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.

Fall transforms Natchez Trace State Park into a photographer’s dream, with hardwood forests erupting in a symphony of color that changes daily as the season progresses. The park’s elevated ridges and ...

When my wife Jami and I decided to pack up our lives in Fort Myers, Florida, and head north to Greenville, South Carolina, in ...

Recent rains and more in the forecast has seen the city of Decatur lift the mandatory part of its Stage One Water Rationing ...

Oakwood Lakes State Park sits like a hidden jewel among the prairie landscape of eastern South Dakota. While Mount Rushmore gets all the tourist fanfare, this tranquil oasis near Bruce offers ...