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Best crappie lakes in Pennsylvania

11 Pennsylvania waters hold crappie, 2 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. Pymatuning Reservoir — 33 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
2. Raystown Lake — 185 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie
3. Lake Wallenpaupack — 60 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie
4. Shenango River Lake — 35 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Channel Catfish
5. Youghiogheny River Lake — 110 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Rainbow Trout
6. Lake Nockamixon — 90 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Channel Catfish
7. Lake Arthur — 35 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Channel Catfish
8. Lake Erie — Presque Isle Bay — 28 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike
9. Beltzville Lake — 90 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie
10. Lake Marburg — 45 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Channel Catfish
11. Conneaut Lake — 65 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill

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When to fish crappie in Pennsylvania

• 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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