| In Oregon, crappie fishing is a great sport with | | | | thrives in several area reservoirs, including Dexter |
| abundant locations to troll and cast in hopes of | | | | and Dorena Reservoirs. Here, you may have to |
| taking home prize-winning sized slabs. Depending | | | | troll pretty deep to pick up a school of crappie, |
| on the particular location that you are in or intend | | | | since the area reservoirs tend to be clear and |
| to visit, you'll find all sorts of fish, though crappie | | | | sunlight penetrates pretty deep into the waters. |
| are by far some of the most common fish to | | | | Dune Lake offers great banked fishing, where |
| seek out in the state. In each area, you basically | | | | dense cover around the shorelines makes a great |
| have your choice of excellent Oregon crappie | | | | home environment for crappie. Fern Ridge Ponds |
| fishing lakes. Just remember that, because it gets | | | | and Reservoir to the west of Eugene yield great |
| fairly cold in the state during the winter, Oregon | | | | quantities of good sized white crappie, and for |
| crappie fishing tends to taper off in December | | | | those who prefer to look for black crappie, |
| and picks back up in early March, as the waters | | | | Siltcoos Lake, south of Florence, is the place to |
| begin to warm again and crappie begin spawning. | | | | start your search. |
| Find locations with deep holes, where schools of | | | | In the Portland area, you'll also find that Oregon |
| crappie tend to gather during the winter, and be | | | | crappie fishing is in full swing much of the year, |
| sure to troll slowly and be patient. When you find | | | | though spring is the best time, when the waters |
| a school of crappie, you'll have several bites and | | | | are warming and the schools are spawning. If you |
| won't be disappointed. In the spring, look for | | | | go in the spring or summer, try the Bonnie Lure |
| bottlenecked areas where females are looking for | | | | State Recreation Area, where fishing is just one |
| shelter out of the stream during spawning season | | | | of the major activities allowed in the park, which |
| and get caught out of the flow. You'll be sure to | | | | also has attractions such as speed boating and |
| pick up several here. | | | | swimming. The Government Island State |
| In the Lane County area, fishing of interest | | | | Recreation Area in the Columbia River in |
| because there are several lakes of interest, | | | | northeast Portland is a great place to look for |
| especially those containing white crappie. Head to | | | | crappie, with about 15 miles of shoreline and lots |
| the Eugene area, and you'll find Delta Ponds, west | | | | of brush cover for these fish. This free |
| of Delta Highway in north Eugene for a hatchery | | | | campground tends to be extremely popular |
| of white crappie. Oregon crappie fishing also | | | | among anglers, even in winter months. |