White Crappie
Pomoxis annularis
A silvery, deep-bodied panfish marked with faint vertical bars, the white crappie tolerates the murkier, more turbid water of Alabama's rivers and flood-control reservoirs better than its black crappie cousin. Schooling around brush and standing timber, it is a mainstay of the state's popular crappie fisheries.
Brush piles, standing timber, and turbid water in reservoirs and rivers.
White Crappie Habitat & Size
White Crappie (Pomoxis annularis) is associated with lake water, river water, and reservoir water in the species record. Habitat information describes the species, not permission to fish for it. The recorded average size is approximately 10 inches; individual sizes vary.
Recorded Waters for White Crappie
FishFinder links White Crappie to water records in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. These associations may reflect documented presence, seasonal runs, or historical stocking, not angler catch reports or current abundance. Read the linked water guides and source notes for evidence dates and reaches.
White Crappie Fishing Regulations & Limits
A recorded association does not establish that targeting or retaining White Crappie is permitted. Confirm current species protections, seasonal and emergency closures, reach-specific rules, gear restrictions, bag and size limits with the responsible fisheries authority before fishing. A fishing license does not override these restrictions. FishFinder's regulation records may be incomplete; missing rules do not mean unrestricted fishing.
Related Water Guides for White Crappie
Explore these FishFinder water guides for places where White Crappie is recorded:
- Lake Guntersville — recorded White Crappie association
- Wheeler Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Wilson Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Pickwick Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Weiss Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Lay Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Logan Martin Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Neely Henry Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Martin — recorded White Crappie association
- R.L. Harris Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Yates Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Thurlow Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Walter F. George Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- West Point Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Lewis Smith Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Alabama River — recorded White Crappie association
- Mobile-Tensaw Delta — recorded White Crappie association
- Theodore Roosevelt Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Bull Shoals Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Norfork — recorded White Crappie association
- Beaver Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Greers Ferry Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Dardanelle — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Chicot — recorded White Crappie association
- Arkansas River — recorded White Crappie association
- Lower Mississippi River — recorded White Crappie association
- Clear Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta — recorded White Crappie association
- Lums Pond — recorded White Crappie association
- Brownlee Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Lowell — recorded White Crappie association
- Mississippi River (Illinois-Iowa Border) — recorded White Crappie association
- Wabash River — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Shelbyville — recorded White Crappie association
- Sangchris Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Decatur — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Springfield — recorded White Crappie association
- Coffeen Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Carlyle Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Rend Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Kinkaid Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Crab Orchard Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Ohio River — recorded White Crappie association
- Monroe Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Patoka Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Cecil M. Harden Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Red Rock — recorded White Crappie association
- Mississippi River (Iowa Waters) — recorded White Crappie association
- Milford Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Wilson Reservoir (Kansas) — recorded White Crappie association
- Cheney Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Clinton Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Perry Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- El Dorado Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Kanopolis Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Glen Elder Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Tuttle Creek Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Melvern Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Cedar Bluff Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Council Grove Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Marion Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Pomona Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Hillsdale Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Big Hill Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- John Redmond Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Lovewell Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Kentucky Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Barkley — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Cumberland — recorded White Crappie association
- Dale Hollow Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Barren River Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Cave Run Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Green River Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Taylorsville Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Nolin River Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Rough River Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Laurel River Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Grayson Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Buckhorn Lake (Kentucky) — recorded White Crappie association
- Dewey Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Fishtrap Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Yatesville Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Herrington Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Kentucky River — recorded White Crappie association
- Toledo Bend Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Caddo Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Sabine River — recorded White Crappie association
- Poverty Point Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- False River — recorded White Crappie association
- Eagle Lake (Louisiana) — recorded White Crappie association
- John K. Kelly-Grand Bayou Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Bussey Brake — recorded White Crappie association
- D'Arbonne Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Atchafalaya Basin — recorded White Crappie association
- Lac des Allemands — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Verret — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Bistineau — recorded White Crappie association
- Cross Lake (Louisiana) — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Claiborne — recorded White Crappie association
- Chicot Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Black Lake (Louisiana) — recorded White Crappie association
- Red River (Louisiana) — recorded White Crappie association
- Ouachita River — recorded White Crappie association
- Henderson Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Pepin — recorded White Crappie association
- Ross Barnett Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Grenada Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Sardis Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Enid Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Arkabutla Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Pickwick Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway — recorded White Crappie association
- Eagle Lake (Mississippi) — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Washington — recorded White Crappie association
- Moon Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Choctaw Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Okhissa — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Tangipahoa (Percy Quin State Park) — recorded White Crappie association
- Pascagoula River — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake of the Ozarks — recorded White Crappie association
- Harry S. Truman Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Table Rock Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Bull Shoals Lake (Missouri) — recorded White Crappie association
- Norfork Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Stockton Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Pomme de Terre Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Mark Twain Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Smithville Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Wappapello Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Long Branch Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Thomas Hill Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Montrose Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Mississippi River (Pools 20-26) — recorded White Crappie association
- Tongue River Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Merritt Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Calamus Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Harlan County Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Sherman Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Elwood Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Branched Oak Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Wanahoo — recorded White Crappie association
- Lewis and Clark Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Box Butte Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Minatare — recorded White Crappie association
- Smith Lake WMA — recorded White Crappie association
- Pelican Lake (Valentine NWR) — recorded White Crappie association
- Flanagan Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Zorinsky Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Red Willow Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Grove Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Two Rivers SRA — recorded White Crappie association
- Wagon Train Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Prairie Queen Recreation Area — recorded White Crappie association
- Johnson Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Maloney — recorded White Crappie association
- Willow Creek Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Lahontan Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Chatuge — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake James — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Norman — recorded White Crappie association
- Badin Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Tillery — recorded White Crappie association
- High Rock Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- B. Everett Jordan Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Shearon Harris Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- John H. Kerr Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Gaston — recorded White Crappie association
- Roanoke River — recorded White Crappie association
- Cape Fear River — recorded White Crappie association
- Neuse River — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Mattamuskeet — recorded White Crappie association
- Buckhorn Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Dan River — recorded White Crappie association
- Ohio River (Ohio) — recorded White Crappie association
- Pymatuning Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Alum Creek Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Hoover Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Indian Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Buckeye Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Grand Lake St. Marys — recorded White Crappie association
- Mosquito Creek Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Milton — recorded White Crappie association
- Salt Fork Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Paint Creek Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Caesar Creek Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Rocky Fork Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Piedmont Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Seneca Lake (Ohio) — recorded White Crappie association
- Tappan Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Texoma — recorded White Crappie association
- Grand Lake O' the Cherokees — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Eufaula — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Tenkiller — recorded White Crappie association
- Fort Gibson Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Skiatook Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Sooner Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Thunderbird — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Carl Blackwell — recorded White Crappie association
- Arcadia Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Hefner — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Overholser — recorded White Crappie association
- Arbuckle Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Konawa Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Broken Bow Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Murray — recorded White Crappie association
- Keystone Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Blue River (Oklahoma) — recorded White Crappie association
- Blue Marsh Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Marion — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Moultrie — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Murray (South Carolina) — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Greenwood — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Wateree — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Thurmond — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Traverse — recorded White Crappie association
- Reelfoot Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Old Hickory Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- J. Percy Priest Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Cordell Hull Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Tims Ford Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Center Hill Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Chickamauga Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Nickajack Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Watts Bar Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Fort Loudoun Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Melton Hill Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Norris Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Cherokee Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Douglas Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Boone Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- South Holston Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Fork — recorded White Crappie association
- Sam Rayburn Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- O.H. Ivie Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Alan Henry — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Athens — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Conroe — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Livingston — recorded White Crappie association
- Choke Canyon Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Ray Hubbard — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Tawakoni — recorded White Crappie association
- Richland Chambers Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Bob Sandlin — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake O' the Pines — recorded White Crappie association
- Fayette County Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Grapevine Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Falcon International Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Amistad — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Whitney — recorded White Crappie association
- Possum Kingdom Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Belton — recorded White Crappie association
- Smith Mountain Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Buggs Island Lake (Kerr Reservoir) — recorded White Crappie association
- Claytor Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Anna — recorded White Crappie association
- Sandy River Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Flannagan Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Leesville Reservoir — recorded White Crappie association
- Philpott Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Staunton River — recorded White Crappie association
- Banks Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Stonewall Jackson Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Burnsville Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Winnebago — recorded White Crappie association
- Mississippi River (Wisconsin-Minnesota Boundary) — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Petenwell — recorded White Crappie association
- Castle Rock Lake — recorded White Crappie association
- Lake Koshkonong — recorded White Crappie association
Equipment planning for White Crappie
We have not selected a species-specific affiliate setup for this guide. First establish whether targeting is permitted at your destination; no tackle recommendation should be inferred from a species record.
Equipment guidance is not permission to fish. Confirm the exact water, date, species, method and current official rules first. A closed season prohibits targeting, even with release. Recorded fish presence does not establish an open fishery.
- Check permitted methods, bait and hook restrictions before choosing tackle. Match rod, line and lure ratings to the lawful method and conditions, rather than buying by species name alone.
- Plan weather protection, drinking water and a way to call for help. For boat trips, confirm required flotation and safety equipment with the responsible boating authority.
- Read the habitat and water-specific source notes in this guide, then confirm an appropriate lawful method with the local fisheries authority before choosing equipment. Do not assume a general freshwater combo suits every species or water.
This is an editorial planning checklist, not hands-on product testing. Use equipment you already own when suitable. The gear directory contains affiliate links; any product suggestions below have their own disclosure. Retailer region, availability and Canadian shipping are not guaranteed.
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White Crappie Regulations
Review available regulation records and confirm whether fishing for White Crappie is permitted with the responsible fisheries authority:
Frequently Asked Questions
What water types are associated with White Crappie?
The species record associates White Crappie (Pomoxis annularis) with lake water, river water, and reservoir water. Habitat information is not evidence of current abundance or permission to target the species.
How big does White Crappie get?
The recorded average size for White Crappie is approximately 10 inches. Individual sizes vary; this average is not a maximum size or a legal retention limit.
Where does FishFinder record water associations for White Crappie?
FishFinder links White Crappie to water records in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. These associations may reflect documented presence, seasonal runs, or historical stocking, not angler catch reports. Check the linked water guides and source notes for evidence dates and reaches; a listing does not guarantee current presence or legal fishing opportunity.
Does a listing or fishing license permit fishing for White Crappie?
No. A listing records an association, not permission to target or retain White Crappie. License requirements and exemptions vary. Confirm current species protections, seasonal and emergency closures, reach-specific rules, gear restrictions, bag and size limits with the responsible fisheries authority. A license does not override restrictions, and missing FishFinder regulation records do not mean unrestricted fishing.