Crappie

Crappie fishing around Carthage, Mississippi, is a popular pastime, with several smaller lakes and reservoirs offering excellent opportunities to fill your cooler. These bodies of water, often fed by the Pearl River watershed, provide ideal habitat for crappie, with plenty of submerged structure and vegetation. Spring is prime time, as crappie move into the shallows to spawn. Target brush piles, submerged timber, and weed edges with jigs or minnows suspended under a bobber. As the water warms in the summer, crappie tend to move deeper, so adjust your tactics accordingly. Local anglers often have success spider-rigging multiple poles with minnows at varying depths. For easy access, many of the smaller lakes have public boat ramps, but be prepared for potentially crowded conditions during peak season. The crappie in this region are known for their good eating size, making for a delicious fish fry after a successful day on the water.