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Title: Crappie
Post by: stvnsnwdy on February 09, 2013, 04:09:33 PM: Fairly new to the area and learned alot about the great northwest fishing. I miss the midwest fishing. Are their any crappie in this state. If so what is the prime time to catch a mess of them around here.
Title: Re: Crappie
Post by: Curly on February 09, 2013, 04:19:59 PM: Prime time is coming up soon. March should be one of the better months down at Silver Lake in Cowlitz county. Duck lake over at Ocean Shores has a good population of crappie. Probably is some in Spanaway Lake, but I haven't fished there.

Fishing is better on the east side of the state for Crappie. Potholes and Moses Lake to name a couple. :twocents:
Title: Re: Crappie
Post by: bwhntr350 on February 09, 2013, 05:59:37 PM: Quote from: Curly on February 09, 2013, 04:19:59 PM
Prime time is coming up soon. March should be one of the better months down at Silver Lake in Cowlitz county. Duck lake over at Ocean Shores has a good population of crappie. Probably is some in Spanaway Lake, but I haven't fished there.

Fishing is better on the east side of the state for Crappie. Potholes and Moses Lake to name a couple. :twocents:

Not positive but pretty certain that there are not any in Spanaway. Lakes that I am almost 100% sure have Crappie around here are, as mentioned Silver Lake in Cowlitz County (9" min. size limit), Tanwax (9" min. size limit), Kapowsin, Alder, I think I heard Riffe does.

Hey, here ya go:

http://www.washingtonlakes.com/LakeIndex.aspx (http://www.washingtonlakes.com/LakeIndex.aspx)

You can check for yourself. Read the "info" link on the lakes and be sure to check regulations, though, as there are some bodies of water around that have the 9" min. Crappie.

Good luck!
Title: Re: Crappie
Post by: h20hunter on February 09, 2013, 06:07:16 PM: Where in the midwest? Illinios born and raised here. Cut my teeth on crappie, channels, and largemouth.
Title: Re: Crappie
Post by: Crunchy on February 09, 2013, 06:24:36 PM: I see your in graham. Try Alder lake. Good for crappie and yellow perch. As far as timing I usually hit it when the weather warms up.
Title: Re: Crappie
Post by: mitchfiling on February 09, 2013, 06:38:56 PM: go to kapowsin! mid march and set up a worm with slip on bobber in the eastern part of the lake...towards ericsons worst case senario if you dont catch and crappie youl hook into some bluegill. good luck! :tup:
Title: Re: Crappie
Post by: Kc_Kracker on February 09, 2013, 06:48:00 PM: Quote from: Curly on February 09, 2013, 04:19:59 PM
Prime time is coming up soon. March should be one of the better months down at Silver Lake in Cowlitz county. Duck lake over at Ocean Shores has a good population of crappie. Probably is some in Spanaway Lake, but I haven't fished there.

Fishing is better on the east side of the state for Crappie. Potholes and Moses Lake to name a couple. :twocents:

great info, sadly curly my last 3 trips to silver we got hosed, i think its been fished too hard? i didnt try last year :dunno: lake washington has record size crappie but you gotta find em, once you do your in heaven. the pilings are the best place to look.
Title: Re: Crappie
Post by: SquirrelHunter on February 09, 2013, 06:55:26 PM: Lewis lake on jblm/ft lewis has crappie in it
Title: Re: Crappie
Post by: bwhntr350 on February 09, 2013, 06:58:33 PM: Quote from: Kc_Kracker on February 09, 2013, 06:48:00 PM
Quote from: Curly on February 09, 2013, 04:19:59 PM
Prime time is coming up soon. March should be one of the better months down at Silver Lake in Cowlitz county. Duck lake over at Ocean Shores has a good population of crappie. Probably is some in Spanaway Lake, but I haven't fished there.

Fishing is better on the east side of the state for Crappie. Potholes and Moses Lake to name a couple. :twocents:

great info, sadly curly my last 3 trips to silver we got hosed, i think its been fished too hard? i didnt try last year :dunno: lake washington has record size crappie but you gotta find em, once you do your in heaven. the pilings are the best place to look.

I fished Silver one time like three years ago. I caught a bunch of little Crappie, 6 or 7 inchers. I seen a boat anchored out there with two guys in it pulling in a crappie at least every 40 or 45 seconds, no matter what the size the fish stayed in the boat. They had to of caught at least 50 fish in the short time I was near them and none were released, that I saw.

I was bass fishing as I heard it was a great lake. I think I got skunked and never went back.
Title: Re: Crappie
Post by: stvnsnwdy on February 09, 2013, 08:19:41 PM: K thanks for all the info.
Title: Re: Crappie
Post by: stvnsnwdy on February 09, 2013, 08:35:37 PM: Quote from: h20hunter on February 09, 2013, 06:07:16 PM
Where in the midwest? Illinios born and raised here. Cut my teeth on crappie, channels, and largemouth.

I grew up in Indiana
Title: Re: Crappie
Post by: Three_Oh_Eight on February 09, 2013, 08:51:18 PM: Lake St. Clair in Olympia has them.
Title: Re: Crappie
Post by: BigGoonTuna on February 09, 2013, 10:33:24 PM: that's one i've been snakebit on for ages...friend's dad always slays them in st clair, but i've never caught one in 15 years of fishing that lake.

i've got into them in hicks lake a couple times, not many but they've always been big.
Title: Re: Crappie
Post by: Curly on February 10, 2013, 08:28:34 AM: I used to catch crappie in Chambers Lake in Lacey...............but that was in the 80's. Don't know if there is still a good population in there.
Title: Re: Crappie
Post by: bobcat on February 10, 2013, 08:37:10 AM: A lot of the lakes around here have rock bass, which are similar to crappie. Or at least they used to. I really haven't fished those lakes in over 20 years.
Title: Re: Crappie
Post by: Redbeard on February 11, 2013, 03:51:56 PM: Quote from: h20hunter on February 09, 2013, 06:07:16 PM
Where in the midwest? Illinios born and raised here. Cut my teeth on crappie, channels, and largemouth.

Be happy you are not here now.
Title: Re: Crappie
Post by: h20hunter on February 11, 2013, 03:52:16 PM: Amen to that.
Title: Re: Crappie
Post by: Hermit on February 11, 2013, 04:47:48 PM: H20hunter lives within 15 miles of the "Most prolific Black Crappie"lake in the NW........ Just north of you.......... Problem is it's all private now and inpossible to get to. JUNE was always the best, just as the water started to warm.
Title: Re: Crappie
Post by: Skillet on February 11, 2013, 05:00:50 PM: WA st record came out of Lake Washington - I believe some guys do well on Lake Union for them as well. Tried the Lake Union fishery once, didn't connect. :dunno:
Title: Re: Crappie
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on February 11, 2013, 06:59:38 PM: I love crappie fishing ...man I used to catch bucket loads back east ...over here in Clear Lake we have some pounders and I need to get after it when march rolls around ... :tup: