During the early season before the spawn, crappie and panfish bites can be difficult to detect at times with traditional methods. They're much lighter than what you'll get during the spawn and in the ...

Almost every veteran crappie catcher can recount times when he was catching fish just as fast as he could toss out a yellow jig, when suddenly, for no apparent reason, the fishing went bust. Different ...

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 ...

Lots of anglers ditch their catfish poles and bass-fishing rods this time of year to catch a mess of crappie. With a slew of spinners, crank baits, grubs and other bait choices available, we asked ...

Wisconsin fishing guide and tackle company owner Tony Puccio (seriouswalleye.com) hammers prespawn crappies by trolling jigs behind four mini planer boards—a smaller version of what walleye anglers ...

First it's walleye, then white bass. Now it's crappie that brings excited anglers to waters large and small. May is when crappie move shallow to spawn and become easier to catch. Any bush, branch or ...

In the south Crappie are already pushed up shallow and other parts of the country aren’t far behind. That means it’s time to tie on a jig and head to your favorite brush pile. If you need a new rod, ...

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 ...

A northeast Kansas crappie tournament angler is set to begin selling his own brand of crappie lures online this weekend. Dalton Thomas, of Leavenworth, has been making lures for more than a year as a ...