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[Speck]

Welcome to the board Matt. We are glad to have you and look forward to your input!!

[Jigging15]

Welcome to the board Matt. We are glad to have you and look forward to your input!!

X2. Great having you guys on here to help put a little science or past studies to work answering some of our crazy questions.

[LSL Angler]

This question is for Matt Engel since you work the missouri river. Are we missing catching some big crappie if we don't fish the rivers and only the lakes. I know you guys get to shock and see whats out there and always thought i should be fishing the river a little more. Thanks for answering our questions.

[MEngel]

This question is for Matt Engel since you work the missouri river. Are we missing catching some big crappie if we don't fish the rivers and only the lakes. I know you guys get to shock and see whats out there and always thought i should be fishing the river a little more. Thanks for answering our questions.

The best place to find crappie along the river is in backwater areas with slow moving or slack water, or in blue holes (scours/ponds flooded or dug out by the river during a flood year). The main channel or side channels can be really tough places to find crappie, but blue holes and backwaters can produce large numbers of large crappie (12-16"). Oxbow lakes can definately be reinvigorated during flood years as well. Big Lake (oxbow) here in St. Joe, MO has a good population of crappie 12+", but you have to fish through schools of gar and white bass to get them.

[LSL Angler]

Thanks for the reply, i heard of guys catching some nice ones in the blue holes.

[MOfishmgr]

Thanks for the extra work Bill! Actually this will make things easier for us. Tory, Eric and Matt are great guys and you folks will enjoy their input. I've been around the site for a while and will continue to offer my 2 cents when appropriate.

[got crappie]

Wanted to thank all the new guys for there input and its nice to hear from you to Jake!!!!!!!!!!!