It didn't take Brad Wiegmann long to demonstrate that a depth finder is a valuable tool for catching fish at Beaver Lake. Wiegmann is a fishing guide at the lake and frequently relies on his depth ...

Crappie are one of the most popular gamefish in the U.S.—and for good reason. They’re fun to catch for anglers of any skill level, they put up a good fight, and they can grow to impressive sizes. If ...

Find and catch early-season crappie with this step-by-step guide to targeting spawning slabs from ice-out through spawn. In regions that receive ice cover, crappies spend the winter suspended over ...

Crappie fishing is a signal spring is upon us. When “slabs,” as big crappie are called, are found close to shore, you should also expect turkeys to be gobbling and morel mushrooms to be popping. I’ve ...

It's crappie-catching time throughout much of North Florida, and anglers are working many of the region's better waters catching plenty of good-eating "slabs" or "speckled perch." Trolling and ...

If you consider crappie fishing just a springtime affair, then you don’t know Keith Wray. Last January, the Kerr Lake angler caught 1,800 crappie. Known affectionately on a number of angling Web sites ...

Nothing helps a person forget the heat — at least for a few beats — than a soft thump on the end of a fishing line and the bend in a rod created by a fat slab of a crappie doing its all to pull your ...

The ancient cypress stump had a name it had earned. When the adjacent river is down and the water level in the old slough is around what passes for normal in this never static system, the gray top of ...