Crappie fishing in Texas.

Source-backed seasonal patterns

• Year Round: TPWD rates the current crappie opportunity good while noting catches can vary.

Source-backed seasonal patterns

• Spring: Good catches are possible in early spring.
• Fall: Crappie opportunity improves again in fall.

Source-backed seasonal patterns

• Winter: Crappie concentrate in deeper water near the dam.
• Spring: Bridge and spawning-area patterns become important later in spring.

Source-backed seasonal patterns

• Fall: Crappie school more tightly around cover in fall.
• Winter: Winter concentrates fish around boathouses, timber, channels and brush.
• Spring: The spawning season brings another strong shallow-water opportunity.

Source-backed seasonal patterns

• Spring: Spring fish move into the backs of coves for spawning.
• Year Round: Brush piles and docks remain core crappie cover outside the spawn.

Source-backed seasonal patterns

• Spring: Crappie move shallow around vegetation during the spawn.
• Year Round: Outside the spawn, deeper brush and creek channels are key patterns.

Source-backed seasonal patterns

• Spring: Crappie fishing peaks around the spring spawn in shallow vegetation.
• Year Round: Outside the spawn, brush piles and creek channels support a good year-round fishery.