| During the spring in Ohio, crappie fishing is at its | | | | experience, it also means choppy waters and no |
| best and draws anglers out in droves to find the | | | | room for deep bottom boats. |
| biggest slabs around. While in many areas, crappie | | | | Delaware Lake has also been considered a |
| tend to be inconsistent in numbers from year to | | | | consistent location for large quantities of both |
| year based on their reproductive cycles, Ohio | | | | black and white crappie. This 948-acre lake |
| lakes tend to produce large quantities of the | | | | contains about 21 miles of shoreline where crappie |
| sunfish every year with little fluctuation. Because | | | | can find areas of brush to provide cover in the |
| of its predictably good return, Ohio crappie fishing | | | | spring and summer months, when they prefer |
| is one of the most prominent places for spring | | | | more shallow waters. For success, in the early |
| fishing trips. | | | | spring, troll the lake's southern portions, where |
| There are probably five areas that could be | | | | you'll find deep channels full of fat, languid crappie |
| considered the hottest Ohio crappie fishing locales | | | | or along the eastern shore south of the marina. |
| in the state. Sandusky Bay is definitely among | | | | As it gets warmer in Ohio, crappie fishing will be |
| those top spots, with large schools of big crappie. | | | | better at the shallower, northern end of the lake. |
| Here, according to many anglers, it is less | | | | You can also find great Ohio crappie fishing near |
| common to see a crappie under 10 inches in | | | | Columbus at Alum Creek Lake. Just 7 miles north |
| length than to catch several that are 15- or | | | | of the city, this 3,269-acre lake has 70 miles of |
| 17-inches long. Reports claim that you could | | | | shoreline and lots of areas that make excellent |
| possibly catch more crappie in Sandusky Bay in a | | | | crappie breeding and living grounds. Be sure to troll |
| single day than you could in any other location in | | | | the fallen timber areas along the steep banks and |
| Ohio all year long. Arguably, this is certainly a | | | | dropoffs, where many larger crappie tend to hold, |
| great start to a spring season of Ohio crappie | | | | especially as the waters begin to warm. The |
| fishing. Be aware, however, that waters here | | | | creek also has long bays and backwaters at the |
| tend to be quite shallow. While this makes it warm | | | | north end where crappie can be caught easily in |
| more quickly for an excellent early spring fishing | | | | the spring. |