Willard Crappie

[TubeDude]

Whoa TubeDude, you rock!  Thank you for sharing your great crappie resources here.  I feel hopeful now that I’ll finally be able to catch a crappie in Utah,  after a year of trying.

We appreciate you!
Linda

I appreciate your appreciation.  Glad to help when I can.  Now there are only two things you need...good luck and good timing.  It's one thing to know the science and the options.  It's quite another to time your trips just right between Mama Nature and the annual cycles of water changes, spawning, food resources, etc.  But the more you learn and understand the more likely you are to put it all together for at least a few good trips.

Good advice from AA.  Pineview has a lot more crappies...and there have been some good catches lately.  Look for nearshore structure and fish with small plastics...cast and retrieve...or jigs under a bobber.  There was a big dieoff of the crappies on Pineview this past year but it seems to have benefitted the fishery by "thinning the herd" and leaving more food for the survivors.  Some of the current crop are footlongs and better.