Angela Perea at Lake Fayetteville Marina recommends using plastic worms, jig and pigs or spinner baits for black bass.

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.

Fishing guide Austin Kennedy reports trout are biting well on prepared baits and small jigs fished with light tackle. The water is stained in parts of the tailwater, so small jerkbaits or spoons may ...

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - As fall progresses, crappie fishing enthusiasts are finding success in the weeds in lakes like ...

Crappie can be a finicky fish during fall. The tasty panfish sometimes bite so light an angler may never know a crappie has ...

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 ...

These are wonderful times to be a crappie fan; we finally have quality, dedicated crappie rods and gear. Creative anglers and companies are crafting exciting new tackle, lures, and equipment, at last ...

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 ...

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 ...

In less than 30 seconds, my quill sank. I brought a 1-1/2 pound crappie over the gunwales of my boat. For the next 20 minutes, I continued to take crappie. Although the minnows-in-a-glass-jar idea of ...