L. is a numbers lake, with a majority of crappie only 10"-11". The 12 plus crappies are routinely caught in the tidal creek across the Hudson R., along with nice yellow perch.
I even caught a crappie on a 3.5" Smallie Beaver bass bait as well a this one on a fat jerk stick.