Crappie fishing is currently best near areas still having green weeds by good lake structure. Anglers should use a few ...

That spurt of warm weather earlier this week has got me thinking crappies. No, not crappies through the ice — I’m talking open-water crappies, maybe from shore, maybe from the boat, but open-water, by ...

Crappie fishing is a signal spring is upon us. When “slabs," as big crappie are called, are found close to shore, you should also expect turkeys gobbling and morel mushrooms popping. I’ve often said ...

NEW YORK — New York is home to both black crappie and white crappie, although black crappie are the predominant species throughout the state. Shortly after ice out crappie congregate in schools in ...

The first fish I ever caught on an artificial lure was a crappie. It hit a Hildebrandt black and yellow spinner bait cast from a green metal Johnson Century reel mounted on a solid fiberglass rod with ...

Crappie fishing is a signal spring is upon us. When “slabs,” as big crappie are called, are found close to shore, you should also expect turkeys to be gobbling and morel mushrooms to be popping. I’ve ...

Fishing from shore brings to mind a simpler time, when catching fish was as basic as dunking a worm below a bobber or casting a spoon in hopes of catching whatever might be biting. Shore fishing ...

We are fresh off our annual Canadian fishing trip and back to the normal grind. Fishing was, of course, routine and awesome. It's always funny to see people's reaction when I tell them we go up to ...