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How to catch crappie consistently

Crappie are famously fickle, shifting from shoreline brush to deep timber overnight, yet anglers who understand their ...
When it comes to ice fishing, a hot bite for crappies under the hardwater is tough to beat. While sometimes these finicky fish need to be finessed with tiny jigs tipped with spikes, in presentations ...
Hello folks, This week Ivo and Antonio take you out for some sunset crappie fishing from a small boat, close to shore. Ivo shows you some important tips on how to set up your rig specially to catch ...
The St. Louis River also had a bit of a hiccup this week, as the storm opened up a lot of harbor water. It certainly has ...
Pennsylvania has this sneaky habit of hiding natural treasures in plain sight, like it’s playing a game of “guess where I stashed paradise this time” with its residents. Codorus State Park might be ...
Wildlife watching at Fairy Stone offers opportunities to spot white-tailed deer moving with balletic grace through the underbrush, wild turkeys strutting with prehistoric dignity, and if you’re ...
Striped bass fishing is good some days, tough on others mainly due to temperature swings, reports Jon Conklin, fishing guide. Try for stripers from Monte Ne south into the War Eagle and White river ...
Water level is 9.12 feet low and fairly clear. Water temperature in the mid 60s. Fishing guide Keith Combs says bass fishing has been good with some solid numbers coming in 4 to 6 feet in drains using ...
Water level is 4.12 feet low and clear. Water temperature in the low 50s. Fishing guide Stephen Johnston says bass are good shallow using swim jigs, bladed jigs and a few on topwaters. Deeper bite ...
Winter tactics are the best way to catch black bass, said Reese Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers. Good wintertime bass lures include jerk baits, Alabama rigs, jig and pigs and crank baits. Top ...
ATHENS — Water level is five inches high and stained to clear. Water temp in the low 60s. Levi Garrett says bass fishing has been good with the some solid numbers coming on jighead minnows guided by ...
NACOGDOCHES — Water level is 1.82 feet low and slightly stained. Water temp in the upper 50s, low 60s. Fishing guide Stanley Gresham says crappie are fair to good in 20-35 feet on brush piles and lay ...