Crappie Fishing in Alabama

Crappie are a food source for most everything in the lake as well as for the anglers who persue them. They can also be found in rivers and creeks where they have access to quiet backwaters.

Crappie Fishing Lakes in Alabama.

If you find a body of water with game fish, it probably has a population of crappie. All the major lakes including Dannelly Reservoir, Lake Eufaula, Guntersville Lake, Lake Harding, Lake Jordan, Lay Lake, Logan Martin Lake, Lake Martin, Lake Mitchell, Lake Neely Henry, Pickwick Lake, Smith Lake, Lake Tuscaloosa, Lake Wedowee - Harris Lake, Lake Weiss, West Point Lake, Wheeler Lake, Wilson Lake, Lake Woodruff and many other lakes have large populations of crappie.

The Alabama state record black crappie was taken out of a private pond and the state record white crappie was pulled from Martin Lake.

Crappie are actually a member of the sunfish family and can be found in all the continental states. They are known by many different names, typically based on geographic location. Paper mouth, goggleye, bridge perch and speckled perch, just to name a few.

Black Crappie
Promoxis nigro-maculatus

White Crappie
Promoxis annularis

Both the black and white crappie grow to over five pounds while three quarters of a pound to a pound is more typical.

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AL Crappie Fishing - All About Fishing for Black Crappie and White Crappie in Alabama.

6 lbs - 0 oz

4 lbs - 5 oz

68 - 72 Degrees

Prefers deep impoundments with fairly clear to slightly stained water with brush or trees for cover.

5 lbs - 3 oz

4 lbs - 9 oz

68 - 72 Degrees

Prefers warmer, slightly stained to murky water with little or no current with brush or trees for cover.