"Crappie Season" Is Upon Us

**NIMROD** · 10-11-2013, 06:50 PM

Originally Posted by Kilgore Trout

I guess I gotta ask... As someone who spent his springs and summers growing up chasing crappie, what are you guys doing to catch them in the fall? I've never had an ounce of luck this time of year. Could just be related to the limited amount of time I'm on the water between September and March though.

In the fall look to shallow backwaters and creeks where the Shad are. Then when winter sets in look deeper in the creeks as it gets cold.

**Kilgore Trout** · 10-11-2013, 09:10 PM

Originally Posted by NIMROD

In the fall look to shallow backwaters and creeks where the Shad are. Then when winter sets in look deeper in the creeks as it gets cold.

Thanks a lot. Unfortunately I spent most of my year too busy to make it out to Lake Nimrod where I spent my youth. Now that I've got a free weekend, the ramps there are closed! I'll see if I can do anything at Conway this weekend.

**NIMROD** · 10-12-2013, 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by Kilgore Trout

Thanks a lot. Unfortunately I spent most of my year too busy to make it out to Lake Nimrod where I spent my youth. Now that I've got a free weekend, the ramps there are closed! I'll see if I can do anything at Conway this weekend.

I launch about everyday at steel bridge or on the creek in the woods.

**blackfish** · 10-12-2013, 11:36 AM

I get to fish from second weekend of Feb. Till the first of Nov. 2 to 4 days a week. I hate missing the winter bite.

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**BigRiverMarine** · 10-12-2013, 05:52 PM

Originally Posted by NIMROD

DON'T EVEN TAKE BREAKS FOR DEER SEASON BUT GETS PUSHED INTO THE AFTERNOONS AFTER HUNTING THEN .

What is this thing you call Deer?

**Knot2Bad** · 10-12-2013, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine

What is this thing you call Deer?

A short bossy lady...

**BigRiverMarine** · 10-13-2013, 08:54 AM

Originally Posted by Knot2Bad

A short bossy lady...

Nonono, that's DEAR!!! We ALL know what that is!!!! :-)

**arkcrappie** · 10-13-2013, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine

What is this thing you call Deer?

If you don't know, leave it that way. Just keep fishing and leave the wildlife population control to us!

**arkcrappie** · 10-13-2013, 11:51 AM

Crappie "season" begins as soon as duck season closes.

My freezer is usually low on crappie filets by then any way

**constructskeeter** · 10-13-2013, 04:43 PM

I'd much rather fish cold Winter for crappie than that scattered Fall pattern that I've never been able to find fish on either. I find fishing for crappie to start getting good around Dec.-early to mid Summer then it's like you said they become hard to find. Summer and Winter it's a brush event, then in the Spring we all chase em on the banks. So for me it's not a toss up between deer hunting or Crappie fishing when I know the action on the lake won't produce as many for me. Now the bass fishing is different, Fall is really good, Winter SUCKS though! When Spring turkey season rolls around it's hard to cover it all, bass are hungry cause they've not fed all Winter in prep for Spawn and all fish are moving up to the banks, weather is nice and other than the wind and people it's all good in the Spring. I will say this though not all lakes seem to be good crappie fishing in the Winter, those SW AR lakes are really dead that time of the year but other places it's hot action???? Not sure why but it is what it is.

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