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.

The temps are low, but the bite is hot! Watch as we brave the cold to hook into massive winter crappie from the kayak. Every ...

A great thing about crappies, from an angler's perspective, is that, in springtime, under the right circumstances, they can be caught fairly readily in shallow water, providing lasting memories on the ...

WILLIAM OLIVER TOOK ADVANTAGE of a mild December day to catch crappie on Lake Palestine. When the water turns cold, the fish move deep and can be caught consistently. I have to admit my first and only ...

The first Big Chill of this winter is upon us, and it's sure to shut down bass fishing for several weeks as the cold shocks the fish in most lakes statewide. However, what's bad for bass anglers is ...

Anglers should have three lures handy to catch black bass -- jerk baits, crawdad colored crank baits and Alabama rigs. That's the word from Reese Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers. Those lures ...

As 2017 is winding down, most anglers' thoughts are looking toward the good spring fishing they will find. However, there are many anglers who never quit, including a growing number of crappie ...

Winter will be finished in about six weeks, and crappie anglers are getting excited about the arrival of spring. Depending on where you live, crappie will begin their pre-spawn activities in late ...

While just about everybody in Alabama likes to eat crappie, finding and catching them can be somewhat of a challenge for those who are not on the water regularly. One way to locate pods of these tasty ...

Some 20 years ago, on any given summer day, you would've found me along the bank of a Virginia farm pond or waist-deep in the James River. More than likely, my T-shirt was balled up in the back of my ...