{"id":1488,"date":"2019-03-10T14:56:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T19:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/?p=1488"},"modified":"2019-03-10T14:56:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T19:56:23","slug":"missouri-anglers-set-for-somewhat-overlooked-crappie-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/missouri-anglers-set-for-somewhat-overlooked-crappie-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri &#8211; Anglers set for somewhat overlooked crappie season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Missouri\u2019s March 1 trout park opener grabbed headlines at the first of this month, and another outdoor event \u2014 spring turkey season \u2014 will soon be in the spotlight. (Youth season is April 6-7; regular season is April 15-May 5).<\/p>\n<p>Another event coming up in the near future \u2014 the spring crappie spawn \u2014 may not receive as much media hype as the trout opener or turkey season, but it\u2019s as special to many anglers as any other outdoors happening in the Ozarks.<\/p>\n<p>When crappie begin to head for shallow waters to spawn in April, many anglers begin to head for the coves of area lakes. Bass may get much of the publicity, but angler surveys show crappie are among the most sought-after sportfish species in the state. Part of the reason for crappie\u2019s appeal is their eagerness to take a lure. They\u2019re also great table fare.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More :<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news-leader.com\/story\/sports\/outdoors\/2019\/03\/08\/anglers-set-somewhat-overlooked-crappie-season\/3055834002\/\">Anglers set for somewhat overlooked crappie season<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Missouri\u2019s March 1 trout park opener grabbed headlines at the first of this month, and another outdoor event \u2014 spring turkey season \u2014 will soon be in the spotlight. (Youth season is April 6-7; regular season is April 15-May 5). Another event coming up in the near future \u2014 the spring crappie spawn \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11658,"featured_media":1489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-release","post_format-post-format-link"],"acf":[],"youtube_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1490,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488\/revisions\/1490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}