Welcome to Apex Fishing Tips, this section of our website is committed to crappie fishing. On this web page you'll learn about crappies (black and white crappies) and crappie fishing. The information provided below will help you catch bigger crappies, more often. Our crappie fishing tips, tactics and information are both helpful and educational.
First, you'll find 11 crappie fishing tips that can increase your success at catching crappies, specifically white crappie and black crappie. Our crappie fishing tips are helpful to both expert and novice anglers. We're constantly adding new crappie fishing tips and if you have any tips on how to catch crappie please share them by contacting us.
Along with 11 crappie fishing tips we're going to educate you on black crappie and white crappie. We've also provided you with the latest world fishing records for crappie. If you still need more information on how to catch crappies, we've provided some additional resources. We also have some amazing photos of crappies other anglers have caught.
Black crappies (pomoxis nigromaculatus) and white crappies (pomoxis annularis) are two popular game fish native to North America. Crappies are known as a panfish, which is a species of fish that doesn't grow larger than the size of a frying pan. Crappies can be found throughout the United States in lakes, reservoirs, rivers and ponds.
Black and white crappies are on average between 4 to 8 inches in length, but with the right conditions they can get considerably larger. In the wild, crappies feed on small bait fish, crustaceans and insects. Black crappies tend to eat more insects and crustaceans as adults, while white crappie tend to eat more bait fish. Crappies require very little skill to catch, and they are a great first game fish for kids.
The below International Game Fish Association (IGFA) crappie world fishing records are up to date as of 2021.
A picture of a black crappie (P. nigromaculatus) caught on a fishing trip.
(Credit: iowadnr2 / Flickr)
A picture of a white crappie (P. annularis) caught on a fishing trip.
(Credit: iowadnr2 / Flickr)
A picture of an angler with a stringer full of good size crappies.
(Credit: Maryland DNR / Flickr)