How to find and catch spawning crappies in shallow water this spring using these proven tips, baits, and locations to maximize your early-season crappie bite ...

Crappie fishing is a signal spring is upon us. When “slabs,” as big crappie are called, are found close to shore, you should also expect turkeys to be gobbling and morel mushrooms to be popping. I’ve ...

Chautauqua Lake offers two sub-species of the Promoxis — the Promoxis niromaculatus (black crappie) and Promoxis (the white crappie). Now, back in the day, we called crappie, calico bass, when in ...

THREE RIVERS — Veteran crappie fishing guide Bud Council never served in the British Army, but he does apply the English military’s adage of “7 Ps” to his Choke Canyon Reservoir angling tactics every ...

For those us who remember when crappie — or as I grew up with calico bass — fishing in the spring was a sure sign that the dog days of summer were just around the corner. The bucket filled with these ...

It’s no secret that crappie are a personal favorite. Nothing is more thrilling than battling a 2-pound slab on 2-pound test line and a buggy-whipish rod. So as we crank up the Fishing Forecast for my ...

Beaver Lake: Striped bass fishing varies from day to day. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, recommends fishing from Horseshoe Bend park upstream into the White and War Eagle river tributaries. Camp War ...

Where Do Crappies Go After Ice-Out? In regions that receive ice cover, crappies spend the winter suspended over deep holes because oxygen levels in the shallows are depleted. But as ice melts, oxygen ...

Anyone who has ever owned a boat knows that the first voyage of the year is iffy at best. My bass boat sat all winter, and it seemed the best option for some fishing was to quickly assemble everything ...