Henry David Thoreau once wrote, "Many people go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." In my experience, this rings especially true for crappie fishing. Let's be ...

When water temps dip below 70, alarm bells ring for the snook population. Get below 60, and things get ugly. Meanwhile, ...

Crappie can be a finicky fish during fall. The tasty panfish sometimes bite so light an angler may never know a crappie has taken the bait. Mike McBride of Winslow has a way of dealing with the ...

We are dangerously close to Crappie spawning season in Kentucky. Late March and April is a celebrated time of year for anglers across the Commonwealth because Crappie fishing during the spawn is ...

A green and white cigar shaped float toggles back and forth. Small ripples rhythmically slap against the bow of the boat. An old flywheel as an anchor tied to the bow holds tight to keep the boat in ...

In early winter, finding crappies is as easy as finding green aquatic vegetation. Big slabs will be right up in the greenery, where they not only find abundant foot, but cover, both for ambushing ...

It was a cold and windy afternoon in central Utah on Jan. 4. But 43-year-old Jesse Pashia knew of a protected shoreline along Gunnison Bend Reservoir where he could still wet a line. He took his ...

For about a decade Tim White has fished Virginia’s Occoquan Reservoir, where he owns a lake house near the town of Woodbridge. He regularly catches catfish and bass, along with some giant crappies ...

It began as many traditions do in Mississippi, with a group of friends, a fun idea, unusual weather and a fire on a cold winter's night. Plus, a giant fake fish. Of course, something went awry, but ...