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Use ultralight spinning tackle with 4-pound line. Soft-plastic or marabou crappie jigs in the 1⁄16- to 1⁄8-ounce range can be cast, slow-trolled, or jigged vertically to find fish.

Crappie are fewer and further between at Brownlee, but there’s a chance to catch slabs up to 16 inches if you find them. Crappie jigs, swimbaits and even jerk baits are good crappie catchers.

Angler Mike McBride said crappie fishing has improved. Use minnows or jigs in deep water near the old White River channel. Fishing for crappie off the old White River bridge has also been productive.

Crappie anglers endlessly debate the importance of color for their jigs. Every angler has a favorite, but Ligon said colors are really more about catching anglers.