Hello folks, today (or rather, tonight) we're fishing along a dock to get that night time crappie bite. We gear up with tiny ...

Flip Putthoff/NWA Democrat-Gazette Bruce Darr isn’t a fishing guide, but he caught this dandy striped bass on a fly rod in ...

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.

Hello folks, this week we come at you from the frozen waters where we drilled some holes through the ice and gear up to catch ...

Some anglers would rather feed 'em with live bait than fool 'em with lures. Give fish the real thing to catch them is the mantra for fans of live bait. Worms, nightcrawlers, minnows and assorted other ...

Early spring is crappie season throughout most of America. It’s when the heavyweight females head for shallow water to spawn, and it usually kicks off first in the Deep South, where the water warms up ...

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The state of Kansas recently went fishing for answers as to whether a relatively new sonar technology enables casual anglers to catch crappie more easily. The groundbreaking experiment in late 2021 ...

After a lifetime of crappie achievement, Wally Marshall will be inducted into the Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame. We found out how Marshall jumped from plumber to fishing master–it took over 90 ...

An Arkansas Game and Fish Commission biologist says that live imaging sonar does not threaten crappie populations. Live imaging units are known by many names, depending on the manufacturer. Garmin's ...

The Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks voted to reduce the daily limit at five popular crappie lakes and at the heart of the matter is technology. Washington, Enid, Grenada and Sardis lakes, ...