However, live bait like nightcrawlers, leeches, crappie minnows, and suckers can get expensive quickly when you’re fishing on ...

Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.

Today’s crappie lures come in a vast array of sizes, colors, patterns and actions. And that’s a good thing, because you never know where you’ll find these nomadic fish and what will trip their trigger ...

Chasing crappies is one of my favorite things to do. Crappie are abundant in lakes all over the country, aggressive biters, great sport on light tackle, and excellent table fare. From ice fishing to ...

The muddy water is clearing and fishing has improved, said Jon Conklin, fishing guide. Striped bass are scattered from the White and War Eagle tributaries downstream to Point 6. Shad is the best live ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every crappie angler loves the spring. All across the country crappies go through their spawn-season progression at various times ...

Anglers are eager for walleye and white bass spawns, but crappie are biting now. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, said crappie can be caught from brush in water that's 30 to 40 feet deep. Fish a jig or ...

Fishing duo Cole & Jay explore a small neighborhood creek and are stunned to find some of the best crappie fishing in the ...