Spring vacation crappie trip

I'm looking for suggestions on a fun place to go for our annual spring crappie trip. Dates are March 27- April 3. Me and 2 high school buddies try to go every spring to crappie fish and have a good time. Looking for a lake within 10 hour drive from Indianapolis, IN. 7-8 day trip. Must have motel or cabins close by. I have a 21ft Ranger boat decked out to catch crappie anyway we have to. It will probably still be cold up here so prefer south of Indy that time of year. If anyone has had a great trip somewhere around that time of year please share the info as I would do the same. Thank you.

sippie has camp 3-13to15 al has camp 4-9to 12

what a guber has a ranger but goes by skeeterman 1 must live in the north

The fishing will be good here in Alabama That time of year I'll be at west point some of those days myself but there are a lot of good lakes here just ask for help on Alabama forum if that were you go.

This Guber owned a Skeeter for several years but now I run a Ranger. Alot bigger and smoother riding boat. Love it.

Drive a little longer , Fish a little better , Come to FLORIDA , Ask the boys at Talquin .RR

Lake Dardanelle in Russellville Ar. Crappie fishing is UNBELIEVEABLE there that time of year! 9.75 hrs. from Indy.

2x on Dardanelle. The four fish in my signature came from Dardanelle about that time a couple years back.

Any more suggestions guys? I'll keep Dardanelle in mind.

No one has anymore ideas?

Jason, Kentucky Lake or Reelfoot lake should be your two lakes to decide from. Come on, we know you were thinking the same thing. :cheers2

Pickwick lake lots of cabins and that's right on edge of spawn perfect timing.

I'll be fishing April 3-7 there could show you around. Going to make Martin April 8-12.

I'm from Indy. Best trip I've been on is Reelfoot. We go every spring. This year we're going second week of april. Really fun. Decent accomodations, few restaurants, and great fishing. Our only complaint last year was not bringing enough beer on our boat!

Big Sandy at Paris Tn. can be good. It's only 6 hours for me from Martinsville, In. If you have good electronics the main lake breaks are pretty easy to find.

All good ideas guys. Thanks. Surprised no one said Grenada or Sardis.

guber i think i did sippie camp

Weiss Lake in Alabama
Check out Weiss Lake Lodge

Well you could come down to mississippi stay rite close to enid then you will be able to fish sardis enid and grenada. Just take your pic or flip a coin all three should be on fire those dates.

I thought you limited the distance traveled but Mississippi has some #1 lakes. Dardanelle in Arkansas was mentioned but they failed to point out there are several lakes a short drive from there too. Nimrod can be hot if we don't get a flood. Not always biggest fish but very high numbers . Short drive if want to fish more lakes as well as Atkins and Overcup.

Kentucky Lake is good that time of year...........Cypress Bay Resort ..............404 Not Found cabins and full boat marina and docks to rent........Cypress Bay is close enough to drive boat to Blood River in Kentucky add Big Sandy in Tennessee...........BOTH HOT CRAPPIE DESTINATIONS. Good Luck!!

I am going to Clewiston Fla that same week. We stay at Roland Martin's Marina right on the shore of Lake Okeechobee. We started out going to fish for Bluegills that bed around that time, but we discovered Oscar fishing in the Everglade canals and got spoiled. Actually the wind ran us off the big "O" and we went to the glades to get out of the wind and got spoiled fishing there.
But Okeechobee has crappie and bass as well as bluegill and many others too. We been stuck inside forever with rain, freezing rain and just plan bad weather so we are looking forward to the trip.

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That is a long ride for you but well worth it.

Now I am thinking of going to Lake Dardanelle.

Look through the state forums and then you decide how far you want to travel once you see the fishing reports as it gets closer to the time to go.

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