LAKE ARTHUR, PA
Located within Moraine State Park in Pennsylvania, this 3,300-acre lake supports a diverse warmwater fishery, including a healthy crappie population strong in both numbers and size. Brush piles, stumps, cribs and submerged bridge abutments attract crappies here, particularly around the original Muddy Creek channel.
WHITNEY POINT RESERVOIR, NY
Though the state of New York has a number of large, natural lakes with good crappie numbers, anglers might find the tactics described here more relevant in a smaller waterbody like Whitney Point, a federal, flood-control reservoir subject to fluctuations in level. It has a solid history as a crappie producer, and the submerged Otselic River channel hugs much of the reservoir’s western side, featuring the sharp drop-offs and related wood cover that holds early winter fish.
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