This guide focuses on jig techniques for crappie fishing, showing how to improve presentation and increase success with simple adjustments.

This method highlights effective jig techniques for targeting larger crappie, helping anglers improve consistency and success ...

Spend your next long weekend relaxing, catching fish, and roasting marshmallows around the campfire when you visit the ...

Hair jigs are most notably useful for crappie in the coldest of waters, but they’re quite effective all year long, and for the best of reasons: they attract attention from the most finicky of ...

This massive lake near the Lake of the Ozarks is a quieter alternative, where visitors will find excellent fishing and plenty ...

Once Mother Nature eases up on Old Man Winter, it doesn’t take long for yellow perch anglers to shake off cabin fever and hit ...

This simple guide to trout fishing shares all the tactics, tips, and gear you need to start catching all species of trout.

No boat? That’s no problem this time of year when you can find piles of crappie in shallow water. Here's how to catch ...

Angler Mike McBride said crappie are in deep and shallow water. Fish for them with minnows or jigs and experiment with depth.

Angler Mike McBride said crappie are on the verge of spawning and are moving toward the shore. Use minnows or jigs around wood cover. All black bass lures are working to catch black bass. Liver is the ...

Jerry Carlson shares tips for panfishing in Central Minnesota, noting perfect spawning conditions as water warms, and reminds ...

Our experts collect on-the-ground reports from professional anglers and tour guides. Here's this week's report for 4/14/26.