Where to go Crappie Fishing in Wisconsin

If you live in or around the Wisconsin area or you are planning to travel there sometime soon and you want to go fishing, you'll be in luck looking for crappie.

This is a great area to enjoy the crappie fish. Anglers can find many great crappie fishing lakes throughout Wisconsin and the surrounding areas. One of the best things about crappie is that they are so easy to catch, most any time of the year. However, before you can catch them, you need to know where to find them.

Where to Find Crappie in Wisconsin

If you're going to be fishing for crappie in Wisconsin, you're in luck because just about any body of water has crappie in it. However, there are some that are much more well known for their crappie than others and when you know the right places to look, you can have a more successful fishing trip.

There are some great places for crappie fishing in Wisconsin such as:

Beaver Dam Lake
Big Eau Pleine Reservoir
Castle Rock Lake
Fence Lake
Gile Flowage
Grindstone Lake
Lac Vieux Desert
Lake Butte des Morts
Lake Chippewa
Lake du Bay
Lake Kegonsa
Lake Superior
Lake Wisconsin
Lake Wissota
Long Lake
Namekagon Lake
North Twin Lake
Pelican Lake
Petenwell Lake
Shawano Lake
Shell Lake
Tomahawk Lake
Trout Lake
Turtle Flambeau Flowage

But lakes aren't the only place to find crappie in Wisconsin. You can also find them in small lakes, ponds, rivers and other bodies of water across Wisconsin.

The state record black crappie was found in Gile Flowage and the state record white crappie was found in Cranberry Marsh.

About Wisconsin Crappie

There are two types of crappies known as the white and the black crappie. They are very much alike with a few distinctive features. The white crappie has six spines, dark bars that run vertically along their sides and a short dossal fin.

The hump on their back is bigger than the ones found on the black crappie and they are the larger of the two. The black crappie has seven or eight spines, dark spots located all over their sides in no apparent order and they have a longer dorsal fin.

The crappie is one of the easiest species of fish to catch. That is, once you find them. They hang out in schools so when you've found one, you've usually have found a good fishing spot. They can be found anywhere there are natural or man-made structures. Any submerged trees or brush piles found throughout the body of water is an excellent place to look for crappies.

The crappies have very good vision so you do need to be careful what you use. If the hook or line is visible the crappies will most likely pass up your offering.