| Lake Eufaula is known to many as the bass fishing | | | | (334) 687 - 8011 |
| capital of the world and it's with great reason that the | | | | Lake Eufaula is also famous for its fishing of all types |
| lake has become so very popular with anglers from all | | | | of species, with black crappie topping that list. If you |
| over the country. | | | | visit Eufaula in the spring, you have especially great |
| It's also famous for many other types of fishing as | | | | chances of catching lots of black crappie. |
| well. The Walter F. George Dam of the lake was | | | | If you live in or near the area, or if you are planning to |
| completed by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers in 1962 | | | | travel to Eufaula for crappie fishing sometimes soon, |
| which formed the 45,181 acre impoundment on the | | | | you can look into fishing reports for the area to find |
| fertile Chattahoochee River. Located between | | | | out more about what fishing spots are available, their |
| Georgia and Alabama, you will need a license from | | | | rules and regulations and more. |
| one of these two states to fish here. | | | | When to Fish at Eufaula for Crappie |
| The closest major city to Lake Eufaula is Eufaula, | | | | So when are some of the best times for Eufaula |
| Alabama, making this an ideal location for crappie | | | | crappie fishing? Well, most any time of the year you |
| fishing for people who live in the area or are traveling | | | | will find crappie in Eufaula but some of the best times |
| to or passing through. There are also many | | | | for easy fishing is spring. The season starts around |
| restaurants, hotels, shopping centers and other sights | | | | late February and carries through mid-April for the best |
| to see in the area so if you are going fishing at Eufaula | | | | crappie fishing. This is their spawning period and they |
| or bringing the family along, there is something for | | | | are often found closer to the surface and much more |
| everyone. | | | | ready to bite. |
| Now let's get to the topic at hand: the crappie. As you | | | | When fishing in the spring for crappie at Eufaula, you |
| may well know, crappie are found in most every state | | | | can fish pretty much any time of day and probably |
| in the continental United States. They live in most any | | | | have success. However, usually late in the evenings |
| type of freshwater source and they are typically quite | | | | the fish will move a bit deeper in the body of water. |
| easy to catch if you know the proper technique. | | | | You may need to go to 20 feet deep or more to get |
| Where to Fish For Eufaula Crappie | | | | bites. |
| Now if you're wondering where you need to go to fish | | | | During cooler seasons of the year, the crappie may be |
| in this great lake, here are some areas and how you | | | | a little harder to find. You may need to fish at lower |
| can find more information: | | | | depths and deeper in the water. You may want to |
| Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge: | | | | stick to certain times of the day when the fish are |
| Highway 165 approximately 10 miles north of Eufaula | | | | more likely to be at depths that work for you. Early in |
| (334) 687 - 4065 | | | | the morning, the crappie often come to the surface of |
| Lakepoint State Park: | | | | the lake for feeding. In the midday when the sun is |
| Hosts fishing tournaments every weekend | | | | hottest, they may retreat deeper in the waters. |
| Located off Highway 431 seven miles north of Eufaula | | | | |