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.

Visit your nearby bait-and-tackle store, or roam the aisles of Bass Pro Shop, and you’ll be amazed at the variety of jig heads filling the peg boards. Some plain, but most painted in every color ...

Why dangle one minnow in front of a crappie's nose when you can jiggle a whole school of them? That's the idea behind the spider rig, a system that gets crappie to bite at Beaver Lake all year long. A ...

Here is the latest Fishing Report as provided by Texas Parks and Wildlife for Nov. 1.

Kenny Stroud in Siloam Springs recommends using plastic worms, tube baits or any soft plastic lure to catch black bass. Try ...

BLUE SPRINGS: mid 30s, stained, normal Outlook: Lee’s Summit Area Fishing Facebook Group reports: lake has been on again off again with ice. Your best fishing opportunity will be around the marina for ...

There are many givens in life. People like to argue. Ford versus Chevy is common and even paper versus plastic is often-heard debate. Similar battles are fought in the fishing world, too. Fiberglass ...

Crappie are biting fair, reports Jon Conklin, fishing guide. Anglers report catching lots of small crappie with minnows or jigs around brush. Crappie must be 10 inches or longer to keep at Beaver Lake ...

Almost every Arkansas angler loves to catch a big mess of good-eating crappie. Winter provides a great time to do this. Crappie feed actively this season and often gather in large schools when the ...

Here is the fishing report for lakes and reservoirs in the Kansas City area and regionally around Kansas and Missouri for March 4, 2020. BLUE SPRINGS: upper 30s/low 40s, stained, normal Outlook: Lee’s ...