Best Places For Locating Crappie For Fishing In Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania may not ever be known as the crappie hot spot in the nation, but everyone knows the crappie fishing is very good in Pennsylvania!

In the state of Pennsylvania, you are allowed to catch up to fifty crappie each day, and there is no size limit or other size/weight restriction imposed.Some of the best places to catch crappie in Pennsylvania, are listed below.

Glendale Lake is a good warm water fishing location. The black crappie is the catch of the day, with an average length of about eight or nine inches. You can also catch Largemouth bass, walleye, and muskie in these waters as well.

Lake Arthur: Most Pennsylvanians in the know consider Lake Arthur to be the best bass fishing in Pennsylvania, but you can catch your limit of black crappie there too. The average from three to five pounds. You can also catch hybrid striper, and walleye as well as some huge muskie in these waters.

Lake Marburg: This lake has some of the best crappie, perch and bluegill fishing in the state. Add to that mix the fact that these waters are also rich with Largemouth bass, northern pike and walleye, and you have a first class fishery at your disposal here. The state record is constantly at risk with fish pulled from Lake Marburg.

Raystown Lake: is a cool water with a huge gizzard shad population, making it an ideal feeding ground for a wide variety of fish from Largemouth and smallmouth bass to bluegill, yellow perch, rock bass, and crappie, which make up about 70% of the fish pulled from these waters. The fish get landlocked when the water drops, and they get hungry! Crappie fishing is prime here.

Pymatuning Lake: This popular lake is well known for walleye and crappie, but holds a wealth of largemouth and smallmouth bass as well. This lake is heavily managed and stocked well.

Shenango Lake: Crappie are the catch of the day at Shenango! They run typically from ten to twelve inches long, but there are also a wealth of slabs measuring in at up to sixteen inches as well. There are also a lot of catfish and largemouth bass here too!

Lake Wilhelm: Outstanding warm water fishing here. Black crappie, largemouth bass, and bluegill are the most popular species in the lake.

Crappie can be caught year round. In the spring and fall, you will do well to fish closer to the shore, but in the summer, the deeper, cooler water is what they seek.

They move to shore early in the spring to spawn, and this is the premier time for crappie anglers, especially if you want to shore fish for crappie.

It is hard to catch crappie from shore in the summer. During the spawn, they just attack anything that comes near them in the water, making it almost impossible NOT to catch your limit at that time.

The key is locating the nests. Walk around the edges of the water. When you see hollowed out depressions in the mud or gravel on the bottom of the lakes or ponds, especially if you see the crappie nearby, you have located a nest. Once that happens, cast near it, and you will get a hit.