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Best crappie lakes in Florida

33 Florida waters hold crappie, 28 mapped with real state-agency depth surveys. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. Schooling panfish that suspends around timber, brush and creek channels.

1. Lake Okeechobee — 23 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
2. Lake George — 15 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Striped Bass
3. Lake Kissimmee — 17 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
4. Rodman Reservoir — 14 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
5. Crescent Lake — 20 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
6. Lake Harris — 27 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
7. Lake Apopka — 25 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
8. Lake Istokpoga — 9 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
9. Lake Tohopekaliga — 16 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
10. Lake Talquin — 34 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
11. Lake Jesup — 9 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
12. Lake Griffin — 18 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
13. Lake Monroe — 14 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
14. Lake Hatchineha — 22 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
15. Lake Rousseau — 27 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
16. Orange Lake — 9 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
17. East Lake Tohopekaliga — 16 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
18. Lochloosa Lake — 7 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
19. Lake Eustis — 19 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
20. Lake Jackson (Leon) — 20 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
21. Lake Marian — 16 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
22. Lake Panasoffkee — 8 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
23. Lake Weohyakapka (Walk-in-Water) — 9 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
24. Lake Dora — 18 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
25. Lake Yale — 24 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish

…plus 8 more Florida waters holding crappie.

When to fish crappie in Florida

• Spring 2–8 ft — The famous spring bite: brush, timber and docks in protected shallow pockets.
• Summer 10–25 ft — Find suspended schools over channel-edge brush piles and deep timber.
• Fall 8–20 ft — Schools follow shad into creeks; fish channel bends with cover.
• Winter 15–35 ft — Tight schools in deep holes and channel bends; slow presentations.

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