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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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