Discover proven fishing tips for catching crappie and bass using smart techniques gear setup and location strategies. Learn how to target big schools improve your bait presentation and increase your ...

It's a (very) windy day out here on Rondeau Bay. We're fishing shallow water and jigging among the weeds to catch pike, bass, ...

Lots of anglers ditch their catfish poles and bass-fishing rods this time of year to catch a mess of crappie. With a slew of spinners, crank baits, grubs and other bait choices available, we asked ...

Fall hunting seasons are about to jump into full swing. Just don’t make the mistake of stashing that crappie fishing gear in a spot where you can’t get to it in pretty short order. You could miss out ...

Hair jigs are most notably useful for crappie in the coldest of waters, but they’re quite effective all year long, and for ...

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.

Most panfish junkies will agree that crappie are only where you find them. A school fish by nature, the tasty panfish might be here one day and over there the next. Find one crappie and others are ...

First it's walleye, then white bass. Now it's crappie that brings excited anglers to waters large and small. May is when crappie move shallow to spawn and become easier to catch. Any bush, branch or ...

are the beginning and the end of it. No other panfish so deliciously transforms from fish to fillet (although some fishermen, including me, might argue for the virtues of a platter of perch). In the ...

In the south Crappie are already pushed up shallow and other parts of the country aren’t far behind. That means it’s time to tie on a jig and head to your favorite brush pile. If you need a new rod, ...

A pair of Lima area crappie anglers used methods they honed on Grand Lake St. Marys to win a national crappie tournament last weekend. Jason Koesters of New Bremen and Jake Hengstler of Botkins fought ...