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Best crappie lakes in Missouri

20 Missouri waters hold crappie, 4 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. Table Rock Lake — 218 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
2. Lake of the Ozarks — 130 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
3. Norfork Lake — 176 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie
4. Bull Shoals Lake — 210 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
5. Harry S. Truman Reservoir — 90 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Channel Catfish
6. Stockton Lake — 100 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie
7. Mark Twain Lake — 70 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
8. Pomme de Terre Lake — 80 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Crappie
9. Smithville Lake — 55 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
10. Osage River — 30 ft max · Walleye, White Bass, Crappie, Channel Catfish
11. Wappapello Lake — 35 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
12. Mozingo Lake — 72 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
13. Thomas Hill Reservoir — 45 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
14. Fellows Lake — 81 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie
15. Clearwater Lake — 42 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
16. Lake Jacomo — 60 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
17. Longview Lake — 66 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Crappie
18. Blue Springs Lake — 34 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
19. Council Bluff Lake — 50 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
20. Creve Coeur Lake — 10 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish

When to fish crappie in Missouri

• 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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