northern arkansas crappie

hello to my new southern neighbors , guys I have a question for you as I just recently moved from the St. Louis area down to the Springfield Mo. area and looking at all the lakes in your state that are within a couple of hours of my location and was wondering if anyone fishes Bull Shoals , Norfork Lake or Beaver lake for crappie as most of the reports are for Nimrod , Conway , Greers Ferry and Ouachita is this due to the location of these lakes or the lack of crappie in the northern lakes . any info would be greatly appreciated

I can't speak for the other lakes but Beaver holds good crappie. It's big water with a lot of traffic but also has a lot of coves and boat docks if you like shooting.

Great walleye fishing on Bull Shoals. The locals say the Crappie fishing is also good. I’ve caught several keeper Crappie while throwing crank baits for walleye.


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Norfolk has them hiding in there. Light lines and our best luck is usually plain hook and minnows. Lots of night fishing in the summer


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There are plenty of crappie in Norfork, and some good ones, but they can be tough to find at times. Fishing was really good all the way into July, but has gotten pretty tough lately. Best advice I can give is find as many brushpiles as you can and keep moving around to you until you find an active school. I fish as light of line as I can, typically 2 lb, and a 1/32 oz jighead 99% of the time with a minnow on it.


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