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A Proven Game Plan for Late-Spring Crappie

Search-and-seizure strategies for catching crappies in bunches.

A Proven Game Plan for Late-Spring Crappie — While the crowds of anglers on your favorite crappie lake will thin after the spawn, there are still plenty of fish available for the taking. (Shutterstock photo)

May 14, 2025 By Alan Clemons

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Finding and catching post-spawn crappies makes for some truly productive and competition-free fishing. The majority of crappie chasers get their kicks during the spawn, but folks who pair a little effort with some angling savvy can produce coolers full of the tasty panfish all spring long.

Similar to largemouth bass, crappies will spend time recuperating after the spawn before moving on to deeper water. After leaving their shallow bedding areas, they...

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