![]() ![]() It also has lots of shoreline with the kind of habitat crappie prefer. There is no limit in the food supply for crappie in Lake Eufaula, he said. The sheer size of the lake, plus the rich nutrients in it, is why crappie thrive there, Hollie said. It covers 105,500 surface acres with 800 miles of shoreline. More: 'Still a thrill': Meet the Oklahoma angler who has caught 200 double-digit bass in the state Crappie talk But a lot of anglers also come from Illinois and Iowa, too, he said. The lake draws many crappie anglers from neighboring states like Texas, Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas, Hollie said. Lake Eufaula, though, is king of the crappie lakes in Oklahoma. In the Oklahoma City area, Hefner and Arcadia are also crappie spots. Oklahoma is blessed with many good crappie lakes like Kaw, Texoma, Hugo, Wister, Thunderbird (although the crappie are smaller), Canton, Fort Gibson and Fort Supply, just to name a few. Throw in some morel mushrooms and not only will a country boy survive, he will be well-fed to boot. There are very few lakes in the states that don't contain crappie, arguably Oklahoma's best freshwater table fare.Ĭatfish and walleye might give crappie a run for its money, but it's hard to beat a meal of fried crappie and cornbread. ![]() More: 'True to its roots': The last American duck decoy factory has new life in HenryettaĬrappie are ubiquitous across Oklahoma. There might be some on the banks already." "They will move in and move out (of the shallow water)," said Hollie, who is the biologist on Lake Eufaula, Oklahoma's best crappie lake. "Pretty much they will bite just about anything as they are guarding their nest," said Michael Hollie, a fisheries biologist for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.Ĭrappie will spawn around hardcover like brush, docks, long-stemmed reeds and cattails and really like gravel areas. Fishing shallow cover with jigs and minnows during the spawn is one of the easiest ways and most fun ways to catch crappie. In April, crappie move into the shallow water along the shoreline to spawn. Turkey hunting begins, the morel mushrooms are popping up from the ground, and the fish are biting. Watch Video: Grappling with flathead catfish: An Oklahoma noodling adventureĪpril is an outdoorsman's paradise in Oklahoma. ![]()
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