Fishing at Reelfoot Lake can be a year-round thing. Crappie fishing is best toward the end of March through the first part of May. Crappie will slow down during the hot summer months and will start getting active again around October when the water temperature cools down. Fishing for Crappie can be good throughout the winter. Bream and Bluegill fishing usually starts getting active around May and will continue through early July. They will become active again in September. Largemouth Bass fishing is good from March through late October. Yellow Bass or Striped Jack as the locals call them is the fish you can catch from July through September. Catfishing is done during the spring and summer months using yo-yos, limb lines and trot lines.